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Sam Rowlands

@samrowlands.bsky.social
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API Wrangler, Partner, Architect, Chief virtual duct tape applicator at Ohanaware, developing for the  Mac since '94. Doggo Dad. Drinks Tea. Wearer of Tshirts.

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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Thank you, now to try to figure out why I'm not getting any notifications from BlueSky.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Just checking to make sure you've received your serial number by now and I wanted to apologize for our automated serial number generator system failing. We're still working to bring it back online :(
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Adopting Liquid Glass with a Xojo made application. ohanaware.com/blog/2025/07...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This awesome bundle includes the latest version of our App Wrapper.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
SwiftUI macOS pragmatically showing an open or save panel as a sheet. #SwiftUI #macOS ohanaware.com/swift/macOSO...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I love the concept of SwiftUI and I truly believe it to be the future, just disappointed with the macOS execution. I really wish that someone else was in charge of the software at Apple, someone who cares about the details.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Another way might be to add some padding to the OK button, pushing the spacing between the two.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
AFAIK there isn't a way to adjust the spacing between toolbar items, you might be able to get it to 20 by adding a fixed width Spacer(), but then as the placement is handled by SwiftUI, the spacer may not show up between the two buttons either.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
SwiftUI macOS sheet dialog buttons, how to meet the Apple Human Interface Guidelines. ohanaware.com/swift/macOSS... #swiftUI #macOSDev
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
macOS Vibrancy in SwiftUI made Mac apps. Shows you how to get it and how to match AppKit made Mac apps. ohanaware.com/swift/macOSV... #SwiftUI #macOSDev
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
SwiftUI macOS Toolbar examples and tricks. #swiftUI #macOS ohanaware.com/swift/macOST...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Wrote a SwiftUI tutorial, it's my first tutorial in over decade and my first for SwiftUI. Build a simple Markdown Editor. ohanaware.com/swift/markdo...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Backup To Go 2.0.1 fixes a bug that could stop it from working for some customers. Backup To Go keeps your important files safe, by backing them up to a USB drive or SD card, so you can take 'em with you. ohanaware.com/backuptogo #macAppRevival #indieMacDev #indiedev
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Backup To Go 2 - Protect your important files, take them to go
Backup To Go was designed to help protect your photos, projects, thesis, drafts, app ideas and other important files by backing them up to a USB drive, SD Card or portable hard drive, so you can take ...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New free Mac App from Ohanaware Backup To Go keeps your important files safe, by keeping a backup on a USB drive or SD card, so you can take 'em with you. ohanaware.com/backuptogo #macAppRevival #indieMacDev #indiedev
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Backup To Go 2 - Protect your important files, take them to go
Backup To Go was designed to help protect your photos, projects, thesis, drafts, app ideas and other important files by backing them up to a USB drive, SD Card or portable hard drive, so you can take ...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Not sure I'd call modern UI shiny, but it for sure is \(wordOfYourChoice).
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Sleep Aid 1.5 is released, Adds a new CPU Usage window for figuring out how much CPU apps use during insomnia. Sleep Aid helps to view a Mac's sleeping habits, solve sleep issues, improve battery life and stop sniffers. ohanaware.com/sleepaid/ #macAppRevival #indieMacDev #indiedev
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Sleep Aid - View a Mac's sleeping habits, solve issues, improve battery life, stop sniffers
Sleep Aid is designed to reveal details on how a Mac sleeps. This is useful to see what's going on, and to help troubleshoot why a Mac won't go to sleep (even with lid closed), or why it keeps waking ...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Except for the keyboard... Its reliability really let that neat little MacBook down.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
App Wrapper 4.8 Released today, improving support for M series Macs and Cycling '74 developer tool. App Wrapper is our premium post processor that is designed to make it easier to publish Mac apps on websites and the Mac App Store. ohanaware.com/appwrapper #macAppRevival #indieMacDev #indiedev
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App Wrapper - Easily publish Mac apps on the Mac App Store or websites
App Wrapper is Ohanaware's premium Post-Build Processor for the macOS, used by 100s of developers to prepare their macOS applications for the Mac App Store and distribution on their websites. App Wrap...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thank you for taking the time to test this version and report back to me, I'm especially glad that it does solve the problem for you too. I'll make this a general release soon.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I've just tried again to fix this bug and posted a new beta to the prerelease page. Please let me know if this version helps. ohanaware.com/sleepaid/pre...
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Sleep Aid - Diagnose and solve Mac sleeping issues
Does your battery drain while your MacBook is sleeping? Do your headphones wake your Mac? Does your Mac flash its screen, keyboard or mouse during the night? Solve these problems and more with Ohanawa...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I would advise testing disable Wi-Fi option to see if it does help reduce insomnia, and I would recommend trying "Delay Background Tasks by decades". If the sleep quality improves, you know you've found a solution. Then decide which is more important for you.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Huh... I'll take another run at it. In the meantime, you can manually resize the window so you can see all the contents, just grab the bottom of the window and drag it down. Which version of the macOS are you running? Which MacBook?
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Sorry about that bug, it was weird because it didn't show for everyone, but I've fixed it with one of the beta releases to which you can download from the following URL. ohanaware.com/sleepaid/pre...
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Sleep Aid - Diagnose and solve Mac sleeping issues
Does your battery drain while your MacBook is sleeping? Do your headphones wake your Mac? Does your Mac flash its screen, keyboard or mouse during the night? Solve these problems and more with Ohanawa...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The screenshot of the sleep history, suggests that at least some of the wakes are caused by the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controller. I see you have Bluetooth set to sleep, have you tried disabling both Wi-Fi during sleep and disabling Keep Network connections alive?
