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Overview of Code Editors for MacOS X in 2021: BBEdit, TextMate, Sublime Text, Coda/Nova, Atom, Visual Studio Code
There are different categories of coders and there is a best text editor for each category of coder: cross-platform, Mac-only.
Mac OS X publishing tools for WordPress: MarsEdit, Byword, Drafts and iAWriter
What’s particularly striking about working with MarsEdit is how much faster it is to open and save posts than the WordPress web interface. Is the excerpt stripping characters?
Horrific iPad Pro user experience trying to make a simple weblog post
Instead of taking half an hour to post a simple post to my weblog via my iPad Pro it took an hour and a half. Here’s why.
OS X Image Resizer Review: ResizeMe, EasyBatchPhoto, PhotoBatcher, PhotoBulk, PhotoMill, Retrobatch, ThumbsUp, Adobe Lightroom
My own vote was initially for the more subtle and accurate render. Now that I’ve studied the results more closely, the sharper and blockier render also works.
DxO PhotoLab: How to Build an Efficient Processing Workflow
The real key to an efficient workflow is to work systematically through each image. Start with only selects visible. Follow a linear workflow.
Should iPhone users trust Apple’s promises about the iOS 13.5 Contact Tracing API?
iPad and iPhone users should be very wary of upgrading to iOS 13.5. There’s no path backwards: it will track and trace you in entirely new ways.
How to build user-friendly software licensing: The Newsletter Plugin vs FV Player
My biggest motivation reason not to buy software is to avoid the often horrific license maintenance: how to make your licensing simpler.
Watch Multiple Videos Simultaneously with FV Player
We’re really happy to announce that it is now possible to watch multiple videos simultaneously with the new 7.4.17.727 update!
How to convert Markdown to Wikitext
Shortest path: use our Pandoc online, going from Markdown to HTML and then from HTML to wikitext.
How to Protect Your Facebook Videos from Downloaders
Three strategies to stop Facebook video pirates in their tracks: no YouTube embeds, Facebook Rights Manager and Partial Videos.
Reliability and usability fixes in FV Player
We haven’t eased up on our work on great new features for our player. Here’s a list of all new stuff that’ve been recently added to our player.
The State of Comments 2020: WordPress, Disqus, Medium, Typepad vs Custom Comment Systems
Due to all this dross, good and informative comments are lost and have almost no long term value. Thoughts and some solutions.
Cloud Hosting Providers where videos cannot be stored for playback on your website: OneDrive, ADrive, Dropbox
Choosing a Cloud Hosting to store all your videos on and stream them to your website may seem like an easy-to-do thing but the reality is often a totally different story.
High ISO Noise Reduction: CaptureOne vs DXO PhotoLab
How much of a difference can software make with high ISO images? A lot of difference it turns out.
How to download any video on the Internet
If you don’t want people to use, share or save your videos, there’s only one thing you should do – don’t post them online.
Piping UptimeRobot alerts into Teamwork Chat
I hope this short essay helps anyone trying to monitor site uptime or pipe any kind of alerts into Teamwork Chat.
How to Create Burned-In Subtitles Using YouTube and HandBrake
Most people, 85% of them, watch videos without sound. To make sure your message gets through, consider burning your subtitles into your videos.
Worst Services We Actually Use: Fruux Review
Insisting on changing web standards instead of supporting customers is the best example of Millennial Moronity I’ve seen in my career in IT.
The Definitive Guide to Deploying Apple OS X 10.13.5 High Sierra on Mac Pro 4,1 or 5,1 Silver Towers
Start by testing your hardware and then carefully prepare your install disk and firmware updates for a smooth installation.
