Author Archives: Krist

Sneaky Bastard 0.2.0

Okay, after some weeks of testing I’m now ready to release Sneaky Bastard 0.2.0. This is an improved version of the development 0.1.7 branch, with a couple of bug fixes Feature Summary Preference Pane – As with version 0.1.7, Sneaky Bastard is now controlled via a preference pane No menubar icon -if you choose – [...]

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Twit Justice

I’ve been running into some bugs with the new Sneaky Bastard version. And I don’t have to time right now to look into it. In the meantime, check out my new cocoa app, Twit Justice. It’s a Twitter app for the ears!

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Some updates

Finally, after what’s been more or less a year, Sneaky Bastard is back on the development track and is almost ready for another release. Most important update here is Sneaky is now a preference pane bundle. Which paves the way for 3 important updates: Sneaky can now install itself in the user’s login items. Menubar [...]

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Sneaky Automator

I’ve been trying to rewrite Sneaky Bastard as a Preference Pane bundle from time to time. Unfortunately, it’s been more trickier than I thought. I can’t quite get the right resource on how to make this kind of build in Xcode. Deciding to go this direction is based on two goals: Give Sneaky Bastard an [...]

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What’s Next

After 3 (minor) version releases, around 6 months of dropping in and out of the code, I have already achieved what I initially set out to do. From herein my work in Sneaky will probably be fewer and far between. I have a few things remaining before I officially “hang the towel” on this little [...]

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Sneaky Bastard in German MacWorld, other foreign language sites

Sneaky Bastard was making the rounds on some mac-centric foreign language websites last week. Pretty Awesome. When you’re suddenly featured in a foreign language page you don’t understand, well uhh, I guess it means something*. Thanks guys! (*That something, according to Google language tools actually means that I still got some work cut out for [...]

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How to use Gmail with Sneaky Bastard

I realize there were some people having a hard time setting up their email accounts in Sneaky Bastard. It’s not a very straightforward process and there’s no quick feedback on whether your email settings are incorrect or isn’t supported (will be addressed in the future,hopefully!). Unfortunately, this was an area I did very little tests [...]

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