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ldstephens
A weblog by ldstephens. This is my little corner of the web where I share whatever’s on my mind: stories, random thoughts, and the occasional rant.
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Most iPhone and iPad users know you can adjust font size globally by going to Settings > Display & Brightness > Text Size. But you can also change it for a single app without touching anything else. Here's how: 1. Open the app you want to adjust. 2. Open Control Center -- swipe down from the top-right corner. 3. Tap...
Recently I checked my iCloud storage and found I'd used 31 GB of my 50 GB plan. Most of it — 17 GB — was backups. When I dug into the backup list, I found one for an iPad I no longer own. Nearly 6 GB, just sitting there. Deleted it, got the space back immediately. Worth checking your own backup list if you haven't...
Fastmail has folders that can auto-purge emails? This feature lets you automatically delete messages from a folder after a certain amount of time. I’ve found it to be a great way to manage notification emails that I want to keep for a while, but not forever. Here’a how to set up an auto-purge folder: Go to the...
Sitting at my desk this morning, tinkering with Drafts, I found myself wondering why I'd been experimenting with Bear as a replacement in the first place. I switched to Bear because I prefer its UI. Specifically, I didn't like how Drafts themes failed to extend their colors to the sidebar and menus on macOS. But a...
My Bear Notes experiment is moving along nicely, though I was tempted to pull Drafts back into the mix this morning. The only thing still rattling around in my head is the app-vs-database question whether I want my notes living in a proprietary store rather than plain markdown files. I think I can get past it....
This morning I'm experimenting with Bear again. I love the UI and the way everything is organized in the sidebar with tags. I'm considering it as a replacement for Drafts. My issue with Drafts is how cluttered the UI feels, particularly on the Mac. On top of that, I find the iOS 26 version less efficient than the...
Today I was working on a blog project collecting a bunch of post links to use in another project. When I need to visit a lot of posts on my blog, I do it through a localhost:8080 version of the site instead of the live one. I run an AppleScript that opens it in Terminal: set projectPath to...
April 28, 2026 Today I was working on a blog project collecting a bunch of post links to use in another project. When I need to visit a lot of posts on my blog, I do it through a localhost:8080 version of the site instead of the live one. I run an AppleScript that opens it in Terminal: set projectPath to...
If you write about Mac keyboard shortcuts, there's a proper order for listing the modifier keys in a shortcut. The proper order is similar to how you see them at the bottom left of your keyboard. Control (⌃), Option (⌥), and Command (⌘) always go in that order. The oddball is the Shift key (⇧), which is just before...
April 28, 2026 If you write about Mac keyboard shortcuts, there's a proper order for listing the modifier keys in a shortcut. The proper order is similar to how you see them at the bottom left of your keyboard. Control (⌃), Option (⌥), and Command (⌘) always go in that order. The oddball is the Shift key (⇧), which...
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