Category: macOS
Everything filed under macOS.
Bringing R to Swift on macOS
of some almost-natural "R" looking code (this is a…
Apple Silicon + Big Sur + RStudio + R Field Report
It's been a while since I've posted anything R-related and, while this one will be brief, it may be of use to some R folks who have taken the leap into Big Sur and/or Apple Silicon. Stay to the end for an early Christmas…
Prying ".R" Script Files Away from Xcode (et al) on macOS
As the maintainer of RSwitch --- and developer of my own (for personal use) macOS, iOS, watchOS, iPadOS and tvOS apps --- I need the full Apple Xcode install around (more R-focused macOS folk can get away with just the command-line tools…
Spelunking macOS 'ScreenTime' App Usage with R
Apple has brought Screen Time to macOS for some time now and that means it has to store this data somewhere . Thankfully, Sarah Edwards has foraged through the macOS filesystem for us and explained where these bits of knowledge are in her…
RSwitch 1.5.1 Released
An RSwitch user, lcolladotor filed a most-welcome issue letting me know that the core functionality of the switcher was busted ?. After testing out the 1.5.1 release candidate I had made a "harmless" & "clever" change to reduce some…
RSwitch 1.5.0 Release Now Also Corrals RStudio Server Connections
All books, links, and other reference resources are under a single submenu…
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…
Improvements to RSwitch in v1.3.0
It's only been a couple days since the initial version of my revamped take on RSwitch but there have been numerous improvements since then worth…
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)."…