Hi! I'm John, an iOS/macOS dev and tinkerer with an interest in UI design.
In the previous blog post , why and how I created an updated version of Xcode 10's Automator action template was outlined. This post will cover using the template in Xcode 14.3+ to create an Automator action and integrate it into a host app. First, download the updated template from its project page on GitHub (if you haven't read the preceding blog post, the short version of why this is necessary…
Over the course of the past few months, I've been slowly wrapping up the development of a little Mac utility and preparing it for release. Part of that process is implementing support for the various forms of automation possible on macOS. Adding AppleScript support and a shortcut for Shortcuts was reasonably simple with a little bit of googling. One might expect that the process of adding an…
Apologies in advance for not including photos; it didn't occur to me that I might write a blog post about this monitor until it was too late. Still getting used to this blogging thing. The Problem Recently, I've come into the market for a monitor upgrade. The centerpiece of my hybrid personal/WFH desk setup, an Apple Thunderbolt Display, has been in service for 8 years now. It still works great…
It's been a long time coming, but I've finally gotten around to getting a blog set up! Getting started on blogging been on my to-do list for many years by now, but things never quite lined up. Lack of time or energy, nothing to write about, life demanding attention elsewhere — it was always something . This has changed in the past several months though, and so here we are! There’s more posts in…