254 posts tagged ‘Mac’
Firefox Removes “Do Not Track”
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Venkat (via Hacker News): According to Wikipedia, DNT was introduced in 2009 by researchers Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm, and Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to implement this feature.However, as we approach 2025, with growing concerns about online privacy and data protection, Mozilla believes that DNT is no longer an effective privacy measure. Many […]
Festivitas
Simon B. Støvring (MacRumors): ✨ Introducing Festivitas for macOS! 🎄 Deck your dock and menu bar with endlessly customizable festive lights. Add a touch of holiday magic to your Mac ✨💻 It’s a one-time purchase for €4, only available outside the Mac App Store because it requires accessibility access to find window positions. Jason Snell: […]
Suspicious Package Keeps on Tickin’
Brett Terpstra: Suspicious Package has been around for as long as I can remember. It’s been steadily updated over the years, and runs perfectly on the latest macOS (Sequoia). It makes inscrutable Package Installers scrutable.[…]This tool will give you a Quick Look extension, so you can just select a .pkg file and hit Space to […]
Selling Outside of the Mac App Store
Matthias Gansrigler: But once the Mac App Store hit, I transitioned all my apps to it pretty much right away. It’s just so convenient: no license creation, no license verification (apart from receipt validation, but that has become more convenient recently), easy updating, no handling of payments, invoices, refunds, and the potential of getting featured […]
NetNewsWire 6.1.6
Brent Simmons (release notes): The theme of this release is using less bandwidth (and, as a consequence, less battery). It fixes a conditional GET issue and it now pays attention to Cache-Control response headers and 429 response codes. It also fixes an AppleScript bug I reported. Previously: ReadKit 3.3 News Explorer 2.0 NetNewsWire and Conditional […]
Key Repeat in Sequoia
Brett Terpstra: But one thing I found frustrating was that setting key repeat delay and key repeat speed in System Settings was having no effect. Keys that had diacritics still just popped up the special character popover, and keys without didn’t do anything at all when held. […] Run the following in Terminal: defaults write […]
MIST (macOS Installer Super Tool)
Ric Ford: MIST – macOS Installer Super Tool – is a remarkable Mac app from Nindi Gill that greatly simplifies the processes of downloading macOS and firmware versions that Apple itself complicates and makes difficult (especially with older releases). See also: SUS Inspector. Previously: Apple Manuals, Specs, and Downloads How to Reinstall Safari for Mac […]
ReadKit 3.3
Balazs Varkonyi: Added Smart Folder Actions, enabling matching items in a smart folder to be marked as read or starred and to be used for advanced content filtering. Enhanced folder/tag selection in relevant management interfaces with powerful search capabilities. Filter folders/tags using a search field for quicker navigation, select matching items directly by pressing Return, […]