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collin, 2 days ago to random

Why is that my Elgato capture card would work through the Apple USB-C Multiport Adapter, but not through my Anker hub when there is nothing else plugged into it? I feel like I'm missing something?

collin, 2 days ago to random

Is the USB-C connector the greatest monkey's paw in computer history?

collin, 2 days ago to random

If the EU wants to make everyones lives better, they should make it illegal to sell a cable with a USB-C connector that doesn't support at least USB 3.1.

collin, 3 days ago to random

It's pretty incredible how much mileage we've gotten out of a seven note scale and many many songs using some version of a 1-4 or 1-4-5 progression.

collin, 4 days ago to random

The thing that JetBrains IDEs really fuck up UI wise is that they mix your global IDE settings and project settings into the same panels. I should have a place for project settings and a place for IDE settings. Seems basic?

collin, 4 days ago to macos

When a #macOS app supports versions, it's really quite cool and useful. I wish more did.

collin, 4 days ago to random

I know I want to record music and publish it, but I find the whole publishing part a bit confusing.

Should I put out a single first? If I put up a single on streaming and then want to add that as a part of an EP, is that easy to do?

collin, 5 days ago to random

Logic Pro 11 looks great. I'm definitely going to try the new session musician features, although ultimately, I suspect I'd rather play my own instruments and have them be a little less perfect but more my own. Who knows though, maybe the bass player is amazing.

collin, 6 days ago to random

I think I might switch to a mechanical watch.

collin, 7 days ago to random

Something is either up with me or with new Star Trek, but I have been weirdly on the side of the grumpy captains we aren’t supposed to be siding with lately.

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collin, 8 days ago to random

I am a fan of Star Trek Discovery, but even I can admit that some of the writing has always been a bit weak. When it’s good it’s really good, but when it’s not it’s like head scratching bad.

collin, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to random

I know this is definitely dreaming too big, but an iPad Pro with two ports would definitely make it a little more “pro.”

As of now, if I have any piece of hardware which can’t be reliably, used through a hub, I can’t do whatever I’m trying to do on my iPad.

collin, 10 days ago to random

Wait. iPadOS 17 supports external cameras but apps have to opt in? And on top of that the system camera app doesn't even support it? Are you fucking kidding me?

collin, 11 days ago to random

I got to season 9 of Stargate and man I do not like Vala so far.

collin, 11 days ago to random

Do you have any kind of organizational scheme for your iCloud Drive folder? Part me wonders if I should have a top level folder I put all of my documents under so my root is just the app directories, downloads, and that.

I basically never want to see the app folders if I don’t have to.

collin, 14 days ago to random

Once or twice my Dad got mad at me growing for spending so much time on the computer and said “are you just gonna spend your whole life on the computer!?”

I can now say confidently that the answer is, yeah, pretty much.

collin, 16 days ago to random

Stargate must have the highest clip show per capita of any show ever put on tv.

collin, 17 days ago to random

If Apple didn’t already have iWork, Final Cut, or Logic, would they make them now? Kind of hard to imagine that kind of investment in new software from them. What even comes close in the last fifteen years?

collin, 19 days ago to random

The guy who makes this lyric writing app, which is basically the app I would make, has been super responsive to my suggestions, going back and forth with me, and is implementing them in really nice ways.

Is this what being a project manager is like? If so, I want in 😂

collin, 19 days ago to random

Unscheduled off world activation 🚨

collin, 20 days ago to random

Turns out it is pretty easy to take an SF Symbol, run it through folderify from Homebrew on the command line, and get something cool like this.

collin, 20 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to macos

Do you use the feature to sync your Desktop and Documents folders with iCloud in #macOS?

collin, 20 days ago to random

I really imagine myself as the kind of person that would have lots of scripts and Shortcuts, and I'm just kind of not. I run pretty stock.

collin, 21 days ago to random

It’s too bad a lot of the cool Apple Wallet features seem to kind of die on arrival.

I would love to have order tracking automatically in the Wallet app, but considering the Apple Store doesn’t even support it, that feels unlikely.

Having your drivers license in there would be great too, and I don’t blame Apple for this, but I suspect Oregon and a lot of others states are never going to support it. Hope I’m wrong 🤞

collin, 22 days ago to random

Do you use tags in Finder/Files on macOS/iOS? Give me some tips for how to make this useful.