Jeff Johnson
@lapcatsoftware.bsky.social
Longtime indie developer of StopTheMadness Pro and other software for Mac and iOS. https://lapcatsoftware.com/
I'm mainly on Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware
I'm mainly on Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware
I guess this is where we go to complain that mastodon.social is down.
Mastodon
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mastodon.social
June 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I guess this is where we go to complain that mastodon.social is down.
I've decided to stop linking my blog posts here, because there's basically zero engagement. Bluesky seems pretty dead.
If you're interested, I'm on Mastodon. Or of course there's always RSS.
If you're interested, I'm on Mastodon. Or of course there's always RSS.
May 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've decided to stop linking my blog posts here, because there's basically zero engagement. Bluesky seems pretty dead.
If you're interested, I'm on Mastodon. Or of course there's always RSS.
If you're interested, I'm on Mastodon. Or of course there's always RSS.
Why some Mac apps launch slowly: A follow-up
TL;DR There doesn't appear to be anything new that I didn't already report last year, despite what you may have read recently from another blogger.
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
TL;DR There doesn't appear to be anything new that I didn't already report last year, despite what you may have read recently from another blogger.
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Why some Mac apps launch slowly: A follow-up
lapcatsoftware.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Why some Mac apps launch slowly: A follow-up
TL;DR There doesn't appear to be anything new that I didn't already report last year, despite what you may have read recently from another blogger.
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
TL;DR There doesn't appear to be anything new that I didn't already report last year, despite what you may have read recently from another blogger.
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
New blog post:
Google Chrome 136 automatically upgrades your accounts to use passkeys
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Google Chrome 136 automatically upgrades your accounts to use passkeys
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Google Chrome 136 automatically upgrades your accounts to use passkeys
lapcatsoftware.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New blog post:
Google Chrome 136 automatically upgrades your accounts to use passkeys
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Google Chrome 136 automatically upgrades your accounts to use passkeys
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ChangeTheHeaders 2.0 released in the App Store
New feature: URL filter (in addition to the preexisting URL Domains)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
New feature: URL filter (in addition to the preexisting URL Domains)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
ChangeTheHeaders 2.0 released in the App Store
underpassapp.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
ChangeTheHeaders 2.0 released in the App Store
New feature: URL filter (in addition to the preexisting URL Domains)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
New feature: URL filter (in addition to the preexisting URL Domains)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
UIApplication delegate deprecation coming in iOS 19 SDK
lapcatsoftware.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Inaccessible .bnnsir files on macOS Sequoia, Part 3
Plea to my followers: if you can reproduce this bug, please let me know!
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Plea to my followers: if you can reproduce this bug, please let me know!
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Inaccessible .bnnsir files on macOS Sequoia, Part 2
lapcatsoftware.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Inaccessible .bnnsir files on macOS Sequoia, Part 3
Plea to my followers: if you can reproduce this bug, please let me know!
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
Plea to my followers: if you can reproduce this bug, please let me know!
lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...
StopTheScript 3.2 released in the iOS App Store
• Fixed the appearance of the Safari extension icon
• Updated the installation instructions on the launch screen for iOS 18
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
• Fixed the appearance of the Safari extension icon
• Updated the installation instructions on the launch screen for iOS 18
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
StopTheScript 3.2 released in the iOS App Store
underpassapp.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
StopTheScript 3.2 released in the iOS App Store
• Fixed the appearance of the Safari extension icon
• Updated the installation instructions on the launch screen for iOS 18
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
• Fixed the appearance of the Safari extension icon
• Updated the installation instructions on the launch screen for iOS 18
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
Link Unshortener 19.1 released in the Mac App Store
Fixed link-unshortener: URLs on macOS 15.4
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
Fixed link-unshortener: URLs on macOS 15.4
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
Link Unshortener 19.1 released in the Mac App Store
underpassapp.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Link Unshortener 19.1 released in the Mac App Store
Fixed link-unshortener: URLs on macOS 15.4
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
Fixed link-unshortener: URLs on macOS 15.4
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
StopTheMadness Pro 15.0 released in the App Store
New features: Force popups into tabs, Stop pull-to-refresh
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
New features: Force popups into tabs, Stop pull-to-refresh
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
StopTheMadness Pro 15.0 released in the App Store
In brief, if you want to block popup windows entirely, enable "Stop new windows", but if you just want popup windows to open in tabs, enable "Force popups into tabs".
underpassapp.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
StopTheMadness Pro 15.0 released in the App Store
New features: Force popups into tabs, Stop pull-to-refresh
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
New features: Force popups into tabs, Stop pull-to-refresh
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
ChangeTheHeaders 1.2 released in the App Store:
Fixed a bug where the error "Invalid call to declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules()" could not be dismissed.
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
Fixed a bug where the error "Invalid call to declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules()" could not be dismissed.
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
ChangeTheHeaders 1.2 released in the App Store
underpassapp.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ChangeTheHeaders 1.2 released in the App Store:
Fixed a bug where the error "Invalid call to declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules()" could not be dismissed.
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
Fixed a bug where the error "Invalid call to declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules()" could not be dismissed.
underpassapp.com/news/2025/4/...
March 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New Safari extension:
ChangeTheHeaders to customize HTTP request headers
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
ChangeTheHeaders to customize HTTP request headers
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
New Safari extension: ChangeTheHeaders to customize HTTP request headers
underpassapp.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New Safari extension:
ChangeTheHeaders to customize HTTP request headers
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
ChangeTheHeaders to customize HTTP request headers
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
Why are macOS security updates re-running the Setup Assistant?
lapcatsoftware.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Google Chrome 134 requires permanent developer mode to use StopTheMadness Pro
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
Google Chrome 134 requires permanent developer mode to use StopTheMadness Pro
underpassapp.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Google Chrome 134 requires permanent developer mode to use StopTheMadness Pro
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
StopTheMadness Pro 14.1 released in the App Store
Bug fixes and performance improvements ;-)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
Bug fixes and performance improvements ;-)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
StopTheMadness Pro 14.1 released in the App Store
underpassapp.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
StopTheMadness Pro 14.1 released in the App Store
Bug fixes and performance improvements ;-)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...
Bug fixes and performance improvements ;-)
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/...