ldstephens

Blog

Jan 18, 2025 - Don’t forget your RSS readers
Jan 17, 2025 - James’ Coffee Blog
Jan 16, 2025 - Celebrated Lawyer ‘Fires’ Meta As A Client Over Zuck’s ‘Neo-Nazi Madness’
Jan 15, 2025 - What happens on your device, stays on your device – until it doesn’t
Jan 13, 2025 - iPhone one screen setup
Jan 10, 2025 - Re: Social networking alternatives for the Meta- and Musk-averse
Jan 09, 2025 - Send articles from iPhone to Kindle for reading later
Jan 07, 2025 - ldstephens - notes
Jan 06, 2025 - I’ve been doing it wrong
Jan 05, 2025 - I don’t care about your politics
Jan 01, 2025 - New Year 2025

2024

Dec 27, 2024 - People don’t give a shit about Vision Pro
Dec 21, 2024 - Apple's unwanted 18.2 Mail makeover
Dec 16, 2024 - App Defaults
Dec 14, 2024 - Re: Digital responsibilities
Dec 11, 2024 - Re: Thoughts On Mangione
Dec 07, 2024 - Drafts: the best $20 bucks I spend every year
Dec 03, 2024 - Switching blogging engines
Dec 01, 2024 - Re: My advice to iPhone users considering a move to Android
Nov 26, 2024 - Sticking My Head in the Sand (But Not Really)
Nov 25, 2024 - To POSSE or not to POSSE
Nov 23, 2024 - Cancel a drag and drop on Mac
Nov 21, 2024 - Re: The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model
Nov 20, 2024 - Mac tip: navigating and selecting text from the keyboard
Nov 18, 2024 - Using AI to help you build your first static website
Nov 16, 2024 - Colophon
Nov 15, 2024 - Re: Bluesky? Mastodon? get your own blog instead
Nov 14, 2024 - 2024-11-14 Blog update
Nov 12, 2024 - Independent blogs lost in search
Nov 11, 2024 - reality is setting in
Nov 10, 2024 - Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
Nov 08, 2024 - Your next iPhone could cost $300 more in the Trump administration
Nov 07, 2024 - iPhone Notes Missing After Accepting New iCloud Terms? Here’s the Fix!
Nov 06, 2024 - What’s Ahead for America Now?
Nov 05, 2024 - Update: Static Site
Nov 03, 2024 - Re: On Maintaining Streaks
Nov 02, 2024 - Apple Intelligence first impressions
Oct 30, 2024 - 16GB for everyone: MacBook Air joins the RAM upgrade party
Oct 28, 2024 - Canceling Optimum Internet Service? Good Luck!
Oct 28, 2024 - Should I Migrate to a Static Site?
Oct 24, 2024 - Update: BBEdit rabbit hole
Oct 16, 2024 - If you're not already using an RSS reader you need to read this
Oct 15, 2024 - Re: The wonderful rabbit hole of BBEdit
Oct 14, 2024 - How I manage my clipboard history on iPhone and iPad
Oct 11, 2024 - Rant: Internet service provider bullshit
Oct 09, 2024 - Home Depot and Apple Pay
Oct 09, 2024 - Yoink Bug on macOS Sequoia
Sep 19, 2024 - Mac tip: assign custom keyboard shortcuts for menu items in most Mac apps
Aug 29, 2024 - What’s in My Mac Menubar
Aug 25, 2024 - Notes for iOS, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia
Aug 22, 2024 - How to Turn Off "iPhone Maybe Too Close" Notification
Aug 18, 2024 - Apple tech podcast detox
Aug 17, 2024 - How to move a file or folder from one disk to another on a Mac
Aug 16, 2024 - Freedom to App-Hop
Aug 13, 2024 - How to use Visual Lookup on iOS
Aug 11, 2024 - Add words to the Mac dictionary
Aug 10, 2024 - Mac frustrations
Aug 04, 2024 - When “Check Spelling While Typing” breaks on Mac, do this to fix it
Aug 01, 2024 - Paste clipboard content as plain-text on Mac
Jul 29, 2024 - Goodlinks: Highlighting is Here!
Jul 24, 2024 - The proper order for listing the modifier keys in a keyboard shortcut on Mac
Jul 17, 2024 - Remove the Floating Keyboard Bar When Using an External Keyboard on Your iPad
Jul 15, 2024 - 10 Years Loving Fastmail
Jul 13, 2024 - So You’re Thinking About Monetizing Your Blog
Jul 12, 2024 - Easier Blogging Platforms
Jun 17, 2024 - GoodLinks to iA Writer Custom Actions
Jun 15, 2024 - Change the default app that opens files in iOS and iPadOS
Jun 15, 2024 - How to scan to “text” on iPhone
May 14, 2024 - iPhone Home Screen: Why one is all I need
Apr 29, 2024 - Effortlessly combine Reeder, Instapaper, and Obsidian to enhance your RSS reading experience
Apr 21, 2024 - Roku or Apple TV 4K: Upgrading our streaming device
Apr 19, 2024 - I ditched Apple Podcasts after a week
Apr 17, 2024 - Can an iPhone be your only computer?
Apr 09, 2024 - Here's how to summarize YouTube videos using Gemini
Apr 08, 2024 - Drafts send file to iA Writer
Apr 04, 2024 - Bringing order to my note-taking chaos
Mar 25, 2024 - Alfred workflow that gets a list of all open Safari tabs
Mar 14, 2024 - The hard lesson that TikTok creators may have to learn
Mar 09, 2024 - On quality software
Mar 01, 2024 - A simple trick to snooze emails in Apple Mail
Feb 27, 2024 - When surge pricing hits, your wallet takes a thrashing
Feb 08, 2024 - Can't quit Alfred? Me neither! But I use these Raycast extensions
Feb 03, 2024 - iPad Pro rant: the clipboard saga that tests my patience daily
Jan 21, 2024 - How to see the Today View in Apple's Reminders sorted by List
Jan 20, 2024 - 4 Methods to power-off your iPhone
Jan 16, 2024 - Apple's Vision Pro: Who actually gives a shit?
Jan 08, 2024 - My Drafts + Day One journaling workflow
Jan 01, 2024 - From Floppies to iPhones: My 40-Year Love Affair with Technology (and It's Not Over Yet!)

