iPad: Für mich seit einigen Jahren keine Notwendigkeit mehr. Mir genügt die Kombination von Macbook Air mit M1-Chip und iPhone 13 Pro vollkommen. Meine Begierde nach einem neuen Gerät könnte geweckt werden, wenn in der nächsten Generation von iPhone und MacBook wirklich für mich nützliche KI-Funktionalität drin wäre. Denk ich (derzeit) an #Siri in der Nacht ... #iPad#MacBook#Apple
Hier dem @pallenberg seine Gedanken
Apple iPads mit M4 - Die etwas andere Analyse! https://www.metacheles.de/apple-ipad-m4-analyse/
hello le fedi !
je suis retombé sur mon MacBook de 2017 que j'utilise plus trop et j'aimerai savoir si ça se fait de mettre linux dessus ??
si oui je cherche une distro simple, qui fonctionne bien sur mac du coup (pour faire de la créa en grand partie)
vous pouvez aussi me réorienter vers des vidéos ou de la lecture si vous avez ça sous la main
merciiiii :miffy_love: :boost_requested:
Here's another #macOS rant (gosh I fucking hate this junk don't I): it loves creating problems out of non-issues (literally never had this problem on #Windows 10/11 or the many #Linux distros I've used and still are actively using) and append a number to it.
One being... external disk mounts. For whatever reason, what started out to be an external device that's formatted appropriately, as vanilla as can be using Disk Utility and mounts to, say, "SSD1TB", will randomly at times just started consistently mounting to a directory it creates by itself, "SSD1TB 1" - which fucks up all my symlinks to that drive until I manually fix the issue so it mounts to the right mount point again.
Another being, which is more confusing honestly how it's able to fuck it up, which is its own local hostname. I set the hostname as "aerith", which macOS compulsorily add a suffix to it, ".local". It's been on that hostname perfectly fine for a week ~2 weeks or so - then out of nowhere one day while being out, it says that that hostname's already used in the network and they then changed it to "aerith-2.local". Weird, I thought, but I thought maybe it's a one-time thing at that Mamak (eatery) I was at. Since then though, even at my home or anywhere else, changing it back to "aerith" is impossible and it'd always change it back to "aerith-2" - which TRIGGERS me.
#Apple, please just dump macOS already and use any of the Linux distros or Windows (jk hell no) or #ChromeOS (HELL NO). Y'all clearly have no idea what you're doing.
Another thing #macOS somehow butchers that I've not encountered on any other OS-es:
Setting up a static IP. Doing this itself is easy, not easier than #Linux but a lot easier than on #Windows. But for too many times now when I bring my #MacBook out and about to get work done, I'd just thought oh all of these (public) WiFi and even my personal hotspot from my #iPhone just straight up don't work. Then I remember, it was because of my static IP setting cos macOS somehow sets up network configurations such as having a static IP globally instead of per internet connection or WiFi SSID.
Why... would you enforce the static IP (I thought) I've configured for ONE connection, for ALL networks, obviously that wouldn't/shouldn't work? If private IP addresses in my home network follow a convention such as 123.321.0.X and I set a static IP of 123.321.0.11 for my Mac on a specific connection within my home network - when I use a different connection on a different network, OBVIOUSLY it wouldn't/shouldn't work since those other connections/networks highly likely uses a different IP address convention. Why can't macOS just default to DHCP, which it does, and apply these network configurations per connection rather than globally (bcos again, it just doesn't make sense)? Especially on the UI/UX side of things, it does seem like you're applying the configuration only to a particular connection you've selected - except it doesn't.
It's shit like this that makes me wonder who the fuck works at #Apple for this junk to be the case since forever and nobody's fixing it.
I'll add in a bonus though: macOS is also the only OS I've used that doesn't implement spell check (not correction) by default. For whatever reason, even as I'm typing this now, macOS straight up doesn't check or notify of any wrong spellings.
Googling how to enable it returns an official documentation by Apple with step by step instructions on how to have it enabled and yet the specific setting they mentioned should be in the System Settings' Keyboard menu just isn't there. Funny how that's a really common thing I encounter too - "it should be there, but it just isn't".
@thurrott A masterclass review Paul! I still have a primary #windows11 PC, but I love my M1 #MacBook Pro. As you mentioned, the integration with the rest of the #Apple ecosystem is a delightful part of owning a #Mac. When Apple hits M5 I plan to replace my Windows laptop with either a Mini or Studio. There just isn't anything sticky in Windows for me anymore.
I just received my new work laptop (#Apple#Macbook Pro M3, ~€2000) just to discover that it does not support dual-monitor output despite having multiple video ports.
For a feature that even the cheapest laptops (and older MacBooks) have had for years, Apple now asks you to buy the MacBook Pro M3 Pro (€2500) or M3 Max (€4000).
This is essentially €2000 #ewaste. Not so "pro" after all.
@tuxdevices
That is absurd. I can not believe it... I figured maybe a dongle, but not at all?
Even my objectively awful GeoBook-120 I paid $120US for three years ago on an Intel N3450 would do up to four displays if there were more video out ports because that is what the chipset limit is.
