#Oliphaunt will support quoting toots!

#Cocoa #AppKit #Swift #SwiftUI #Mac #macOS #MacDev #macOSDev

#Oliphaunt will support quoting toots!

#Cocoa #AppKit #Swift #SwiftUI #Mac #macOS #MacDev #macOSDev

Hello Anti-Ai, Anti-Tech, Anti-Fun Complainers,

Go ahead and keep being miserable while the rest of the world moves on without you; leveraging advanced technology to further the human race, engaging in complex scientific research with supercomputers, solving complex medical diagnoses, improving the success rate of invasive surgical procedures, and continuing efforts to create the world which you already benefit from — despite all of those misinformed views about this evolving technology you refuse to understand.

> "but.. the media told me that skynet.. and those evil chatbots.. something about hallucinations.. and our burning desire to anthropomorphize machine intelligence".

Anyway: https://zenodo.org/records/17196870 here's some recent fun with LLMs.

> [Kelsi Davis] decided to port the Macintosh System 7 OS to run on native x86 hardware, which would be challenging enough with full access to the source code. However, she instead performed this task by analyzing and reverse engineering the System 7 binaries with the aid of Ghidra and a large language model.
>
> Soon enough, she had the classic System 7 desktop running on QEMU with a fully-functional Finder and the GUI working as expected. [Kelsi] credits the LLM with helping her achieve this feat in just three days, versus what she would expect to be a multi-year effort if working unassisted.

#ai #llm #mac #qemu #reverseengineering

Well, by accident I spotted a 1998 file named Greg Bear's Pep Talk.doc in Time Machine on my Mac and decided to use #Finder to find it.

Nope.

After plenty research on how-to, some Apple, some Stack Exchange etc., I've come to the conclusion that Finder #Search is broken. It won't find the file even if it is the default directory for the search, and certainly not when searching This Mac.

I found a tip to use Spotlight (I have Tahoe installed). #Spotlight actually works like a charm, finding by the time I typed the b in Greg Bear. What gives, #Apple? Are you abandoning Finder Search?

#mac #macintosh #writer #author #writersOfMastodon #writingcommunity

Hello Anti-Ai, Anti-Tech, Anti-Fun Complainers,

Go ahead and keep being miserable while the rest of the world moves on without you; leveraging advanced technology to further the human race, engaging in complex scientific research with supercomputers, solving complex medical diagnoses, improving the success rate of invasive surgical procedures, and continuing efforts to create the world which you already benefit from — despite all of those misinformed views about this evolving technology you refuse to understand.

> "but.. the media told me that skynet.. and those evil chatbots.. something about hallucinations.. and our burning desire to anthropomorphize machine intelligence".

Anyway: https://zenodo.org/records/17196870 here's some recent fun with LLMs.

> [Kelsi Davis] decided to port the Macintosh System 7 OS to run on native x86 hardware, which would be challenging enough with full access to the source code. However, she instead performed this task by analyzing and reverse engineering the System 7 binaries with the aid of Ghidra and a large language model.
>
> Soon enough, she had the classic System 7 desktop running on QEMU with a fully-functional Finder and the GUI working as expected. [Kelsi] credits the LLM with helping her achieve this feat in just three days, versus what she would expect to be a multi-year effort if working unassisted.

#ai #llm #mac #qemu #reverseengineering

Reminder that #USB is, and always was, a bad design; as usual for Intel. We had #Firewire, a true bus, and not the worst option of many, polling, like USB. We could have had everything USB-C offers now -- reversible plugs, power-negotiation, multi-protocol -- with Firewire decades ago if USB hadn't taken over. Firewire even had Ethernet-over-Firewire, at 400MBps, fifteen years before Thunderbolt would do the same.

Firewire didn't need a different plug for the computer-side and for the device-side (USB-A & USB-B) because it was a true bus. You could hook any two devices together via a normal Firewire cable and you'd get instant two-way communication. This is how the PS2 did link-play. USB pushed the workload on to the computer. USB-C solves the "who is the host and who is the client?" problem by putting a tiny *computer* into the cable, that's how insane USB has become.

Firewire has been gone so long now that most #Apple #Mac users probably don't even know that you could plug a Mac into another computer via Firewire, power it on holding T and the internal disk drive would appear *as an external HDD* to the other computer.

#retrocomputing

Reminder that #USB is, and always was, a bad design; as usual for Intel. We had #Firewire, a true bus, and not the worst option of many, polling, like USB. We could have had everything USB-C offers now -- reversible plugs, power-negotiation, multi-protocol -- with Firewire decades ago if USB hadn't taken over. Firewire even had Ethernet-over-Firewire, at 400MBps, fifteen years before Thunderbolt would do the same.

Firewire didn't need a different plug for the computer-side and for the device-side (USB-A & USB-B) because it was a true bus. You could hook any two devices together via a normal Firewire cable and you'd get instant two-way communication. This is how the PS2 did link-play. USB pushed the workload on to the computer. USB-C solves the "who is the host and who is the client?" problem by putting a tiny *computer* into the cable, that's how insane USB has become.

