This has now happened several times with the frequent updates to Mac OS and Catalina in particular. The problem is that even though you close everything before the upgrade and then you launch Xcode after the upgrade completes – Xcode will not launch correctly. When you start xcode for the first time after the update […]
A client called with an issue extracting a section from a large (1000+ page) pdf document. They has asked a colleague to try this and using the Windows 10 feature Print to Pdf they could generate a new document with the required pages. The client was using Cute PDF (not on Windows 10) for normal […]
In the past I have used Keepass and the various mobile and windows based variants to transfer and record credentials. Recently had issues with MiniKeepass and IOS 13 where it lost the ability to directly open keepass format databases. I had developed a workaround but it wasn’t feasible for users to generally use. So it […]
Over the years I have used a wide variety of backup solutions – some more useful than others. When reviewing requirements for client who I was refreshing or replacing the internal infrastructure for I wanted something cost effective, innovative and reliable. After looking at various options – some that included hardware appliances I settled on […]
No its not a lottery win – but rather then number of steps my fitbit recorded last year. Seems like a staggering figure (not literally) in terms of the number of times I put one foot in front of the other. Those of you who have met me will know that I am an advocate […]
First some background – Envirotxt is a plug-in sensor that monitors power outages & temperature. Envirotxt uses a SIM card to send real time text message alerts over the GSM (mobile) network. Envirotxt is simple to install and very easy to use, just plug it in and send it a text message .. it’s as […]
Apologies to Blue Öyster Cult – I couldn’t resist. The beaver is question is DBeaver. I was recently looking at a client issue and needed to import some data into a mariadb database on a hosted platform we use. This was not on my normal development machine where I would have a range of tools […]
Researching an issue I had seen in xcode console output recently regarding modifying state during view updates led me to a new site https://swiftui-lab.com/. A site with a difference – a variety of articles on SwiftUI and specifically picking at those areas of the new technology where documentation is missing, wrong or difficult to find. […]
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