Let There Be Light by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong Worship's 2016 live album is a bright set of congregational songs, carried by the hymn What a Beautiful Name.
Music
Blog
Use Touch ID to authenticate sudo in Terminal
You can use Touch ID instead of typing your password every time you run a sudo command in Terminal.
Mac
Spam iCloud calendar invitations
If your iCloud calendar is filling up with spam event invitations, here is how to deal with them and stop them from coming back.
Mac
How Can We Be Silent by BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl's 2007 release, guitars with weight and drive. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
What is logd?
If you see logd running on your Mac, here is what this unified logging process does and why it matters.
Mac
Monthly update #0317 • September 2016
Monthly update 317 • September 2016 • 2016-09-01 - 2016-09-30
Monthly Updates
Quiet
Quiet is a content blocker for Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Projects
How to Fix “xcrun: error: invalid active developer path” after upgrading macOS
After every major macOS update (including the recent macOS Tahoe), many people open Terminal and try to use git or any other command-line tool.
Mac
The Very Next Thing by Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns' 2016 album is warm pop rock about taking the next faithful step rather than waiting for a grand plan.
Music
Swift 3.0 Released!
Apple released Swift 3.0 as the first major version since the language became open source. This update brings big changes to the core language and standard library through many Swift Evolution proposals, but it does not work with code from Swift 2.2 or 2.3.
Development
Remembering Omi
Omi, the mother of my father, died today. She was born in April 1942 and lived to the age of 74 years. She was the fun grandma that everyone in the family loved.
Remembering
Useful macOS defaults: Time Machine
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.TimeMachine, controlling backup behaviour.
Mac
What is wifianalyticsd?
If you see wifianalyticsd running on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi diagnostics process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0316 • August 2016
Monthly update 316 • August 2016 • 2016-08-01 - 2016-08-31
Monthly Updates
Stand by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2006 release, bright, well-built pop songs. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne (2016), directed by Paul Greengrass, brings back the lost agent. Matt Damon plays Bourne with hard eyes and quick fists. He fights in crowds and dark streets.
Movies
Oxygène 7-13 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 sequel to his landmark, six wordless movements I came to long after the original.
Music
Monthly update #0315 • July 2016
Monthly update 315 • July 2016 • 2016-07-01 - 2016-07-31
Monthly Updates
Unleashed by Skillet
Skillet's 2016 album is tight, hard rock built for arenas, a record about feeling invincible and refusing to quit.
Music
What is familycontrols?
If you see familycontrols running on your Mac, here is what this parental controls process does.
Mac
Air for Free by Relient K
Relient K's 2016 album is loose, melodic pop rock, a playful and warm record about gratitude for simple things.
Music
Person of Interest
Person of Interest is an American crime drama series. It aired on CBS from 22 September 2011 to 21 June 2016. Jonathan Nolan created it. The show stars Jim Caviezel as John Reese, a former CIA agent thought dead. Michael Emerson plays Harold Finch, a rich tech expert.
TV Series
Where the Light Shines Through by Switchfoot
Switchfoot's 2016 album turns scars into windows, a bright alternative rock record about light breaking through the broken places.
Music
Xcode Playground Support
Apple introduced Xcode Playground Support as part of the open source Swift community, which lets developers build a toolchain to use the latest Swift features in Xcode 8 playgrounds.
Development
Monthly update #0314 • June 2016
Monthly update 314 • June 2016 • 2016-06-01 - 2016-06-30
Monthly Updates