HWiNFO sensor logging turns a number you glance at into a record you can study. PortableApps published HWiNFO 32+64 Portable 8.54.6090 on October 7, 2026, and the workflow in that build is the one power users have relied on for years: start HWiNFO in…
Hi! 👋🏻 If you’ve read my last few posts, you might not know that they all have a second home now… my own site, andrewlawler.github.io. This post is all about how it got there and why I rebuilt it.
Apple and Google both reject uploads that are the wrong pixel size or have an alpha channel. The confusing part is that blog posts disagree on which iPhone sizes are "required" in 2026 — because Apple only forces the fallback sizes when…
Your Mac trackpad is the best input device on the machine, and macOS still treats it as a rectangle for moving a pointer. The gestures are global. Three fingers up. Two fingers swipe. Pinch. They work everywhere, which is exactly…
A free Apple Account is enough. The app stops opening after seven days, and you can have three apps installed this way at a time; click Run again to keep using it. We sideloaded Mini vMac, a classic Mac emulator…
Don't panic: the Deb-based desktop isn't going away Canonical has announced it’s ‘accelerating’ development of Ubuntu Core Desktop, its immutable, snap-based version of its desktop OS. Now, things are finally kicking up a gear, says Jon Seager, VP of Engineering…
Short answer: migrate UIKit to SwiftUI incrementally. Host new SwiftUI screens in UIHostingController inside your existing navigation, wrap the UIKit components you keep with UIViewRepresentable, move state into @Observable models, and convert leaf screens first. Keep routing in UIKit until…
iPhone Duo introduces Vertical Bars, moving back buttons and tab bars to the side of the screen. That changes the layout and the experience more than I expected. How much? App Store screenshot specifications now include iPhone Duo alongside the…
CleanMyMac wanted $40 to renew. I cancelled, looked for a free alternative, and didn't find one that felt like a real Mac app. So I spent a few weeks writing my own. This is the story of SweepMac — and the parts…
That column is written by whoever made the commit, usually an agent, in the same commit that made it true or not. Then nothing reads it again. The per-step audits map exit criteria onto tests, and the reviews of the…
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