Can you tell if this is an OS-level lock that can get patched, or is it lower like firmware?
💻 #Microsoft готується наступного місяця представити в Сіетлі своє бачення комп'ютерів зі штучним інтелектом. Компанія впевнена, що нові ноутбуки з #Windows на базі #ARM перевершать #MacBook Air від #Apple із процесором #M3.
@thurrott You do know 9 out of 9 of these issues could be solved with your 15 inch #MacBook Air or #Ubuntu#Linux. 😁But I understand for practical purposes since you write about #Windows for a living. A suggestion though for others who still need to use Windows for work or other purposes is maybe move it to a #VM. What keeps frustrating me is how much #MicrosoftEdge has its tentacles deep into the system. Every time I open it, my laptop fan starts spinning like crazy.
My main laptop is a #Macbook Air running #MacOS, but interestingly, I don't really use the #OS. I use it as if it's a #Chromebook instead. I only launch #Chrome with it (and #QEMU to run #Linux). Every time I HAVE to use the OS at length, e.g. to do something with Finder, it's an exercise in frustration.
What I enjoy very much is the interaction of the hardware with the input UI software (e.g. how the touchpad feels and behaves in conjunction to #software). Not the rest of the system.
I wish there was a portable, usb-run version of #Asahi#Linux for Silicon Macs. More people would try it out and actually use it that way, if it was easy and risk-free to their #MacOS partition. The current way to do that is two whole pages of arcane commands on a terminal. It needs automation.
To recap: using the native #Discord client on #macOS, each time my partner opens a stream, her #MacBook Air would slow to a crawl or even crash entirely, and she'd need to reboot and just no longer able to watch the stream, other than to switch to her PC.
The (shocking) solution: on her MacBook, use Discord through #Firefox instead. I doubt that it needs to be Firefox, perhaps #Safari would do too, but she used Discord on Firefox and her Mac's able to watch streams on Discord just fine now. She even said she's never experienced Discord this smoothly on her Mac before lol so if anyone has had any issues with Discord on their Mac recently, maybe try using the web client instead.
My partner and I have been so behind our anime/shows we watch bcos her #MacBook Air just couldn't keep up w just abt anything anymore, especially watching a stream on #Discord. Her Mac would just slow to a complete halt the moment she enters a stream, even when I stream it at 480p. The only way we'd be able to watch then is if she's at her desk on her PC, but that doesn't happen as much as when we're not fasting (lunch on weekends and dinner ~daily, whereas while fasting almost neither).
So I need to create a password protected zip file on my work #MacBook with #MacOS. Every single instruction I can find for this basically has step one listed as "Open The Terminal".
Are you kidding me?
I cannot even tell you how much shit #Linux users have taken for years for daring to post instructions containing that step in response to any question ever.
Yet here we are and that's apparently how you do that in MacOS in 2024. To say I'm disappointed would be a severe understatement #Apple
These modern macbooks aren't built like the 2016 ones.
Had this M2 about 13months. Some keys started to stick or only work on one side after 6 months. Then today there's this crack out of nowhere in the track pad 🤔
I have a #Macbook Air M1 (on top, the last one with wedge design) and I STILL think it looks thinner and more modern.
If the M3 brought more ports, I’d be interested, but the M1 serves me both as a laptop and a desktop (Acer 27” display with built-in hub, I just connect one USB-C cable). Normally I’d want the new oooh shiny. But… I prefer my old shiny… It will need battery replacement soon. Still won’t be upgrading until there’s FaceID or cheap (‘lol’) 16GB RAM in M4.
There are a few ways that I can mirror my iPhone screen to my MacBook but is there any way that I can just have my iPhone open as an app on my desktop and just control it from there?
I just want to get into work, plug my phone into the computer, and not think about it - and then can reply to messages and access all the apps I need to via the desktop.
> Vulnerability found in Apple's Silicon M-series chips – and it can't be patched
> Hackers can harvest encryption keys from Macs and MacBooks.
> the issue lies with the "microarchitectural" design of the chip. Furthermore, security measures taken to help mitigate the issue would require a serious degradation of the M-series chips' performance.
This is what I bought this week. In the UK it’s £799 from Amazon (£667 + VAT). Amazon offered me zero interest 5 x £160 per month payment option. I used that.
The MacBook Air M1 is a fab portable Mac. Even in the base configuration.
Hey, I am Jan, I am 22 years old and moved from another instance.
I love to play the bass and skateboard, when the weather allows for it.
My favorite songs are ICE579 by Temmis, Edward 40Hands by Mom Jeans. and Wellblech by Nils Keppel.
Like many others on this instance, I am a programmer. I have an interest in #Swift and #Golang development on Linux and I am trying to get more active in the #GNOME community.
Nowadays, I’m primarily a bassist and play in a local band. However, I play electric guitar and sing, too.
I’m in love with indie rock and synthy pop. I love Temmis and Mia Morgan, but enjoy Queen, Margarita Quebrada and re6ce as well.
Prada Shoes by re6ce might be my favourite song, atm.