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Daily-driving a Mac, one year later

March 26, 2022 / awilfox / 4 Comments

It has been about a year since I published Really leaving the Linux desktop behind. This marks the first year I’ve used Mac OS as my primary computing environment since 2014. Now, I want to summarise my thoughts and feelings on using the Apple ecosystem as my primary platform – good and bad. The Amazing … Continue reading Daily-driving a Mac, one year later

Using MailWrap on macOS Monterey

March 14, 2022 / awilfox / 6 Comments

Apple’s Mail Plug-In system is quite amazing, and has led to some innovative and brave developments as an MUA (Mail User Agent). These brave developments include: wrapping long lines like a decent MUA, quoting messages in replies correctly like a decent MUA, and an option to Wrap Text like a decent MUA. I actually forgot … Continue reading Using MailWrap on macOS Monterey

2 TB USB drive on a PowerBook G3 Pismo

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 / awilfox / Leave a comment

I have a 2 TB USB SSD for my photo library, and I wondered: would it work on my PowerBook G3 Pismo with Mac OS 9? Let’s find out!

Designing a Sheet in Interface Builder

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 / awilfox / Leave a comment

Quick tip time! This is an anecdote from a libre project I'm working on, specifically Auctions. One of the things I am doing right now is implementing the Cocoa/Mac UI. I'm writing a flow using sheets for signing in to accounts. I had a lot of issues making the sheet accept input; it just wouldn’t … Continue reading Designing a Sheet in Interface Builder

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