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Experience Rot

Steve Jobs once said, “You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying ‘no’ to 1,000 things.”

Development

NLLanguageRecognizer

Apple’s Natural Language framework (iOS 12+) finally lets developers use the same powerful language-detection technology that powers Siri and system features.

Development

Useful macOS defaults: Menu Extras

Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.menuextras, controlling legacy menu bar items.

Mac

Monthly update #0339 • July 2018

Monthly update 339 • July 2018 • 2018-07-01 - 2018-07-31

Monthly Updates

Norway Road Trip Day 12

Day 12 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 11

Day 11 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 10

Day 10 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 09

Day 9 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 08

Day 8 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 07

Day 7 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 06

Day 6 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 05

Day 5 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 04

Day 4 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 03

Day 3 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

UITextInputPasswordRules

Automatic Strong Passwords (iOS 12 / macOS Mojave) let Safari and your app generate truly random, high-entropy passwords that actually satisfy the site’s rules, no more “password too weak” after AutoFill.

Development

Norway Road Trip Day 02

Day 2 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

Norway Road Trip Day 01

Day 1 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.

Trips

What is bridgeOSUpdateProxy?

If you see bridgeOSUpdateProxy running on your Mac, here is what this firmware update process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0338 • June 2018

Monthly update 338 • June 2018 • 2018-06-01 - 2018-06-30

Monthly Updates

What is SafeEjectGPUStartupDaemon?

If you see SafeEjectGPUStartupDaemon running on your Mac, here is what this eGPU ejection process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0337 • May 2018

Monthly update 337 • May 2018 • 2018-05-01 - 2018-05-31

Monthly Updates

What is deleted_helper?

If you see deleted_helper running on your Mac, here is what this storage management helper process does.

Mac

Pentecost

Pentecost calls me to remember the basics with fresh eyes. The Holy Spirit coming stands as evidence of Gods promise.

Christianity

Introducing Related Projects to Swift Forums

The Swift community continues to expand, with developers increasingly relying on ecosystem projects to streamline app development for specific tasks. To foster better interaction, Swift Forums has introduced a new top-level category called Related Projects.

Development

Ascension Day

Ascension Day calls me to remember the basics with fresh eyes. Jesus going up to heaven stands as evidence of victory.

Christianity