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Can you trust Numbers with numbers?

Numbers has a lightweight interface and is easy to use. But does it handle numbers as accurately as Excel, or maths environments like Matlab?

March 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Where will all those coders go?

Swift Playgrounds are attracting a lot of young people to learn to code. But what do they do when they’re ready to write ‘proper’ apps? Where are Apple’s guides and example code?

December 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Beyond mere coding

The moment you start writing apps that work with documents, you’ll need to know how to use UTIs. That requires inspired searching, guesswork, and trial and error.

July 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Scripting in Swift: Scriptarian, take 1.2.1

In some respects at least as good as any other Swift playground product, and its AppleScript support has improved considerably. But in other respects still falls short. In a class of one.

July 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: JSON and the Golden NSDictionary

Making progress with Consolation version 2: working out how to export useful data from JSON log excerpts. A punch-up in the Swift Playground.

March 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: More work needed

What more is needed if Swift is going to realise its promise as a scripting language for macOS?

December 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Xcode Swift playgrounds 4: running scripts without Xcode

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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.

November 26, 2016 Macs, Technology

Xcode Swift playgrounds 3: shell scripts, droplets, and actions

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Running shell scripts from Swift playgrounds is easy, but there’s more work needed to support droplets and folder actions.

November 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

Xcode Swift playgrounds 2: Scripting files

A success at last: scripting file operations works now. But don’t trust much of the documentation; it just frustrates.

November 24, 2016 Macs, Technology

Xcode Swift playgrounds 1: freezing and failing

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A frustrating first day trying to get Xcode’s Swift playgrounds to display simple dialogs and alerts.

November 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

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