A quick update to Man Reader to version 1.8 is now available through the Mac App Store.

The main reason for this version was that Man Reader was not previously detecting man pages installed by third-party IDEs in the Applications folder. There was also an issue with Man Reader failing to display the text of the previously selected man page on app launch.

• More complete search for man pages, including in third-party IDEs.
• Fix for glitch when displaying previously selected page on launch.

Man Reader has just been updated to version 1.7 and is available through the Mac App Store.

The main reason for this update was to make the app work well with macOS Sierra, as I found that version 1.6 was sometimes crashing on launch. While doing this, the update was rejected by the App Store reviewers because it crashed on OS X 10.10. Since I no longer have a Mac running 10.10, I decided to set the minimum supported system version to OS X 10.11. If you need support for older versions, you should still be able to download version 1.6 which will work back to 10.7.

I have recently started what I hope will be a weekly podcast with my friend and colleague, Jerry Daniels. Each podcast will be about 30 minutes in length.

We will discuss Macs, iPhones, iPads, macOS, iOS, programming and anything tech-related that we find interesting. I hope you will find it entertaining and informative, so please join us.

We are using ZCast which has an iPhone app that makes it super easy to get together and record our chats. It doesn't allow any post-processing, but really lowers the barrier to entry into the world of podcasting.

Dice Pass 1.1 is now available from the Mac App Store.

What does Dice Pass do?

Dice Pass is a utility to app to generate random passphrases based on the Diceware system. Diceware uses a table of pre-defined words, each assigned a 5 digit code number containing the digits 1 to 6. The official way to generate a phrase is to roll 5 dice for each word you want in your passphrase and then consult the words table to find the matching word.

Icon Builder is a Mac app that takes a single image file and creates all the different image sizes that you need to make a set of icons for your app: Mac, iPhone, iPad, iOS Universal or Apple Watch.

Version 4, released 16 September 2016 is available through the Mac App Store.

What's New in Version 4:

• Added support for iMessage apps and Sticker Pack apps.
• Added support for creating Mac .icns files.
• Better removal of alpha channel for Apple Watch icons.
• Clearer usage instructions in ReadMe files.
• iTunes Artwork folders will no longer be over-written with the latest image files.
• Supports macOS Sierra and Xcode 8