Adam Chester (tweet): Last year I posted a few tricks to help when targeting MacOS users, and included a technique useful for spoofing file extensions with the aim of taking advantage of Finder’s removal of the .app extension from certain filenames.…
Lees meerthma (via Heath Matlock): One of my earliest findings was that several of the GoF-Patterns had a stark resemblance of structures that are built into in functional languages: for instance the strategy pattern corresponds to higher order functions in …
Lees meerTony Fadell: It took 4+ yrs to ship Magic Cap v1.0 - our leaders wanted to avoid making the same mistakes they had made with MacOS v1.0 We all learned how important it is to stick to a schedule. The “new” internet crushed GM. Real artists ship - fas…
Lees meerGaz is not feeling well but like a trooper makes it to the show. They discuss their holidays, what potential directions the Mac might The post MyMac Podcast 784: Fumbling the Future appeared first on MyMac.com.
Lees meerHappy New Year! We talk about our holiday gifts and our thoughts about some of the Apple TV+ shows. Apologies for the on and The post Our Holiday Haul – Episode 138 – Three Geeky Ladies appeared first on MyMac.com.
Lees meerTim and David chat about The Mandolorian, Birds of Prey, the next Ghostbusters, WonderWoman 1984, and much more. The post Geeks Pub – On the Left Pub appeared first on MyMac.com.
Lees meerNow I can wildly stab at ⌘W to close tabs without a care in the world.
Lees meerNow I can wildly stab at ⌘W to close tabs without a care in the world.
Lees meerNow I can wildly stab at ⌘W to close tabs without a care in the world.
Lees meerNow I can wildly stab at ⌘W to close tabs without a care in the world.
Lees meerSamuel Groß (Hacker News): This is the first blog post in a three-part series that will detail how a vulnerability in iMessage can be exploited remotely without any user interaction on iOS 12.4 (fixed in iOS 12.4.1 in August 2019). […] This research…
Lees meerJesse Squires: I needed to get notified when the system appearance changed. On iOS, this is very straight-forward and a first-class API. On iOS 13, the interface style is part of UITraitCollection.[…][On macOS,] you can KVO on NSApp.effectiveappeara…
Lees meerBrent Simmons: One of the keys to the stability of the shipping versions of NetNewsWire is that we don’t allow KVO (Key-Value Observing). KVO is a false convenience — it’s often easier than setting up a delegate or old-fashioned notification. But to…
Lees meerArmin Briegel: Apple has started shipping Mac models that used to come with Mojave pre-installed with Catalina. If your organization has blockers for Catalina (incompatible software, etc.) you may want to install Mojave on these Macs. Unfortunately,…
Lees meerClassic Mac OS was chockablock with little extensions and control panels that improved the standard system behavior in small ways. I love that Front and Center not only brings back behavior from the classic era, it does so in the spirit of classic e…
Lees meerConcepts allow designers to ignore real-world constraints: engineering, pricing, manufacturing, legal regulations, sometimes even physics. But dealing with real-world constraints is the hard work of true design.
Lees meerClassic Mac OS was chockablock with little extensions and control panels that improved the standard system behavior in small ways. I love that Front and Center not only brings back behavior from the classic era, it does so in the spirit of classic e…
Lees meerBrenden Mulligan, on the three choices given when you’re on an iPhone call and a new call comes in: These options break my brain every time. The issues: 1. It’s unnecessary decision making in the 10 seconds before the new call goes to voicemail 2. I…
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