Espionage 2.8.3 is a minor point update with some significant changes: NEW: Converted EspionageHelper to launchd agent, resulting in improvements to: Improved security for non-enrypted folders (which are still obviously insecure) Removes startup errors associated with Apple’s buggy Login Items code Crash recovery NEW: iPhoto application template IMPROVED: Notification regarding moving or renaming unlocked encrypted […]
We’ve been working hard to make Espionage even easier to use, and with 2.8 we think we made a little bit of a breakthrough in usability when it comes to moving and renaming folders. We call this new feature SmartMove. That isn’t the only change in 2.8 though, here’s the complete list: NEW: SmartMove – […]
So, you want to quad-boot your Mac? What could possibly go wrong? This post explores that question. Motivation After upgrading to the latest Unibody, I decided to turn my old MacBook Pro into the ultimate testing environment. My goal was to be able to test and develop software for Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Windows XP, […]
Wow. It looks like someone made a Google Docs spreadsheet of existing iPhone applications breaking the TOS. Some of these “sub-standard” applications appear to include: The popular Rolando 2 for breaking 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 (Lua interpreter) Zombieville, #1 in all Games for a while, a Unity3D game (breaking 3.3.1) Ravensword: The Fallen King, #1 in […]
The attention that yesterday’s post received is astounding, but unfortunately from the looks of it a lot of people seem to have a poor understanding of the situation. I feel compelled to address some of the sticking points. On MonoTouch and other 3rd Party Tools Some people appear to be under the mistaken impression that […]
After posting my reaction to clause 3.3.1 of the iPhone SDK terms I decided to write Steve Jobs the following email: Hi Steve, Lots of people are pissed off at Apple’s mandate that applications be “originally written” in C/C++/Objective-C. If you go, for example, to the Hacker News homepage right now: <http://news.ycombinator.com/> You’ll see that […]
Outrage over this little clause in the new iPhone developer SDK terms is erupting all over the internet: 3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by […]
February 9, 2014: Delayed Launcher is now Open Source Software! And you thought I’d abandoned it. 😛 DelayedLauncher turned out to be more popular than I expected it to be. Originally released as a solution to a problem in the 1.x series of Espionage, DelayedLauncher turned out to be useful for many people as a […]
As this is a company blog it might not be the best of places for me to post some of my more politically-charged-unrelated-to-Tao-Effect-thoughts. Therefore I’ve started a Posterous account to which I’ll be posting that sort of goodness.
What this film does in 104 minutes is simply magical. The Union: The Business Behind Getting High And you can watch it, right now, for free on Google Video.