You know it’s the #G7 Summit when the amount of helicopter traffic over your house suddenly increases, including 6 choppers flying in formation yesterday.

Kudos to the On-Screen Graphics team at #TSN. The new score bug for #CFL games was good, but they have continued to tweak it and have an even better product today.

Suspicious Package 4.5 is basically unusable on the first macOS 26 Tahoe beta. Selecting any file or folder on the All Files tab will cause it to crash.

It's obviously early days for Tahoe, but if you're trying to live on it, (a) you have my sympathies, and (b) you might be interested in this preview version of Suspicious Package 4.5.1, which ought to fix the crash:

https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/preview.html

Back when Apple changed Mac OS X drastically, Steve would come on stage and demo + explain why it was better for the user.

These days, they just talk about how gorgeous their new design is.

They never talk about how this new design benefits me other than “it is consistent across all platforms now.” But it can be consistently good or consistently bad across all platforms depending on how good the new UX is.

#macOSTahoe #WWDC25

Steve Jobs talking about Computer Centric vs User Centric design:

MDO 2025 starts tomorrow! https://mdoyvr.com/

Cycling directions are available in Apple Maps in Calgary as of sometime recently, it seems. I don’t know if this is an iOS 26 thing.

via platform state of the union—macOS Tahoe will be the last macOS to support Intel Macs. #macadmins

Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.

Hierarchy of Needs

While #MacAdmins await the bombardment of information on Monday, I've used this lull to make my first blog post of the year. (Yes, 2025 has been busy.)

Blog Post versus Wiki Edit: which should you choose? (Do you need to choose?)

You’d think I couldn’t write 1700 words on this topic, but it’s amazing how deep you dive when preparing a workshop for #psumac.

https://maclabs.jazzace.ca/2025/06/07/blog-or-wiki.html

I don't understand the pre event spoiler mentality like, good for you, you win the "I knew something before everyone else knew something" dick measuring contest that instantly loses value once $thing is announced officially. It's not impressive.

@tperfitt Those BOTH look familiar (likely one generation later for me)

Ad blockers, but for AI

@shayman The mental model that works for me is that the red light indicates Vampire Mode. (Sucking blood, er, power the whole time.)

Hey, #yycmusic and #windband peeps! Foothills Concert Band has a concert tonight at the E-Gré Hall, Rozsa Centre, UofC tonight at 7:30. “Symphonic Songs” from de Meij to Balázs to John Williams, plus chamber ensembles, and a set from Henry Wise Wood Symphonic Band. Tix are only $20/15 at the door. This year’s FCB has been a joy to conduct. Come on out!

Happy Saturday, #AirTag users!

Stop whatever you’re doing. Open the Find My app. Locate any tags with a low battery icon and replace them. Order at least as many CR2032 batteries as you just replaced.

These things are only useful if you replace the battery *before* you lose them.

You support unions?

Well have fun with your weekends, paid time off, and safe working conditions!

The session videos from this month's MacAD.UK conference have dropped already?!! A perfect Friday activity! #macadmins #MacADUK

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmBOyWhgnnx91uGb6YiCfJ0Nhhxs3Lxqr

Mactracker 4.13 released with details on the latest Apple hardware, color swatches for most models from 1977 to today, and an improved performance score view. Available now on the App Store. Mac release coming soon!

You don't need to read this but I hope someone from Rogers will. I've had a Rogers iPhone for about 15 years, but after two and a half hours on hold with them (followed by a hangup), I switched today to Freedom Mobile, which seemed to want my business.

https://blog.hayman.net/2025/05/21/switching-away-from-rogers-after.html