November 2020

Reviews of the First M1 Macs: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

M1 Mac Bluetooth Issues: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Custom iOS App Icons via Launch Center Pro: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Widgetsmith 2.0: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

1:54 PM, Nov 27th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to Bo_Hatchet

@Bo_Hatchet It’s already on the list. :)

I’ve also updated my list of #BlackFriday deals: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… twitter.com/c_command/stat…

11:38 AM, Nov 27th, 2020 via Twitter Web App

luckymarmot Paw · The most advanced API tool for Mac (REST & GraphQL) paw.cloud · Our insane 2020 Black Friday of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

9:24 AM, Nov 27th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 9:38 AM, Nov 27th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

@simX @lapcatsoftware @tjluoma I had to get used to natural scrolling because otherwise it’s always backwards when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:35 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@tjluoma I like it turned off because it means fewer Tabs (and more predictable navigation) between text fields. I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:13 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tjluoma

@MelvinGundlach Maybe they don’t help with training?

5:59 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

@MelvinGundlach Yeah, I don’t understand why that wasn't mentioned.

5:58 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to MelvinGundlach

iOS Apps Not Available in the Mac App Store: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

libdispatch’s Unmet Promise: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Hazel 5: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

ML Compute on M1 Macs: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

3:43 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

Posts updated today:

Apple Server Outage
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1…

Slow Swift Compilation of Boolean Comparisons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5:01 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

M1 Memory and Performance
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2…

iPhone and iPad Apps in the Mac App Store… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5:01 PM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

Looks like @PaddleHQ is back up!

@kilianvalkhof Yep, always good to have a backup. Two of my previous providers have gone out of business.

11:15 AM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to kilianvalkhof

@PaddleHQ Thanks for the update and good luck with the mitigation. I see that you have a status page here… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

11:14 AM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to PaddleHQ

@kilianvalkhof Nope, had to set everything up for both.

11:04 AM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to kilianvalkhof

Heads-up if you’re using @PaddleHQ that the overlay checkout system seems to be down for me and several other Mac d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

10:57 AM, Nov 25th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

bryandubno 🦃 Calling all indie iOS and macOS developers! 🍁

I'm compiling a list of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals for apps… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

2:48 PM, Nov 24th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 7:33 PM, Nov 24th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

Black Friday 2020: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

M1 Macs Add Hurdles for Audio Plug-ins: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Apple Security Hampers Detection of Unwanted Programs: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Understanding 5G: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Posts updated today:

Apple M1 Benchmarks
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1…

A Hole in the Wall
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1…

Bit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5:04 PM, Nov 23rd, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

SF Symbols 2.1: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Comparing iPhone OS 1.0 With iOS 14 Using Tree Maps: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

M1 Memory and Performance: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

Requesting Entitlements, Still Broken: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2… #mjtsaiblog

5:02 PM, Nov 20th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to NSExceptional

@NSExceptional Yes, “affordable” is a much better word to use.

Posts updated today:

Twitter Launches Fleets
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Apple Silicon: The Roads Not Taken… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:52 PM, Nov 20th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

Waiting to Update to Big Sur
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Big Sur Application Icons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:52 PM, Nov 20th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

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Updating to Catalina, Finally
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0…

Big Sur’s Narrow Alerts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:52 PM, Nov 20th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

@stooovie Very interesting. Thanks for following up.

8:14 AM, Nov 20th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to stooovie

@daniel_a_a That’s the best theory I’ve heard.

8:14 AM, Nov 20th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to daniel_a_a

@tolmasky Thanks! It’s here: patreon.com/mjtsai

4:56 PM, Nov 19th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tolmasky

Posts updated today:

App Store Small Business Program With 15% Fee
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1…

Sketch on Native Mac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:43 PM, Nov 19th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

Twitter Launches Fleets: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Rosetta 2 Not Preinstalled: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

iPhone and iPad Apps in the Mac App Store: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Big Sur Not “Preparing” for Touch Macs: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

12:58 PM, Nov 19th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to stooovie

@stooovie That doesn’t make sense to me. I wonder if it’s swapping? Maybe you can use fs_usage to see which files are being written.

