OWC’s Rocketyard on how to make Finder search current folder by default
From Dennis Sellers at OWC, I have to admit I kbew how to do this but never had, but after trying it out for a while I ended uo sticking with it as my default search behavior.
Appleinsider on how to set folder background colors in macOS’s Finder
From Chip Loder at AppleInsider. I have to admit I had no idea this was even possible.
Appleinsider on Mozilla wanting to level the browser playing field against the tech giants
From Amber Neeley at AppleInsider.
Yes yes yes! We need to save Firefox which I still find the best and most customizeable browser. And Apple, Google and Microsoft all push their in house browsers over it, which has decimated it’s market share.
MUD has a solution to Apple’s removal of album artwork cover in Playlists
I have previously posted about how Apple removed Album Artwork from it’s playlist creation (it used to add 4 album covers) and you have to manually add it, but this post from MUD or Make Use Of has a solution that is an improvement on the album artwork.
This is the shortcut the Playlist Cover Art Generator, which you can customize to show 4 to 47 covers and have text as well. You have to allow private scripts and large datasets, but it works fast and well.
Here is one I created for my 1971-1972 playlist.
Larry Jordan on a workaround to create a dynamic link between Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro
Another useful article from the great Larry Jordan.
DIY Photography on how to make iphone 15 clios look like 8K RED monstro footage using AI
From John Aldred at DIY Photography. Depth Scanner does do an impressive job, though since it is AI edges can be a little weird.
TechPowerUp reports that TSMC’s 2nm node will debut in 2025 with iPhone 17 Pro
As reported by btarunr at TechPowerUp.
This will also mean lower power for Macs, so that is very exciting.
SixColors on how to stop Mail logs from eating your disk space
Especially important for laptops or those with small main drives.
Apple really messed up Playlists in Sonoma on Mac, why no more album artwork?
So Apple Music in Sonoma has had a major change to playlists, and it literally removes features in favor of making your own ugly generic playlist covers, that literally no one wants. And it used to take 4 albums that were in the playlist and make that the cover, but nothing with covers is even an option anymore, except adding your own.
And if you make playlists out of a single album, it used to take the name of the album, but now you have to type it in yourself, and it won’t take the album artwork or allow you to paste the artwork you copied from it’s own artwork tab, you have to select from a file or from photos. So if I put in a new album, I have to put the album artwork on the track, then add it to the playlist too? WTF APPLE!
The new ploylist window with the ugly generic art you can chose and what you type shows up over it.
The add your own artwork (no option to use existing artwork).
You can drag artwork to the plus or choose a file or from library, but nothing to chose album artwork, WTF!
I consistently feel like Apple puts people in charge who have never used the software, or aren’t long term users, or don’t see why people liked the old behavior.
There is a thread on this at Apple, but since Apple doesn’t read their own forums, who really cares?
The problem is this needs to get out to the tech press, so that Apple actually sees about it and sees that people care about this, but with people just talking on the forum that they don’t even read it will never get seen. Hopefully people will at least post some feedback and get this out there.