Apple changes Full Disk Access permission in macOS

Apple's macOS has a Full Disk Access permission, designed to allow backup applications full access to, well, the disk, so they can perform their job properly. Apple posted a notice on its website that it's going to further restrict this permission, because some applications were abusing this permission to gain access to users' messages,

https://www.osnews.com/story/146071/apple-changes-full-disk-access-permission-in-macos/

#macOS

Bit disappointing.

Upgraded pkgsrc macOS build host from 14.x to 27.0.1, and MacFUSE to latest.

First run is showing consistently slower builds.

bindfs CPU usage seems higher, but I don't have accurate numbers on that. Also there is still the 2 minute delay to unmount /System.

Maybe next year?

#pkgsrc #macos #macfuse

The Mac Studio M5 Ultra can't give a proper Logic Pro X graph, because software wise Logic Pro is limited by 1000 concurrent tracks. 😱😂

What a beast of a machine and at 6200 EU for the base model this dream machine will stay a dream.

#xp #Macstudio #M5Ultra #MacOS #Apple #AppleSilicon

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M5 Ultra SOC Logo

Vero now lets you use a go backend with native frontends on (pretty much) every platform that Go runs:

https://github.com/imclaren/vero

#Golang #macOS #Windows #Linux #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFly #illumos #Android #iOS #js #WASI #wasip1 #wasm #plan9 #Solaris #AIX

I remembered today I had Haskell for Mac http://haskellformac.com installed and started it after a long time. It hasn't been updated in ca. 5 years and is Intel/Rosetta only. The website doesn't have SSL, the support website http://support.hfm.io doesn't exist anymore. So it's probably abandoned. It's still in the App Store, though.

Anyone still using it, or know if it's maintained? And what do you use to play around with Haskell on a Mac these days?

#Haskell #FunctionalProgramming #macOS

“macOS Golden Gate is a buggy mess”

In June 2008 Apple announced Mac OS X Snow Leopard, proudly boasting that it would have "no new features". Instead of piling on new things, Snow Leopard aimed to build on the success of its predecessor, Leopard, opting to focus on under-the-hood performance and stability improvements throughout the system.

18 years later, Apple is taking a similar approach with

https://www.osnews.com/story/146050/macos-golden-gate-is-a-buggy-mess/

#macOS

@nixCraft This is what happens when you don't have a micro-manager at #Apple anymore who likes sweating the details. Didn't they recently terminate a guy who worked on a lot of plumbing and quality of life features of #macOS?

Yesterday I read about @brentsimmons's design explorations on his NetNewsWire app.
It reminded me of my own explorations with the macOS design language, especially the modern title/toolbar which I believe is one of the most foundational design regression on the platform.
I played with the idea of redesigning the Finder with the original hierarchy but keeping the current Liquid Glass styling. Though it's still far from what I'd like to see on my Mac, I thought I'd share.

#MacOS #UIdesign

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macOS Finder redesign concept with the legacy OS X hierarchy and modern styling.

Search : un navigateur Mac de 3 Mo qui tourne sur le moteur WebKit déjà présent dans macOS. Fenêtre ouverte en 320 ms, contre 526 ms pour Chrome et 730 ms pour Safari. Bloqueur de pubs intégré, extensions Chrome supportées, open source sur GitHub. ⬇️
https://officecommun.com/search

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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iPhone 18 Pro : score DXOMARK de 172 sur la caméra, en hausse grâce à l'aperture variable qui étend la profondeur de champ sur les portraits de groupe. Zoom longue portée en retrait, dominantes de couleur persistantes sur la balance des blancs. ⬇️
https://www.dxomark.com/apple-iphone-18-pro-camera-test/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Deux iPhone 18 Pro en couleur bordeaux présentés de face et de dos, mettant en avant le système de triple caméra circulaire et l'écran avec encoche, sur fond noir.

Advanced Programming in the #UNIX Environment

Week 2: File Sharing

In this final video lecture segment for our week 2 materials, we take a look at what it means when multiple processes access the same files and what the implications of that are on the syscalls we know. We conclude with a look at /dev/fd on different operating systems, including #NetBSD, #macOS, and #Linux.

https://youtu.be/CAbUtc86ULw

Apple Configurator : transformer son iPhone en dumbphone en désactivant l'App Store via un profil de configuration. Icône disparue, plus d'installation ni de mise à jour possible. Le profil ne se retire qu'en effaçant tout le contenu du téléphone. ⬇️
https://korben.info/apple-configurator-iphone-dumbphone-temps-ecran.html

