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Looking ahead to macOS 12.3: Python, DropBox and OneDrive changes

If you use any of these, Apple’s next update to Monterey 12.3 will bring changes. Start preparing now.

January 29, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has revealed macOS version numbering following Big Sur

Which is the next ‘major’ release of macOS after Big Sur, then? Will it return to the numbering system before Mac OS X with 12.0, or 11.1?

November 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

macOS version numbering isn’t so simple

If you’re running an interpreted/JIT language, Big Sur could return that it’s either 10.16 or 11.0, depending on the version of the environment.

August 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

How to normalise strings, and a new command tool to help

How can you get the Unicode normalised form from within an app, or when you’re writing your own tools and scripts? unorml may be just the job.

April 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 2 – Deucalion, the flood, and Python

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The Greek version of the Flood myth is quite different, and calls on sculpture for another metamorphosis. It also gives rise to the fearsome Python.

February 3, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Thank and be RESTful: how Twitter, Facebook, and many other apps work

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Almost every app that you run – under OS X or iOS – which communicates with a remote web server will use RESTful APIs somewhere along the line.

June 19, 2015 General, Macs, Technology
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