1. There’s an article on Apple Support about importing mail here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud/mmf9877972f7/1.0/icloud/1.0

2. I think this is a Thunderbird issue. They are separate in Mail.app. It even allows you to use a catch-all rule if you’re the domain owner. Maybe you could set up smart mailboxes (or whatever the Thunderbird equivalent is, I’ve not used it in probably 15 years)?

If you’re just interested in connections (and don’t care about packet inspection) you can use Little Snitch (paid) or LuLu (FOSS).

Actually, all the Objective-See Foundation security tools are great and target specific classes of vulnerabilities, like LuLu for outgoing network connections, RansomWhere for detecting ransomwear by looking for encryption events, Oversight that monitors you cameras and microphones and a bunch of other really small, but really useful security utilities. Better than running a shady antivirus that’s going to suck up loads of resources and rely on signatures.

Yep, exactly what I do. Has the advantage of also blocking in-app ads and some of Apple’s data collection. It also gives you complete control over what you block and don’t block, lets you see stats etc. Can’t really be beat.

Meanwhile Porsche are developing an even tighter integration allowing you to control parts of the car through the CarPlay interface.

If you use Windows, you can install iCloud Keychain for Windows to access keychain.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2babf5e03/icloud

and/or use the Chrome extension

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw76039ec0f/icloud

I’m in the process of moving away from 1Password. i’ve been using them for ages, well over a decade, but the newest version is just terrible. Unreliable, unintuitive, and they’ve moved to electron on Mac Os, so performance is awful too. Really disappointing, and going through the steps to downgrade (that they had to post because there were so many complaints about 8) doesn’t feel like a long-term solution.

It’s such a shame. i used to pay for it for my entire family.

Is that because of the new call screening feature?

Banking apps are what’s kept me off the iOS beta so far. They usually just refuse to launch if it’s an unreleased iOS version. I’ve no idea what additional security they think that provides, but they do it anyway.