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Affiche rétro de style vintage présentant un smartphone bleu et rouge avec un écran affichant une grille de carrés colorés, surmonté du texte "FERME" en lettres blanches sur un bandeau rouge traversant l'image.

macOS 27 Golden Gate abandonne définitivement les Mac Intel : il faut au minimum une puce M1. Apple Intelligence devient impossible à désactiver, avec des modèles téléchargés de force sur le disque. Les modèles les plus avancés exigent une puce M3 et 12 Go de RAM. ⬇️
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/macos-27-golden-gate-the-ars-technica-review/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Le Golden Gate Bridge de San Francisco se dresse majestueusement au coucher du soleil, ses arches rouge-orange illuminées par la lumière dorée, tandis que des rochers parsèment la plage rocheuse au premier plan.

I'm happy to report that MacOS 27 Golden Gate seems to run stable 24/7 on my Mac Mini M4 server. However there's not a lot installed on there.

I have decided not to upgrade my production machine YET. There's limited information available about audio plugin compatibility. Moreover Ableton Live doesn't seem to be officially supported yet.
Adobe Lightroom Classic/CS seem to have contrasting user experiences.

#xp #MacOS #GoldenGate #Apple #Macbook

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MacOS Golden Gate logo

Siri AI arrive avec iOS 27, iPadOS 27 et macOS 27 : compréhension du contexte personnel, prise en compte de l'écran, actions système poussées. Historique synchronisé via iCloud sur tous les appareils Apple. Beta en anglais, français prévu en octobre. ⬇️
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/major-updates-for-apples-software-platforms-are-now-available/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Affichage des appareils Apple avec les nouvelles mises à jour logicielles : un MacBook Pro affichant une présentation sur les olives, un iPhone avec des applications variées, un iPad montrant un article sur le Bosque de Chapultepec, une Apple Watch rouge et une Apple Vision Pro, tous illustrant les fonctionnalités d'Apple Intelligence.

Caveat: if you are updating to #macOS 27 there is this lovely fscking Apple Stupidity "feature" which starts quantising *all your disk* so that Spotlight can give you "better answers".

It has been going for over 24hrs for me and it is at 7.1% … the I/O is floored and you simply cannot run any I/O intensive tasks (e.g. Parallels).

To find out the state of affairs you can use:

plutil -extract SpotlightKnowledgeV2.embeddingGenComplete raw ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlightknowledge.plist | awk '{printf "%.1f%%\n", $1 * 100}'

Whoever at #Apple thought this is up is a complete and utter cretin, especially because it is clearly running with a high priority and takes over all disk I/O.

I still have not found a way to stop it so I can actually do some work.

Update: figured out a fix… note that it blocks Apple Stupidity as a side-effect:

UID=$(id -u)
# Disable Apple Intelligence search daemons
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.apple.assistantd
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.apple.assistant_service
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.apple.assistant_cdmd
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.apple.siriknowledged
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.apple.siriinferenced
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.apple.Siri.agent
# Disable system-wide AI search components
sudo launchctl disable system/com.apple.contextstored
sudo launchctl disable system/com.apple.modelmanagerd
# Stop the running hybridsearchd process immediately
sudo launchctl bootout gui/$UID/com.apple.hybridsearchd 2>/dev/null || true
sudo pkill -9 hybridsearchd 2>/dev/null || true

First day with #macOS 27 and #iOS 27:

- the iPhone is smoother and quicker, but today I've had a high battery usage (I guess reindexing is doing its job)
- the MacBook M1 Pro is definitely quicker.

All in all, it seems a good upgrade, at least for now.

mactap : app menu bar qui transforme des taps sur le châssis du MacBook en raccourcis (copier, coller, undo). Détection on-device, M2+ et M1 Pro/Max.
Gratuit et open source. ⬇️
https://mactap.vercel.app/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Un tutoriel illustrant l'application macTap : à gauche, une flèche indique où frapper sur l'aluminium du MacBook près du trackpad, à droite une main effectue un tapotement détecté par l'app qui propose trois raccourcis (un, deux ou trois tapotements) pour déclencher diverses fonctions.

Looking forward to today's release o MacOS 27 Golden Gate. I honestly haven't been this excited about a new MacOS update for over a decade and I am considering a day 1 upgrade over my current Mac OS 15.7.9 Sequoia installation.

I have been testing Golden Gate earlier on an old Macbook Air M1 and it felt very polished, efficient. While I hated Tahoe and therefore never upgraded to it, I think Liquid Glass has been improved to the point that I'm ready to embrace it.

