Tag: macOS

All the articles with the tag "macOS".

• Making AppleScript Work in macOS CLI Tools: The Undocumented Parts

  Published: 3 Jul, 2025

  • 6 min read

  How to make AppleScript work in macOS CLI tools without permission dialogs blaming Terminal. A deep dive into Info.plist embedding, TCC, and undocumented APIs born from building Terminator MCP.

• Peekaboo 2.0 – Free the CLI from its MCP shackles

  Published: 2 Jul, 2025

  • 4 min read

  Peekaboo 2.0 ditches the MCP-only approach for a CLI-first architecture, because CLIs are the universal interface that both humans and AI agents can actually use effectively

• stats.store: Privacy-First Sparkle Analytics

  Published: 18 Jun, 2025

  • 3 min read

  How curiosity about VibeTunnel users led me to build stats.store - a free, open source analytics backend for Sparkle using AI tools, all while cooking dinner.

• Showing Settings from macOS Menu Bar Items: A 5-Hour Journey

  Published: 17 Jun, 2025

  • 7 min read

  Why something as simple as showing a settings dialog from a macOS menu bar app took me 5 hours to figure out, and requires 50 lines of code for what should be a one-liner.

• Peekaboo MCP – lightning-fast macOS screenshots for AI agents

  Published: 7 Jun, 2025

  • 5 min read

  Turn your blind AI into a visual debugger with instant screenshot capture and analysis

• Migrating 700+ Tests to Swift Testing: A Real-World Experience

  Published: 6 Jun, 2025

  • 13 min read

  How I migrated over 700 tests from XCTest to Swift Testing across two projects, with AI assistance and systematic refinement

• Code Signing and Notarization: Sparkle and Tears

  Published: 5 Jun, 2025

  • 10 min read

  My brutal journey implementing Sparkle auto-updates in sandboxed macOS apps - from 40 failed releases to enlightenment.

• Vibe Meter: Monitor Your AI Costs

  Published: 4 Jun, 2025

  • 7 min read

  How I built Vibe Meter, a macOS menu bar app to track AI spending in real-time - from workshop demo to shipped product in three days.

• Top-Level Menu Visibility in SwiftUI for macOS

  Published: 9 Apr, 2021

  • 3 min read

  Working around SwiftUI's CommandsBuilder limitations to conditionally show top-level menus on macOS using direct AppKit integration.

• Fixing keyboardShortcut in SwiftUI

  Published: 31 Jan, 2021

  • 7 min read

  Debugging and fixing a SwiftUI keyboardShortcut bug that fails when mixing SwiftUI with UIKit through reverse engineering and LLDB analysis.