Just upgraded for #macOS 26. The UI reminds me of the period around 2002 when teenagers would create 'cool' GNOME and KDE themes with zero reference to usability. Except with more transparency. So like some of the early Compiz stuff, which was far more about 'the technology allows this' than wondering whether anyone would actually want it.

Safari windows are all totally different colours based on the background colour for the page. And they've lost the app icon in the bar (you know, the thing that's really important for Mac apps because it's the file proxy that lets you do direct manipulation?), so recognising them is hard.

It's a mess. Apple needs to seriously think about how they ever promoted people to leadership rôles the UI group when they were so clearly unqualified.

EDIT: People always complain about new macOS / OS X. I've been using OS X since 10.1, and written two books about Cocoa programming. I assumed the complaints were overblown. If anything, they're understated. It's so bad in a bunch of totally avoidable rookie errors that anyone who has done one undergraduate HCI course would know to avoid.

#LiquidAss

RE: https://wien.rocks/@noheger/115877698373215218

Not changing your hit area after rounding the corners on your shiny new interface? That's a pretty basic UIUX fail.

#MacOS #UIDesign #UIUX

How do you get a remote x/wayland app running remotely and displaying on a #MacOS client?

Old school way that used to work, run an x-windows server on client side, ssh -Y user@host application

I don't want to export a WHOLE DESKTOP, just a single window'd application.

#linux #x-windows #wayland

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

Jamf, from yesterday: From ClickFix to code signed: the quiet shift of MacSync Stealer malware https://www.jamf.com/blog/macsync-stealer-evolution-code-signed-swift-malware-analysis/

More:

Apple Insider: Malware bypassed macOS Gatekeeper by abusing Apple's notarization process https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/12/23/malware-bypassed-macos-gatekeeper-by-abusing-apples-notarization-proccess @appleinsider @malcolmowen #infosec #malware #Apple #macOS

I wanted to do basically this very thing, a few years ago.

https://youtu.be/4l4UWZGxvoc?si=1aCWa8GJ21SKg7KH

#MacOS #AI #LocalLLM

There are a lot of variations of Linux, to point that it can get overwhelming which one to choose. Let me give you a starting point.

If you are new to Linux, I recommend trying these variations. These links will let you 'test drive' a Linux operating system to find which you like best. If you find one you like, I'll help you install it. If you install it and hate it, you can always try a different one.

Zorin. #^https://distrosea.com/start/zorin-18-core64/
Linux Mint. #^https://distrosea.com/start/linuxmint-22.2-cinnamon/
Ubuntu. #^https://distrosea.com/start/ubuntu-25.10-default/
Fedora with KDE. #^https://distrosea.com/start/fedora-43-kde/
Fedora with Cosmic. #^https://distrosea.com/start/fedora-43-cosmic/

There are several other variations listed at #^https://distrosea.com/ Go ahead and try some of them! Feel free to comment with your favorites or your best suggestion for new Linux users!

*keep in mind, you are testing an operating system in a browser. It's going to seem a little slow or laggy, but it has been my experience with every Linux variation I have installed, that they all run smoother and faster than Windows. Linux is a lighter operating system and doesn't consume all of the resources like Microsoft Windows does.

#Linux #Fedora #Zorin #LinuxMint #KDE #Ubuntu #Windows #Windoze #MacOS #Chromebook

#^Test Linux distros online - DistroSea

Instantly test run Linux distros online in the cloud for free, right from your web browser. No installation or live boot required.

#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.

#Emulsion now builds for #MacOS

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#Emulsion now builds for #MacOS

#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. 😂

@devontechnologies

i need to look into your info offerings.

I feel like every user for something like #DevonThink is so different and such different needs that they probably have brilliant ways in which they use your product.

I could never leave #macOS cuz i couldn't leave #OmniFocus or #DevonThink.

I have #DevonAgent pro, but i have a suspicion that i am WAY under using it.

Anyone have a recommendation for a macos local kanban board style todo list manager? I checked the app store and there are quite a few.

Single user, non-shared data is fine/preferred.

One thing I would like to have is auto archiving of old tasks. Like the last week or two of completed tasks stays, but older ones are archived where they can still be viewed if needed.

#MacOS #Kanban

Which is the one true way to indent code?

#askfedi #programming #softwareengineering #java #python #csharp #javascript #kotlin #ide #linux #windows #macos

Vivaldi 7.7 has arrived! 🎨

✅ All your tabs, structured, anywhere you need them
✅ Unified Start Page layout
✅ Brand new performance controls
✅ Privacy Dashboard redesigned
✅ Refined Mail panel

More on the update: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-7/

#Browser #Web #Vivaldi #Browsers #App #Linux #Windows #macOS

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Vivaldi Browser (7.7) desktop app interface showing the Windows and Tabs panel open on the left side of the browser window. The 'Synced Tabs' section displays windows and tabs from synced devices with their structure intact.

Hardtime #gaming with #dosbox?

Use #DOSBOXX and save states of your games!

https://dosbox-x.com/

DOSBox-X is an open-source DOS emulator for running DOS applications and games.
DOS-based Windows such as Windows 3.x and Windows 9x are officially supported.

#msdos #win31 #windows31 #windows95 #windows98 #opensource #dos #emulator #dosemulator #retrogaming

#windows #linux #macos #msdos

How is it m68k Macs came to have a reputation for superior stability relative to Windows PC's of the era, despite the limits of classic MacOS's memory manager? How much was clever marketing and how much was reality?

