Original investigations, practical Mac guides, and conversations with the people who build the tools I use.
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Popular stories and personal picks from the archive.
My 2021 investigation into an exposed GeForce NOW catalogue, with the queries, screenshots, and findings behind more than 18,000 entries.
My first MacBook in 2008, the switch from Windows to Mac OS X, and why coconutBattery has stayed with me ever since.
Why I built DockLock to stop the Dock from jumping between displays, how Lite and Plus work, and what I am developing for Pro.
My experience losing Facebook pages and a Telegram username, dealing with impersonation, and trying to reach the people who followed my projects.
I make and test my apps on my own. Releasing one is when I start finding out what I missed.
Why Finder folder sizes, space on disk, and available storage tell different stories. A practical look at macOS compression, APFS, and free space.
How file compression, deduplication, and app archiving differ, when each can save space, and how to evaluate the results with DiskPress and App Archiver.
I want to trust the apps on my Mac. As a developer, I am asking what usage analytics actually improves, why it starts automatically, and who benefits.
Apple now lets existing universal Mac App Store apps requiring macOS 13 or later drop Intel support, encouraging more Apple silicon-only releases.
My 2017 Touch Bar MacBook Pro, BetterTouchTool, Theine, iTerm2, OnyX, and three exclusive interviews with the people who kept these Mac apps alive.