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[?]Daniel » 🌐
@Amiga_News@fosstodon.org

MacOS/Linux: Amifuse for using Amiga file systems
As the name suggests, Amifuse allows you to mount Amiga file systems on MacOS and Linux using FUSE. To achieve this, the original driver for the respective file system is used via 68k emulation.

amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-

    [?]Megan Lynch (she/her) » 🌐
    @meganL@mas.to

    "A relative with diabetes commissioned us to develop a straightforward app for tracking blood sugar glucose and related health data...It doesn't store your data in the cloud....

    What it does very well is keep track of your meter readings (three per day), actual A1C results, estimated A1C, and related health data. That includes blood pressure, weight, pulse, blood oxygenation, amount of sleep and exercise, and stress level."

    growlybird.com/glucose/

      [?]looopTools » 🌐
      @looopTools@mastodon.social

      I am looking for a opensource UI design application that works for , , and preferably also for It seems like pencil.evolus.vn/ is no longer maintained, so any one who has an alternative?

        [?]Jan Lehnardt :couchdb: » 🌐
        @janl@narrativ.es

        What fresh homebrew hell?!

        15:55:17 Compiling /…/macos/build/src/couch/priv/couch_ejson_compare/couch_ejson_compare.c
        15:55:17 clang: error: no such file or directory: 'JSON'
        15:55:17 clang: error: no such file or directory: 'API'
        15:55:17 clang: error: no such file or directory: 'formula_tap_migrations.jws.json'

        Has anyone seen anything like this?

        Additional curse: only fails in a jenkins agent, manually is fine.

          [?]Jon S. von Tetzchner » 🌐
          @jon@social.vivaldi.net

          The focus for us at @Vivaldi has always been to do what our users want us to do. So we have spent time on things like:

          - Work spaces and tab stacks
          - Tab tiling
          - Mouse gestures
          - Customizable keyboard shortcuts
          - Tracker and ad blocker
          - Panels and Web panels
          - Cross platform, encrypted sync function
          - Advanced bookmarking function with speed dials
          - Customizable dashboard
          - Massive customization options in general.
          - Notes functionality

          We have also added stuff like this in our desktop browser

          - Mail client
          . Calendar
          - Feed reader
          - Proton VPN integration

          Not everyone uses everything we make, but that is also the point. The fact that we listen to special requests is IMHO a feature and not a bug. We value power users as well.

          On the other hand, we have stayed away from certain things. Things like:

          - Blockchain / Crypto currencies
          - AI

          You can find us on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. You can even find us in many cars running Android Automotive.

          We are not the largest browser company in the world, but we are dedicated and we are growing. More and more are giving us a try. Have you?

          vivaldi.com

            #netbsd boosted

            [?]David Cantrell 🏏 » 🌐
            @DrHyde@fosstodon.org

            I have it running on , , , , , , , and have a user on the legacy OS. That's basically everything that matters.

              #netbsd boosted

              [?]probono » 🌐
              @probono@fosstodon.org

              Did you know that the server is now built on 7 different operating system environments including , , , , and ? Thanks
              @XLibreDev. This is what "actively maintained" looks to me.

                [?]David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) » 🌐
                @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                Does anyone know why alt-2 doesn't work in on ? alt-1 to alt-0 all work except alt-2. Is something else capturing it?

                EDIT: Ooops, I meant control, not alt.

                  [?]Metin Seven 🎨 » 🌐
                  @metin@graphics.social

                  Funny X post. The text says "To commemorate Alan Dye moving from Apple to Meta, here's one of his best quotes: 'Design is not just what it looks… Design is how it…'" Parts of the text are unreadable because of Apple's Liquid Glass UI design, lead by Alan Dye.

                  Alt...Funny X post. The text says "To commemorate Alan Dye moving from Apple to Meta, here's one of his best quotes: 'Design is not just what it looks… Design is how it…'" Parts of the text are unreadable because of Apple's Liquid Glass UI design, lead by Alan Dye.

                    [?]OSNews » 🤖 🌐
                    @osnews@mstdn.social

                    MacOS: losing confidence

                    It's always a bit sad and a little awkward when reality starts hitting long-time fans and users of an operating system, isn't it? I feel like I'm at least fifteen years ahead of everyone else when it comes to macOS, at least.

