My home suburb is expecting a high temperature of 42°C today. I’m down south, beside the sea where the maximum expected temperature is 32°C. With a reasonably strong onshore breeze.
A Setapp-sourced app I use called Al Dente Pro, which I use to regulate laptop battery health (charges to a maximum of 80% with my chosen settings, for example) has picked up a handy trick with the latest update. I generally set the MacBook Air to use low power mode when running on its battery but some apps, Handbrake being one of them, work faster on full power.
Now with Al Dente Pro if I right-click on its menubar icon, I can toggle between low and full power modes.
@japchap I'll dig out one of my old G3 or G4 PowerBooks that run the Tiger version of Mac OSX and check, pretty sure it's an original OSX feature.
I have been using the Web Receipt arrangement available via the macOS Print dialog (under the PDF section) since 2006. In order to keep track of online purchases I have maintained separate annual listings since 2012 on both my Apple desktop and laptop computers. As it’s now the first day of 2026, I have consolidated all of the 2025 receipts into a separate folder within the Web Receipts folder.
If you have never used the Web Receipts process, you won’t find the folder anywhere on your Mac, it’s created within the Documents folder the first time you save a PDF to that location. See attachment for more detail on the saving process.
My Xmas was for the first time in 67 years, celebrated alone. I inherited the fibre optic tree I bought for my parents 30+ years ago (I just can’t stand the smell of pine trees) but I just couldn’t be bothered setting it up.
I did get myself a special gift, though. A reversible black/brown elasticised belt with a velcro closing setup, no buckles to get in the way. Wore it for the first time today and very satisfied with it.
Thank you soooo much, LG. Not.
The latest update to my smart TV has installed CoPilot and it cannot be removed. I have turned off the Live Plus aspect though and have hidden the app from view.
This was found on Facebook in colour, an old favourite from a Mad magazine I bought several decades ago.
One major failing in macOS Tahoe's enhanced Spotlight app launcher that replaced the Launchpad app is that it needs to reindex to recognise newly-installed apps. this meand that newly installed apps don't show up in the search until the reindexing has been done.
Well, I have found an inexpensive replacement for Launchpad.
It's called LaunchOS, available from launchosapp.com in either a 7-day trial or paid Pro versions. I’d recommend the Pro level as it’s inexpensive, has lifetime licences and at present the Black Friday 20% (for 2 Macs) and 40% (5 Macs) discounts still apply.
It does more than Launchpad, too. I’ve set a grid of 10 x 5 icons with a vertical scrollable window setup and Hot Corner activation. The attachment shows what you get by going Pro vs the free version.
I saved an incredible amount of money from all the Black Friday sales: by not buying anything…