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Just upgraded to MacOS 26.1 on a computer w/ an external 1920x1200 monitor and it looks TERRIBLE. The fonts in the official apps (Messages, etc) look grody with no way to change apparently. The whole interface is like an sophomore attempt w/ the over-rounded edges. So gross & amateurish #macos

Just upgraded to MacOS 26.1 on a computer w/ an external 1920x1200 monitor and it looks TERRIBLE. The fonts in the official apps (Messages, etc) look grody with no way to change apparently. The whole interface is like an sophomore attempt w/ the over-rounded edges. So gross & amateurish #macos

The Anatomy of a #macOS App: https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/04/the-anatomy-of-a-macos-app/

The Anatomy of a macOS App
How Mac applications evolved from a multitude of resources to a bundle formed from a standard layout of directories, and how they have come to be largely self-contained in macOS 26.

The MacBookPro disaster is complete, more or less.
The problem: after installing macos 26.0.1 the MBP failed to reboot successfully. It kept going to the apple logo and the progress bar stopped, and eventually the mac went to Recovery Mode.
Tried:
1. re-install macos Tahoe - no luck.
2. reset NVRAM
3. reset SMC
4. re-install from Time Machine backup on NAS. Took 44 hours.
1/3

Wait... are these little icons to the left of the text new? I can't recall seeing them there before 🤔
#MacOS

With my new job, #Linux wasn't an option, so I needed to get used to #MacOS for work.
Many things were weird especially shortcuts or lack thereof.
But now things run smoothly, especially since I discovered

So the #MacOS convention is to only sometimes use ~/Library/Application and sometimes ~/config
Yes perfectly normal to have 2 competing standards for configuration files
https://www.

Updated macOS to 26.0.1
Did not perish.
#macOS

Das man bei MacOS jetzt bei jedem Neustart von Neuem das Verbinden von USB-Geräten zulassen muss, macht den Nutzen des ClamShell-Modus ziemlich zunichte. 🙄
Zumindest, wenn man kabelgebundene, mechanische Tastaturen verwendet.
#MacOS

Spacing in #macOS Tahoe may be broken when a sidebar is used for UI.

FaceID unter macOS / an einem Mac klingt zwar erstmal nach einem simplen Wunsch, aber ich frage mich, wie man weiterhin eine physische Bestätigung durchführen möchte.
Gerade im Bezug auf ApplePay muss ja noch ein* expliziter Button gedrückt werden…
#macOS #FaceID

What's wrong with this #macOS launch plist?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true />
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.gnu.Emacs</string>
<key>AssociatedBundleIdentifiers</key>
<string>org.gnu.Emacs</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Application/Emacs30.2.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>ProcessType</key>
<string>Interactive</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/Users/alexandp/Library/Logs/org.gnu.Emacs.stderr.log</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/Users/alexandp/Library/Logs/org.gnu.Emacs.stdout.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

My Mac desktop is a nice complicated dark-ish rain-forest scene. This is not playing well with Liquid Glass.
Looking for a way to make the Dock non-transparent so I can actually see the little black dots that tell me whether something is running…
The transparent menu bar is change for the sake of change. Feaugh.
#MacOS

Das wäre erfreulich. Kann natürlich auch sein, dass #apple schlicht die Features ausgehen, die sie in #iOS und #macOS noch einzubauen gewillt sind. Auch Windows stagniert funktional schon länger.
Apple to focus on 'quality …

Tak wiele ciekawostek związanych z #macOS omijało mnie poprzez automatyczne migrowanie z jednego #Macbook na drugi. Dopiero teraz, gdy stwierdziłem, że zrobię wszystko od nowa, bo pora na katharsis, to odkrywam kwiatki.

Look what an old #macOS SDK in the “Command Line Tools" tree causes on Apple Silicon:
$ clang -o ghba geh.c
In file included from geh.c:14:
In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/usr/include/stdlib.h:62:
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:784:2: error: Unsupported architecture
784 | <…

Anyone figured out some magic defaults write command on #macOS #Tahoe #tahoe26 that can reduce the ridiculous large corner radius?

So, is there a MacOS extension that distributes apps across desktops? I have a habit of opening everything on one desktop and it's always a mess lol.
#MacOS

I've been eagerly updating #macOS since 10.4 Tiger (which required buying a physical box of DVDs!) running betas whenever possible. Until Tahoe. I haven't touched it.
Apple has lost taste.
Not just the OS. It's Tim giving a golden turd bribe. Tasteless.
I've been unhappy about being in a walled garden, but now they can't even keep a nice garden.

Another interesting command line tool on #macOS explained by the wonderful Eclectic Light Company https://eclecticlight.co/2025/11/24/convert-text-betwe…

Convert text between file formats, including webarchives
Convert between text, HTML, RTF, RTFD, Word .doc and .docx, WordML, ODT and Safari Web Archives using this command tool.

Is it possible on #macOS to send audio from #VLC to #HomePods?
I seem to be able to do this in Safari on Youtube player. But I don't think that's relevant in any way.

Fingerprint option for login missing most of the time after installing #MacOS 15.7.1 (24G231). Regular search and Apple support useless.
Perplexity:
The fingerprint login option missing most of the time after installing macOS 15.7.1 is a widely reported issue, especially with MacBook Pro. Many users note that the Touch ID option either does not appear at login or takes a significant dela…

LOL #LibreOffice na #macOS jest w #AppStore za 39.99 zł 🤣 Oczywiście przy instalacji z .dmg pobranego ze strony projektu jest za darmo.

#macOS26 Crash-Reporter crasht beim Crash melden. Liebs…

Just got Slots & Daggers - #Steam games that are gorgeous / have their own aesthetic, as well as this new genre of gambling-adjacent #roguelite games - you're in luck, this one is a treat
Cheap at the price, and chances are it's in a bundle with a game you already own so you can get it even cheaper
Plays natively on #macOS and great on #SteamDeck

Also... why can't I make the Applications window bigger?! Why is it stuck at that stupid size?!
So many stupid design decisions.
Stupid Tahoe.
#macOS

A treasure trove of neat little #macOS Tools. Also a great blog with many insights about macOS https://eclecticlight.co/dintch/

Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
Spundle – create, resize and compact sparse bundles Updated. Simple utility to create sparse bundles of any maximum size, choose from six different file systems, and custom band sizes. Also r…

Właśnie się zorientowałem, że #Synology wycofało aplikację #SynologyDrive z #macOS… Z tego co widzę nie ma żadnej oficjalnej alternatywy. Jak zatem teraz mam się łączyć z moim nosem na MacBooku?…

“#macOS #Tahoe is a great update for Mac productivity, the best in many years.”
If you upgraded to Tahoe, is this how you find it?

What are the bets that I can update #macOS on my external disk to #Tahoe while the internal disk is still on #Sequoia?

The smart thing will be to NOT upgrade to macOS 26 next Monday and wait for .1 or even .2 instead. #apple #macos #tahoe #quality

I won the internet today. Was searching for how to modify #Ollama environment variables in #homebrew on #macOS. The second entry in

Zaktualizowałem w końcu mojego #Macbook do #macOS #Tahoe i muszę przyznać, że bardzo nie podoba mi się to #LiquidGlass