The Core Motion framework in Swift simplifies access to iOS and watchOS device sensors, enabling innovative user interactions beyond touch by leveraging a dedicated motion coprocessor for efficient accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer data processing.
The Core Motion framework’s CMMotionActivityManager on iOS and watchOS uses a device’s motion coprocessor to process sensor data from accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers, determining user activities like walking, running, cycling, automotive travel, or being stationary with varying confidence levels.
Monthly update 340 • August 2018 • 2018-08-01 - 2018-08-31
NSDataDetector finds dates, links, phone numbers, addresses, and transit details in natural language text. It is a subclass of NSRegularExpression.
Asset catalogs in Xcode let you store not just images but also data files like JSON. This helps apps load faster on first launch by avoiding network calls.
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.”
Apple’s Natural Language framework (iOS 12+) finally lets developers use the same powerful language-detection technology that powers Siri and system features.
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.menuextras, controlling legacy menu bar items.
Monthly update 339 • July 2018 • 2018-07-01 - 2018-07-31
Day 12 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
Day 11 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
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Day 9 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
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Day 5 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
Day 4 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
Day 3 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
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.
Day 2 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
Day 1 of the road trip my brother and I made in Norway.
If you see bridgeOSUpdateProxy running on your Mac, here is what this firmware update process does.
Monthly update 338 • June 2018 • 2018-06-01 - 2018-06-30
If you see SafeEjectGPUStartupDaemon running on your Mac, here is what this eGPU ejection process does.