lapcatsoftware

lapcatsoftware, 1 hour ago to random

Bugs always happen in major .0 releases. That’s perfectly understandable.

But here’s what bothers me about Apple nowadays:

1. Apple keeps pushing out major .0 releases every single year, a nonstop schedule of new bugs.

2. Software quality doesn’t improve 8-12 months after .0 versions, because Apple is always working on the next major version and also inexplicably pushing out new features year round in the current version, thus introducing even more bugs.

lapcatsoftware, 1 day ago to random

Cloudflare is evil. Do not use them.

https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website

lapcatsoftware, 1 day ago to random

New blog post:

macOS Sonoma silently enabled iCloud Keychain despite my precautions

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/5/4.html

lapcatsoftware, 1 day ago to random

TIL geese can hiss at you.

I was out walking and came upon families of geese with a bunch of children, so they couldn’t just fly away. The adults hissed at me like cats.

To forestall the obvious question, no, I don’t have photos or video, because believe it or not, I like to go out and walk without my smartphone.

It was a little scary to be honest but also pretty cool. That may be the closest I’ve ever gotten to geese.

lapcatsoftware, 1 day ago to random

sudo softwareupdate --install 'macOS Sonoma 14.5-23F79'

Catch you on the other side!

craiggrannell, 2 days ago to random

Just imagining everyone losing their mind (for various reasons) when someone at WWDC24 says: “And we call it Apple OS”.

lapcatsoftware, 2 days ago to random

I’ve decided to update my MacBook Pro from Ventura to Sonoma tomorrow.

Sad Michael Scott GIF

lapcatsoftware, 2 days ago to random

StopTheMadness on the new Apple Developer Forums:

.driver-active *, .driver-active .driver-overlay {
pointer-events: auto !important;
}

.driver-overlay-animated, .driver-popover {
display: none !important;
} https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/112497448536972704

lapcatsoftware, 2 days ago to random

Bad news, everyone!

Apple has ghosted me since that 2 minutes phone call, I’ve received 0 emails about the issue, and the Apple representative hasn’t responded to my follow-up phone inquiry, which went straight to voicemail. https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112447862295649046

kornel, 3 days ago to random

I've been using https://DuckDuckGo.com as my default search for years now. It's fine.

DDG supports a special !g keyword that redirects the search to Google, so I can easily get a second opinion when DDG isn't finding what I want.

RobW, 3 days ago to random

@lapcatsoftware Hi Jeff, I’d really love a way to be able to temporarily enable JavaScript with Stop the Script. Thanks!

lapcatsoftware, 4 days ago to random

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic https://mastodon.social/@appleinsider/112491122327355386

lapcatsoftware, 4 days ago to random

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

lapcatsoftware, 5 days 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, 6 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, 7 days ago to random

WWDC 2004: Redmond, start your photocopiers.

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

lapcatsoftware, 8 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, 11 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, 13 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, 13 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.