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Whodunnit? The housekeeper that killed an app

One second, the app was fine. Then it just vanished. There was nothing wrong with that app: it was murdered. Join this game of Cluedo/Clue in macOS.

June 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Backstage heroes

Singing the praises of third-party developers who gave up their summer to work on their products to ensure they let us upgrade to Big Sur.

November 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Dark Delight: getting the best from Dark Mode

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I was sceptical of Dark Mode, but have been trying it out for more than a week now. And for me, it works. But watch for the Flashlight Effect.

October 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Review: MarsEdit 4, the blogger’s world

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Should you switch or upgrade to MarsEdit 4? Having used it heavily for the last few days to manage nearly 3,000 articles here, I think I have a clear answer.

December 9, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

MarsEdit 4.0 is here at last

It looks really wonderful, and feels much more responsive. A fuller review will follow in a few days.

December 5, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Which blog authoring app?

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This blog has over 1800 articles, and my offline authoring app is struggling, regularly bringing my Mac to its knees. There must be a better solution.

September 28, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 1: imports and prototypes

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Converting from fairly linear HTML to interconnected hypertext – aiming to tell the several stories of the history of oil painting.

September 15, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Extracting content from MarsEdit

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MarsEdit does its job very well, but takes a rather narrow view of what its job entails.

July 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 3 From text to documents

Once acquired, text needs to be structured and formatted. This guides you through different formats and editing options.

March 25, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology
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