Mastodawn

James Nov 30, 2024

Nov 30, 2024

I need to spend some time over the holidays setting up HomePass by @aaron_pearce with all my HomeKit accessories again.

The new version looks excellent: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/homepass-2-brings-a-new-design-maintenance-features-and-a-freemium-model/

HomePass 2 Brings a New Design, Maintenance Features, and a Freemium Model

Back in 2020, John opened his review of HomePass 1.7 in this way: My HomeKit setup started out simple enough with a few Hue bulbs, but over time, it has grown to include security cameras, door sensors, electrical outlets, and more. As the number of accessories connected to my network grew, so did the hassle

James Jan 25, 2024

John Siracusa Jan 25, 2024

I'm kind of surprised this isn't called UnsafeRawMarketplaceKit

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/marketplacekit

MarketplaceKit | Apple Developer Documentation

Create an alternative app marketplace, distribute your app on an alternative app marketplace, or distribute your app from your website.

Apple Developer Documentation

James Jan 12, 2024

Gui Rambo Jan 12, 2024

I think I found a konami code of sorts in the Apple Translate app:
- Launch Translate
- For the first language, select “English (US)”
- For the second language, select “Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional)” or “Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified)”
- In the "English (US)” box, enter the phrase “hot avocado platypus” (without quotes)
- See what the "translation" is 😂

James Dec 25, 2023

Is it just me or is syncing on shared reminders lists absolutely awful? My partner often writes the list on her phone but it rarely syncs to mine by the time I get to the supermarket

James Oct 28, 2023

Holy shit, Daniel Ricardo 4th in an Alpha Tauri

James Oct 28, 2023

Saagar Jha Oct 26, 2023

If your team dedicates at least one person/annum on wrangling Apple developer tooling, I’d love to hear your input on this: https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/discussions/discussions/204

Pooling together top Apple developer tooling issues · MobileNativeFoundation/discussions · Discussion #204

Most (I would say "all", but I know some of you have really wild build systems) of Mobile Native Foundation depends heavily on Apple's developer tools when building software for their platforms. Th...

GitHub

James Jun 4, 2023

Half a sleep to WWDC

James May 29, 2023

Live Photos are a severely underrated feature

James May 13, 2023

Tears of the Kingdom is easily the most fun I’ve had in a game in years

James May 8, 2023

Zev Eisenberg May 8, 2023

Scene: WWDC 2023. Platforms State of the Union.

ANDREAS WENDKER: “The only change in Xcode is that if you try to build your app while packages are loading, packages will finish loading and then the build will automatically happen.”