Technical
Mac Apps Launching in the Background
An unexpected but consistent way to cause applications to launch in the background on macOS is to enable Secure Keyboard Entry in the Terminal application.
Fastest and safest way to copy a massive amount of data
remote sync, rsync, is a reliable choice for copying large amounts of data. You can prepare the command and perform a dry-run before committing to the copy; add --dry-run to simulate the copy.
Why are Script Editor .scpt files not saved as plain text files?
William R. Cook’s paper contains an excellent history and insight from those involved with AppleScript in 1989.
Ad-Hoc Code Signing a Mac Application
For third party applications and binaries that you compile yourself, and that require code signing, use an ad hoc code signature.
Decline of gandi.net
This is the perplexing warning presented by the domain name registrar gandi.net upon declining their new DNS Security+ service:
Circuit Board Template
I put together this template for designing small 10x17 circuits by hand. An A4 PDF edition is available to download and print.
Resetting and Reprogramming io-homecontrol Shutters
We have Somfy io-homecontrol shutters in our home. These are generally excellent electric shutters that are built into the fabric of the house. As such, they are a critical part of the house and something I want to be able to understand and, ideally, fix myself.
Speed Comparison Between Samsung T5 and T7 on macOS
Samsung offer two similar external Solid State Drives (SSD) that connect via USB. These are the T5 and T7 drives. The form factor is almost identical and thus any difference is internal.
Notes for gomobile on macOS
I have been exploring Android development and attempting to use a go code base. This appears possible with bindings created by gomobile. Getting gomobile to work without installing onerous system wide packages on my computer has been time consuming.
Ask Different
My contributions on Ask Different occasionally leads to people reaching out to me.