Lots has been written about the Apple Notarization process. The process of applying digital signatures to *.app packages, contents and DMG installer files. All sounds good in theory but my. read more…
I’ve just finished a very large piece of work on one of my products. I desperately needed to have a MacOS offering and so I undertook an exercise of looking. read more…
I’m currently in the midst of helping a company delivery a new version of their mobile application. So I need a Mac for producing the iOS build. Back in 2013. read more…
Apple, seriously … you fucked up. Are you seriously telling your MacBook Pro & iPhone users that they’ll have to buy a dongle to connect their flagship Apple phone to. read more…
Hmm … where to start? I had to buy a MacBook, I need to write and compile apps for iPhones and iPads. I would have preferred to spend the extortionate. read more…
So I finally did it. When I first purchased my MacBook Pro I bought a copy of Parallels 8. What a mistake that turned out to be. Don’t get me. read more…
I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the company I co-founded. I was amazed to find out. read more…
I’ll cut to the chase – NO, DO NOT DOWNLOAD this “software”. MacKeeper is one of those apps that seems to pop up everywhere offering to fix all over your. read more…
So I decided that after all these years I would like to start looking at and contributing to an open source project. And since I’ve been using Blender a lot. read more…
So I had a number of apps installed on the MacBook that kept asking to be updated repeatedly. Tried every possible solution I could find online and nothing worked. The. read more…
It should be obvious to people that the more and higher levels of integration of devices like the Mac and the iWhatever will have some kind of impact on your. read more…
I’ve already made the leap to using Yosemity on my MacBook Pro and so far all seems really stable and good. However I have a number of older version of. read more…
I’ve been using Window 8 on my MacBook Pro for well over a year now. The combination of the two really are great (yes I do like Windows 8 on. read more…
With the new version of OSX just released there is a rather naughty feature that is switched on by default. By default any searches you do using spotlight will be. read more…
Whilst I’m building web pages I make a lot of use of the development tools that modern browsers include. These features are amazing in that they let you inspect the. read more…
So with great trepidation I have indeed bought my second Apple device – an iPad Mini with Retina display (32Gb WiFi Black). The truth of it is that I needed. read more…
This is good news! Seems that Apple have finally released an official fix to the WiFi issues introduced with Mavericks. Might seem trivial but one of the nice things about. read more…
OSX weirdness strikes again. In the year I’ve been using OSX I’ve been surprised a number of times by oddities and general weirdness and I’ve just had another experience of. read more…
Hmm, rather ambitious title there Jammer … Anyway, I’ve just started looking at building some iOS and Android (plus others in the future) development and have so opted to use. read more…
Well that was an interesting hour wasted spent updating SVN. I found this write up on how to perform this update and ran into quite a few problems. The first. read more…
Apple Notarization Madness
Lots has been written about the Apple Notarization process. The process of applying digital signatures to *.app packages, contents and DMG installer files. All sounds good in theory but my. read more…
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Porting WPF to AvaloniaUI
I’ve just finished a very large piece of work on one of my products. I desperately needed to have a MacOS offering and so I undertook an exercise of looking. read more…
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More Apple Pricing Insanity
I’m currently in the midst of helping a company delivery a new version of their mobile application. So I need a Mac for producing the iOS build. Back in 2013. read more…
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MacBook Prolapse
Apple, seriously … you fucked up. Are you seriously telling your MacBook Pro & iPhone users that they’ll have to buy a dongle to connect their flagship Apple phone to. read more…
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My Life With a MacBook Pro – 3 Years In
Hmm … where to start? I had to buy a MacBook, I need to write and compile apps for iPhones and iPads. I would have preferred to spend the extortionate. read more…
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Bye, Bye Parallels – Hello Virtual Box
So I finally did it. When I first purchased my MacBook Pro I bought a copy of Parallels 8. What a mistake that turned out to be. Don’t get me. read more…
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The Apple Developer Clique
I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the company I co-founded. I was amazed to find out. read more…
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Should I Download MacKeeper?
I’ll cut to the chase – NO, DO NOT DOWNLOAD this “software”. MacKeeper is one of those apps that seems to pop up everywhere offering to fix all over your. read more…
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Compiling Blender on Mac
So I decided that after all these years I would like to start looking at and contributing to an open source project. And since I’ve been using Blender a lot. read more…
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App Store Repeating Updates
So I had a number of apps installed on the MacBook that kept asking to be updated repeatedly. Tried every possible solution I could find online and nothing worked. The. read more…
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Yosemity Handoff – What’s really happening?
It should be obvious to people that the more and higher levels of integration of devices like the Mac and the iWhatever will have some kind of impact on your. read more…
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Using Older Versions of Adobe Photoshop under OSX Yosemity
I’ve already made the leap to using Yosemity on my MacBook Pro and so far all seems really stable and good. However I have a number of older version of. read more…
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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac and Yosemity Compatility Fiasco
I’ve been using Window 8 on my MacBook Pro for well over a year now. The combination of the two really are great (yes I do like Windows 8 on. read more…
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Nefarious Yosemity Spotlight Feature
With the new version of OSX just released there is a rather naughty feature that is switched on by default. By default any searches you do using spotlight will be. read more…
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Safari Web Inspector for iOS Debugging
Whilst I’m building web pages I make a lot of use of the development tools that modern browsers include. These features are amazing in that they let you inspect the. read more…
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iPad Mini Retina 32Gb
So with great trepidation I have indeed bought my second Apple device – an iPad Mini with Retina display (32Gb WiFi Black). The truth of it is that I needed. read more…
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OSX Mavericks – WiFi – FIxed in 10.9.4?
This is good news! Seems that Apple have finally released an official fix to the WiFi issues introduced with Mavericks. Might seem trivial but one of the nice things about. read more…
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OSX Mavericks Wi-Fi Not Reconnecting
OSX weirdness strikes again. In the year I’ve been using OSX I’ve been surprised a number of times by oddities and general weirdness and I’ve just had another experience of. read more…
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Cross Platform Development w/ Xamarin & SVN Source Control on OSX
Hmm, rather ambitious title there Jammer … Anyway, I’ve just started looking at building some iOS and Android (plus others in the future) development and have so opted to use. read more…
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Updating SVN in OSX Mavericks
Well that was an interesting hour wasted spent updating SVN. I found this write up on how to perform this update and ran into quite a few problems. The first. read more…
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