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Apple is working on a developer cloud

In a public recruitment advert, Apple has effectively announced that it’s developing new cloud-based services for third-party developers. […]

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple’s Notary Service: ten months experience

Over 10 months, I’ve run over 100 notarisations on more than 30 apps. How reliable and responsive has Apple’s service been?

April 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

At your service: Services menus

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Like many other parts of the macOS human interface, its Services menus are heavily used by some users, […]

January 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

An Incomplete List of Sierra’s Dispatched Services

Time Machine backups are but one of 70-80 background services which are run by macOS dispatching systems. Here’s a list of some of the others.

May 31, 2017 Macs, Technology

Two ways to run background tasks: comparing launchd and GCD

Background activities scheduled by third-party software currently use launchd, and run the risk of affecting the user. Would GCD be a better choice of dispatcher?

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

How timely are scheduled events in Sierra?

Schedule a periodic task as a Launch Agent. How close to the expected time does macOS actually run it?

March 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Unexpected cucumbers and online services

When is the last time that an online service caused you to have an unexpected cucumber experience?

November 24, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Service with a Smile

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Macs are increasingly reliant on background services, and increasingly vulnerable to their problems. Mastering the services on your Mac will help make it faster and more stable.

May 13, 2015 Macs, Technology

No accounting for governments

Why are governments so obsessed with spending, budgets, and accounts? Most have taken to frequent announcements of intended […]

January 27, 2015 General, Life
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