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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on my Mac: A Swift breeze blowing

It’s time to think of summer: that means macOS 10.13, APFS, and the future of scripting. Is Swift a suitable language?

February 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Which hard drive? 160,000 years experience analysed

Hard drives are still best value for higher capacity storage. Here are some tips for purchasing them, based on vast experience.

February 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

UK White Paper on Brexit: shallow and glib at best

Do the authors not have clue what they are writing about, or are they peddling alternative truths? One boxout disassembled.

February 3, 2017 General, Life, Technology

Developing Consolation in Swift 3: mostly a breeze

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How complex is the code needed for an app like Consolation? Most of it is actually straightforward if not simple.

February 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation: a browser for previous log entries, first beta

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Can’t find what you want in Console? Try this new log browser: although still a beta-release, I think it will do the job.

February 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

More fun scripting with Swift and Xcode: Radio buttons and more

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How to implement grouped radio buttons, the benefits of Swift, and an alpha for the fearless.

February 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

How does your Thunderbolt port go?

What goes across on every Mac except an iMac, where it can wiggle worryingly?

January 31, 2017 Macs, Technology

How secure is your VPN?

VPN is important protection when you use public-access WiFi, and many now rely on it to protect them from government snooping. Do you trust it?

January 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Setapp and software rental

A new method of buying software should have been welcome, had it not been for its use of an old and restrictive rental system.

January 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

A storm in the digest: why services will be going down

The workhorses of computer security, message digests and security certificates, are in the process of changing. Some disruption will result.

January 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

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