Marcin Wichary:
The search for the strangest Adobe setting continues in Lightroom, where the first option in the Interface section is… end marks[…]
Presently, only one option is there… …but at least back in 2012 there were many more.
What does it do? It adds an old-time’y glyph at the end of either left or right panel.
This is the very first interface setting shown in the preferences window. I guess the idea is that you might want a way to know you’re at the bottom of the list of panels. But the weird thing is that Lightroom does show scroll bars for the panels, even when System Settings is set to hide them, so I can already tell whether I’m at the bottom by looking at the scroll thumb.
John Beardsworth:
These Panel End Marks are simply png files stored in the Panel End Marks settings folder and you can easily create your own in Photoshop.
I love his idea of repurposing them to “serve as a reminder of star ratings, colour labels and even keyboard shortcuts for flags.” I wish more apps had places to attach user comments, either to model objects or to bits of UI.
Previously:
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Sunil Bhatt:
Thanks to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Garmin watches in the EU can now sync steps, sleep, and heart rate data automatically, even when the Garmin Connect app is closed. This removes a long-standing limitation that previously favoured the Apple Watch.
For years, Garmin users on iPhone had to manually open the Garmin Connect app just to sync their data.
Marko Maslakovic:
The changes Apple has made affect how Bluetooth and background data transfer work. It’s part of a broader push to level the playing field between Apple’s own devices and everything else. That includes watches, fitness trackers and other health gear. Apple is required to give developers access to the same communication tools its own apps use. Garmin seems to be making use of those.
There are still limits to what happens in the background, especially on iOS where battery management remains strict.
See also: Accidental Tech Podcast.
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Attila Miklosi:
Apple replaced Launchpad with a new “Apps” view — a hybrid of Spotlight search and a scrolling list of your installed applications. You can access it from the Dock or via keyboard shortcut, but it behaves very differently from the old grid.
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AppGrid is a grid-based app launcher built specifically for macOS Tahoe. It’s the fastest way to restore the Launchpad experience[…]
I was never a Launchpad guy, but I know some people really miss it. He says that the app got a lot of traction, but then:
About three months in, Apple blocked all further updates. The reason: too similar to Launchpad — the feature they had just removed from the OS. I appealed several times, got nowhere, and eventually gave up.
The weirdest part is that they didn’t pull the app, but forced it into a zombie state. It’s still on the App Store right now, still selling, and Apple is still collecting 30% on every sale. They just won’t let me ship updates. I can’t fix bugs, can’t respond to competitors, can’t add the features users are asking for. It’s frozen in place, generating revenue for both of us, without any way to improve the product further.
So I’ve been building direct distribution outside the App Store at appgridmac.com. The unsandboxed version can do things the App Store build never could — hot corner activation, for instance, which is the single most requested feature from former Launchpad users but is blocked in the sandboxed version.
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Apple told me they would accept updates if I made the app look different enough from
Launchpad. But by then thousands have paid for it already, and they paid exactly for it being as similar to Launchpad as possible, so I decided not to go down that route[…]
Apple does allow other apps such as LaunchMe to have modes that look like Launchpad:
Simply download and install the app to begin customizing your app launcher to bring back Launchpad experience.
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When you first open LaunchMe, you’ll need to change one setting to get “Classic View” like Launchpad had before the macOS 26 Tahoe update.
The guidelines prohibit apps that are “confusingly similar to an existing Apple product, interface” (5.2.5), but of course Launchpad no longer exists. These weird App Store situations—inconsistent application of rules, approved but can’t update—are in a way the most frustrating.
Previously:
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