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Can anyone explain to me why Apple dropped the “in tab” address bar UI? It saved so much screen estate and it’s definitely a step backwards in Mac OS 26.
Any insight, @… ?

@… I'll make this point:
― if a person likes GNOME without systemd, then the person does not really like GNOME.
Need to be realistic about the paths chosen by developers; about consensus.
When Apple took paths that I could not tolerate, I stopped using Mac OS X. And so on.
@…

Once upon a time Python just worked.
Now, on Mac OS, Python is a disaster. Different versions in different virtual environements, homebrew vs pip vs pip3 vs pipx vs ...
It is hard to image how the Python world got itself so bollixed up on MacOS.

Simular, which is building AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Felicis; Simular has released its 1.0 version for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/simular-relea…

Simular's AI agent wants to run your Mac, Windows PC for you | TechCrunch
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in a compelling way.

I wonder if it is just an effect of old hardware, but boy, the new @… OS release is a crashfest on my 2011 Mac Mini. The App Center crashed on me at least 7 times before I had enough and downloaded Zorin (because I’ve also wanted to give that a spin). It looked very nice, though, and it’s nice that Flatpaks show up now by default.
BTW: Elementary is …

Neue Mac & i mit Health-Schwerpunkt, vielen Tests und OS-26-Troubleshooting
Themen: Wie Sie mit Apple Health Ihre Gesundheit im Blick behalten, was die neuen M5-Geräte können und wie Sie Probleme mit macOS und iOS 26 angehen.

I regret to inform you that it is over for macOS

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115945071431971557
Also, yes you can connect to WiFi in Mac OS 9.2 with AirPort in a 27 year old iBook from 1999 and yes, iTunes can still query Gracenote for CD track titles.

才知道在Mac OS Sequoia的Safari里，看任何视频的时候，右键地址栏里的音量可以激活pip 😂

from my link log —
That's FAR-out, man: a kernel infoleak in Mac OS xnu.
https://blog.dfsec.com/ios/2023/11/19/thats-far-out-man/
saved 2023-12-05

I have not updated my main Mac to the new OS. I have updated my laptop, and regret it. I am concerned about security updates but I believe Apple provides security updates for not-too-old versions.
This UI, though, I just do not feel comfortable with it. I am hoping I can skip this major version and that the next one will be more in line with Apple's historical attention to getting UIs right.
Please don't respond with discussion about the UI, but: please do respond if I am making a security mistake by holding off on the update.

11Gb for an update?! 😳
Is #apple sending me the entire OS uncompressed?
#mac #software

Just sad to have to witness this, when these problems have been solved by designers for ages. I have not commented on the OS 26 releases, but I'm glad people took the time to put into words the horror from a design point of view.
https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/28/la

Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief
If someone had told me 12 months ago what was going to happen this past year, I wouldn’t have believed them. Skipping swiftly past all the political, economic and social turmoil, I come to th…

Apple is pushing Mac OS 15.7.4 to be even if I am on Mac OS 15.7.4 😂 #Apple

Gnucash is a nice simple Gtk/GUI accountancy program; I've used it to keep track of my spending, income, credit cards etc for well over a decade; it does simple double-entry stuff and also has some more advanced stuff for generating reports and small businesses.
https://www.gnucash.org/

Free Accounting Software | GnuCash
GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Anyone who can tell me whether it also a good alternative for Mac OS on an Apple laptop with Apple M1 Pro chip?
@… @…

I literally sometimes still RIP CDs with iTunes on Mac OS 9 on my iMac G4. Still works fine—yes, including getting titles from the Internet.
As easy as ever. 🤷

Statcounter: four months after its release, iOS 26 is in use by only about 15% of iPhone users; in January 2025, about 63% of users were on iOS 18 (Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac)
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ios-26-adoption-struggles-with-iphone-users

iOS 26 still struggles to gain traction with iPhone users
iOS 26 is turning out to be a dud — adoption among iPhone users trails way behind what's typical months after an Apple OS release. Here's why.

from my link log —
Async DNS with Mac OS getaddrinfo_async_start and Rust smol.
https://fnordig.de/2025/11/07/async-dns-in-smol/
saved 2025-11-08 htt…

Exploring Neural Amp Modeler
Neural Amp Modeler is based on neural net technology that analyzes a sound and produces a file to reproduce it. The technology is open source, so people can use it to capture amplifier tones and then play instruments through them. There are fancy plugins for Windows and Mac OS, but because I am running Linux Mint, I had to download the file from GitHub and compile it on my machine.

Just installed a fresh copy of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (released 2005) into an emulator and Software Update showed up to tell me there's some updates. 😮