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  • Finished reading: The Institute by Stephen King 📚

    During the winter holiday, this was the only piece of entertainment I decided to take with me for a winter break. Not counting the Nintendo 3DS and iPhone. I also opted for a paper version.

    Overall, this was the fastest read since high school. I went through the first half while on holiday, forcing myself to focus on the book. I read somewhere that reading from a paper medium shows higher brain activity. It’s a concern considering how much time I spent writing and reading in a digital environment.

    In terms of the book, it can be called a classic, and if you like King, you will love this one. This book literally gave me a nightmare where I felt like a prisoner at the Institute.

    By the way, they are making a TV show about it. Read the book first, and do not watch the trailer, which spoils the finale, of course.

    Written in LinkEdit and Posted from Vision Pro.

    → 11:48 AM, Feb 4

  • Synth Riders on visionOS is really fun.

    → 6:22 PM, Dec 23

  • You don’t have to update to iOS 26 just for security reasons. There’s a way to install 18.7.3 with a beta profiler.

    → 2:37 PM, Dec 13

  • Playing Half-Life 1 on Mac, using Mac Virtual Display is awesome in Vision Pro. It’s feels immersive. You can’t run it from Steam, but there’s a workaround.

    → 4:54 PM, Dec 3

  • New Mac Setup Checklist

    Once in a while, I get a new Mac for work, and I have to go through the same setup.

    System Settings

    Accessibility → Display → Show window title icons → On

    Accessibility → Zoom → Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom → On 1

    Appearance → Show scroll bars → Always

    Menu Bar → Clock Options… → Display the time with seconds

    Menu Bar → “Automatically hide and show the menu bar” → Never

    Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Zoom

    Desktop & Dock → Show suggested and recent apps in Dock → Off

    Desktop & Dock → Click wallpaper to reveal desktop → Only in Stage Manager

    Desktop & Dock → Windows → Close windows when quitting an application → Off 2

    Desktop & Dock → Mission Control → Group windows by application → On

    Keyboard → Text Input | Input Sources → Edit… → Capitalise words automatically → Off

    Safari

    Settings → Advanced → Show full website address → On

    Settings → Advanced → Show features for web developers → On

    Xcode

    Settings → Navigation → Navigation → With Option → Use Next Editor Pane

    Settings → Navigation → Navigation → With Option And Shift → Use Separate Editor Pane

    Settings → Shortcuts | New → Window Tab → command + T

    Settings → Shortcuts | Navigators → Show Navigator (View Menu) → command + 0

    Settings → Shortcuts | Navigators → New Tab → Blank

    Settings → Shortcuts | Navigators → Show Coding Assistant → Blank

    Settings → Shortcuts | Show Coding Tools → Show Coding Tools… → Blank

    Settings → Inspectors → Show Inspector (View Menu) → command + option + 0

    Settings → Editing → Indentation | Syntax-Aware Indentation → Indent switch statements → Swift

    Finder

    Create “Developer” folder in your home directory, this is the right place for your projects

    App Store

    App Store → App Store Settings → Set Automatic Updates → Off

    App Store → App Store Settings → In-App Ratings & Reviews → Off

    Work

    Outlook → Settings → Events → Reminder style → macOS Notification Centre

    1. I’d also recommend turning off “Smooth images” under “Advanced…” so you see individual pixels better. Marcin Wichary, at Unsung ↩︎

    2. I don’t know why “Close windows” is on by default; perhaps it’s a recent regression. There’s so much work that went into the restoration of user state, and this toggle makes macOS behave like Windows. ↩︎

    → 8:31 PM, Nov 25

  • Since I returned my Vision Pro, I miss it and can’t wait to buy it again.

    Unrelated, I stumbled on Bryan Johnson’s interview in Wired. For the past two days, I’ve been taking better care of my sleep; I completely changed my diet. I feel great, and my willpower has improved.

    → 7:41 PM, Nov 25

  • Apple Icon Composer does not support visionOS and tvOS. For these platforms you still need to use Assets catalogue with its own “AppIcon”.

    → 6:40 PM, Nov 22

  • No signal issue

    Modern TVs are so irritating. They cost a lot of money, have their own OSes, AI processors, eco features, and certifications. And yet my LG G5 can’t turn itself off when there’s no input signal… It knows there’s no signal, it shows it, and it does nothing. Just wasting power. Presumably, to show ads… Which don’t show because I don’t connect mine to the internet. And yes, I checked, there’s no setting to turn off the TV when there’s no signal.

    Update.

    My TV does turn itself off, but after a long delay. I have not measured it yet, but it could be 10-30 minutes. What I want is this delay to be either zero, or no more than 1 minute.

    → 7:49 PM, Nov 21

  • My new job doesn’t allow iCloud, meaning I can’t use Apple Vision Pro MVD with my work MacBook. This limitation should be fixed in software.

    → 10:24 AM, Nov 20

  • I was looking forward to Metroid Prime 4, but now I’m very concerned. overcast.fm/+ABE99W8p…

    → 5:38 PM, Nov 18
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