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That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UI 22 Sep 2026
The latest macOS is a nice step toward a good-looking Mac UI, but I do wish it had gone farther. I am in particular not a fan of how Mac toolbars look. I don’t like the full-height sidebars and I especially don’t like the Liquid Glass buttons. I looked around at what other Mac…
After Fixin’ the Bugs 26 Aug 2026
Fixed ’em. Fixed ’em all. Well, almost all — down to 10 bugs on the NetNewsWire bug tracker. (See the Mac 7.1.3 release notes and iOS for the big list of just-fixed bugs.) This means I’ve gotten the app to the place I’ve wanted to get to for a long time, where the bug count is…
Tech Choices 24 Aug 2026
Of course it’s okay to criticize people for their tech choices — for returning to X , for instance, as MacStories recently did. I’m not on X and there’s no way I would return. Fuck that place and fuck Elon Musk. (Yes, there’s a brentsimmons there, but it’s not me. I deleted my…
James Dempsey’s Breakpoints Jam in Seattle Aug. 20 14 Aug 2026
One of the highlights of any year for me is when I get to play in a James Dempsey Breakpoints Jam — and we’ve got one coming up in a few days! It’s this Thursday Aug. 20 at Stoup Brewing in Ballard. Start gathering around 6 pm to hang with fellow Apple nerds. The show will start…