Episode 369

369: Brown Big Bear

More useful Mac shortcuts, modifier-key symbols, and a bunch of new iOS and watchOS rumors.

March 13, 20202h 16m

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Show Notes

Pre-show: Marco's Problem
- Marco's image-retention test
- Apple Cinema Display HD
Follow-up:
- The "coronavirus" virus itself is named SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 is the disease it causes (formerly called "2019 novel coronavirus" or "2019-nCoV" in some places).
- Recommended info sources on COVID-19:
  - Flatten the Curve
  - CDC: COVID-19 (continuously updated)
  - Video: Exponential Growth and Epidemics
- WWDC still not canceled
  - Santa Clara County bans gatherings of 1000+
- John's internal storage situation
- Mac shortcuts
  - Ellipsis is ⌥ ;
  - Adjective order
    - ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧
    - ⌃ ⌥?
    - Command key
  - Xcode symbol popup: ⌃ 6
  - Drag and drop open/save dialog
    - DefaultFolder X
  - Screen shotting/screen capture
  - Hot Corners and modifier keys
    - System Preferences → Desktop & Screen Saver → Hot Corners...
- Casey's Computer Corner
  - Brian Ski's tweet
Huge rumor dumps
#askatp
- Is the 2015 15" MBP still the best laptop ever made (via James Scariati)
- Do we have hard-drive icons on our desktop? (via Rob Fiorendino)
- How does one get hardware to make iOS apps on the cheap? (via Marcos Petri)
Post-show: Marco's new adventures... deep underground
- Penny Arcade