Tag Archives: Apple

Final Update on Mojave/Emacs Problem

Posted on 2018-10-06 by jcs

Thursday night I compiled a new Emacs from the Emacs-26 branch1. Today, Friday, I updated my OS to Mojave. I’m happy to say that everything seems to be working fine. I will hold off publishing this until Saturday just to … Continue reading →

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Things I Don’t Miss

Posted on 2018-09-19 by jcs

I just upgraded to Safari 12.0. I’ve been looking forward to it because Apple has greatly expanded the anti-tracking measures in the new Safari. Apparently the extension framework has changed because one of my extensions was deleted and the other … Continue reading →

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Apple’s New Maps

Posted on 2018-07-04 by jcs

Way back in 2012, I wrote about Apple venturing into maps and the problems they were having. As I said at the time, getting good map data is extraordinarily hard—Google at the time had over 7,000 people working on their … Continue reading →

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Malware and the iPhone

Posted on 2016-07-12 by jcs

Say what you want about Apple and the iPhone but there’s one remarkable fact about it that Graham Cluley points out: the iPhone has had no significant malware outbreaks. Sure there have been some minor incidents but almost all the … Continue reading →

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Fixing the Size and Location of the OS X Finder Window

Posted on 2015-09-19 by jcs

John Gruber points to a nice tip from Christopher Phin on how to fix the size and location of the Finder window in OS X. All you have to do is open a Finder window, resize it, place it in … Continue reading →

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Daring Fireball Demolishes a Particularly Silly Article

Posted on 2015-08-26 by jcs

Irreal readers know I like and use Apple products but I’m not a paid up member of the cult so I seldom write about the subject. The most fascinating thing about Apple, I think, is the derangement syndrome that it … Continue reading →

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Yosemite Autocorrect

Posted on 2014-12-21 by jcs

This is a note for users of OS X Yosemite. With the new OS, spelling autocorrect is on by default. For me, at least, this was most evident in the mail app (almost all my other writing occurs in Emacs). … Continue reading →

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Installing Yosemite

Posted on 2014-10-26 by jcs

Just in case any Apple users out there haven’t already installed the new OS X, Yosemite, beware of an anomaly in the installation process. Apparently, the installation moves /usr/local out of the way during installation and when everything is installed, … Continue reading →

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The Sins of the Technical Press

Posted on 2014-01-03 by jcs

Regular readers know that I’m inclined to a jaundiced view of the press. They are, far too often, biased and lazy and write stories that aren’t simply wrong but the opposite of the truth. The late Michael Crichton famously described … Continue reading →

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The New Apple Mail App and GPGTools

Posted on 2013-11-09 by jcs

The other day I got a popup telling me that a new version of the OS X mail app was available to download and install. I like to keep everything up-to-date as much as possible so I clicked on “Install.” … Continue reading →

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