254 posts tagged ‘Mac’
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown
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Paresh Dave (Hacker News, Reddit): In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to address fears that a security update to the company’s Chrome browser could hamper ad zapping. Google, which draws […]
A Short History of Recovery in macOS
Howard Oakley: For the first ten years of Mac OS X, its closest substitute was Single User Mode, or SUM, entered by starting the Mac up with the Command and S keys held down. OS X then booted into the command line, where you could for example repair your startup volume[…] […] With Mac OS […]
Moving on From Xojo
Sam Rowlands: Since 1998, I’ve built every single Mac app with the Xojo development tool (Aka Real Studio and REALbasic).Over the last ¾ of a decade, Xojo started ignoring bugs, feature requests and industry trends. New features felt rushed, incomplete and sometimes unusable. Dark mode support and concurrency are two prime examples. Something is clearly […]
Receipt Validation With All the Ethernet Interfaces
Jeff Johnson: I’ve recently run into a case that seems to call into question all extant sample code for Mac App Store receipt validation. […] I learned that the ethernet port of the customer’s Mac was fried as a result of electrical damage from a lightning strike. The Mac’s motherboard was replaced, but afterward the […]
Ducklet 1.0.1
ohoj Software: Ducklet makes using SQLite databases easy for everyone, whether you’re a developer, data analyst, or just curious. We’ve designed a user-friendly interface for a smooth and intuitive experience, so you can focus on your data.[…]Experience unmatched performance and seamless integration with our native application written in SwiftUI and AppKit. I discovered this new […]
Git Tower 10.2
Tower: Sync Action: This action synchronizes your HEAD branch with a remote branch by pulling and then pushing commits (if pulling was successful). If you are not using the default toolbar item set, you can add the Sync action to your toolbar by running “Customize Toolbar” from the “View“ main menu.Settings: You can now configure […]
Rumor of Cellular MacBook
Arnold Kim (2011): One of the most requested features for Apple’s MacBook Pro line has been for the integration of some sort of built-in 3G cellular data to allow for anywhere wireless connectivity. MacBook Pro users presently need to purchase a separate Mi-Fi or 3G USB Modem in order to keep their machines connected to […]
Safari Share Menu Now Violates Privacy
Jeff Johnson: Looking at the packet trace, the share menu attempts to fetch the icon files favicon.ico, apple-touch-icon.png, and apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png from the site.[…]And of course your IP address is leaked.My belief is that a website should not be notified and given your IP address and other information such as hardware device type and web browser […]