Big release for us at @Vivaldi. This release is for your computer and includes a rather big update to the tracker and ad blocker.

Are you ready to move away from Big Tech? It is time.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-8-3/

#Windows #MacOS #Linux #Technology #Computer #EU #Europa #Iceland #Norway

terminal-mac : un outil qui donne à votre agent son propre Mac.

Un vrai macOS tourne dans une VM, affiché dans votre terminal (Ghostty, Kitty, iTerm2). Vous le regardez travailler en direct.

Computer use via MCP, CLI et skill. Gratuit et open source. ⬇️
https://github.com/govijr/terminal-mac

#macOS #OpenSource #CLI #AI #LLM

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Hex : une app de dictée vocale qui transcrit votre voix en local et colle le texte dans n'importe quelle app. Vous maintenez Option, parlez, relâchez.

Le modèle tourne sur votre machine, sans cloud.

Disponible sur macOS (Apple silicon), via Homebrew. ⬇️
https://github.com/anomalyco/hex

#Rust #Linux #macOS #Apps #Software

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Page GitHub du projet Hex, une application de dictée vocale locale pour macOS développée en Rust natif. Le projet compte 26 contributeurs, 22 problèmes ouverts, 2 000 étoiles et 113 forks.

So, check out this useful “Compare Mac Models” page (h/t @gruber). Scroll down to the “Compute” and compare the stats. Go on, do it, I’ll wait. See anything that makes you go WTF?!? I did.

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/liquid-retina-xdr-display/compare/?modelList=MacBook-Pro-14-M6,MacBook-Pro-14-M5-Max,MacBook-Pro-proled-xdr-m5max-14

#macOS #apple

Une faille corrigée dans iOS 27.2 permettait à une application malveillante d'activer la caméra sans autorisation, sur iOS comme sur macOS. De quoi reposer la question des caches de webcam, dont le principal fait d'armes sur MacBook reste d'abîmer des écrans.

#iOS #macOS #Sécurité

https://www.macg.co/macos/2026/10/ios-et-macos-une-faille-permettait-dactiver-la-camera-sans-autorisation-faut-il-ressortir-les-caches-312053?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=autopost

My Mac was running hot and sure enough, something (I forget what) was spinning in the background. So I went to the settings list of which apps are allowed to run in background (and which actually are). I guess I must have at some point authorized all of them? Anyhow, in 2026, it looks like a list of adversaries. I kicked almost everything off the list unless there was a clear and obvious benefit to me.

What a dystopia we’ve built.

#macOS #enshittification

I recently tested out a new open source download app called Rayburst on my Mac. Since it was doing everything I needed, expect catching downloads from real debrid plugin, I decided to put a feature request up @ Github.

Within a few days I received a 'completed' notification and there was separate Chrome extension ready for me.

I absolutely love this. And the community spirit, for someone like me who's not a developer ,is absolutely unbeatable. 🧡

If you're interested, it's a very stable and light weight multi downloader with great UI👉🏻https://rayburst.pages.dev/

#xp #github #opensource #MacOS #Rayburst

New #tigersrc packages for PowerPC Mac OS X 10.4! Updated PostgreSQL, ImageMagick, Apache, nginx, Python 3.10, cURL, sqlite3, and mozilla-rootcerts (no more number 4!)

https://NetBSD.org/~nia/tigersrc/

#powerpc #macos #retrocomputing #unix #pkgsrc

I'm rebuilding #tigersrc packages for the fun security bugs of the past week, but "unfortunately" I have to drop PHP since it no longer compiles on such an old OS.

https://netbsd.org/~nia/tigersrc/ will be updated soon(tm).

#powerpc #macos #pkgsrc

BetterWispr : une app de dictée pour Mac qui transforme votre voix en texte propre dans n'importe quelle application. Maintenez ⌥ Espace, parlez, relâchez.

Modèles en local (Parakeet, Whisper, Apple speech), sans compte ni cloud. Gratuit et open source ⬇️
https://betterwispr.com/

#macOS #OpenSource #Apple

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Présentation de BetterWispr, une application de dictation open source pour Mac, affichant une sculpture classique bleue sur fond bleu avec le texte "Speak it messy. Send it clean." et la description de son fonctionnement : maintenir une touche, parler, et le texte s'inscrit automatiquement.

