oddysseey

Re:"Gravity is worth asking about." on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:51AM (#49184589)

thank you, drcongo, I really appreciate your shout-out : ) So happy you like my app! Cheers, – Matthias

Re:Reckless Drivin' (2000) ported to native SDL2 for macOS and Linux on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:52AM (#47423255)

this is too cool!

Re: on Friday March 14, 2025 @05:10AM (#43360819)

Hey!

Inspired by a reddit post, I sat down and created DeskMat, a Mac app that lets you hide and show the contents of your Desktop with a single button (or keyboard shortcut, or auto-triggers).

I hope you'll like it!

- Matthias

Re:Diagrams: A brand new diagram editor for Mac on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @09:58AM (#22247170)

lovely!

Thoughts on App Review

Posted by oddysseey on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:29PM
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https://blog.eternalstorms.at/2017/10/13/thoughts-on-app-review/

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Detecting favicons in Yoink v3.3

Posted by oddysseey on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:29AM
from the eternalstorms.wordpress.com dept.

https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/detecting-favicons-in-yoink-v3-3/

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Mac Developer Tip: Start a Search on the Mac App Store Programmatically

Posted by oddysseey on Monday February 13, 2017 @12:42PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/mac-developer-tip-programmatically-starting-a-search-on-the-mac-app-store/

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Mac Developer Tip: NSTouchBar in a Share Extension

Posted by oddysseey on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:24PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/mac-developer-tip-nstouchbar-in-a-share-extension/

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Indie Developer: iTunes Affiliate Program – One Year In

Posted by oddysseey on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @11:56AM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/itunes-affiliate-program-one-year-in/

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MacOS: How to Badge an App's Icon in the Dock

Posted by oddysseey on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:13PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/10/29/how-to-badge-an-apps-icon-in-the-dock/

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Follow-Up: Inactive Checkboxes Are Poor UX

Posted by oddysseey on Thursday October 27, 2016 @06:49AM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/10/27/follow-up-inactive-checkboxes-are-poor-ux/

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Yoink's Mac App Store Revenue a Month After Localizing

Posted by oddysseey on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:34PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/yoinks-revenue-a-month-after-localizing/

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The Story Behind Claquette – Animated Screenshots for Mac

Posted by oddysseey on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:05PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/guest-blog-post-the-story-behind-claquette-animated-screenshots/

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Deconstructing and Reimplementing macOS' Screencapture CLI

Posted by oddysseey on Saturday September 10, 2016 @04:05PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/deconstructing-and-reimplementing-macos-screencapture-cli/

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'screencapture' and the sandbox in macOS Sierra

Posted by oddysseey on Friday August 12, 2016 @05:06PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/screencapture-and-the-sandbox-in-macos-sierra/

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Inactive Checkboxes Are Poor UX

Posted by oddysseey on Friday August 12, 2016 @04:59PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/inactive-checkboxes-are-poor-ux/

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OS X DevTip: Install the Ink System Preferences Pane Without a Graphics Tablet

Posted by oddysseey on Friday April 22, 2016 @08:21AM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/developer-tip-how-to-install-the-ink-system-preferences-pane-without-a-graphics-tablet/

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Under-The-Hood Performance- and OS X Sandbox Improvements in Yoink 3.2

Posted by oddysseey on Monday April 11, 2016 @12:26PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/under-the-hood-improvements-in-yoink-3-2/

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Mac Developer Tip: Simulate Memory Pressure

Posted by oddysseey on Thursday March 31, 2016 @02:57PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/mac-developer-tip-how-to-simulate-memory-pressure/

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Opinion: Why the iPhone SE Should Have 3D Touch

Posted by oddysseey on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @10:59AM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/opinion-why-the-iphone-se-should-have-3d-touch/

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A Mac Developer's Experience with the Mac App Store's “Get Productive” Promotion

Posted by oddysseey on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:55PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/post-mortem-the-mac-app-stores-get-productive-promotion/

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Get Productive – Mac App Store Sale

Posted by oddysseey on Friday January 22, 2016 @05:03AM
from the 9to5toys.com dept.

http://9to5toys.com/2016/01/21/get-productive-app-sale-things-clear-duet-displays-deliveries/

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SiriMote – Control Your Mac with Your Apple TV Siri Remote

Posted by oddysseey on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @09:47AM
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http://eternalstorms.at/sirimote

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How to Detect Force Touch-Capable Devices on Mac Using Cocoa, IOKit

Posted by oddysseey on Monday November 16, 2015 @02:16PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/how-to-detect-force-touch-capable-devices-on-the-mac/

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How to Receive Force Touch Events from an NSTableView on Mac OS X, Cocoa

Posted by oddysseey on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @07:11AM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/how-to-receive-force-touch-events-from-an-nstableview/

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How to Pair the Apple TV Developer Kit Remote with Xcode's Simulator on Your Mac

Posted by oddysseey on Monday October 05, 2015 @12:20PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/pair-the-apple-tv-developer-kit-siri-remote-with-xcodes-simulator/

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Yoink 3.1 improves and simplifies drag and drop on your Mac

Posted by oddysseey on Thursday September 03, 2015 @06:20AM
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http://eternalstorms.at/yoink

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Yoink Automator Workflow – Quickly Add Mail Attachments

Posted by oddysseey on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:42PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/09/02/yoink-workflow-quickly-add-mail-attachments/

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The Story Behind Gestimer for Mac

Posted by oddysseey on Friday August 14, 2015 @04:22PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/guest-blog-post-the-story-behind-gestimer/

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Security-Scoped NSURL bookmarks and Safari's webarchive files (OS X sandbox)

Posted by oddysseey on Friday July 10, 2015 @02:28PM
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https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/security-scoped-nsurl-bookmarks-and-safaris-webarchive-files/

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