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.
Category Archive: Technology
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.
Can this app really offer a “modern alternative to AppleScript”? Probably not yet, but it is young, and still an excellent Swift playground.
The best response to change is to see how you can exploit it. Let’s get ahead of the field, for once.
An extensive listing of books, courses, example code libraries, coding environments, and more to help you get going in Swift 3.
