Okay, NOW we are cooking. #wayland #macos #libkrun

(I should really start upstreaming these hacks... )

Good to see the excellent OmniOutliner getting an upgrade. It’s also nice to see they offer a "perpetual license" (a one-time payment gets you a permanent license to the major version) rather than going with a subscription model.

I'm curious to find out how OmniLinks compare to, and whether they're interoperable with other linking schemes (such as @hookmark’s). The idea of Apple Intelligence integration doesn't thrill me, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

#MacOS
https://mastodon.omnigroup.com/@OmniOutliner/115849392557090435

What’s next for Signal in 2026? These handy features are coming soon ✨

Pinned messages, Android tablets, new backup options, and more!

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/news/whats-next-for-signal-in-2026-these-handy-features-are-coming-soon/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #android #ios #windows #linux #macos #tech

I probably should upgrade from macOS 14, but apparently 15 removes Secure Note support from Keychain and that's where I store a load of recovery codes and things like answers to stupid recovery questions (which I never answer with real data, since that's trivial to harvest). Some recommendation says to move to locked notes in the Notes app, but others seem to imply security there is weak. Any recommendations?

It's very disappointing for Apple to silently remove useful functionality that's been there since 1.0 and not provide any documented migration path, but I guess that's the New Apple way.

#macOS #keychain

@JdeBP @ptribble Don't forget about #macOS with all its descendants too which range in the billions.

Running out of disk space on your Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix-like OS? Or perhaps you're hitting the classic disk quota limits set by your sysadmin? Fear not. Run `du -sh * | sort -h` command to get a sorted list of your directory sizes so you can remove or compress unwanted files. Here is another useful shell alias:
```
alias ducks='du -cks -- * | sort -rn | head'
ducks
```

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-find-the-largest-filesdirectories-on-a-linuxunixbsd-filesystem/ for more info.
#unix #linux #macos

/me opens reddit… oh #mame 0.284 released 20 mins ago. Ok, click, clack, poof. Apple Silicon build now live https://sdlmame.lngn.net #macos

Woo-hoo! Found a bug in #macOS 26 (Tahoe) Mail.app with TLS 1.3: if you set up your IMAP server to only speak TLS 1.3 then Mail on macOS 26 just hangs whereas it works fine on iOS 26…

​

There is an (old) discussion from 2022 which was replied to by an idiot saying "Apple says it does, so it must be true."¹ ​

The fact that exactly the same Dovecot server works fine with TLS 1.3 enforced against iOS 26 w/ Mail but does not against macOS 26 Tahoe w/ Mail is pretty damning to me...
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¹ https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254448705?sortBy=rank

Every year I end up revisiting the fact that #Apple #Photos has absolutely crap exporting and archiving features, so this year I decided to rewrite my #macOS #export scripts in #Swift:

https://github.com/rcarmo/PhotosExport

"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."

https://growlybird.com/glucose/ #MacOS #Diabetes

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? #macos #homebrew

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

I have it running on #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #Linux, #MacOS, #IllumOS, #iOS, and have a user on the legacy #Android OS. That's basically everything that matters.

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

EDIT: Ooops, I meant control, not alt.

#apple #LiquidGlass #UI #design #AlanDye #designer #MacOS #iOS #iPadOS #fail #fun #dunny #humor #humour

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.

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,

https://www.osnews.com/story/143948/macos-losing-confidence/

#macOS

Are you at one with your code? 🙃

https://xenodium.com/at-one-with-your-code

#cli #macos #linux #golang #foss #oss #unixporn #emacs #vim

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

https://www.osnews.com/story/143926/system-7-natively-boots-on-the-mac-mini-g4/

#macOS

#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.

#macOS 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?

@morgant

#MacOS has now overtaken #FreeBSD

#EVIL

#Poll #LiveTooting

#hashtags for exposure:

#windows #MacOS #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #TempleOS #Boost #BoostsAppreciated #BoostPlease #PleaseBoost

Ok, sorry for all that. 😂

@stefano The *perception* that #Linux is anti- #Windows or #MacOS was understandable back in the day when Steve Ballmer was running the show and #Microsoft 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.

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 #MacOS installation?

#Boost #FediPower

Been living with the #MacOS 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.

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

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.

https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/install-on-macos/

#pkgsrc #macOS

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

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.

#pkgsrc #macOS

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

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

#macos #linux #netbsd

oksh-7.8 is out! Sorry for the delay; was away at conferences.

https://github.com/ibara/oksh/releases/tag/oksh-7.8

#openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #macos #macosx #osx #aix #haiku #shell #ksh #oksh #sh #freesoftware #opensource #opensourcesoftware #oss