#Apple has taken a lot of heat for the controversial changes to #macOS design. I think it's possible to strike a balance* between appealing to Gen Z users, and honoring the old style. Therefore it is my belief that Apple should adopt Sigma Finder as soon as possible.

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* For readers just joining us, the working definition of ideal balance here is one that equally displeases both sides.

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The Finder icon from Mac OS showing a smiling two-tone stylized blue face, but edited with a prominent jawline and sneering expression.

I really wish Apple would stop breaking things.

Latest Command Line Tools breaks yacc, m4, etc.

When you accept the installer it prints a completely bogus estimation time.

Then when it finishes, yacc, m4, etc, are still missing and you go around the cycle again.

This really isn't difficult Apple. With a market cap of over 2.5 trillion dollars, I'm pretty sure you can afford to employ a single #pkgsrc developer. They would find these bugs within minutes before release.

#Apple #macOS

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Screenshot of Command Line Tools installer displaying "Downloading software. About 40 hours, 21 minutes remaining."

@marcoarment@mastodon.social@mastodon.social

It is actually so much worse than that.

The weird optical effects seem to induce migraines for people who are susceptible to them.

I am very much not amused by this, as I cannot seem to be able to work longer than 30 minutes with that stuff.

I hope that Apple will place a disclaimer in its installer, pointing out the actual physical harm this can do, and allowing people to turn this off at install time already. #macOS "Smear"

Latest #mame 0.278 release finally came out after 2 months of work redoing the sound system. As usual, the #macOS Apple Silicon package is ready, but we’re still waiting on the Intel build. https://sdlmame.lngn.net

Getting Started: macOS Apps with SwiftUI http://leanpub.com/courses/leanpub/macos-apps-with-swiftui by Grace Huang is the featured online course on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #macOS #programming

I’ve been making macOS and iOS apps since 2008. I’m the person who coined the term “Mac-assed Mac app.” Someone should definitely hire me to work on their app. I’m a real catch. #getfedihired #macos #swift #iosdev

I hate not having a job. I just want to make cool apps. If you need an #iOS or #macOS developer, I've been doing this since 2008. I worked at Apple on the Reminders app, and I've got lots of #SwiftUI and #Swift experience. I'm really quite the catch.

I am building gcc-15.1.0 on my iMac G4 (Tiger) machine. It is on stage2, which is a good sign.

It will include C, C++, Fortran, Modula-2, Objective C, and Objective C++ compilers.

It will depend on my new PowerPC Mac OS X modernization library, libpcc: https://github.com/ibara/libppc

I'll write a blog post about how to use it once it is all compiled; my goal is to produce a turnkey solution that just works(TM), including assembler, linker, and other utilities, as recent as possible for PowerPC.

And libppc can be instantly extendable to incorporate more C11 and later features. Hopefully others in the retro Mac community are interested in building that up with me.

My ultimate goal is to build some flavor of WebKit some day and have a modern web experience (even if slow, and possibly using X11). But in the meantime we will probably build a lot of excellent modern software to keep these machines going.

#gcc #compiler #compilers #c #unix #linux #macos #macosx #osx #apple #powerpc #retro #retrocomputing #bsd #mac #macintosh

We're gonna miss breaking out of the box on macOS. All app icons will be the same squircle, and any app without updated resources gets put in a grey penalty box.

Contact us if you need help updating your app!

https://iconfactory.com/contact/

#WWDC #dev #macOS

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A series of app icons on macOS Tahoe some with irregular shapes are now contained within a grey squircle.

MacOS 26 is the final Intel version, sucks to be a 2023 Intel Mac Pro owner

macOS Tahoe is the final software update that Intel-based Macs will get, as Apple works to phase them out following its transition to Apple silicon.

During its Platforms State of the Union event, Apple said that Intel Macs won't get macOS 27, coming next year, though there could still b

https://www.osnews.com/story/142538/macos-26-is-the-final-intel-version-sucks-to-be-a-2023-intel-mac-pro-owner/

#macOS

obviously they are talking about desktop :P #Linux #macOS #Windows

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A four-panel meme showing operating system wars. Panel 1: Red macOS figure claims "macOS IS BETTER." Panel 2: Blue Windows figure counters "Windows is MUCH BETTER than macOS." Panel 3: Both look down at a small, sad yellow Linux figure. Panel 4: macOS and Windows figures tells the now happy Linux figure, saying "Linux is good too."

