November 2019

@cherpake Looks cool. Thanks for letting me know.

12:32 PM, Nov 30th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to cherpake

@rcurran85 Apparently so: https://t.co/m0NhPhLRF3 Good idea.

11:43 AM, Nov 30th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@pmcg Saw it just after writing the updates for today, so it’ll go in the next batch. Thanks!

8:27 PM, Nov 27th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to pmcg

@lapcatsoftware I don’t think so. I’ll see what I can do.

8:26 PM, Nov 27th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@lucvandal @jamesthomson Happened to me yesterday, too. 12+ hours for price change and promo text. Went to bed, and… https://t.co/TeQtwPxx34

5:08 PM, Nov 27th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna Will do.

9:08 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@rosyna And the relevant paragraph is not visible with the default window size. And the scrollbar is invisible by default.

9:06 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

@lapcatsoftware @rosyna No joke. My experience (from answering customer support) is that ~nobody clicks ? buttons i… https://t.co/zrBCo5M6Vd

9:04 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna The one in the alert for an unsigned app does open a help page, though the override info is hidden on anoth… https://t.co/bsQ7vIxghG

9:01 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna Have you tried it? On my Mac (10.15.1) that button doesn’t actually do anything.

9:00 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@appletoolbox Thanks!

3:47 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to appletoolbox

@tempelorg Are you seeing your new iClip price in the Mac App Store? I ask because I’m still seeing the $15. And my… https://t.co/NFsMaP1Q2i

3:35 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@sunildvr It should be worldwide, but it seems to be taking a long time to propagate. Please let me know if it’s st… https://t.co/gmQ0n1253K

12:47 PM, Nov 26th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@leebennett What are you doing to use instead?

5:10 PM, Nov 25th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to leebennett

@nickheer Mail will do that if there’s a message “stuck” on the server server that it keeps redownloading as if it’… https://t.co/gFl7WqZ0R1

8:41 PM, Nov 22nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lapcatsoftware Did he say there was no apology or explanation?

7:57 PM, Nov 22nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@NSExceptional I’m guessing No, but I don’t think I’ve actually tried that. But it does let you delete (or, I suppo… https://t.co/T0hJ8oSkJe

7:56 PM, Nov 22nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@z31r4m Last time I checked, the bonds they were issuing paid lower interest than the AAPL dividend, so perhaps not… https://t.co/qY3QTH7Azf

4:50 PM, Nov 22nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@joshtidsbury OK, I’ll try it again.

3:17 PM, Nov 21st, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to joshtidsbury

@sanguish How would they do that?

3:16 PM, Nov 21st, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to sanguish

@apple4ever Sorry about that. Akismet thought they were spam for some reason, and there are far too many spams for… https://t.co/idwW4WTD1J

8:08 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@nicklockwood Hmm, I guess it depends on what you’re trying to do. I’ve generally found the internal methods more i… https://t.co/kj1Lw1w0nb

8:03 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@nicklockwood What makes you think people only swizzle public methods?

7:40 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to nicklockwood

@NSExceptional Oh, looks like it’s from after my update today. I’ll make another update tomorrow.

6:31 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional I think I missed it somehow. Thanks.

6:29 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@agilethumbs Aren’t the big repairs more expensive at third-party stores?

6:28 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to agilethumbs

@handcoding Thanks for noticing. I suspect Adam had a typo, which I copied, and then he fixed his.

1:23 PM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to handcoding

@vslavik Hmm, I think FastSpring always charged me $20. I’m not sure there’s much either can do to fight it.

11:31 AM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@simonnickel_dev @Freerunnering It seems like it’s going to work when you briefly test it offline. Then when you co… https://t.co/KpDwnOa41Z

9:03 AM, Nov 20th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@marv51 Not sure—maybe all at once. The issue isn’t deleting them. It’s that the app won’t even load the list of vi… https://t.co/SrfSK6YqtD

5:06 PM, Nov 19th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@LucCogZest It’s been that way for a while. Glad you like it.

6:11 AM, Nov 19th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to LucCogZest

@lapcatsoftware @tonyarnold Fixed, thanks.

4:28 PM, Nov 18th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@pmcg @stroughtonsmith Yes, I think you’re right. But it doesn’t provide enough power to run a hard drive. :(

9:05 AM, Nov 18th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to pmcg

@pmcg @stroughtonsmith Yeah…I think the last time I used the hub may be been to attach an iPod shuffle.

8:55 AM, Nov 18th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to pmcg

@pmcg @stroughtonsmith That’s what I’m using now. Seems to be more reliable than plugging in the Magic Keyboard.

8:49 AM, Nov 18th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to pmcg

@m_galvagno Aha. I had that, too: https://t.co/OGLsvsqrkj

9:09 AM, Nov 16th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@m_galvagno Relocated rather than deleted e-mails? I don’t think I’ve heard of that before.

7:25 AM, Nov 16th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to m_galvagno

@NSExceptional So you haven’t actually been scammed and gone through this process with eBay?

12:33 PM, Nov 15th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional What I’ve heard is that the buyer returns a different item than the one you shipped.

12:33 PM, Nov 15th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional Right, but I have no way to prove that the item in the photo was actually in the box. Or that I didn… https://t.co/bnfeufI0Gw

12:25 PM, Nov 15th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional How do you think eBay is going to make it right for you, the seller, if they have no way of verifyin… https://t.co/UPuF91I7bU

11:16 AM, Nov 15th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional eBay seems to have a reputation for always siding with the buyer. They’ve certainly never given me a… https://t.co/Pm8UN3lTQZ

11:15 AM, Nov 15th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@freak4pc Haha, not this specifically, but I’ve filed plenty about other Feedback issues.