Arc s'arrête le 22 décembre 2026 sur macOS et Windows. Les comptes seront désactivés, puis les données supprimées sous 30 jours.

Les nouveaux comptes sont fermés dès le 22 octobre. Vous migrez sur quoi ? ⬇️
https://arc.net/

#macOS #Apps #Software

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L'image montre le logo coloré d'Arc (composé de formes géométriques en bleu, rose et rouge) avec le texte "A farewell to Arc" en blanc sur fond noir, annonçant l'arrêt du service prévu pour le 22 décembre 2026.

For a long time we have made our selves gradually more and more dependent on Big Tech. This applies when it comes to operating system, to browsers, to various services, to storage and now when it comes to AI.

More and more are realizing this was and is wrong.

You can take the first steps to be independent as a person or company. Obviously, given that you are here, you have already taken some steps. Here are some suggestions:

1. Switch browser... to Vivaldi. :)
2. Switch desktop OS. Personally I have switched to Linux. Currently running Kubuntu, Ubuntu and Zorin on different computers.
3. Switch mail service. Proton and Fastmail are good services, but there are others. Choose one that allows use of a mail client.
4. Switch calendar service. Most mail services also offer a calendar service.
5. Switch office package. Personally I use LibreOffice.
6. Switch Web conferencing software. Personally I use Whereby.
7. Switch search. Startpage, Ecosia, Qwant and DDG are great alternatives.

There are a lot of other great choices. The point is to start taking those steps away from Big Tech and Silicon Valley.

#Windows #Linux #Apple #MacOS #BigTech #Politics #Technology #Vivaldi

So I have gigs and gigs of node_modules and python deps all over the place. I’m very certain that half of them are duplicates. So I made `node-mash`: https://github.com/brandonscript/node-mash

it uses APFS clones to deduplicate all these dependencies. you can run it once or as a service. so far I've saved myself almost 5 GB.

#macos #python #homebrew

Examining the macOS gcc binary

If you’ve ever written C (or c++) on a mac, you’ll know that the so-called gcc is just clang in disguise. Most people (fairly) assume that this is just an alias, but this is not true! It’s a binary! Now, what is this binary? I naively assumed that it would just be shelling out to clang but it turns out the answer is more interesting than that.
↫ juliethefoxcoon

It's all smo

https://www.osnews.com/story/146215/examining-the-macos-gcc-binary/

#macOS

The Dock de macOS, de Mac OS X à macOS 27, réuni dans une seule image.
Elle compile toutes les versions du Dock au fil des années, à partir d'une bibliothèque de captures d'écran Aqua. ⬇️
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/macos-dock-icons-over-time/

#macOS #Apple

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Comparaison visuelle de l'évolution du Dock macOS à travers les années, montrant les changements progressifs de design, de disposition et d'icônes d'applications depuis OS X 10.0 Cheetah jusqu'à macOS 27 Golden Gate, illustrant l'histoire du design des interfaces Apple sur plus de deux décennies.

Apple stops pretending macOS is UNIX

Early 2025, I wrote about how I think macOS' UNIX certification was basically a lie. It required so many convoluted and cumbersome changes to macOS that literally nobody applies to their system that it the certification had kind of become a farce. At the end of the article I wondered for how much longer Apple would be playing this little charade to hammer macOS thr

https://www.osnews.com/story/146203/apple-stops-pretending-macos-is-unix/

#macOS

What's the most idiomatic way to run user commands at login/daily/etc on Mac?

#MacOS

xtool : un remplaçant d'Xcode qui vous permet de builder, signer et installer vos apps iOS depuis Linux, Windows (via WSL) ou macOS, avec SwiftPM.

L'outil s'utilise en ligne de commande, par exemple depuis VSCode. Il donne aussi accès aux Apple Developer Services ⬇️
https://github.com/xtool-org/xtool

#Linux #macOS #iOS #Programming #WebDev

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L'écran montre VS Code avec un projet Swift en cours de développement, affichant le fichier ContentView.swift avec du code SwiftUI. En bas, le terminal terminal affiche la progression de la compilation et du déploiement d'une application iOS sur un appareil via xtool, alternative cross-platform à Xcode.