#macos #classicmac #windows #sysadmin #retrocomputing #m68k #m68kmac

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MacSourcePorts/115503269858205550

Want to play DOOM 64 on a Mac? Of course you do

#RetroGaming #DOOM #Macos

Did you know that you can manually hibernate all background tabs in Vivaldi?

Right-click your active tab → Hibernate → Hibernate Background Tabs.

Perfect for freeing up memory without closing anything. 😌

#Windows #macOS #Linux #Vivaldi #Browser #Apps

#macOS #Tahoe #hookmark #AppleNotes

say, @hookmark .. am i just doing this wrong?

Thanks!

I have #macOS #Tahoe installed, and now, #hookmark is no longer working with links to #AppleNotes. Has anyone else seen this or solved it?

@Extelec Yeah, but then again it's a necessity to fix that.

• We ain't using #MSDOS or even #CPM anymore, and the same should apply to #Windows.

The very few cases that don't work on #Linux are due to the Software manufacturer being shit and that can be workarounded by going with #macOS.

• Which also comes with excellent #accessibility & #backup utilities...

Did Apple spell it wrong, or is lamda valid?

#macOS #maths

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apple character selector showing lamda not lambda

Help, I need a code signing certificate that won't bankrupt me.

Three years ago, I paid $100 for a three-year code signing certificate. I've signed all my open-source projects' releases with it. Now that it's renewal time, Certera (SignMyCode.com) wants almost $700 for the same three-year certificate (excluding the mandatory HSM purchase, which I am totally on board with).

I write silly C and PowerShell code, and I timestamp my signatures so that they're perpetually valid. My PowerShell Gallery stuff, as well as binaries of aprs-weather-submit on Windows and macOS, are all signed and hashed (but not notarized by Apple, because that's another $99 a year for something that feels done unless Bob Bruninga's followers are thinking about APRS 2.0).

If I can't find a solution, anything I write or update in the future will have to be released as unsigned unless I half-ass something (like the Notepad++ developer using self-signed certs -- semi-dangerously clever). $100 every three years, fine. $700 every three years, and I'll do it if my three fans click my Buy Me A Coffee link over and over.

Is there any CA out there that will offer open-source, not-for-profit developers like me a chance to get globally-trusted code signing certificates? I don't think SigStore ever took off (sadly), and even if it did, I don't think it's part of the Microsoft Authenticode program.

#CodeSigning #SSL #TLS #certificates #Certera #SoftwareDevelopment #C #PowerShell #PowerShellGallery #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #APRS #APRS-Weather-Submit #GitHub #security #developer #Windows #macOS #Linux #Authenticode #DevSecOps #DevOps

I am going to RANT about both #iOS, and #macOS now.

I am sick to the fucking teeth of both my phone and my computer assuming that I'm talking about the *people* in my contacts list.

I'm autistic. I never am fucking talking about the fucking people in my fucking contacts list! I do not fucking gossip. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

I am trying to do a transcription of a meeting from last week, and every time I say a word that is something even remotely similar to the name of someone I have in my contacts, voice dictation will correct what I said to that name.

This also happens when I text, when I email -- any time I use voice dictation, and I use voice dictation a fuck ton.

I have looked, and looked, and looked, and LOOKED online to try to find a way to disable this, to no avail.

It is a bug, not a feature, and it is something that has happened the entire time that I have had an iPhone -- for 11 fucking years.

It makes my work so much more fucking difficult when I say the word "cats" and it corrects it to Katz.

Or when it randomly decides that it is going to AutoCorrect (see?!) the word "Time" to --- see?! It did it, with a capital fucking T, because I have ONE contact in my phone that has that word in it with a capital T.

I am ready to fucking go back to carbon paper and Typewriters and fucking carrier pigeons at this point.

You see how it capitalized Typewriters? It did that because I've got entries in my phone where that word is capitalized in my contacts.

I hate this. I hate this so goddamn fucking much, and it is making my transcription work so much more goddamned fucking difficult!

If there are any tech people out there who can tell me how to fucking disable this bug, not a feature, I will kiss your fucking toes and make you dinner for a goddamn year.

The only option I feel I have is Nuking (why the fuck did it capitalize that?) my fucking contacts.

Or else, going through every single goddamn one of them, and decapitalizing *every single fucking entry*.

That seems to be the only goddamn motherfucking thing I could do to stop this.

OK, sorry about the swearing; I've got at least another hour of transcription to go and it is slow going because of this fucking asshole bullshit decision by some fucking software developer fucking somewhere fucking 15 years ago who thought we must *always* be talking ONLY about the people who are in our contacts in our phone.

Fuck that fucking guy; I hope he's rotting in fucking hell.

Ironic that one of the few icons that hasn't been updates to support the new Liquid Glass specifications is #Pixelmator Pro, a wholly owned product of #Apple. The other I've noticed? #FinalCutPro, another Apple pro tool. What's up with the pro tools, Apple? #MacOS #LiquidGlass

@meluzzy I think #Gnome putting the window buttons on the wrong corner like #Windows is objectively wrong and instead it needs to put them on the correct corner (top left) like #macOS does.

• They did so in the past, too!

Didn’t think I’d do it, but I did: I switched from Firefox to Safari.

It’s mostly due to compatibility — I’ve had all kinds of problems with Firefox not working right on some sites. But it’s also nice to be able to easily access all tabs on all devices from my desktop or laptop Mac.

The one thing I don’t like: the ads. Looks like I’ll need to invest in an ad blocker. Does anyone have experience with ad blocker extensions on #MacOS #Safari?