https://dangauthier.page/tags/app-launch/ Recent content in App Launch on Dan Gauthier Hugo en-us Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dangauthier.page/posts/new-app-usb-information-for-mac-app-store/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dangauthier.page/posts/new-app-usb-information-for-mac-app-store/ <p><img alt="USB Connection Screenshot with iPhone and Hardrive" loading="lazy" src="https://dangauthier.page/images/usb-connection-information-app-screenshot.png"></p> <p>TL;DR: I built a new Mac App for quickly showing USB connection stats! Here&rsquo;s a little story of its development process and why I built it.</p> <h1 id="the-problem-that-led-to-an-app">The Problem That Led to an App</h1> <p>I was so excited, I finally got a new high speed SSD external hard drive. I was ready to backing up my Mac&rsquo;s photos and files quickly to have a convenient offline backup. When I plugged it in and started copying data, I was shocked to see it would take hours just to transfer a few gigabytes. I honestly thought I had a dead-on-arrival drive, or I’d been scammed.</p>