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RSwitch 1.4.1 Released
A minor update to RSwitch has been released. Apart from some internal code reorganization there are three user-facing…
RSwitch 1.4.0 Released
Swift 5 has been so much fun to hack on that there's a new update to macOS R-focused mebubar utility RSwitch available. Along with the app comes a new dedicated RSwitch landing page and a new user's guide since it has enough features to…
Quick Hit: A new 64-bit Swift 5 RSwitch App
At the bottom of the R for macOS Developer's Page there's mention of an "other binary" called "RSwitch" that is "a small GUI that allows you to switch between R versions quickly (if you have multiple versions of R framework installed)."…
Friday #rstats twofer: Finding macOS 32-bit apps & Processing Data from System Commands
Apple has run the death bell on 32-bit macOS apps and, if you're running a recent macOS version on your Mac (which you should so you can get security updates) you likely see this alert from…
Pipes (%>%) Everywhere
An R user asked a question regarding whether it's possible to have the RStudio pipe ( %>% ) shortcut ( Cmd-Shift-M ) available in other macOS applications. If you're using Alfred then you can use this workflow for said task (IIRC this…
Beware of sideloading f.lux for iOS from files obtained on sharing/torrent sites
Apple made the @justgetflux folks remove their iOS sideloaded app due to the use of private APIs (which are a violation of the Apple Developer agreement). The ZIP archive has been pulled from their site (and it really has,…
An Alfred (OS X) Workflow for Weather Underground Personal Weather Station (PWS) Data
I've operated a Weather Underground Personal Weather Station (PWS) [KMEBERWI7] off-and-on (hardware issues notwithstanding) for as long as I can remember, and I thought it was about time to finally do an Alfred↔PWS mashup. My personal…
Change The Default "Shell..." Action In RStudio for OS X
RStudio is my R development environment of choice and I work primarily on/in Mac OS X. While it's great that Apple provides a built-in Terminal application, I prefer to use iTerm 2 when I need to do work at a shell. The fine folks at…
Show Mac App Store Downloads Folder (and more!)
@mroesch asked how to find the "Downloads" folder for the Mac App Store. Apple changed this from the time I posted the one and only app I ever did to MAS (a while ago). So, here's how to do it…
Security & Privacy Of Mountain Lion's Dictation Feature
With Gizmodo doing a post hyping Mountain Lion's new dictation feature it's probably a good time to note that folks in regulated environments or who just care about security & privacy a bit more than others should not enable or use this…