troz
@troz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Crazy Mac lady. Mac author & developer. Lover of Apple computers and devices. Swift & SwiftUI enthusiast. Unofficial Mac app dev evangelist.
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My books: "macOS Apps Step by Step" and "Escape from Tutorial Hell" are now on sale for Black Friday.
Check out all the details here: https://troz.net/post/2025/black_friday_2025/
#macos #swift #swiftui #techbooks #blackfriday
Check out all the details here: https://troz.net/post/2025/black_friday_2025/
#macos #swift #swiftui #techbooks #blackfriday
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My books: "macOS Apps Step by Step" and "Escape from Tutorial Hell" are now on sale for Black Friday.
Check out all the details here: https://troz.net/post/2025/black_friday_2025/
#macos #swift #swiftui #techbooks #blackfriday
Check out all the details here: https://troz.net/post/2025/black_friday_2025/
#macos #swift #swiftui #techbooks #blackfriday
I've just published the 4th edition of macOS Apps Step by Step formerly titled macOS by Tutorials.
Read the details and check out a sample chapter at https://troz.net/books/macos_apps_step_by_step/
#macos #swift #swiftui #appkit #techbooks
Read the details and check out a sample chapter at https://troz.net/books/macos_apps_step_by_step/
#macos #swift #swiftui #appkit #techbooks
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I've just published the 4th edition of macOS Apps Step by Step formerly titled macOS by Tutorials.
Read the details and check out a sample chapter at https://troz.net/books/macos_apps_step_by_step/
#macos #swift #swiftui #appkit #techbooks
Read the details and check out a sample chapter at https://troz.net/books/macos_apps_step_by_step/
#macos #swift #swiftui #appkit #techbooks
I gave my first ever conference talk at PyCon AU in Sept, based on my book: Escape from Tutorial Hell. It uses Swift and macOS in all its examples, but the principles apply to all languages.
I offered a 25% discount to all conference goers but not all the QR […]
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I offered a 25% discount to all conference goers but not all the QR […]
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November 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I gave my first ever conference talk at PyCon AU in Sept, based on my book: Escape from Tutorial Hell. It uses Swift and macOS in all its examples, but the principles apply to all languages.
I offered a 25% discount to all conference goers but not all the QR […]
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I offered a 25% discount to all conference goers but not all the QR […]
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When is Apple going to tell Apple about the Apple TV rebrand?
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When is Apple going to tell Apple about the Apple TV rebrand?
It's my birthday! 🎉
For the next week, you can get my books: macOS by Tutorials & Escape from Tutorial Hell for 64% of the usual price. This deal only gets worse as I age, so get in now while I'm still young 😛
For details and sample chapters, check out […]
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For the next week, you can get my books: macOS by Tutorials & Escape from Tutorial Hell for 64% of the usual price. This deal only gets worse as I age, so get in now while I'm still young 😛
For details and sample chapters, check out […]
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September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's my birthday! 🎉
For the next week, you can get my books: macOS by Tutorials & Escape from Tutorial Hell for 64% of the usual price. This deal only gets worse as I age, so get in now while I'm still young 😛
For details and sample chapters, check out […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
For the next week, you can get my books: macOS by Tutorials & Escape from Tutorial Hell for 64% of the usual price. This deal only gets worse as I age, so get in now while I'm still young 😛
For details and sample chapters, check out […]
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If you’re thinking of getting an Apple clear MagSafe case for your iPhone 17 Pro, be aware that it is only clear in places. I assumed it would be the same as the Apple clear MagSafe case I’ve had on my blue 12 mini for years and which actually is clear except […]
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September 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you’re thinking of getting an Apple clear MagSafe case for your iPhone 17 Pro, be aware that it is only clear in places. I assumed it would be the same as the Apple clear MagSafe case I’ve had on my blue 12 mini for years and which actually is clear except […]
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By this time next week I'll be able to breathe again after giving my first ever conference talk. If you're at PyConAU next weekend, please say hi.
And if you haven't bought a ticket yet, here's a link that gets you 10% off […]
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And if you haven't bought a ticket yet, here's a link that gets you 10% off […]
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September 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
By this time next week I'll be able to breathe again after giving my first ever conference talk. If you're at PyConAU next weekend, please say hi.
And if you haven't bought a ticket yet, here's a link that gets you 10% off […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
And if you haven't bought a ticket yet, here's a link that gets you 10% off […]
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As promised in my SwiftUI for Mac 2025 article, here is a more detailed article about SwiftUI's new WebView.
https://troz.net/post/2025/swiftui-webview/
The SwiftUI team have done an amazing job on this, and I can't wait to start using it in my apps and books.
#swift #swiftui #webview
https://troz.net/post/2025/swiftui-webview/
The SwiftUI team have done an amazing job on this, and I can't wait to start using it in my apps and books.
