I know I've mentioned this before, but one of my favorite features on the Mac that has no equivalent on an iPhone or iPad is adding new words to the system-wide spelling dictionary. The feature dates back to Mac OS X 10.0 and I'm pretty sure was in NeXTStep a decade before that.
And, even better, the custom words you add to the dictionary are stored in a simple text file, one word per line, at:
That text file used to be at an even simpler location:
~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
but Apple moved it at some point in the last few years into a sandboxed folder. Kinda sucks that such much stuff is buried deeper in ~/Library/, but one can see why this file deserves to be protected.
If you ever make a mistake or simply wish to remove a word from your custom spelling dictionary, you don't need to edit the text file. Just secondary-click on the word again and choose "Unlearn Spelling”:
My son got some fancy keycaps for one of his keyboards, and while I like the feel overall, I realized only after trying to use it myself that this compact layout lacks a backtick/tilde key, making it impossible to do a code span in Markdown.
My Apple Card is expiring this summer, and the replacement physical card arrived in the mail today. Activating was super-duper easy—just bring it in close proximity to your iPhone and tap a button or two on screen. Done.
But what do I do with the old card? It's titanium so it's not easily destroyed.
I've had metal Amex cards since 2010 or so. When Amex sends a replacement card, they include a return envelope custom made for mailing them your expired card for recycling.
@gruber No new physical card for me I got an email notification this morning: “We have updated your virtual card expiration date and three-digit security code* because they were about to expire.” I can see in the Wallet that the expiration date has been pushed up by five years.
@gruber I still quite dig HAL displaying the circuit pathways on the digital schematic as Dave probes them. To this day it seems wickedly advanced and futuristic.
@gruber@agiletortoise I would love to get rid of it. But working in a school every day I am shocked that the vast majority of users don’t use the shift keys and toggle caps lock on and off again for individual capitals. I’d say anecdotally 75% type that way!
@gruber@agiletortoise I know it's not exactly Fitt's Law, but if you really need the escape key, and fast, the extreme edge of two axes of the keyboard is a handy place.
I get a kick out of knowing that ESPN’s CMS uses Markdown. (I’m guessing the author mistakenly put a space between the square brackets and the parentheses.)
@chrisfinazzo@gruber I prefer reference links when I write, but I’m not gonna try to get anyone learning Markdown for the first time to understand that whole system.
@gruber It’s got a 5.7/10 rating on IMDB and a 72% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, so I think my 3 star rating is in line with the average viewer. I’m just saying the movie could have been better if they had made some changes, but I don’t think it’s all bad.
While I’m singing the praises of Electron apps, I should also praise the memory efficiency of Catalyst apps, especially Apple’s own. 1.5 GB for a single-window app.
@gruber The predictions from 2001 are uncanny. Tablets? Check. Vertical video? Check. People not interacting in person and glued to their gadgets? Check. Artificial intelligence hallucinating itself into utter insanity…..?
Merrick Garland has bungled the January 6 insurrection case against Trump so badly that Trump’s likely not to face trial before the election, which, if he wins, will render everything moot and put the very idea of American democracy at the gravest risk it's ever faced.
@Jeffgodofbiscuits@gruber let's assume it’s true here. Even if it was, it’s irrelevant. Even if tomorrow he's found guilty on every single charge it does not prevent him from winning the election in November.
We cannot expect the courts to solve what is a political problem. If enough people vote to end democracy, doesn't matter if he's in jail.
@gruber my fave: iOS integration with watches is so bad … before the Watch, the top Garmin was around $400. (There were Tour de France level bike computers for $700, but no watches at that level). Now they’re selling these. Really looks like they’re suffering.