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Shortcuts on macOS: A review

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This is an opinion piece on Shortcuts v5.0 (1144.2) for macOS Monterey v12.0.1. Readers of my blog know I use Automator, AppleScripts, and shell scripts to get stuff done. So I was curious to see if I could replace all these with just Shortcuts. TL;DR: no, no I can’t.

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Quite the year... for silicon

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We will remember 2020 for all the wrong reasons, but on a lighter note, 2020 has been quite the year… for silicon!

  • The incredible performance of Apple’s M1 and A14 (@ 5m).
  • AMD crushing Intel with its Ryzen 5000 series CPUs (@ 7nm).
  • The neck-and-neck race between the AMD Radeon (@ 7nm) and Nvidia RTX.
  • The launch of next-gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony.
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iOS 11 "likes" and "not likes"

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I admit, my title is misleading. This is a list of mostly "not likes" with iOS 11. Why few "likes"? Because there is enough written elsewhere singing the praises of iOS 11 and detailing "what's new". Maybe my dislikes will help you decide if (when) you want to upgrade...

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