2023

Dec 20, 2023 - Goodlinks send to Drafts Custom Actions
Dec 17, 2023 - I hated writing with the Apple Pencil on my iPad. Not anymore!
Dec 14, 2023 - Why I abandoned Drafts and returned to text files for managing my information repository
Dec 14, 2023 - My default apps – 2024 version
Nov 20, 2023 - On Ad-Blockers
Nov 20, 2023 - Keyboard Maestro Macro: Close all open tabs and hide Safari
Nov 19, 2023 - Renewing my Feedbin subscription: A lingering dilemma
Nov 19, 2023 - App-solutely indecisive
Nov 18, 2023 - Back to Drafts app as my information repository
Oct 26, 2023 - Apple Private Relay: It's not worth the Wi-Fi speed sacrifice
Oct 11, 2023 - Bartender to Hidden Bar: A Simpler Solution for macOS Sonoma
Sep 26, 2023 - Apple Mail's missing Snooze: Setting the record straight
Sep 10, 2023 - xSearch: A Safari extension for improved searching on iPhone and iPad
Sep 09, 2023 - How to change font size for individual apps on iPhone and iPad
Jul 24, 2023 - How to setup folders in Fastmail that auto-purge emails
Jul 11, 2023 - Understanding iPhone's orange, green, and blue privacy indicator dots
Jul 03, 2023 - How to recover deleted files on iPhone and iPad
Jun 23, 2023 - How to Convert Photos to PDF on iPhone and iPad
Jun 13, 2023 - Easy Link Opening in iPadOS
Jun 11, 2023 - My Everyday Essentials: Alfred, Drafts, and PopClip – The Backbone of My Workflow
May 05, 2023 - fn/globe key keyboard shortcuts
Apr 27, 2023 - From Three to One
Apr 19, 2023 - Remembering Nemo: a tribute to our beloved dog
Apr 19, 2023 - Making Computers Personal
Apr 11, 2023 - FBI warns against using public phone charging stations
Apr 10, 2023 - Reading, linking, writing, and blogging
Mar 25, 2023 - The Benefits of Personal Blogs Over Social Media Platforms
Mar 14, 2023 - ldstephens Blog: Eight Years of Blogging and Counting
Mar 11, 2023 - When the Internet Goes Dark
Mar 05, 2023 - ChatGPT action for Drafts app
Mar 04, 2023 - PopClip now has a ChatGPT extension
Feb 24, 2023 - Restart your iPhone using Siri
Feb 23, 2023 - 7 Reasons why I register domains with Hover
Feb 12, 2023 - How to Fake a Dropped Call on iPhone
Feb 11, 2023 - Quick tip – Add Apps or Folders to the Mac Apple Mail Save As Menu
Feb 06, 2023 - Quick Tip: How to delete individual clipboard items from Alfred's clipboard history