<p>Maybe the documentation has disappeared online, or maybe it was only ever available via word-of-mouth fifteen years ago, but I lost about four hours the other night trying to figure out how to make the dropdown choices in my <code>NSPredicateEditor</code> show user-friendly names instead their actual key paths.</p>
read the full post →<p>So, I did what I almost always do when I face a situation of deep despair on my Mac. I reached for the greatest Swiss Army knife of them all Keyboard Maestro and came up with an incredibly lo-fi solution that isn't as feature rich as what those other apps offer or as convenient as Dock folders (when they don't disappear), but it works for me!</p>
read the full post →<p>As apps deviate further and further away from the HIG with custom UI, whether for design reasons or in the pursuit of a mythical, cross-platform code base that management thinks will cost less, we lose the benefits of a well reasoned platform that was formerly easy to work with and a joy to use.</p>
read the full post →<p>…I'm just glad I'm to the point in my nerd existence where I can be happy applying a fix and not caring about the real underlying issues that don't concern me.</p>
read the full post →If you've been following along at home, you might remember that I started building a Mac app for managing my personal finances last April. Think of it as a powerful, privacy-focused, native alternative to Mint.com. Quicken, but not awful. Since then, I've…
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