#xp #Apple #MacOS #Macbook #GoldenGate

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Golden Gate Beta 3 wallpaper

Comparatif des prix de l'iPhone 18 Pro sur 41 pays, converti au cours BCE du jour. Les États-Unis restent la référence à 1295 $, la Turquie grimpe à +119 % avec la TVA à 20 %. La France se classe 29e, +32 % par rapport aux USA. ⬇️
https://ulrichrozier.com/pippin/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Une infographie compare les prix de l'iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max et Duo dans 41 pays selon les tarifs de l'Apple Store. Elle affiche le prix le moins cher (1 115 € aux États-Unis), le plus cher (2 450 € en Turquie) et l'écart maximal (+120 € pour l'iPhone 18 Pro 256 Go).

heise+ | So archivieren Sie alternde und zerkratzte Audio-CDs für die Ewigkeit

Audio-CDs bitgenau und verlustfrei konservieren: Wir zeigen schnelle und gründliche Wege für Linux, macOS, Windows und Stand-alone-CD-Spieler.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/So-archivieren-Sie-alternde-und-zerkratzte-Audio-CDs-fuer-die-Ewigkeit-11418989.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Entertainment #IT #Linux #macOS #Windows #news

Btop - das bessere htop für das Terminal

hyperblog.de/hoergen/posts/202…
#demhoergen #hyperblog #btop #systemmonitor #terminal #linux #macos #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Eine detaillierte Einführung in btop, den ressourcenschonenden Systemmonitor mit Spiel-Menü-System und GPU-Unterstützung.

RE: https://zeroes.ca/@tantramar/117213366970145000

Hazel is one of those indispensable apps that sits quietly on my Mac, renaming files based on their contents (e.g. reading PDFs in my Downloads folder, and renaming it “power bill” if it has my power utility customer number in it, and also prepending the date it was issued, again read from the PDF) and filing them accordingly. So useful. #macOS #Utility

New blog post where I discuss SuperDuper 4's "follow-up" runs, file protection classes, and hidden detail work that does the right thing without drawing attention to itself.

https://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog/catching_up_2

#SuperDuper #macOS

Try Omarchy : Omarchy dans une app macOS native, sans configuration. Arch Linux ARM64 virtualisé via Hypervisor Framework, accélération graphique VirGL, presse-papier bidirectionnel, dossier partagé et port forwarding. Apple Silicon, macOS 15+. ⬇️
https://github.com/themartiano/try-omarchy

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Afterglow fait tourner les vieux screen savers After Dark (Flying Toasters, Fish, Starry Skyline) nativement sur macOS moderne, sans ROM ni Mac OS classique.
Émulation du code 68k, modules importables par glisser-déposer depuis l'Internet Archive. ⬇️
https://morphing.cloud/afterglow/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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L'application Afterglow affiche le module écran de veille "Flying Toasters" avec des toasts et du beurre animés flottant sur fond noir, accompagnée d'un panneau de réglages permettant d'ajuster le nombre d'objets volants, le style du toast et la couleur. Cette application recréé les célèbres économiseurs d'écran After Dark des années 90 sur macOS moderne.

Saggar : terminal Mac natif pour piloter plusieurs agents IA en parallèle. Chaque session est classée (attend une réponse, en cours, terminée, échouée), et seules celles qui ont besoin de vous remontent dans une file d'attente unique. Fini les tabs à surveiller un par un. ⬇️
https://saggar.marginalutility.dev/

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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Capture d'écran de Saggar, un terminal natif Mac qui organise les projets et sessions. L'interface affiche un message indiquant que Claude attend une entrée, avec un bouton "Approuver" pour confirmer.

Crisp : tout ce que macOS cache sur la gestion des écrans externes, réuni dans une icône menu bar. Luminosité DDC ou logicielle, HiDPI, presets, arrangement, profils ICC, gratuit, open source, macOS 15+. ⬇️
https://github.com/didriksg/Crisp

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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what the complaints about window titlebars being occupied by widgets tell me is that windows and macOS should both add that feature from linux desktops where if you hold the windows/command key, you can drag windows around by any part of the window

#windows #macOS #linux #ux

#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.

Un développeur perd son téléphone au bureau, Find My bloqué par le MDM. Il demande à Claude, qui génère un script lisant la force du signal Bluetooth.
Téléphone retrouvé en arpentant les couloirs avec un compteur en temps réel ! ⬇️
https://github.com/ben-z/findphone

#Apple #macOS #iOS #Swift

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