On Monday, bloggers on WordPress.com sites got a surprise: the old WP Admin interface had vanished. Almost.
Category Archive: Macs
How easy is it to build a real ‘scripted’-type app in Xcode? Here I start to re-implement an AppleScript app using Swift.
Not back to the Bluetooth purgatory of El Capitan, but still some worrying moments when your trackpad goes missing.
Time to pause for breath, I think, for macOS and Xcode. Apple needs to bring the docs up to date, and attend to the detail.
There’s no point trying to script in Swift if you can’t deploy it to a user’s Mac. Here are two solutions available now.
What good is a fiddly miniature display strip when you can’t see it properly? With the right controls, it can be a great improvement.
Running shell scripts from Swift playgrounds is easy, but there’s more work needed to support droplets and folder actions.
A success at last: scripting file operations works now. But don’t trust much of the documentation; it just frustrates.
Some users are having problems getting Time Machine to work in Sierra. Here are some suggestions to get that first backup completed.
A frustrating first day trying to get Xcode’s Swift playgrounds to display simple dialogs and alerts.
The Eclectic Light Company 