3:32 PM, Nov 14th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to freak4pc

@ePirat @steipete Both. I think some of the bug comments are just missing, too.

10:50 AM, Nov 14th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to ePirat

@NeirinckMike That’s not what these numbers are measuring.

8:56 AM, Nov 14th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to NeirinckMike

@buckymsj What are the consequences?

10:38 PM, Nov 13th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to buckymsj

@lapcatsoftware I think I did that a few times years ago with the old system and nothing ever happened.

1:26 PM, Nov 13th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@lapcatsoftware This is worse because they won’t even re-open the old bug—need to create a new one. How does having… https://t.co/tRUQVLIfXa

1:12 PM, Nov 13th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional That’s discussed in the enhancement proposal. I think using standard names makes sense.

7:41 PM, Nov 8th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@RossSheingold Not sure. :(

7:30 PM, Nov 8th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to RossSheingold

@lapcatsoftware @rosyna The contacts service isn’t getting compromised. GitFinder has separate services for Git, Ke… https://t.co/zhrqyAbCyW

10:11 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lapcatsoftware @rosyna My point is that requiring the app entitlement makes the app less secure than if access wer… https://t.co/WtMgD3TgpO

8:39 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna Yes, my point is I don’t see why the TCC ones are treated differently than network and file access.

8:33 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@rosyna What I mean is that if the user has allowed app B to control app A and allowed app C to control app B, then… https://t.co/rjYPGKqoW6

8:32 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna I still conclude from this that: 1. This sort of transitive declaration is completely at odds with privileg… https://t.co/JRSE7zmTKG

8:25 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna I’m assuming this doesn’t protect against the AppleScript thing.

8:21 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@rosyna “Never asked for”? Are you thinking of a model where an app embeds a service written by someone else and th… https://t.co/yr1F3YzdEp

8:08 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna I mean that the same logic would apply to other entitlements, like network stuff. I’ve isolated network acc… https://t.co/hYoly7zMPW

8:06 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna I thought XPC was supposed to help here. Without the entitlement, GitFinder can only do contacts operations… https://t.co/NHCZq85Orq

8:03 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna But, going with this logic for the moment, why wouldn’t this also apply to other entitlements?

7:58 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@rosyna Whereas if GitFinder has the entitlement and gets compromised, we have the same problem…

7:57 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@rosyna 3. I thought apps weren’t supposed to be able to invoke other apps’ XPC services.

7:53 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

@rosyna This doesn't make sense to me. 1. Isn’t the https://t.co/hHCr3UZQ7A.... entitl… https://t.co/tQwcjgZ3aE

7:51 PM, Nov 6th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@adamengst @betalogue @Apple It seems like we still don’t have an answer for why the installers care about the curr… https://t.co/ZtNisDzYDu

8:46 PM, Nov 5th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna Yeah, I can see the availability of the base type. Just wondering whether the APIs they’d need are some of… https://t.co/RpHDhq883v

7:50 PM, Nov 5th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@rosyna Thanks. Do you know whether those were available in 2014?

7:40 PM, Nov 5th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@tylerhall I’ve seen a couple people report massive photo deletions, but I don’t know the details.

4:09 PM, Nov 5th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tylerhall

@anatomisation You’re right; I don’t think the Mozilla post actually says that.

12:05 AM, Nov 5th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to anatomisation

@anatomisation I’m quoting the assertion from Mozilla. I haven’t had a chance to dig in myself. Based on the articl… https://t.co/3wtDCSgM3U

11:46 PM, Nov 4th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@anatomisation Yeah, I took it to refer to that family of APIs.

11:15 PM, Nov 4th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to anatomisation

@anatomisation The original post and my link mention CALayerHost, which as far as I can tell is undocumented.

11:07 PM, Nov 4th, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to anatomisation

@lorentey Awesome. And that’s a great tip that I wish I’d known at the time.

10:38 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lorentey

@lorentey But I think I should be safe starting out with Dictionary now. Setting through multiple levels does the right thing, right?

10:21 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

@lorentey Agreed. I guess the question is whether it’s possible to paint yourself into a corner before you understa… https://t.co/DANUojQetW

10:20 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lorentey Yep, I linked that in the post. It’s great. I guess what I’m saying is that there are layers of magic tha… https://t.co/BASrraYpQP

9:23 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lorentey Yeah, my understanding is that actually returning the struct like in `d[k] = doSomething(d[k])` *will* cr… https://t.co/ZXijHGqiL0

9:15 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lorentey I actually still find the rule a bit confusing because in my head the Set struct is being copied when it’… https://t.co/mHH3j7qxiI

8:26 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lorentey I guess you’re saying that the “simple rule” is *also* part of the contract, and so it’s outside of the a… https://t.co/oVzKzxTbxa

8:26 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lorentey I see CoW as part of the value types abstraction because clients want to assume it’s not doing a full cop… https://t.co/DUuahoLbHy

8:26 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac

@lapcatsoftware @betalogue How about a separator before import/export?

4:25 PM, Nov 2nd, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@agilethumbs Are the US numbers different? Here, I see tons of Fitbits and Apple Watches and pretty much nothing else.

4:51 PM, Nov 1st, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to agilethumbs

@UINT_MIN Thanks for all you’ve done, and good luck.

3:18 PM, Nov 1st, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to UINT_MIN

@Ramshandilya It told me I didn’t have enough space to expand the .xip when I had 100 GB free. Had to restart the Mac.

1:11 PM, Nov 1st, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to Ramshandilya

@mpweiher @depth42 If I understand correctly: (1) one should make protocols “class” by default, to avoid this overh… https://t.co/v5By6w3qte

10:49 AM, Nov 1st, 2019 via Tweetbot for Mac