@rjonesy eSellerate did this 20 years ago.

9:21 AM, Nov 19th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rjonesy

@NSExceptional That’s OK because there’s an established program, you see.

9:17 PM, Nov 18th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to NSExceptional

App Store Small Business Program With 15% Fee: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

5:04 PM, Nov 18th, 2020 via IFTTT

@tapbot_paul @lapcatsoftware I could understand if they were saving SSD space by not shipping fat frameworks, but B… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:44 PM, Nov 17th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tapbot_paul

@_inside Oh, I misread and you are using NSWorkspace to change it on disk.

4:31 PM, Nov 17th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

@_inside Is there an advantage to doing that instead of the reverse? Seems like then the Big Sur customers would see the old icon in Finder.

4:29 PM, Nov 17th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to _inside

@jnadeau That’s what I’m doing, and I’m fine with it personally, even on 10.15. But there is a vocal minority of cu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:22 PM, Nov 17th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to jnadeau

Does Swift Call the Protocol Extension or Subclass Implementation?: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

3:54 PM, Nov 17th, 2020 via IFTTT

Posts updated today:

Google Photos to End Unlimited Storage
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1…

Big Sur Bricking MacBook Pro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

3:53 PM, Nov 17th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

A Hole in the Wall: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Big Sur Application Icons: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Big Sur Notifications: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

youtube-dl vs. RIAA: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

4:48 PM, Nov 16th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@lapcatsoftware Yep, someone in the forum copied over the old icons, and that fixed it. But I wonder if there’s ano… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Big Sur Bricking MacBook Pros: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Safari 14.0.1 Is Missing Icons: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Where Is TestFlight for Mac?: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Intel’s Disruption Is Now Complete: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Performance of Rosetta 2 on Apple M1: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

8:14 AM, Nov 16th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to eurozerozero

Posts updated today:

Apple Server Outage Makes Mac Apps Hang on Launch
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1…

Apple M1 Benchmar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:10 PM, Nov 16th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

@eurozerozero Those particular actions are not working for me, either. So maybe it’s a separate bug.

@eurozerozero I got a reply in October ago saying it was fixed, when it wasn’t (despite this September commit:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:17 AM, Nov 16th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to eurozerozero

@lucvandal Your settings look fine, but you may have a server filter that’s moving the Contacts messages to Junk. Y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:10 PM, Nov 15th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lucvandal

@simX Just different iPhones over the years. It does depend on humidity/sweatiness, though. (Wetter makes glossy more grippy.)

4:26 PM, Nov 13th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX I’ve not tried a 12 Pro, but I’ve used other phones with glossy and matte backs and found glossy to be less slippery.

3:55 PM, Nov 13th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX Seems like matte is more slippery to hold, so I guess I would have preferred glossy everywhere.

3:45 PM, Nov 13th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX Just opened mine. I like it, too.

3:38 PM, Nov 13th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

Apple Server Outage Makes Mac Apps Hang on Launch: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Waiting to Update to Big Sur: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

macOS 11.0 Big Sur Released: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Evernote Goes Electron: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

9:07 AM, Nov 13th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to morid1n

@morid1n @stroughtonsmith Yes, I don’t understand this design. Both marking as read and replying now take extra cli… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Apple M1 Benchmarks: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

4:12 PM, Nov 12th, 2020 via IFTTT

Google Photos to End Unlimited Storage: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Hide My Bar 1.5: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Mask-wearing Sticker Apps Now Approved: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

The Apple Silicon M1: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

On Apple’s SwiftUI Header File Documentation: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

7:09 PM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to pyrmont

@pyrmont Thanks. Should be back up now.

@al45tair I’ve verified this one with 3 different mail providers, including iCloud.

