Category: macOS
Everything filed under macOS.
Trawling Through iOS Backups For Treasure (a.k.a. How to fish for target files in iOS backups) with R
In a recent previous post I brazenly talked over the "hard parts" of how I got to the target SQLite file that houses "mowing history" for what has become my weekend obsession. So, we'll cover just how to do that (find things in iOS…
Quick Hit: Updates to QuickLookR and {rdatainfo}
I'm using GitUgh links here b/c the issue was submitted there. Those not wishing to be surveilled by Microsoft can find the macOS QuickLook plugin project and {rdatainfo} project in SourceHut and GitLab ( ~hrbrmstr and hrbrmstr accounts…
Escaping the macOS 10.14 (Mojave) Filesystem Sandbox with R / RStudio
If you're an R/RStudio user who has migrated to Mojave (macOS 10.14) or are contemplating migrating to it, you will likely eventually run into an issue where you're trying to access resources that are in Apple's new hardened filesystem…
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…
R⁶ — Exploring macOS Applications with codesign, Gatekeeper & R
(General reminder abt "R⁶" posts in that they are heavy on code-examples, minimal on expository. I try to design them with 2-3 "nuggets" embedded for those who take the time to walk through the code examples on their systems. I'll always…
Engaging the tidyverse Clean Slate Protocol
I caught the 0.7.0 release of dplyr on my home CRAN server early Friday morning and immediately set out to install it since I'm eager to finish up my sergeant package and get it on CRAN. "Tidyverse" upgrades aren't trivial for me as I…
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…