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Link to a note from desktop

Apple does not want us to link from outside to a note although it makes sense to have a central notes management .

There is no documented, public URL scheme for Apple Notes. Apple has never listed one in developer documentation, and there is no deep link from iCloud.com or from non-Apple platforms.

But an undocumented mechanism exists and is reachable from outside the app. Just create a Shortcut Continue reading Link to a note from desktop

 

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Why I don’t have an iphone (yet)

Just recently I read an interesting blog entry of another internet veteran. I am reprinting here the main argument

The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet's future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what. It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger. Continue reading Why I don’t have an iphone (yet)

 

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The art of a clean Mac OS X desktop

I spent considerable time this week as my MBA showed major quirks – the finder’s trashcan did not respond, clicking on the finder in the dock suddenly opened a second icon, while the finder crashed frequently. Running harddisk maintenance, correcting access rights, deleting several plists, experimenting with safe mode, even deleting PRAM and NVRAM – nothing helped until Continue reading The art of a clean Mac OS X desktop

 

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