SpamSieve 3.0.4 is a maintenance release for my Mac e-mail spam filter. In sending out the update notice to the SpamSieve mailing list, Amazon SES reported a huge number of bounces (almost 10x the normal percentage), primarily from EarthLink/MindSpring addresses. It’s not clear what’s going on here, but I suspect that the addresses are not […]

Bare Bones Software: “ChatGPT Worksheets” are branching out; the renamed “AI Chat Worksheet” preferences provide settings to select alternative services. Included with the application are service models for ChatGPT, Claude, and Ollama.[…]Added a “Decompose Unicode” transformation.Added a setting to the “Expert” settings panel list so that it only shows values that have been changed from […]

Bruno Brito: In Tower, you can create a Commit Template from scratch easily by clicking the “+” button and filling out the “Template name”, “Commit Subject”, and “Detailed Description” fields. If you already have a preferred Commit Template file that you would like to use, you can also easily import the file by clicking the […]

Bombich Software: CCC 7 focuses on helping you build a better backup strategy. Up to now we’ve given you the tools for creating backups, and of course CCC offered some coaching suggestions in the past, but largely has left the user to deal with some logistics that could be difficult for some people. CCC 7 […]

Jeff Johnson: The first thing I tried was to create yet another new Mac App Store bundle that included Link Unshortener, StopTheMadness, and StopTheMadness Pro. It took a number of days for Apple to review and approve the bundle, just like with the upgrade bundles, as I complained about in the previous blog post. At […]