How to Use Offline Translation on iPhone & iPad by Downloading Languages

One of the interesting recent additions to iPhone and iPad is Apple’s own Translate app, which allows for translation of speech and text right from iOS and iPadOS. This is Apple’s take on real-time language translations that competes against the lik…

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On Thursday night, Apple announced an agreement with developers involved in a class-action lawsuit that involved several changes to the App Store. As part of the agreement, which still needs to be approved by a judge, Apple has made several concessi…

I do not understand why `what /bin/sh` and `/bin/sh --version` do not agree on macOS Big Sur

On macOS Big Sur, I get $ what /bin/sh /bin/sh PROGRAM:sh PROJECT:dash-11 PROGRAM:sh PROJECT:dash-11 $ /bin/sh --version GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin20) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation,…

What can cause an application to behave differently when started as bundle vs. executable?

I have a C++ application that is built as a bundle (.app) for macOS, using clang (from Xcode) and CMake. This application behaves differently when double-clicked in the Finder, as when started directly using the embedded executable from…

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What can cause an application to behave differently when started as bundle vs. executable?

I have a C++ application that is built as a bundle (.app) for macOS, using clang (from Xcode) and CMake. This application behaves differently when double-clicked in the Finder, as when started directly using the embedded executable from…

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How I remixed Lady Gaga like a pro DJ with my iPad and GarageBand

Thirteen years ago, when I was lucky enough to interview a then-22-year-old Lady Gaga on the verge of mainstream success, she described her collaborative songwriting style as a process that allowed her to “synthesize other people’s ideas and edit th…