Apple adds mystery folder to your PATH and everyone is apparently just okay with that

Apparently, macOS 27 comes with a small mystery people are trying to figure out.

Recently, while troubleshooting a PATH issue, I noticed an entry for /pkg/env/global/bin. At first, I worried that something had gone horribly wrong. Turns out, this is part of macOS 2

https://www.osnews.com/story/146198/apple-adds-mystery-folder-to-your-path-and-everyone-is-apparently-just-okay-with-that/

#macOS

The only thing that stops me from running #NetBSD on the VM where I do most of my professional work is that I get "write: address family not supported by protocol family" when trying to use #restic over #tailscale.

I first thought it was due to enabling #ipv6, but I get the same issue after disabling it on the VM.

I used NetBSD for a number of years in the 1990s, before switching over to #OpenBSD for most things. The rest of my on-line life happens on #macOS and #AlpineLinux.

zerobrew : une alternative à Homebrew qui accélère l'installation de vos packages sur macOS et Linux. Même Brewfile, commandes proches (zb install, zb bundle, zb upgrade).

Sur 100 packages, le benchmark donne 6,6x plus vite à froid et 68x avec le cache. ⬇️
https://github.com/zerobrewhq/zerobrew

#Linux #macOS #Programming #WebDev

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Une créature orange avec des pics hérissés et deux yeux expressifs émerge d'un tas de sable jaune sur fond beige clair.

Un piano entier simulé en C++17, sans un seul sample.
coopiano modélise le marteau, la corde, la table d'harmonie et les résonances sympathiques.
Il rend vos notes ou fichiers MIDI en WAV, sans bibliothèque tierce, et se joue en live sur macOS. ⬇️
https://github.com/peterc/coopiano

#macOS #CreativeCoding #Design

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If you are using my macOS packages available from https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/install-on-macos/ then note that due to newer compiler and SDK requirements, the 14.5 package set will no longer be updated, and there is a newer 15.5 SDK target now available.

Upgrade instructions are available here: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2026/10/15/msg043607.html

#pkgsrc #macos

🚀 #Gitte 0.11.0 is out!

* Search the commit graph by message, author or commit ID
* Filter branches, tags & remotes in the sidebar (Ctrl+K)
* Commit trailers with templates & sign-off
* Amend the previous commit, including unstaging changes to remove them
* Choose your initial repository view
* Custom repository logos

Plus UI improvements & lots of fixes.

Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/de.wwwtech.gitte
macOS: https://gitlab.com/dehesselle/gitte_macos/-/releases/v0.11.0-180
Repo: https://codeberg.org/ckruse/Gitte

#git #gnome #linux #macos

So I crafted "a Keyboard Switcher" which is an open-source macOS menu bar application that makes it easier to switch paired Bluetooth input devices between Macs. Instead of manually reconnecting everything, you can simply release devices on one Mac and connect them on the other with just a few clicks.

Some of the features include:

• Connect or release individual Bluetooth devices
• Group multiple devices, such as a Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse, and switch them together
• Use global hotkeys to switch device groups without opening the menu
• Get an overview of paired and connected devices directly from the macOS menu bar

Blog: https://gyptazy.com/blog/akeyboardswitcher-quickly-switch-apple-keyboard-mouse-trackpad-between-multiple-macs/
Download: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/macos/akeyboardswitcher/
Source (Github): https://github.com/gyptazy/akeyboardswitcher
Source (gyptazy): https://git.gyptazy.com/gyptazy/akeyboardswitcher

#opensource #Mac #macOS #bluetooth #akeyboardswitcher #foss #swift #swiftui

Even in 2026 it's possible for a core part of MacOS to completely break down.👇🏻 🙄
#xp #Apple #MacOS #Finder

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A screenshot of a part of the Dock showing a Finder icon that refuses to open.

Sad news for #macOS #OpenSSH users.. ​

sshd(8): On OS X SDK >= 27, sandboxing is no longer supported as the API we depended upon has been removed and no obvious alternative provided.

https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/d4b4c304a202f5099f2f60be9af9ba266212bb74

@teajaygrey

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

“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

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