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Useful macOS defaults: Photos
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Photos, controlling how Apple Photos behaves.
Mac
What is ContainerMigrationService?
If you see ContainerMigrationService running on your Mac, here is what this app data migration process does.
Mac
Revival's in the Air by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2020 live album is a long, hopeful set of revival songs, full of resurrection power and praise.
Music
Announcing Swift Algorithms
Swift Algorithms is a new open-source package offering a suite of generic sequence and collection algorithms, such as chunking, combinations, permutations, and random sampling, designed to replace error-prone loops with clear, performant code.
Development
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3] chronicles the later stages of the Gulag system, including hard labor prisons, exile, and the post-Stalin era.
Books
Monthly update #0365 • September 2020
Monthly update 365 • September 2020 • 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-30
Monthly Updates
Introducing Swift Atomics
Swift Atomics is a new open-source package enabling low-level atomic operations in Swift, allowing systems programmers to build concurrent data structures safely.
Development
The Piano Dreamer by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2012 release, calm and patient instrumental writing. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Swift System is Now Open Source
Swift System is a new open-source library for Apple platforms and Linux, providing idiomatic, type-safe interfaces to system calls and low-level types, replacing error-prone C interfaces like the open function.
Development
Introducing Swift on Windows
The Swift project now offers downloadable toolchain images for Windows, enabling developers to build and run Swift code on this platform.
Development
What is online-authd?
If you see online-authd running on your Mac, here is what this online authentication process does.
Mac
Swift 5.3 released!
Swift 5.3 enhances developer productivity with language refinements, better diagnostics, faster code completion, and improved build times.
Development
What is jetsamproperties?
If you see jetsamproperties.Mac running on your Mac, here is what this memory management configuration does.
Mac
Monthly update #0364 • August 2020
Monthly update 364 • August 2020 • 2020-08-01 - 2020-08-31
Monthly Updates
Introducing Swift Cluster Membership
Swift Cluster Membership is a new open-source Swift package for server applications, providing reusable, runtime agnostic implementations of cluster membership protocols for distributed systems like databases and key-value stores.
Development
The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2012 release, a cinematic score built to carry a story. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Music
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2] delves into the heart of the Soviet labor camps, describing the brutal daily life, forced work, and psychological toll on prisoners.
Books
Monthly update #0363 • July 2020
Monthly update 363 • July 2020 • 2020-07-01 - 2020-07-31
Monthly Updates
Introducing Swift Service Lifecycle
Swift Service Lifecycle is a new open-source Swift package designed to simplify and standardise the management of startup and shutdown sequences for server applications.
Development
Who We Are: The Head and the Heart by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2020 comeback is sharp Christian rock about identity, worth and holding your head up through the noise.
Music
Useful macOS defaults: Notes
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Notes, controlling how Apple Notes behaves.
Mac
What are uarpassetmanagerd, uarpd, and uarphidd?
If you see UARP processes running on your Mac, here is what these accessory firmware update processes do.
Mac
Monthly update #0362 • June 2020
Monthly update 362 • June 2020 • 2020-06-01 - 2020-06-30
Monthly Updates
Lights and Shadows
It’s hard to describe how paramount light is. Ultimately, it is the only thing we see. But just as important the presence of light is, so is its absence.
Gems