Backblaze B2 is almost the cheapest online storage now. For more introductions, please refer to Backblaze B2’s official site.

Add Backblaze B2 in iPic

Open iPic’s Preferences, clicks Image Host, and add Backblaze B2.

Here is the introductions for all parts:

• Bucket
  • Same with the bucket in Backblaze B2
  • • 注意：添加 Bucket 时，权限需要选择 Public，不然别人无法访问，则无法作为图床使用。
  • Note: when create Bucket, should set the File in Bucket as Public, otherwise users can’t access the image in Bucket via url.
• Access Key and Secret Key
  • They’re the keyID and applicationKey of Backblaze B2 Application Key. Refer to Backblaze B2’s Application Keys.
  • Note: When create the App Key, should include the Write permission at least.
• Http Prefix
  • The endpoint for Backblaze B2 bucket, e.g., https://f004.backblazeb2.com/file/iPicDemo

After fill all the parts, clicks the Validate button. If all the information above is correct, you can see the link of Passed in the right.

macOS Catalina (10.15) adjusted the privacy & permissions. In this case, need to enable “Screen Recording” permission for iText to let it capture screen to recognize the text in it.

Specifically, when using iText to capture screen for the first time in macOS Catalina, the following dialog will pop up:

At this point, you can click “Open System Preferences”. If you ever clicked “Deny”, you can manually open the “System Preferences” app, select “Security & Privacy”, and then in the “Privacy” column, select “Screen Recording” on the left.

In this page, enable iText. After restart iText, it will work correctly.

Take iText as an example, open iText's menu> More> Preferences, click Account> License, enter the license and click Activate.

Take Klib as an example, open Klib's menu> Klib> Preferences, click Account> License, enter the license and click Activate.

Background

Recently, after upgrading to macOS Mojave 10.14, some users may have problems clicking the iPaste history but not being able to paste it into the target program. Why and how to solve it?

Since iPaste is a sandboxed app, you cannot directly paste the clipboard history into the target app. Therefore, iPaste uses the system Script script to simulate the ⌘V shortcut to auto-paste.

It worked fine before, but macOS Mojave 10.14 imposes stricter restrictions on scripts, making the current strategy likely to fail. How to solve it? Please see the next introduction.

How to use iPaste on macOS Mojave

１. Try pasting in iPaste and save the script as prompted.

２. Try pasting again in iPaste, where iPaste will try to call the script. The macOS system will have the following prompts:

That is, macOS will let you confirm if iPaste is allowed to call the script. Naturally, you need to click OK to confirm.

If you have previously disabled it, you need to open the system preferences System Preferences.app:

Then click Security & Privacy, Privacy, Automation, click the lock in the lower left corner, enter the password and unlock. Then select System Events under iPaste:

３. Continue to try pasting, where iPaste will call the script and try to send the ⌘V shortcut. The macOS system will have the following prompts:

That is, macOS will let you confirm if iPaste is allowed to send the ⌘V shortcut. Click on Open System Preferences (if you click Deny, you can open System Preferences.app manually), then click on ‘Security & Privacy, thenPrivacy, thenAccessibility`, click on the lock in the lower left corner and enter the password. After unlocking. Then select iPaste on the right:

４. Try to paste again in iPaste, it should be fine; you’re done.

Once the setup is complete, you don’t need to set it up again. As always, please continue to be efficient.

Klib is a new way to manage Kindle highlights and notes. Let me tell you the story behind it.

Why did I bring Klib to this world?

I’m a Kindler, love to read on the Kindle. It has many benefits, but also some inconveniences, e.g. hard to export or organize the highlights, etc.

In another side, I’m an independent macOS developer. I want to develop an App to solve my problem, and also help other Kindle users. This is why I made Klib.

Klib (Kindle library) is a new way to manage Kindle highlights and notes. Learn more.

After reviewed and modified for several times, Klib was finally released on Mac App Store, and becomes the first and only Kindle highlights and notes manager on Mac App Store. Congratulations!