18th September, 2025.
Right, then: it’s officially Thursday.
And … ?
I’ve worked out a minor thing about macOS Tahoe, the new operating system I’ve got.
I mentioned, yesterday, that screen shots were now saved in the HEIC format.
After a little experimenting?
It seems it does that if I use one specific keyboard shortcut — ⌘, ⇧ and 5, CMD, Shift and 5 — rather than another: ⌘, ⇧ and 4.
Quite why it does that?
I don’t know.
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Oh … I’ve had the Today programme on, again.
You’d possibly guessed.
And … ?
They’ve had former Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Nick Clegg, on, to talk about technology.
Who made the very good point that, for all US tech firms announcing investment in this country, yesterday, the people of the UK still most use US software on US designed hardware.
Apple’s iOS and Macs, Microsoft’s Windows based PCs, most Android phones, usually feature US designed components: whether hardware or software.
And, whilst the the software that underlies both the ’Web and the ’Net, itself, had some elements designed by British engineers?
It’s mostly American.
I’m happily using a Mac: long accused of being a closed ecosystem.
But … ?
Would love to see a British-made operating system — Ubuntu, for example — do well.
But, whilst I’m aware a lot of software services — Microsoft Office, or Spotify — are available, online, to a lot of devices …
I’m also aware that something like Ubuntu has no killer apps: no apps, specifically designed for it, that would boost sales.
All of those?
Seem to be on other devices …
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