lapcatsoftware

lapcatsoftware, 5 hours ago to random

It’s extremely frustrating how apartment builders don’t give any consideration about noise from neighbors.

lapcatsoftware, 1 day ago to random

For about a week I tried to sign up for a new account on a website. It fails every time with a generic error and says try again later.

The registration form stated the user ID can contain a specified list of special characters including (, ), and @. Getting frustrated with continued failure, I formed a theory that the web developers were idiots—as they often are—so I tried removing the special characters from my user ID. Lo and behold, registration finally worked, thus confirming my theory.

lapcatsoftware, 2 days ago to random

Little Snitch 6 is out!

I haven’t tried it yet, but “Enhanced Xcode Simulator Support” sounds very interesting.

https://obdev.at/press/pr/2024-05-21-Objective-Development-Releases-Little-Snitch-6.html

lapcatsoftware, 3 days ago to random

WWDC 2004: Redmond, start your photocopiers.

WWDC 2024: Redmond, we’ve started copying your Copilot.

lapcatsoftware, 4 days ago to random

New blog post: “Mac Safari link preview keyboard shortcut”

I’ve found an undocumented keyboard shortcut apparently undiscovered for at least 6 years.

https://underpassapp.com/news/2024/5/1.html

lapcatsoftware, 7 days ago to random

Good news, everyone!

I just received a phone call from an Apple representative. They confirmed that there was indeed a software bug in the bundle pricing calculation, which was fixed yesterday. They also said that affected developers, such as myself, would be compensated for our lost revenue.

That’s all I know for now. I was told that I would also be receiving a follow-up email later.

The conversation was pleasant, and the Apple representative was very nice about it.

lapcatsoftware, 9 days ago to random

A lot of people seem to think that large corporations are competent because they make a ton of money.

In fact the opposite is true. Every layer of bureaucracy adds a layer of incompetence to a company. They usually create their best products when they’re much smaller, capture a market, and then cash in on that market for decades, in the process becoming less and less competent over time. Success and size breed incompetence, attract it like flies to shit.

lapcatsoftware, 9 days ago to random

If any Googlers are following me:

The Chrome releases RSS feed frequently fails to update.

It still lists May 5 as the latest, even though there have been multiple posts since then.

https://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleChromeReleases

lapcatsoftware, 9 days ago to random

This incredibly inconvenient Safari web inspector bug is still broken in iOS 17.5, two months after I reported it.

The bug was already fixed in the source code, so why wasn’t the fix shipped?!?!?!?!?

It affects me CONSTANTLY. Sigh.

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271134

lapcatsoftware, 13 days ago to random

New blog post “Apple started cheating me out of App Store bundle purchases”

TL;DR I've discovered that starting in February, Apple mistakenly subtracts the price of the previously purchased app twice from the proceeds of a "Complete My Bundle" purchase, thereby causing me to take a loss on each such bundle purchase. This accounting change has cost me thousands of dollars over the past few months.

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/5/2.html

lapcatsoftware, 13 days ago to random

App Store developers:

If you have an app bundle, check your financial reports from the February period and later. It appears there was an accounting change, and you may be losing money on Complete My Bundle purchases!

With a Complete My Bundle purchase, the original app price is listed as a refund. The problem is that now, starting in Feburary, the bundle price is no longer listed at the full price but rather at the discounted price. So the original app price is getting subtracted twice!!!!!!!

lapcatsoftware, 13 days ago to random

Holy shit, I think Apple has fucked up the payments on the upgrade bundles?!? I’m actually LOSING MONEY on them now, because Apple is subtracting the full price of StopTheMadness but only adding the difference with the bundle price.

Apple wasn’t doing that on my statements from 2 months ago.

This discrepancy is costing me thousands of dollars per month! It’s insane.

https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112414247200497613

lapcatsoftware, 14 days ago to random

I just updated to Mona app 6.2.4 on Mac and stopped getting push notifications. I had to revert to 6.2.2.

There was a Dock badge, but no notification.

lapcatsoftware, 15 days ago to random

Have you ever seen someone link to a Bluesky post?

Bluesky may have more users than Mastodon, but it seems a lot less relevant. I’ve personally found nothing interesting on there.

lapcatsoftware, 15 days ago to random

I broke show native video controls in Chrome and Firefox, but nobody noticed.

Of course their native video controls kind of suck.

lapcatsoftware, 16 days ago to random

The trackpad on my M1 MacBook Pro is very frustrating. Frequently it just ignores my movements for a couple seconds, as if there were a dead spot, but there doesn’t seem to be one particular spot, just bad software.

I’ve owned a number of MacBook Pros before, 2006 to 2014, and this problem never happened with the older style trackpad.

lapcatsoftware, 16 days ago to random

Leslie’s outfit is terrible.

Am I allowed to say that?

I mean, seriously, though, it’s true. Somebody ought to tell her.

lapcatsoftware, 16 days ago to random

Literally nobody:

Apple: THINNER iPad!

lapcatsoftware, 17 days ago to random

“Get ready for another Apple meeting that could have been an email”

I’m going to let loose myself tomorrow morning, with my usual live snarking on Mastodon.

I’m glad about the schedule, because unlike WWDC it won’t interrupt my lunch here in the Central time zone.

https://www.macworld.com/article/2318277/apple-let-loose-press-release-virtual-event-ipads.html

lapcatsoftware, 17 days ago to random

The Phantom Menace is in theaters again?

I just might have to go see it to relive the experience of being disappointed.

lapcatsoftware, 20 days ago to random

Apple CFO: “In healthcare, Epic Systems, the world’s largest electronic medical record provider, recently launched its native app for the Mac”

Epic’s so-called “native” app for the Mac:

lapcatsoftware, 21 days ago to random

The fact that small developers get a free pass from the EU CTF just shows that even the App Store Small Business Program 15% cut is a total ripoff.

lapcatsoftware, 21 days ago to random

Not looking forward to May, because I need to update from Ventura to Sonoma before WWDC.

lapcatsoftware, 23 days ago to random

Me: [calls clinic]

Clinic: Our first appoint is… let’s see… November

lapcatsoftware, 25 days ago to random

StopTheMadness Pro 6.0 released in the App Store

• Font replacements autofill the font name of selected text
• Copy link title and show password on iOS
• Bug fixes
• And more

https://underpassapp.com/news/2024/4/5.html