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Productivity
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Building a little utility: Swwwitch
I saw something making the rounds in the dev community recently, so I built a small tool — a quick way to consolidate a few Cocoa-app features I’d been meaning to try. …
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How Mac apps launch at login
Launching at login is one of the most common features for a Cocoa app — especially the menu-bar utilities that are meant to be always-on. Let’s walk through how to add this …
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How do dockless Mac apps work?
Menu-only apps are one of the most common patterns in Cocoa-land. They don’t take up a spot in your Dock, they don’t get in the way when you’re switching across …
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Using Yinxiangbiji in Safari on an English-language macOS
Evernote runs a separate account system in China — Yinxiangbiji (印象笔记) — and last year the team there spun off entirely. But the Safari Web Clipper is still the same extension …
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Tracking down a Shadowsocks traffic leak
Update — 2019-01-29 First thing this morning, the moment I plugged into the office network the download rate shot up to 600 KB/s. Sure enough, it was that same …
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UserDefaults and Keychain
Apple offers several persistence options, and UserDefaults and Keychain are the two you reach for most often in day-to-day app development. From past conversations with colleagues …
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Making a "Send to 2Do" Safari bookmarklet
Drag the link below onto your Favorites Bar. The default click behaviour simulates navigation on the current page, and the destination URL is whatever you put after …
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My reading workflow
I’ve been tightening up my reading workflow lately, so here’s an update. The tools involved: DEVONThink Pro PDFExpert MarginNote (1) is the inbox and archive; (3) is …
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My favourite Mac apps
A running list of the Mac apps I reach for. Every time I reinstall macOS, I forget to grab one or two of these and only notice once I actually need them (I don’t always …