#swift #swiftui #webview
August 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
As promised in my SwiftUI for Mac 2025 article, here is a more detailed article about SwiftUI's new WebView.
https://troz.net/post/2025/swiftui-webview/
The SwiftUI team have done an amazing job on this, and I can't wait to start using it in my apps and books.
#swift #swiftui #webview
https://troz.net/post/2025/swiftui-webview/
The SwiftUI team have done an amazing job on this, and I can't wait to start using it in my apps and books.
#swift #swiftui #webview
Since I released my new book "Escape from Tutorial Hell", I've realised that it could be valuable to students and teachers. To facilitate this, if you email books@troz.net from your .edu address, giving me your name, where you are studying, and what you are […]
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July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Since I released my new book "Escape from Tutorial Hell", I've realised that it could be valuable to students and teachers. To facilitate this, if you email books@troz.net from your .edu address, giving me your name, where you are studying, and what you are […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Over the weekend, I received a wonderful review for my "Escape from Tutorial Hell" book. For people who already own it, I'd really appreciate it if you gave it a rating or review through your Gumroad library.
And if you don't already own it, check out the […]
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And if you don't already own it, check out the […]
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July 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Over the weekend, I received a wonderful review for my "Escape from Tutorial Hell" book. For people who already own it, I'd really appreciate it if you gave it a rating or review through your Gumroad library.
And if you don't already own it, check out the […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
And if you don't already own it, check out the […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Escape from Tutorial Hell is now available!
Read all about it and check out a free sample at https://troz.net/post/2025/new-book:-escape-from-tutorial-hell/
Buy it from Gumroad at https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/iqdry
If you bought the pre-release, you […]
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Read all about it and check out a free sample at https://troz.net/post/2025/new-book:-escape-from-tutorial-hell/
Buy it from Gumroad at https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/iqdry
If you bought the pre-release, you […]
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June 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Escape from Tutorial Hell is now available!
Read all about it and check out a free sample at https://troz.net/post/2025/new-book:-escape-from-tutorial-hell/
Buy it from Gumroad at https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/iqdry
If you bought the pre-release, you […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Read all about it and check out a free sample at https://troz.net/post/2025/new-book:-escape-from-tutorial-hell/
Buy it from Gumroad at https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/iqdry
If you bought the pre-release, you […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
My editor has zoomed across the finish line so I will release Escape from Tutorial Hell tomorrow. You have 24 hours to get it at the discounted price!
All the details and a sample chapter are available here […]
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All the details and a sample chapter are available here […]
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June 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My editor has zoomed across the finish line so I will release Escape from Tutorial Hell tomorrow. You have 24 hours to get it at the discounted price!
All the details and a sample chapter are available here […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
All the details and a sample chapter are available here […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
My editor has been hard at work, so I am able to do a second pre-release of my new book: Escape from Tutorial Hell, this time with 3 of the 6 sections. I'll be releasing this version tomorrow, at which point I'll raise the pre-release price from US$35 to […]
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June 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My editor has been hard at work, so I am able to do a second pre-release of my new book: Escape from Tutorial Hell, this time with 3 of the 6 sections. I'll be releasing this version tomorrow, at which point I'll raise the pre-release price from US$35 to […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I've written a new book called Escape from Tutorial Hell.
The book is complete, but not fully edited, so I'm offering a pre-release deal. For US$35, you get the first two of six sections, and you'll get the complete book when it comes out late in June. Wait […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
The book is complete, but not fully edited, so I'm offering a pre-release deal. For US$35, you get the first two of six sections, and you'll get the complete book when it comes out late in June. Wait […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
May 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I've written a new book called Escape from Tutorial Hell.
The book is complete, but not fully edited, so I'm offering a pre-release deal. For US$35, you get the first two of six sections, and you'll get the complete book when it comes out late in June. Wait […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
The book is complete, but not fully edited, so I'm offering a pre-release deal. For US$35, you get the first two of six sections, and you'll get the complete book when it comes out late in June. Wait […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I recently realised that the Apple's Books app had a problem with my macOS by Tutorials book and was only displaying the visible portion of each chapter and not paging to the rest.
Research revealed this to be an old bug in Books that was fixed about 3 years […]
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Research revealed this to be an old bug in Books that was fixed about 3 years […]
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May 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I recently realised that the Apple's Books app had a problem with my macOS by Tutorials book and was only displaying the visible portion of each chapter and not paging to the rest.
Research revealed this to be an old bug in Books that was fixed about 3 years […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Research revealed this to be an old bug in Books that was fixed about 3 years […]
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I've just released an update to Man Reader - my Mac app that provides a GUI for reading man pages.
All the details about the update are here: https://troz.net/post/2025/man-reader-2.1/ but the main feature of this release is that it stops the app from […]
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All the details about the update are here: https://troz.net/post/2025/man-reader-2.1/ but the main feature of this release is that it stops the app from […]
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April 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've just released an update to Man Reader - my Mac app that provides a GUI for reading man pages.
