Jeff Johnson

Gone from Twitter forever. Mastodon:

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Announcement:

Tweaks for Twitter is retired

https://t.co/rxXMJ89T4c

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

I don't believe that staying and tweeting is "fighting back". I believe the opposite: tweeting and participating adds value to this platform, helps the new owners. I can't do it. I don't expect to single-handedly destroy Twitter, but it's a moral imperative for me to leave.

5/6

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Dear followers,

Thank you for having followed me. After today, however, I will no longer be tweeting. I will no longer read or reply to my timeline, notifications, or DMs. I'm leaving Twitter permanently.

I'm not leaving the internet, though. You know how to reach me.

1/6

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

The previous President, kicked off Twitter, failed to build a huge audience for a new network of political propaganda, so the world's wealthiest person decided to just buy a preexisting huge audience.

But I can't be bought. I'm not part of the package. I won't participate.

4/6

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

And... completely unrepentant.

Fuck him. I'm leaving this $44 billion shithole.
https://t.co/aslww1Sdvk

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is fake – I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times!

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

It appears that the Muskrat deleted his tweet, but that's not good enough.

He needs to issue a public retraction/correction, an apology, and a pledge to not do that again in the future, otherwise he's just a coward hoping that everyone will forget.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Ok, that's it, I'm done.

Whatever it costs me financially, I have a moral obligation to leave Twitter and not provide anything of value to what has now become a site fully owned by extreme right-wing political activists.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

We'll see what happens. If the Muskrat goes full bore with using Twitter for his own right-wing political activism, I may be forced to leave. I can't be a part of that.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

The fact that a Gatekeeper bypass is only worth $5K clearly demonstrates that Gatekeeper itself it not worth much.

Security theater.

[Wojciech Reguła @_r3ggi]

It's now official that Apple pays $5k for GateKeeper bypasses

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

This works to remove the System Preferences Dock badge!

It won't remove the badge from the preference pane, but you can actually hide the preference pane (which you can't do in System Settings).

[Tom Hagopian @airgopy]

@lapcatsoftware When it's in your Dock, change its <tile-data><dock-extra> to false in Dock's plist -- hides the badge, obviously not the checking, though.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Once again, it appears that nobody considers the Mac App Store worth selling ads on.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

It turns out that I have to block softwareupdated with Little Snitch to get rid of the Dock badge on System Preferences in Monterey, because it periodically checks in the background regardless of your preferences.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

macOS 12.6.1 once again uninstalled Rosetta

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Achievement unlocked:

A link to my blog post in the review!

[Ars Technica @arstechnica]

macOS 13 Ventura: The Ars Technica review https://t.co/VUlYvEJIom by @AndrewWrites

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

In Ventura System Settings, modal windows just pop up when I'm using the up and down arrow keys to navigate the search results.

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Here's a trick for removing Exif data from a photo:

1. Open in Preview app
2. Select All, Copy
3. File, New from Clipboard
4. Save

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

I just purchased @alfredapp the other day. It's pretty cool. I need to remember to use it, because I'm not in the habit yet.

A few things I like so far:

1) # to run a command in Terminal (I changed the prefix from >)

2) / to show a file browser

3) This:

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

"StopTheMadness is likely the most capable and quirky extension on this list."

[9to5Mac @9to5mac]

Best Safari extensions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac in 2022 https://t.co/AVrBIPTE8c by @arinwaichulis