If you have tried moving entries from Day One to Apple’s Journal app en masse, you have no doubt hit a wall. Journal has no AppleScript support, no public API, and very limited Shortcuts support.
I assumed this would remain unsolved until Apple created an importer for Journal, but then I saw Brian Stucki link to this project on GitHub.
I made an extra backup of my Day One data and then threw nearly 3,000 Day One posts at it, and the CLI just worked.
After talking for years about Things’ lack of flexibility around repeating tasks, I have some good news, via the Cultured Code blog:
Repeating to-dos just got far more flexible, with two highly requested improvements: You can now complete them early, and easily reschedule them when plans change!
It took a while, but I think they really nailed this.
Google Health initially included one-way Apple Health integration. The app could read and import health data recorded by an iPhone, Apple Watch, and other HealthKit-connected apps, but it couldn’t write Fitbit data back to Apple Health.
Today’s Google Health iOS app update adds the missing half of that connection.
Data concerning sleep, steps, workouts, and vitals captured by Google Health can now be sent to Apple Health. For someone who likes the Fitbit Air but really dislikes its app, this is good news.
SuperDuper has been an incredible tool for backing up your Mac for a long time, but like most apps that last 22 years, things change. Developer David Nanian has launched a new version that is ready for the next 22 years. He writes:
Back in 2007, I designed what was intended to be SuperDuper v3.0. It was a rewrite that greatly expanded its capabilities while retaining its essence.
But, in those days, it just wasn’t possible for us to implement those grand plans. The new UI was much more complex, the logic more elaborate, and the systems we had then didn’t support the things needed to make it a reality without a lot of complex coding we didn’t have time for.
Sean Malseed over at Action Retro has shipped something pretty cool: a Markdown editor for 68k Macs named ArtfulType:
A distraction-free Markdown writing app for classic 68k Macintosh computers (System 6/7), built to run from a BlueSCSI device on a Mac Plus or similar compact Mac.
He has a video walking through it, including how it was built (with the help of Claude Code) and how you can move data on and off older machines:
I don’t keep text-based social media apps installed on my phone, but if I did, this would be this one I’d use for Mastodon and Bluesky.
Today, we shipped a huge update to Pedometer++. We have full details over on the Pedometer++ blog, and David has a post up as well:
Today I’m beyond delighted to announce the release of Pedometer++ version 8. I worked with legendary designer Rafa Conde to re-design the appearance and layout of the watchOS app to make it the most capable, yet intuitive, walking app on the App Store.
Pedometer++ has been on the Apple Watch from day one twelve years ago. Over that time I’ve built dozens of designs and features, today’s redesign learns from that journey and arrives at an incredible place.
For the last couple of years, I have used Apple’s Reminders app, but over the last few months, it has become clear I needed something with planned dates to better map out future work. Last fall, OmniFocus 4.7 shipped with just that feature, so after years away, I have returned to the venerable application.
When using Reminders, I was also using InstaRemind to add tasks quickly using natural language processing. OmniFocus’ Quick Entry tool is pretty great, but I have found it to be error-prone as you have to tab between multiple fields to enter a task with metadata such as a project, due date, etc:
Accents is an app that lets you use the iMac/MacBook Neo accent colors on any Mac.
This is really clever. The iMac and MacBook Neo come with custom accent colors that are only available on those machines. Thanks to Michael Tsai for linking to this little gem of a macOS app.
Back in the day, Apple had three suites of applications:
Apps like Aperture and Final Cut Express were also around for a while. Meanwhile, Logic and MainStage are just out there doing their own things. I don’t even know what’s going on with Freeform, as it’s updated with OS releases, not as a standalone app like the others.
Yours truly in The Daily Helmsman newsroom as a freshman in August 2004. Names and phone numbers have been redacted to protect people who probably don’t remember me at all.
Twenty years ago, I was halfway through my first sophomore year of college1 and loving it. Moving into the dorm in August 2004 marked the first time I had access to the real Internet (not just AOL or Juno), and I dove into being a Mac nerd. I spent time on the Apple Discussion Boards and OS X forums across the web to learn everything I could about the PowerBook on my desk and what it could do.
Here is how I have Control Center set up on my iPhone 17 Pro:
At the top, I’m using the stock Connectivity and Now Playing controls.
Down from there are switches for Silent Mode and Orientation Lock. I don’t touch these very often, but want them handy for when I need to hear my phone or rotate it into landscape mode. Next to these two switches are slides for Screen Brightness1 and Volume.