All the details about the update are here: https://troz.net/post/2025/man-reader-2.1/ but the main feature of this release is that it stops the app from […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
All the details about the update are here: https://troz.net/post/2025/man-reader-2.1/ but the main feature of this release is that it stops the app from […]
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Recently, I was working with units and unit conversions in Swift. After a while, I then remembered that Swift has a built-in structure for doing this: `Measurement`. This is so good and so under-appreciated that I thought it deserved its own article: https://troz.net/post/2025/swift-measurements/
April 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Recently, I was working with units and unit conversions in Swift. After a while, I then remembered that Swift has a built-in structure for doing this: `Measurement`. This is so good and so under-appreciated that I thought it deserved its own article: https://troz.net/post/2025/swift-measurements/
I've just pushed out a minor update for the HTML version of macOS by Tutorials. Somewhere in the previous update, the code copy button stopped working but it's back now. There are no changes to the text, but if you read using the HTML version, get this update […]
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April 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I've just pushed out a minor update for the HTML version of macOS by Tutorials. Somewhere in the previous update, the code copy button stopped working but it's back now. There are no changes to the text, but if you read using the HTML version, get this update […]
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The 2nd edition of macOS Apprentice is now available from Kodeco. This is my book for beginners or near-beginners who want to start learning Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit for building Mac apps.
It's now been updated for Swift 5.9, macOS 15 and Xcode 16.2.
More […]
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It's now been updated for Swift 5.9, macOS 15 and Xcode 16.2.
More […]
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March 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The 2nd edition of macOS Apprentice is now available from Kodeco. This is my book for beginners or near-beginners who want to start learning Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit for building Mac apps.
It's now been updated for Swift 5.9, macOS 15 and Xcode 16.2.
More […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
It's now been updated for Swift 5.9, macOS 15 and Xcode 16.2.
More […]
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Downloading all the Kindle books I purchased while I still can and I got to these showing when I started with Xcode, Cocoa and Objective-C. Thanks Big Nerd Ranch.
#xcode #objectivec #cocoa #iOS #macos #bignerdranch
#xcode #objectivec #cocoa #iOS #macos #bignerdranch
February 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Downloading all the Kindle books I purchased while I still can and I got to these showing when I started with Xcode, Cocoa and Objective-C. Thanks Big Nerd Ranch.
#xcode #objectivec #cocoa #iOS #macos #bignerdranch
#xcode #objectivec #cocoa #iOS #macos #bignerdranch
macOS by Tutorials is on sale for Black Friday weekend. Use this link to get a 30% discount:
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
To read more about the book and to access a free sample, check out https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/
#macos […]
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https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
To read more about the book and to access a free sample, check out https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/
#macos […]
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November 27, 2024 at 10:50 PM
macOS by Tutorials is on sale for Black Friday weekend. Use this link to get a 30% discount:
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
To read more about the book and to access a free sample, check out https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/
#macos […]
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https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
To read more about the book and to access a free sample, check out https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/
#macos […]
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I'm offering a 30% on macOS by Tutorials for Black Friday weekend.
Read about the book at https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/ or check out the free sample at https://troz.net/books/mos_2.0.1_sample
Follow this link for the discounted price
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
Read about the book at https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/ or check out the free sample at https://troz.net/books/mos_2.0.1_sample
Follow this link for the discounted price
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
October 31, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I'm offering a 30% on macOS by Tutorials for Black Friday weekend.
Read about the book at https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/ or check out the free sample at https://troz.net/books/mos_2.0.1_sample
Follow this link for the discounted price
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
Read about the book at https://troz.net/books/macos_tutorials/ or check out the free sample at https://troz.net/books/mos_2.0.1_sample
Follow this link for the discounted price
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/4xfw8q6
Real tuxedo cat and Lego tuxedo cat. Real one is slightly larger but they are remarkably similar. Real cat is not too impressed with Lego version. #lego #tuxedocats #cats
October 6, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Real tuxedo cat and Lego tuxedo cat. Real one is slightly larger but they are remarkably similar. Real cat is not too impressed with Lego version. #lego #tuxedocats #cats
It's my birthday! To celebrate, I'm offering macOS by Tutorials at 63% of the usual cost for this weekend only. (Guess how old I am 😛).
Follow this link to get the discounted price:
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/q9r39tt
Read all about the book […]
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Follow this link to get the discounted price:
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/q9r39tt
Read all about the book […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
September 28, 2024 at 12:21 AM
It's my birthday! To celebrate, I'm offering macOS by Tutorials at 63% of the usual cost for this weekend only. (Guess how old I am 😛).
Follow this link to get the discounted price:
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/q9r39tt
Read all about the book […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Follow this link to get the discounted price:
https://sarahreichelt.gumroad.com/l/oximx/q9r39tt
Read all about the book […]
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