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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

What is tailspind?

If you see tailspind running on your Mac, here is what this background diagnostic process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0336 • April 2018

Monthly update 336 • April 2018 • 2018-04-01 - 2018-04-30

Monthly Updates

Swift Community-Hosted Continuous Integration

Swift.org has expanded its continuous integration testing system to include community-hosted nodes for additional platforms.

Development

Reimplementation of Implicitly Unwrapped Optionals

Swift 4.1 reimplements implicitly unwrapped optionals (IUOs) so they act as regular optionals with a flag that allows automatic unwrapping when needed, rather than as a distinct type.

Development

Useful macOS defaults: Accessibility

Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.universalaccess, controlling accessibility and visual settings.

Mac

What is PerfPowerServices?

If you see PerfPowerServices running on your Mac, here is what this performance and power management process does.

Mac

What is lskdd?

If you see lskdd running on your Mac, here is what this Launch Services process does.

Mac

What is ionodecache?

If you see ionodecache running on your Mac, here is what this I/O registry caching process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0335 • March 2018

Monthly update 335 • March 2018 • 2018-03-01 - 2018-03-31

Monthly Updates