Git Tower 9

Tower: Auto-expand changesets: A new view option has been added to configure behaviour of auto-expanding diffs in the History changeset views. You can find it under “Diffs in Changeset” in the “View” main menu. This is great. I always want to see th…

Swift Proposal: Move Function

SE-0366 (forum): In this document, we propose adding a new function called move to the swift standard library, which ends the lifetime of a specific local let, local var, or consuming function parameter, and which enforces this by causing the compil…

Netflix Adds External Subscription Button

Filipe Espósito: Earlier this year, Apple began allowing “reader” apps to provide external links for customers so they can log in and pay for a subscription from outside the App Store. Now Netflix is rolling out an option in its iOS app that takes u…

Mail Links and Percentages

Dr. Drang: Yesterday, John Voorhees wrote a nice article at MacStories about creating links to specific email messages. His system is in the form of a Shortcut, but the real work is done by an AppleScript. The AppleScript is an extension of one John…

Republican Congressman Attended Gay Son’s Wedding Three Days After Voting Against Same-Sex Marriage

Twitter Poll for Safari Users: How Often Do You Use Tab Groups?

The Talk Show: ‘I’ve Kissed That Mouse’

TextExpander Raises $41 Million in Funding

TextExpander Raises $41 Million in Funding

TextExpander Raises $41 Million in Funding

The Apple Store Time Machine

Apple Retail Store Time Machine

Michael Steeber: The Apple Store Time Machine is a celebration of the places and products that have shaped our lives for more than twenty years. This interactive experience recreates memorable moments in Apple history with painstaking detail and his…

Missed Security Updates Due to Content Caching

Howard Oakley: The assumption is that, if you follow Apple’s guidance with automatic updates enabled, when Software Update reports your Mac is up to date, then everything is hunky dory. […] In my case, as with many, when any of my Macs tries to down…

Too Much Transparency in macOS 13

Matt Birchler: This is what Safari’s download window has looked like for years on macOS. It’s pretty well laid out, but I always have trouble reading it at a glance. Matt Birchler: Today I’m back complaining about contrast and legibility again with …

Personal App Distribution

Steve Streza: To make a small app for a friend, Mac: Send a .app, maybe right-click > Open Windows: Send a .exe or .msi installer Linux: Send a .appimage Android: Enable dev mode, send a .apk iOS: Spend $100/year, set up TestFlight, make a new build…

[Sponsor] Beam beta

[Sponsor] Beam beta

The Apple Store Time Machine

Apple Silicon Is an Inconvenient Truth

Solving a Problem People Don’t Want Solved

GSE381 Mr Pacelli v2

On episode 381 of Geekiest Show Ever, Elisa’s son, Shane Pacelli, joins us again for an update on education during the pandemic recovery in