@quanchi I don’t know why I never thought about using it to automatically move apps to my applications folder.

Fun fact, if you change your default web browser, and are using Outlook classic, you may need to go into your Outlook classic options, choose advanced, and then change the drop-down from open links in Microsoft edge, to open links in default browser.

💽 Got FLAC files piling up in your Dropbox?
This week on Digital Bytes, I show how to use Hazel on Mac to keep folders clean automatically—plus Chris shares how to get Apple’s Braille guides for every device, and we wrap with a quick Siri restart tip.
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Things go off the rails fast when Loopback updates break your audio stack. @damashe shares what went wrong and how he recovered (hint: debug mode and uninstalling ARC). We also talk LaunchBar weirdness, smart email tweaks, and small business HR.

🎧 Available now for Tip Jar supporters
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I'd like to run a question by those who regularly provide training or teaching over Zoom. As most of you may know, I've recently started my practicum, but this is being done completely remote through Tech Vision. All the classes are taught over Zoom, and the blind TVIs use Jaws tandem to connect with the student because of the braille support. Nearly every student has a focus display, but if it's just the teacher and student working together, it's not necessary to share your screen with sound. However, in order for me to shadow the student's work, the teachers have the students share their screen with sound so I can hear their Jaws. The only problem? It causes major echo and agrivation for the teachers who have to hear Jaws through zoom on top of the tandem connection. Most times, my lead teacher will opt to read assignments or have the student read them with their Focus displays to eliminate the echo. Many times, she says she'd rather just read because Jaws is an echo in her head.
I'd like to see if I can find a solution to this issue. One, as a trainer, I deal with so many noise issues when I'm on Teams, especially if the consumer has children running around. I would go absolutely mad if I had to hear two Jaws voices at the same time, so I'd like to find a way to help my teacher cut down on that. I also suffer from audio overload, and this month I'm slowly moving into a teaching role. I'd like to prevent some of that overloading if possible for the lesson to go smoother.
Has anyone ever worked with tandem over zoom? If you, as the teacher, share your own screen, will the student's Jaws voice come through? Any feedback you can provide will be most appreciated. Thank you, and I hope everyone is enjoying a lovely day. :)

we planted tomatoes, and 2 different types of peppers today! Lets see if we can keep them alive this year :)

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Part of a Google AI summary when I asked for directions.
"Oven instructions might involve preheating to 400°F and baking for a specific time."
Whatever model they are using for this is no good.

I’ve been playing with the live translate feature on the Ray band by listening to videos on YouTube in Spanish. Either the AI is pulling my leg, or this is pretty damn good actually. It’s a little sluggish but definitely holds up, especially to fast talking Youtubers.

@doubletap What's the image of?

Hey Double Tappers. An exciting announcement is coming tomorrow… shhh. Don’t tell anyone.

Just dropped! 🎧 Learn how to smoothly use Zoom on your BlindShell Classic 2 or 3 with Driza. No fuss, just simple tips to keep you connected. Check it out: https://pinecast.com/listen/7834bb9d-793c-4f62-9e52-7a1a3b417f57.mp3 and order your new phone from @atguys https://atguys.com/collections/blindshell-classic

Parallels Desktop for Mac 20.3 Adds USB Device Support for macOS VMs https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/320325/parallels-desktop-for-mac-20-3-adds-usb-device-support-for-macos-vms?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

📦 What do you do when your podcast setup needs to just work? Damashe went all-in on the Sound Devices USBPre 2—again.
TW108 isn’t just gear talk—it’s about workflow, flexibility, and real-world fixes when life gets messy.
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Exterminate!

Qwen3 is released right before LlamaCon tomorrow! lol 32K context length, tool calling, a way to turn on/off reasoning with /think /no_think in prompt, 119 languages support. 6 dense models (0.6b, 1.7b, 4b, 8b, 14b, 32b) and 2 MoE models (30b-a3b, 235ba22b). #LLM #AI #ML https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen3/

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Seen a few posts talking about VS Code's bad sides again recently so I just wanted to share this thought and experience I had.
VS Code is accessible. And it tries hard to remain accessible. But sometimes things slip through the cracks. There was an issue with auto correct which specifically happens on Mac with VoiceOver. Working with VoiceOver on the web is anything but pleasant especially from a developer point of view. But you know what happened?
The issue was reported, and it was fixed. There was no discussion about how this is really VoiceOver's fault because it didn't happen anywhere else. Someone said yup, this is not OK, and now it works again.
And at least from my experience, this is, at least at the time, the norm with VS Code and accessibility. I have a problem, I either open an issue or find one that exists and give it a comment or thumbs up, and eventually the issue is resolved. Maybe other people have had different experiences than I have, but in my case, there were never many big arguments, endless comment chains that could never figure out what to do and how to do it. There was an accessibility issue, someone said yup this is indeed an issue, and it was fixed. It was quite refreshing, really.
I imagine not many people use this thing on Mac with VoiceOver but even so.
I like that. I like VS Code. More software should be like VS Code when it comes to accessibility, I think.

For those interested in testing bleeding edge code, I've added extended and hourly forecast to the forecast display in AccessiWeather, as well as a current conditions panel with the basics. Temp in both F and C, humidity, windspeed/direction, and pressure. Pull the dev branch for the goodies. And perhaps the baddies, which I'm sure you'll give feedback on.

@tayarndt and my new text to speech web app now has support for OpenAI TTS and ElevenLabs. It is really awesome. We have a pronunciation dictionary and we convert numbers to text so the TTS can properly read everything. I'm hoping to have a beta working by this weekend.