CocoaHeads Boston will meet this Thursday evening at 7:00 PM at MIT. Join us in-person or via Zoom. Details (including important notes about parking and building access) at: www.meetup.com/cocoahead…

A random piece of train track.

Keyboard Shortcut Recorder for UIKit

Keyboard Shortcut Recorder for UIKit is a custom control for letting a user specify a hardware keyboard shortcut in an iPhone/iPad app. I built this control when implementing Unread’s ability to set custom keyboard shortcuts for certain actions. This control is inspired by KeyboardShortcuts by …

I released Unread 4.3 with: Article actions for Anybox, Flyleaf, Matter, and wallabag Ability to set a custom keyboard shortcut for each article action Ability to perform shortcuts on articles and links Detailed release notes are available.

This weekend is Indie Charity Weekend, an opportunity for you to discover some great apps while supporting charity at the same time. Thank you to Will Bishop for organizing this. Check it out at: indiecharityweekend.com

CocoaHeads Boston will meet in person tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:00 PM. We will be in room 325 of the E-51 Building at MIT. After the meeting we will walk to MEX for dinner and socializing. The classroom portion of the meeting will also be available via Zoom.

Our political leaders need to acknowledge that Trump won and facilitate a peaceful transfer of power. Perhaps business leaders need to say they will work with the incoming administration. But I do not understand why anyone needs to say “congratulations”.

This Is What Half the Country Wants

Some believe that the election results indicate a severe weakness in the Democratic party or of Kamala Harris’ Presidential campaign. I wish I agreed, but the problem is bigger than that. The danger of Trump seemed clear in 2016, but that danger has become much more apparent since that time. We had …

Let’s do this, America. www.youtube.com/watch

I canceled my Washington Post subscription and my Amazon Prime subscription.

Today is the first day of early voting here in Massachusetts. It feels good to get that done.

Weird Bug Around Sharing to Reminders on macOS and iOS

On both iOS and macOS, if you share an item via the share sheet or share popover to Reminders, Unread will offer to create a reminder. Interestingly, if the window or view offering the item has a current NSUserActivity, the default reminder title will be the title of that current NSUserActivity. You …

On iOS 18, saving an article to Safari Reading List (via the SSReadingList API) sometimes just does nothing. The user does not even get the alert prompting for permission to add a URL to Safari Reading List. The API call returns without throwing an exception. I filed FB15190050 with more info.

I released Unread 4.2 with iOS 18 features, and with new optional toolbar buttons and keyboard shortcuts on Mac. www.goldenhillsoftware.com/2024/09/u… Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography and a variety of color themes.

Tuesday is election day here in Massachusetts. An added benefit to voting now is the assurance that your voter registration is in good order for the November election. Decisions are made by those who show up.

Today is the first day of early voting for the Massachusetts state primary.

This is a good article by Jason Snell about macOS permissions checking being out of balance. The excessive permission checking is probably the most frustrating aspect of using a Mac. sixcolors.com/post/2024…

I released Unread for Mac! Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography, color themes, and more. Unread has a long history on iPhone and iPad, and is now also available for Mac.

In 2020 President Biden saved democracy by defeating Trump. Now he is continuing to save democracy by passing the torch.

A deer in my back yard.

Once again the Supreme Court reminds us why we need to keep Trump out of office.

iOS Home Screen Personalization and Alternate Icons

iOS 18 lets each app supply a light mode, dark mode, and tinted version of its icon. iOS also allows an app to let a user choose an alternate icon – letting customers personalize how an app appears on their home screen. While both capabilities are great, this combination of features does not appear …

I am excited about text entry suggestions in AppKit.

CocoaHeads Boston will meet via Zoom tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:00 PM Boston time. New participants and participants from outside the Boston area are always welcome. www.meetup.com/cocoahead…

Preparing for the macOS Beta

As soon as the new beta of macOS is out, I want to install it and use it as much as possible. But I also want my Sonoma installation to remain intact with my data – as a fallback, and because we will probably be unable to submit Mac apps from the beta to App Store Connect. It took me some time to …