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hi Rico, I don't have any more information or a contact at Apple regarding this. The only solutions I have are listed in the blog article ohanaware.com/blog/2023/09... Are you still running Ventura?
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Restless Mac Syndrome
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful new year.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
To combat a rumor; App Wrapper is still very much supported, in fact there's a current beta under going testing. If you'd like to try the beta, you can download it from the following page. ohanaware.com/appwrapper/p...
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App Wrapper 4 - Prereleases
Use App Wrapper to help with submitting applications to the Mac App Store and deploying applications on a web site. It simplifies the code signing & App Sandbox with an easy intuitive interface, yet p...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Why is my Mac warm when it's asleep? The "Process CPU Usage" in the latest Sleep Aid beta gave me this information. You can try it yourself by downloading the beta, select "Process CPU Usage" from the "View" menu and let the Mac sleep. ohanaware.com/sleepaid/pre...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Don't you mean 28 Years later?
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Added support to App Wrapper for Notarizing Cycling '74 Max 9 made Mac apps. There's currently a beta version for anyone interested. ohanaware.com/appwrapper/p...
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App Wrapper 4 - Prereleases
Use App Wrapper to help with submitting applications to the Mac App Store and deploying applications on a web site. It simplifies the code signing & App Sandbox with an easy intuitive interface, yet p...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
They could have bought App Wrapper from me and integrated it in. We even discussed this, but when it came to talking numbers Geoff stopped responding to my e-mails. I guess he decided it was cheaper to pay for engineer's time than to purchase a product which already works.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sadly it doesn't surprise me at this point. Would have preferred 'em to work on things that make it better for 3rd party vendors rather than trying to put them out of business. Sigh.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Huh... Oh no... Which app and by whom?
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The Verge @theverge.com · 01/12/2024
I can’t get over how good a deal the Pixel 8A is for $399
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I can’t get over how good a deal the Pixel 8A is for $399
The budget phone that will keep on giving.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/11/2024
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has dropped to $30 for the first time
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has dropped to $30 for the first time
It’s the best deal yet on arguably Nintendo’s best game.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It is a new version of one of my most downloaded apps. This time it's written in SwiftUI. Over time I hope to write more apps in SwiftUI.
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michaelthegeek.bsky.social @michaelthegeek.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The G3 Mac mini M4 www.threads.net/@io.kyle/pos...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Would you like to try a beta of Permissions Reset 3? ohanaware.com/permissionsr...
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Permissions Reset - Fix, view & change file permissions on Mac, easily, quickly & efficiently
Permissions Reset quickly solves file permission issues with a simple drag & click. Easily view permissions, including ACLs & Xattrs, while being able to change permissions. V 3 has been completely ...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Get 30% off Sleep Aid and App Wrapper this black Friday. indieappsales.com#app-7858138D...
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Indie App Sales - support an Indie Developer today!
Support an Indie App Developer today!
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
They should never have called the UI Aqua from 10.10 onwards.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
For me it has to be the first Milla Jovovich Resident Evil.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Sleep Aid Tracker for the Mac, displays your Mac's sleep quality using a familiar health tracker interface. Download your FREE copy today and start tracking your Mac's sleep quality. www.producthunt.com/products/sle... #indieMacDev #indiedev
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Sleep Aid Tracker - Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2024 | Product Hunt
Sleep Aid Tracker works like a health tracker, for tracking your Mac's sleeping habits. It is based upon the popular Mac sleep utility "Sleep Aid", while being designed exclusively for the App Store.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Be notified the moment Sleep Aid Tracker goes live. www.producthunt.com/products/sle...
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Sleep Aid Tracker - Product Information and More 2024 | Product Hunt
Sleep Aid Tracker works like a health tracker, for tracking your Mac's sleeping habits. It is based upon the popular Mac sleep utility "Sleep Aid", while being designed exclusively for the App Store.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Indie App Sales is running again for this years Black Friday, and both Sleep Aid and App Wrapper are going to be there. indieappsales.com
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Get ready for the Sleep Aid Tracker Launch, by getting Product Hunt to notify you when it's live. www.producthunt.com/products/sle...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Aqua Swatch Updated - match system colors, NSVisualEffectView materials, system icons, Label styles and sizes from the macOS in your own Mac Apps. Download your copy now. ohanaware.com/aquaswatch #macAppRevival #indieMacDev #indiedev
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Aqua Swatch - Match colors, materials & icons from the macOS in your Mac Apps
Aqua Swatch makes it easy to view system colors and variations, allowing developers to pick the best colors for user interface elements in their Mac apps. Aqua Swatch contains a swatch for NSVisualE...
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Not that I'm aware of. I wouldn't recommend updating just yet, there are still some issues that affect 3rd party apps, such as App Store receipt validation and networking features can fail.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Handful of features, hopefully at some point Apple will relax the rules so that the current version of Sleep Aid can be sold in the App Store, until then this new App should be useful and a little bit fun because of its fitness tracker styling.
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
I'm using the full version on Sequoia without any issue. The latest version has an option for controlling the new PowerNap settings. Several people have said they don't trust software from outside the App Store, but would love to use it. So this version meets the App Store Guidelines, but loses a
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Sam Rowlands @samrowlands.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
People asked for a version of Sleep Aid from the Mac App Store. Due to App Store guidelines it currently isn't possible, however I have started work on a Sleep Tracker that can at least tell how much insomnia your Mac suffers with. Here's an example with standard sleep options.
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