One of those days…

I wake up early, ready to start the week with a fresh mind and debug that issue that drove me crazy on Friday. I pick up from were I left in Xcode, and hit run.

It slowly builds and installs the app on my iPad, then promptly shows the launch screen, then more launch screen. I try again, change some things, reconnect the iPad. One hour later I manage to run the app.

I set a few breakpoints in the debugger to figure out what’s going on. When I hit one, I inspect the call trace and Xcode crashes. Relaunch, debug, inspect, crash again. Repeat 3-4 times.

I yell at the screen, and decide to take a deep breath and walk for a bit to relax. I come back, five minutes later, to a dead mouse that doesn’t seem to work. I change the batteries, I try all the batteries in the house. I clean the contacts. It seems dead.

I try some of those tricks where you shut down your computer, press ctrl-option-shift-power and then start. Nothing. Also, my MacBook Pro won’t even start if the Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapter is plugged in.

I disconnect that, restart, and reconnect. I’m greeted by a couple dialogs asking for permissions, and an app wants to install an update. Nope, not now.

I give up on the Magic Mouse, and go back to the G500 which still works, although it sometimes double-clicks when you click.

I started working 4 hours ago, and so far I got nothing done, for reasons beyond my control.

Some days, I really hate technology.