Welcome

Welcome to Pond's Place, which offers:

• Software for RISC OS, Mac OS, Ruby On Rails and more
• Hundreds of images from around the world in the gallery and panorama sections, all in high resolution
• Electronic music
• Various other odds and ends.

Recent updates

20-Jun-2025: Add Folder Icons 3.1.1

Add Folder Icons has had a long overdue rebuild for Aple Silicon or 64-bit Intel macs running macOS 11.5 (Big Sur) or later, tested through to 15.5 (Sequoia) at the time of writing. Dark Mode is supported and it'll read SlipCover cases if SlipCover is present in the Applications folder, even though modern Macs can't run the application itself anymore.

09-Jun-2025: Bus Panda 2.9

Bus Panda v2.9 is available for iPhone and iPad, along with macOS via a simple Catalyst build. The now-gone Dark Sky weather service is replaced by AccuWeather, which bases the forecast off your current location. There is also a new addition of WeatherWatch, joining the Wellington-specialised group of MetService and WindFinder.

Navigate to the iOS global Settings → Apps → Bus Panda (or search for Bus Panda) to access weather provider and other settings on the iPhone or iPad. Use the Bus Panda → Settings… menu option on a Mac.

Due to the way that Apple tends to limit how far back an updated piece of software can support older operating systems, this version of Bus Panda has updated requirements. You will need iOS/iPad OS 12.0 or macOS 15.0 or later to run v2.9.

17-Apr-2025: Still quiet!

I've been hard at work on the RISC OS Open web site update, with most of it all now tracked via the RISC OS Open GitLab server. Meanwhile, iOS 18.4.1 and macOS 15.4.1 have just been released. Happily Bus Panda and Add Folder Icons work fine on both. Problems with Add Folder Icons noted in October last year are fixed, thanks to bug fixes from Apple.