                    Over the last few weeks I’ve been discovering problems that have been eroding confidence in macOS. From text files that simply won’t show up in Spotlight search,

                    osnews.com/story/143948/macos-

                      [?]Jon S. von Tetzchner » 🌐
                      @jon@social.vivaldi.net

                      It seems like most every other browser is all in on AI. We have chosen a different path at @Vivaldi

                      If you would prefer AI not to be integrated into your browser, but still like a feature rich browser, I welcome you to try Vivaldi.

                      vivaldi.com/blog/keep-explorin

                        Misty boosted

                        [?]OSNews » 🤖 🌐
                        @osnews@mstdn.social

                        System 7 natively boots on the Mac Mini G4

                        Only a few weeks ago, the CHRP variants of Mac OS 7.6 and 8 were discovered and uploaded to the internet for posterity, but we're already seeing the positive results of this event unfold: Mac OS 7.x can now run on the Mac Mini G4 - natively.

                        The very short of it is as follows. First, the CHRP release of Mac OS 8 contains a ROM file that allows Mac O

                        osnews.com/story/143926/system

                          [?]Bradley Taunt » 🌐
                          @bt@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                          TIL about using pbpaste (on MacOS for example) to directly apply a git e-mail patch that is currently saved to your clipboard:

                          pbpaste | git apply

                          (Obviously doesn't carry over the submitters email/name etc, but for tiny changes it makes things easier than exporting mbox)

                          ss64.com/mac/pbpaste.html

                            #netbsd boosted

                            [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: » 🌐
                            @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                            #POLL Results:

                            44 people are in deep denial about their existential dread, and should consult a counselor and read #Kierkegaard immediately 😁
                            139 people like teh pretty tings, and can't be bothered
                            188 people have started down the path towards enlightment
                            354 people are cool_kids
                            92 people are very_cool_kids
                            55 people laugh at your inadequate security model
                            27 people can run a server on a bit of bailing wire and a microcontroller from 1987 — fear them.
                            26 people are keeping Gassée's dream alive, and are plenny cool in my book
                            4 people are totally cool, and totally in a class by themselves
                            and 21 people kinda scare me, but I'd like to know more. 🤣

                            #humor #humour #houmor #houmour

                            #Windows #MacOS #Linux #CommandLine #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #AmigaOS #Plan9 #9Front #TempleOS

                            P.S., wherever you find yourself, you're awesome. This is all for fun.

                              [?]Glyph » 🌐
                              @glyph@mastodon.social

                              developers: is there a way to get a *raw*, unprocessed video stream for just getting the pixels out of a camera? No Center Stage, no Reactions, no background replacement, and no interaction from the user to allow enabling any of that. Like if I wanted to set up a telescope for astrophotography, weather monitoring, security surveillance, or literally any use case which isn't "pointing the camera at my face for a video call". Is AVFoundation too high-level for this?

                                [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: » 🌐
                                @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                #netbsd boosted

                                [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: » 🌐
                                @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                [?]Pete Orrall » 🌐
                                @peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                @stefano The *perception* that is anti- or was understandable back in the day when Steve Ballmer was running the show and pumped out no shortage of anti-Linux FUD and propaganda.

                                It's also important to note at that time the OS landscape was very different.

                                  [?]Claudius Link » 🌐
                                  @realn2s@infosec.exchange

                                  I need some tips or advice.

                                  I would like to reimage my (Intel) MacBook Pro.
                                  The reason is that i suspect some low level third party drivers are messing up my power management (therefore i don't want to restore from the Time Machine backup)

                                  In the (distant) past I dinos replaced the ssd but this isn't possible.

                                  So my question, what is the best way to create an (ideally bootable) disk image of my installation?

                                    [?]Jeff Rizzo » 🌐
                                    @jeffrizzo@sfba.social

                                    Been living with the Tahoe update for a few weeks now, and it's mostly inoffensive, with one exception:

                                    I hate, **HATE** that they made the change-of-volume alert become this tiny little update in the corner that's easily missed instead of the nice comfy screen overlay that made it quick and easy to see volume and any other special-button-related-changes.

