Category: Apple
OmniFocus 4 is a Very Minor Upgrade
by
Just as I put everything back in Things 3 after my look at nvim OrgMode, OmniFocus 4 released which meant I needed to dig in to see if the years long development cycle has yielded any changes that changed my opinion from OmniFocus is legacy software to…you should use this app. For OmniFocus 4 the…
Apple is Speed Running Turning into a Trash Company
by
I’m sure someone reading this is going to say Apple has been trash for a while. I get it, you don’t like Apple, but I did up until last year. Today I read that Apple is putting another nail in their own coffin as they handicap progressive web apps (PWA) in the EU. The more…
Apple as a Petulant Child
by
9to5 Mac reports that while Apple will be opening up iOS to alternate appstores and default browsers, the iPad is not going to get these features. See there is evidently some nuance in the ruling saying that iOS is a gatekeeper but that’s not what the iPad runs, it runs iPadOS. This feels exactly like…
iPad Focused Desk Setup for 2024
by
After spending much of 2022 and 2023 not using my iPad that much outside of watching YouTube videos and running Zwift for bike training, I’ve started to make the move back to using the iPad as my primary writing and RSS consumption place. One of the issues that had me move away from the iPad…
A Time Tracked Life
by
As we roll on to 2024 I’ve started to think about where I’m spending my time, specifically, how I can use time-tracking to see if I’m spending my time doing the things I want to be doing. I’m not talking about my work hours time-tracking, I sorted that out in 2012 and really don’t have…
Standby Mode – Apple Wants You To Pay Even More Attention to Their Phone
by
So with iOS 17 Apple has introduced Standby mode which turns your device into a clock, or lets you place some widgets on it of your choice. At first this seemed like a good feature but after a few days I feel like it’s just another bid by Apple to make their phone steal even…
SteamOS vs iPadOS
by
I recently realized that my kids are older now and I have time for gaming again, so I purchased a Steam Deck for my birthday. If you’re not familiar with it, a Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer that runs Linux under the hood. It’s dockable to external monitors, and even lets you run…
Work Around for Broken AirPlay in 16.2
by
As I wrote a few weeks ago, 16.2 broke the ability to AirPlay to speakers while plugged into an external monitor on iPadOS. If you’re still on 16.2 then you can get around this by using a Shortcut to set the audio output destination to an AirPlay device. You can download my version of the…
iPadOS 16.2 is out and is buggy
by
iPadOS 16.2 is out with external monitor support for everyone. If you want a deep dive check out MacStories excellent look at it. If you’re a video person check out Chris’ video. While I love proper external monitor support AirPlay is still broken. When you’re connected to an external monitor that has any type of…
iPadOS 16.2 Beta 4 Breaks AirPlay
by
If you’re running iPadOS 16.2 Beta, don’t upgrade to version 4 as it breaks AirPlay to devices when you’re connected to an external display. Once you’ve updated to Beta 4 and try to AirPlay to external speakers iPadOS tells you that you can’t use AirPlay while connected to an external display. If this persists it…
