Recently Read ArticlesI wasn’t aware of Clang and the transition to Low Level Virtual Machine compiler infrastructure. I knew about LLVM, but never saw a roadmap of Apple’s transition until I read the always excellent Ars Technica OS X Review. I’m just now setting up my development environment and was very tempted to use Clang to compile [...]
I’m not sure when, but most likely when Leopard was released, applications started storing their cache files as sqlite databases (usually named Cache.db). For example, Safari has its cache at: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db Apps that haven’t caught up yet are still using the less-efficient .cache files. Though not as efficient, these files are easier to access, just [...]
First off, I’m going to start posting in a new format – a “squirt” (screw you zune). I have thoughts to convey that are too long for a tweet and too short for a full entry. I’ll put all these squirts into a single category. Here are some things about Safari that are chapping my [...]
Update: If the Envelope index trick doesn’t work for you, disable any bundles you have by moving them to the “Bundles (Disabled)” folder within ~/Library/Mail/. GrowlMail and Safari 4 Public Beta do not get along so you will have to disable this one. I’m running two plugins (bundles) for Mail.app – GrowlMail and WideMail – and [...]
Update: Mike Pinkerton, Mac Chrome developer, is writing some interesting tidbits on his blog. Without being involved with Google or Chromium in any way, these are just stabs in the dark. I would love to hear from those in the know about what is going on. As I see it, there are three fundamental reasons [...]