Firewire has been gone so long now that most #Apple #Mac users probably don't even know that you could plug a Mac into another computer via Firewire, power it on holding T and the internal disk drive would appear *as an external HDD* to the other computer.

#retrocomputing

I turned a tiny #Mac mini into my own #Mastodon server—secure, low‑maintenance, and running like a dream. Here’s the full build, from #Docker to #Cloudflare Tunnel, and why #SelfHosting doesn’t have to be a headache.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #HomeLab #DevOps #SysAdmin

https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/09/21/my-mini-mastodon-server/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The peanut gallery takes potshots at Tim Cook for betraying Steve Jobs with middling incrementalism, and maybe there's some truth to that, but Apple's processor execution is remarkable (and powerfully enabling to everything else at Apple).

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/21/apple-now-controls-all-core-iphone-chips-prioritizing-ai-workloads.html #Apple #Processors #iPhone #Mac

I turned a tiny #Mac mini into my own #Mastodon server—secure, low‑maintenance, and running like a dream. Here’s the full build, from #Docker to #Cloudflare Tunnel, and why #SelfHosting doesn’t have to be a headache.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #HomeLab #DevOps #SysAdmin

https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/09/21/my-mini-mastodon-server/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I've decided to take the old #Macintosh HIGs & merge them into one large collection of topics while modernizing them in the process.

The original #HIG would give actual examples w/ usable metrics & mention possible exceptions to the rule. The incredible level of detail gave developers the guidance to create delightful UI users have come to expect from their #Mac.

Here is my first topic: Layout Guidelines

#macOS #design #AppKit #SwiftUI

https://marioaguzman.github.io/design/layoutguidelines/

Amazing Portraits of '80s Geeks

https://www.vintag.es/2019/03/80s-geeks.html

#nostalgia #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #setups #polaroid #vintagephotos #photos #eighties #nostalgic #computing #computers #Atari #AppleII #Mac #DOS #PC #Tandy #Commodore #gallery

I want to try out a new #Mastodon client but it requires that I update my Mac to Tahoe 26. I've been told to wait for the .1 release as things are.... not great.

Curious if I'm being over cautious here. Has anyone installed #Tahoe on their #Mac and it's been "basically reasonable"?

EDIT: Thank you everyone! Seems like I can upgrade "sorta" safely. This was very helpful. Always so thankful for the helpful vibes of the fediverse.

Hmm - installed the Safari update that was in the settings app on my MacOS 15.7 MacBook Pro and now I can’t close tabs by clicking the X on them, nor click and alter the path. I can use Command-W to close just fine.

Odd...

#Mac #Safari

cc @jensimmons

I run Asahi Linux on my mac and I'd really like a vinyl sticker to indicate that - less people think I'm ok with (todays) Apple.

There are two variants on Etsy that are almost there, but I think the aestethics are slightly off.

Does anyone know of something better?

#Asahi#Linux#Mac

I have a whole slew of new Tiny Mac Tips for you! These tips are designed to help you go from Mac user to a Mac aficionado. Also enjoy all of the back installments of this series.

https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2025/09/tiny-mac-tips-part-ten/

#Mac#Apple#TinyMacTips

As a reminder, it took took four trips to the Apple Store to complete this "single" repair (they returned the computer without having fixed the problem twice). This doesn't include a further trip mid-repair to figure out what was going on, during which I had a very unpleasant interaction with a manager.

I've attached the repair confirmation for the repair. Enjoy the insanity.

#ComputerOfTheseus#Apple#Mac

Now the computer won't turn on. I didn't trust the repair when they gave it back to me and it looks like my fears were valid. My only option is to make another Genius Bar appointment. I'm glad I had a horrid Windows laptop just to have SOMETHING to use during this continuing debacle. I think I'll probably buy a slightly better non-Apple laptop and put Linux on it. If you'd told me I'd even think of doing this a month and a half ago, i would have scoffed at you.

#ComputerOfTheseus#Apple#Mac

Any opinions on MacOS Sonoma v Sequoia? Should I avoid one or prefer the other?

#Mac

An amazing (and massive) new No Man's Sky update just dropped (for free) - No Man's Sky Voyagers 6.0. A Star Citizen like, liveable new Corvette ship tier has been introduced. You craft it yourself, fly with a friend crew (if you like), explore far and wide.

As mentioned in the deep dive video, it uses new tech simultaneously being developed for both No Man's Sky and the forthcoming Light No Fire.

This is the 49th major update to No Man's Sky across these nine years (total updates so far: 251 -- all free).

Deep dive video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkt2rDKnAE

More info:
https://www.nomanssky.com/voyagers-update/

#NoMansSky#NoMansSkyVoyagers#NMS #games #gamers #gaming #spacegames#SciFi #procgen #updated#Steam#PCgaming#PS4#PS5#Xbox#Switch#Mac #macgaming#Starfield#StarCitizen #spaceships#HelloGames #exploration