2:28 PM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to al45tair

@cdfinder @rgriff @lapcatsoftware They’re not reliable for me, either. :( I wrote an emlx parser, too…

11:12 AM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to cdfinder

@rgriff @lapcatsoftware As it happens, they’ll need to use Spotlight because there’s another bug where Mail doesn’t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

11:04 AM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rgriff

On both macOS 10.15.7 and 11.0.1 RC 2, a simple Mail rule that moves a message to a local mailbox doesn’t work. The… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

10:46 AM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

@DamienPetrilli @wincent Sorry to hear that. I haven’t heard of slow launching in that case. Do you have any idea (… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:58 AM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to DamienPetrilli

@DamienPetrilli @wincent If you have plug-ins, you can reset it back to a quick launch time by disabling and then re-enabling them.

7:51 AM, Nov 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to DamienPetrilli

Weird how the update that I was warned would take a really long time was the quickest of the entire cycle.

4:01 PM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

@wincent I’ve already run into the Mail data loss bug. :(

3:52 PM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to wincent

One More Thing: Apple Silicon Macs: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Apple Silicon: The Roads Not Taken: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

On Apple’s Piss-Poor Documentation: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Slingbox Discontinued: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

Apple Developing Web Search Technology?: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/1… #mjtsaiblog

8:42 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tempelorg

Posts updated today:

HP Printer Driver Certificate Revoked
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/10/2…

iSH and a-Shell vs. the App S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

12:20 PM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

@tempelorg @_karsten_ I think Mojave requires APFS for the internal drive.

@tempelorg @_karsten_ And I didn’t boot Mojave on APFS from an HDD because it supported HFS+.

8:38 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tempelorg

@tempelorg @_karsten_ I mean it worked fine for backups because making the backup was fast. And so was smart updati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:36 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to tempelorg

@_karsten_ @tempelorg I have a few, but many more spinning drives. It’s probably time to start replacing the boot d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:24 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to _karsten_

@NSExceptional But, again, this was a double failure because the board considering the appeal should have looked th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:17 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to NSExceptional

@NSExceptional For example, if there’s a rule that could potentially be a problem, you would document *why* it’s on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:15 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to NSExceptional

@leebennett Not a problem except that they must be APFS and so they’re really slow with spinning hard disks.

8:13 AM, Nov 10th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to leebennett

iSH and a-Shell vs. the App Store: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

MagSafe Duo Charger: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

Updating to Catalina, Finally: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

Fragile Spotlight Comments: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

Fortnite to Return via Streaming: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:08 PM, Nov 5th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to jnadeau

Posts updated today:

MagSafe 2020
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/10/1…

Stolen Instagram Account
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/10/0…

The… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:52 PM, Nov 7th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

Local Network Privacy FAQ
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/10/1…

MotionX-GPS to AllTrails… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:51 PM, Nov 7th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

Big Sur’s Hidden Document Proxy Icon
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/10/0…

More Big Sur UI Refinements… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:51 PM, Nov 7th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac

HP Reneges on Free Instant Ink: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:14 PM, Nov 6th, 2020 via IFTTT

Slow Swift Compilation of Boolean Comparisons: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:14 PM, Nov 6th, 2020 via IFTTT

iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:14 PM, Nov 6th, 2020 via IFTTT

DoNotPay IAP Shakedown: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

8:17 PM, Nov 5th, 2020 via IFTTT

@jnadeau Thanks!

GitHub Source Code Leak: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:01 PM, Nov 5th, 2020 via IFTTT

macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Release Candidate: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:01 PM, Nov 5th, 2020 via IFTTT

@KenHatesSoftwar I was going by what your comment for NodeX said you wanted. But, reading the top comment, it sound… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:28 PM, Nov 5th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to KenHatesSoftwar

@KenHatesSoftwar I think you want something like “struct NodeX<Child: BasicNode>: BasicNode” and then “var children: [Child]”.

3:06 PM, Nov 5th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to KenHatesSoftwar

eaglefiler EagleFiler 1.9.1 is better at displaying labels and aliases, improves importing from Evernote and Apple Mail, works… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

10:45 AM, Nov 4th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 10:46 AM, Nov 4th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.22: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

Hopper 4.6: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

Hopper 4.6: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog

Swift Concurrency Roadmap: mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0… #mjtsaiblog