New #blog post!

Let's explore virtualizing the different BSDs on Apple Silicon.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250222.html

#BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Unix #Linux #virtualization #apple #macOS #arm #aarch64 #arm64

Multiplexing will boost your SSH connectivity or speed by reusing existing TCP connections to a remote host. Here are commands that you can use to control multiplexing when using OpenSSH server or client on your Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Unix-like systems. Not sure what SSH multiplexing is? Learn how to set it up and use it to speed up your SSH sessions with our handy guide: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-multiplexing-control-command-to-check-forward-list-cancel-stop-connections/

#linux #unix #freebsd #opensource #openssh #macos

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List of ssh command to control an active connection multiplexing process on Linux or Unix such as: Valid commands are: “check” (check that the master process is running), “forward” (request forwardings without command execution), “cancel” (cancel forwardings), “exit” (request the master to exit), and “stop” (request the master to stop accepting further multiplexing requests).

@wolf480pl @cas it's easy...

The reasons one can despise something and the reason one appreciates it can be different.

I.e. I can appreciate #macOS for it's #accessibility right from the #installer but I can #despise it for #Apple not selling it as a commercial #Unix distro for a #subscription

Same with #bash: I can appreciate it for being better than #sh (unix-#shell) , #tcsh or #csh but I despise it for not having modernized like #fish.

• And with fish I appreciate it but I despise it's not the default #shell for any #Linux distro I can use in #production.

It's called having "mixed feelings" or rather #NuancedOpinion.

• Kinda like how every #skiddie and #TechIlliterate can use #Windows but that Windows is shit and the only reason they can is because they got groomed into being #consoomers that accept #enshittification as a fact of life.

would you give LLM (AI) to run commands on your macOS, Linux, FreeBSD or Unix machine? Fuck no. I survived this long without this crap and I will be fine. Do not want. Go away.

#ai #unix #linux #macos #freebsd

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AI-Powered Terminal Assistant Screenshot that can run Linux and Unix commands for you.

If you ever accidentally end up inside vi or vim or neovim by reading some tutorials online, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon ( : ), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return. It is simple as that. Modern version of VIM even tells you that on welcome screen. No need to panic.

#UNIX #linux #macos #freebsd #vim

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incomplete list of macOS defaults commands with demos

https://macos-defaults.com

#macOS

If you know Deluxe Paint ("DPaint") for the Amiga (and MS-DOS), you know that it's one of the best pixel editors ever.

@PyDPainter is a free, faithful DPaint resurrection, and the latest release includes a macOS beta version…

https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter/releases/tag/v2.1.0

#DPaint #amiga #MSDOS #PixelArt #graphics #art #artist #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #commodore #1980s #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #macOS #digital #DigitalArt

Strong suspicion I could swap out #macOS for #Linux, do better with #Minecraft and most everything else, and not do much worse at macOS-specific stuff like #GarageBand and Messages under #OSXKVM (https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).

Anyone done this, or something similar?

@siracusa At the very least, if you can *only* have popup buttons that “hug" the title of the selected item, at least lower the compression resistance on the label so it truncates. This is NOT how you build UI. Look how the label will go into its own row if it doesn't fit vertically.

#SwiftUI #macOS #SystemSettings

An extremely odd-to-me thing:

#macOS Safari has recently started collecting empty windows hidden away from view. Right-clicking on the Dock icon will regularly show three or four “Start Page" entries (my default when opening a new window) that just like… respawn…? or something.

I don't create them, they're not active or in view, but they keep cropping up even after I close each one.

Getting Started: macOS Apps with SwiftUI http://leanpub.com/courses/leanpub/macos-apps-with-swiftui by Grace Huang is the featured course on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #appdevelopment #macOS #SwiftUI

Do any operating systems other than #Linux (#Windows, #macOS, #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, etc) have an API for non-blocking file IO?

I know Linux has that in #io_uring, which can do almost any IO operation (even fsync) in the background and tell you when it's done, but is that the only OS with such a feature?

#programming #async

A new #blog post appears!

I built a native GCC 14.2.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger PowerPC.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250329.html

#macos #macosx #tiger #powerpc #power #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #solaris #illumos #gcc #llvm #clang #compiler #compilers #assembler #linker #toolchain #freesoftware #opensource #gnu

I should add: These are all originals with packaging and manuals. #MacOS #vintage #MacOS9 #MacOSX