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Explainer: Metal

Metal provides low-level access to 3D graphics, rendering and compute features in GPUs. With the deprecation of OpenGL and OpenCL, it’s vital, especially for M1 Macs/

January 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Lightweight diagramming with Scapple

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How to use Scapple (App Store) to construct diagrams with the minimum effort, and paying attention to their contents rather than formatting.

January 20, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Problems of PDF

Why don’t some PDFs display properly outside Adobe software? Will PDFs ever become more accessible? And what to do when they get damaged?

February 17, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 2 Why PDF is so odd

A single character text can result in a PDF file with 160 lines. Mojave still generates PDF according to the 1999 standard. And why extracted text is all over the place.

February 13, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 1 At the heart of macOS

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I’ve been using PDFs for over 25 years, and have finally abandoned using Adobe’s software. Here’s a little history, and the first version of a new free PDF browser.

February 12, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting with Swift: Bar charts and ToolTips

Drawing in a graphics view shouldn’t be as hard as it seems. And how making custom ToolTips is simple, when you know how.

October 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Which app to edit a logo?

I want an app which I can use to edit some logos, and to process my photos. Would Photoshop Elements do both?

January 10, 2016 Macs, Technology

Book Review: Lonely Planet’s Instant Expert

“Lonely Planet’s Instant Expert. A Visual Guide to the Skills You’ve Always Wanted.” by Nigel Holmes Lonely Planet […]

January 28, 2015 General, Life, Technology
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