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If you’ve been wondering why Curmi the Blog has been so quiet of late, the staff at curmi.com have been hard at work over the last few months updating all their apps to work with the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS and macOS.
Apple released iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26 and macOS 26 (Tahoe) on …
In a previous article we took a look at menu bars in iPadOS and macOS 26. The new operating systems bring some big changes – of particular interest here is menu bars for the first time on the iPad. We outlined new features and differences between the two systems, and some of the issues apps may encounter when using menu …
The next version of iPadOS and macOS is version 26 – based on the year 2026, though due toward the end of 2025. The updates (including iOS and tvOS) bring many changes already discussed on other websites. Briefly discussed by others is the inclusion of menu bars in iPadOS for the first time, though there are also changes to …
We have a new Mac service out for free download. But before we get to that, let’s talk a little about Services on the Mac.
Newcomers to the Mac may not be aware of Services – a powerful and extremely useful feature of macOS.
Services allow you to use features of other apps without opening that app, or in …
In Mac OS X, the terms “ejecting” and “unmounting”, as they relate to removeable media, are considered interchangeable by most end users. Most people will talk about “ejecting” their USB flash drive, even though this doesn’t cause the drive to pop out like a CD or DVD. Apple explain this thus:
…Ejecting a volume may not mean that it
This week at WWDC, Steve Jobs told Mac Developers that they were offering a “sweet” way to develop applications for the iPhone. Yes, he said “sweet”. Multiple times.
Steve also told us this was an “Innovative new way” to develop applications. And that it was “Easy to update – just change the code on your own server”. Ouch! Developers were …
For those who don’t know, OS X has the concept of a “bundle”. A bundle is basically a folder that allows related resources (software code, graphics files, configuration information) to be grouped together. The most common example of bundles is Mac OS X Applications. Mac OS X applications are often bundles, known as “packages”. To the end user, in the …
I’ve been meaning to do a quick review on iWoz for a while now, having read the book back in December last year.
iWoz is the autobiography of Steve “Woz” Wozniak. For those who don’t know who this is, Woz created the Apple I computer, and founded Apple Computer (along with Steve Jobs).
Now, I’m a big fan of Apple …
Mac OS X is quite probably the best operating system in the world when it comes to internationalisation. It comes complete with language settings from all over the world, with the ability to easily switch to another language depending on user preferences. Applications have the ability to easily support languages other than the language the application was written in.
Which …
A lot of Mac users actually don’t realise that there is a “Secure Empty Trash” option for securely deleting the files in their trash.
What does this mean exactly? Well, when you empty your trash the usual way, the contents of the files are still lying around on the disk until they are overwritten by other data. This implies that, …
One of the many great things about OS X is the simple installation process most applications use. To summarise the process – “Simply Drag and Drop to Install”.
OS X has the concept of an application “bundle” (there are other types of bundles too, but I want to just talk about applications for now). An application has many files that …
[This post continues on from Part 1. Please read that post first.]
I’ve just released a new version of Universal Document. This version adds support for URLs, along with better error handling. The source code is available if you want it too (as mentioned in Part 1, the actual code is minimal).
Version 1.1 brings …