                                    Design has improved our lives in many ways, but this constant need for "change it just because it's been a while" is not the best look.

                                      [?]Rairii :win3_progman: :win3: » 🌐
                                      @Rairii@labyrinth.zone

                                      well, I think it’s more or less OK to release. you may have issues on your hardware, but these patched TBXIs at least try to boot whatever you throw at it, 7.5 onwards up to whatever it’s supposed to boot…

                                      very hacky and your mileage may vary, but now you too can try to boot 7.5 or 7.6 or 8.1 on stuff that wasn’t ever meant to run it, without it instantly crashing due to its boot wanting some function or interface that got stripped out the tree…

                                      https://github.com/Wack0/universal-tbxi-patchset/releases/tag/v20251115

                                      #MacOS #ClassicMacOS

                                        dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: boosted

                                        [?]Jonathan Perkin » 🌐
                                        @jperkin@federate.me.uk

                                        I've also published an new 20251114 bootstrap kit. This isn't necessary if you already have an install (the steps above will get you past the problem without it), but means new users will not run into the issue.

                                        pkgsrc.smartos.org/install-on-

                                          dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: boosted

                                          [?]Jonathan Perkin » 🌐
                                          @jperkin@federate.me.uk

                                          IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT for anyone using my macOS package repository from pkgsrc.smartos.org/install-on-

                                          There's a subtle upgrade scenario I didn't test correctly, and your next upgrade will fail due to PGP key bootstrap issues.

                                          To fix:

                                          $ pkgin -d upgrade
                                          $ t=$(mktemp -d); cd $t
                                          $ ar x /var/db/pkgin/cache/pkg_install-20250417.tgz
                                          $ pkg_add -C /dev/null -U pkg_install-20250417.tmp.tgz
                                          $ pkgin upgrade

                                          Once you're past that everything should be fine. Really sorry for the inconvenience.

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                                            [?]Amitai Schleier » 🌐
                                            @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                            2018 Mac mini was already being weird. Then macOS Tahoe dropped support. Usually I'd want NetBSD. But the only option was Linux, and it's pretty darn okay.

                                            Here's my setup: https://schmonz.com/2025/11/12/small-macs/

                                            (Writing... muscles... loosening.)


                                              #netbsd boosted

                                              [?]Dr. Brian Callahan » 🌐
                                              @bcallah@bsd.network

                                              Yvonne Lam boosted

                                              [?]Andrew Woods » 🌐
                                              @awoodsnet@phpc.social

                                              Are you a Mac user and a grammar fan? Here's a tip for typing your favorite dashes. No mouse required!

                                              The en dash – can be typed easily by using Option+- (That’s hold the Option key while typing the dash).

                                              The em dash — can be typed easily by using Option+Shift+- (That’s hold the Option and Shift keys while typing the dash).

                                                [?]VM (Vicky) Brasseur » 🌐
                                                @vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com

                                                Not too long ago I finally discovered that Finder has a renaming feature. I'm pretty sure someone here on mentioned it.

                                                Since then, that thing has saved me from having to write SO many regexes.

                                                Many thanks to the unknown FediPal for the tip!

                                                support.apple.com/guide/mac-he

                                                  [?]Tom » 🌐
                                                  @pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                  Great.

                                                  $dayjob MacBook forced to update to Tahoe. This "liquid glass" interface is a pile of wank.

                                                  I checked settings and both Apple Intelligence (sic) and Siri are disabled and yet there's 8 "Siri" apps running in the background:

                                                  com.apple.siri.embeddedspeech
                                                  SiriSuggestionsBookkeepingService
                                                  SAExtensionOrchestrator
                                                  siriinferenced
                                                  SiriAUSP
                                                  sirittsd
                                                  siriactionsd
                                                  siriknowledged

                                                  And 5 "Intelligence" apps:

                                                  IntelligencePlatformComputeService
                                                  intelligenceplatformd
                                                  knowledgeconstructiond
                                                  intelligencecontextd
                                                  intelligentroutingd

                                                  Why are these still running if I've supposedly disabled them in settings?

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