Yet again I find myself victim to online abusive language. A response only solicits further rancour, insults and accusations. The internet is a wonderful place but it’s users are very human.
Mojave is Apple's XP OS
We didn’t know it at the time, but 10.14 was and still is the last stable and usable release of the Mac OS, for the time being at least.
Catalina’s bombarding the user with notifications was reminiscent of Windows Vista-style, together with reliability and usability issues. This week’s “BS” announcement subjects the user to additional “chrome”, moves windows into floating pallets, and turns up the transparency dial all the way to 11, macOS 11.
For those unwilling to suffer the transition until Apple dials back down the interface Mojave is the stable, safe choice. I find this incredibly and increasingly disappointing. I need the “it just works” dependability, which is why I’m using Apple products to begin with. “It kind of works, now and again” doesn’t have the same tone or the same impact.
At what point did icons become “buttons”?
Rather than making Catalyst work to create a Mac-like experience, it looks like Apple have cut (or rather rounded) every corner to make Mac OS look like iOS. It’s easy to imagine the meeting looking at engineering resources and coming to that conclusion. It’s just disappointing to see them, leave the Mac behind and move to what is essentially a hybrid of the Mac and iPad operating systems.
I’m really not a fan of Apple doubling down on their trend for rounded rectangles. What’s wrong with windows, design UI having 90 degree corners?
Photographed on my iPhone 6S using my watch as the remote trigger.
After 46 years you’d think I have learned not to gulp soup straight off the hob…
Every time I hear about “smart” home tech I take a further step back from entertaining mix of standards, hubs, and dongles just to turn a light off/on or unlock a door
Playing with Shortcuts a bit more. Really looking at what I can do to automate work. Plus during this time of self isolation I can dictate and that can be a much more productive means of entering text… Although as I’m finding it’s not without its problems.
‘Wobbly’ tracing app ‘failed’ clinical safety and cyber security tests
Predictably useless. Hancock’s half-baked attempt is just another example of this so called “Government’s” ineptitude and hubris.
Tried creating an iOS Shortcut called System that opens “Settings” but can’t bear to watch iOS fall over to Shortcuts then open the App.
Yet despite this my Apple Watch seems intent on telling me I can still take 30minutes of exercise.
Day 2 of what may or may not be COVID-19. I‘m presuming not as I need to get shot of this and back to work, even if this is only working from home. In the meantime the lethargy, headache, temperature swings and mild chest pains are wearing me down, literally and mentally.
I love this story reported by BBC News
Pescara football club adopts Italian boy’s shirt design
IMF warns that “dire economic forecasts may be too optimistic”. bbc.co.uk
And yet this detail - which is part of a broader forecast that sees world GDP dive 3% in 2020, creating “a global recession we have not seen in our lifetimes” - may not be the end of it.
Ok then. Can you sugar coat it just a little, even for just a moment.
A double yoker. Possibly the highlight of my day.
Boris Johnson moved to intensive care. www.bbc.co.uk Raab’s in charge. Now we’re really f*cked.
A plane just flew over the house…
That’s not normally worth a mention but in 2020 that seems remarkable.
New profile photograph seems appropriate. I’m hoping my “sentence” is short lived.
One of those days where you catch yourself looking up the psychological effects of self-isolation.
I can’t bear this for another 13 weeks…
Lost an entire day to persistent crashes with Microsoft OneDrive consuming literally ALL of RAM and ALL of the SWAP Memory. Then I disabled the new Files On-Demand “upgrade” and all is well. Quality Control has never been a big thing in Redmond.
I love Jason Snell’s experience and insight but on this rare occasion I have to disagree with his praise of the iPadOS 13.4 cursor. The format of the cursor isn’t broken but regardless Apple seem intent on fixing it.
Asking the Police to administer “rules” on “social distancing” is unsustainable regardless how it looks on day 1.
It’s looking like selfish Londoners will cause a lockdown for the rest of the country.