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It's such a breeze to do this in 2026. Which reminds me that the first time I tried Linux what 20 years ago, with an Edgy Eft live CD. Happy 20th Linux anniversary to me! 🎂

(If you'd have told me the insane amount of hours I would spend in the next years geeking out on stuck install and esoteric command line, I'm really not sure if I would have insisted 😅)

Jeremy ⁂

@jeremy@mapstodon.space replied · 3 hours ago

If you need to import your photo library from macOS Photos app, the osxphotos is perfect. It's a command line tool, and it's absolutely worth the effort if you're not comfortable with the command line but want to get your photo library on your new Linux machine.

https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos

#linux #macos #migration

GitHub

GitHub - RhetTbull/osxphotos: Python app to work with pictures and associated metadata from Apple Photos on macOS. Also includes a package to provide programmatic access to the Photos library, pictures, and metadata.

Python app to work with pictures and associated metadata from Apple Photos on macOS. Also includes a package to provide programmatic access to the Photos library, pictures, and metadata. - GitHub ...

Jelloeater

@jelloeater@mastodon.social · 11 hours ago

This is irony... #mac #macos ... That's what happens when you have a feed that's run by a bot and not a person... #sad 🎺

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Geoff Duncan

@geoffduncan@mindly.social · 20 hours ago

I'm sure I'll have something pithy to say about a word processor needing a whole top-level menu item called "Privacy & Analytics" once I"m done picking my jaw up off the floor and then fuming.

#apple #pages #macos

The "Privacy & Anayltics" dialog in Apple Pages, a word processor. Notice the "Share Analytics Data" option is enabled by default, and setting it will enable it for all devices with iCloud Password and Keychain enabled.

The "How your data is managed" link contains some interesting items about what data is collected, including "…the features and content in Pages you view or with which you interact…." In other words, if Apple wants to know you followed a link, clicked an image, selected some text, they're perfectly OK with doing that. — The "Privacy & Anayltics" dialog in Apple Pages, a word processor. Notice the "Share Analytics Data" option is enabled by default, and setting it will enable it for all devices with iCloud Password and Keychain enabled. The "How your data is managed" link contains some interesting items about what data is collected, including "…the features and content in Pages you view or with which you interact…." In other words, if Apple wants to know you followed a link, clicked an image, selected some text, they're perfectly OK with doing that.

Geoff Duncan

@geoffduncan@mindly.social · 20 hours ago

I'm sure I'll have something pithy to say about a word processor needing a whole top-level menu item called "Privacy & Analytics" once I"m done picking my jaw up off the floor and then fuming.

#apple #pages #macos

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Linux Magazine

@linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org · 2 days ago

New Release: With new features, improvements, and bug fixes, @libreoffice 26.2 delivers a modern, polished office suite without compromise
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/LibreOffice-26.2-Now-Available?utm_source=mlm
#LibreOffice #OfficeSuite #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #macOS #Windows #TheDocumentFoundation

Linux Magazine

LibreOffice 26.2 Now Available » Linux Magazine

With new features, improvements, and bug fixes, LibreOffice 26.2 delivers a modern, polished office suite without compromise.

Linux Magazine

@linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org · 2 days ago

Linux Magazine

LibreOffice 26.2 Now Available » Linux Magazine

With new features, improvements, and bug fixes, LibreOffice 26.2 delivers a modern, polished office suite without compromise.

Cavyherd

@cavyherd@wandering.shop · 2 days ago

Dammit #MacOS, I want •both• digital •and• analog clocks in my menu bar, is that to f'g much to ask...?

Morten Mosgaard

@mosgaard@uddannelse.social · 3 days ago

@nielso I didn't manage to get FFADO working at all, so I also have to rely on ALSA, when using it.

Hope things magically solves it selves for you!

My Firewire Interfaces have been discontinued years ago, so no Mac option for me.

Nielso

@nielso@digitalcourage.social replied · 3 days ago

@mosgaard

I'm using a MacBook Pro 2017 simply for the reason of #RME #TotalMix. The software I use on #macOS is basically identical to what I use on Linux, it's called #Ardour.

I don't do mixdown on that old MacBook. It's just my high-quality recording setup with the Fireface 400. There is neither budget nor a proper reason to change this. The preamps/converters of the old Fireface things are still very good.

Of course, a MacBook Pro 2017 is beyond dead for #Apple fan persons.

Concerning #FFADO, it turns out to be a permission problem.

I can
sudo ffado-dbus-server
and then
sudo ffado-mixer

And I can do stuff. Of course, for everyday use, one should configure this to work as normal (non-root) user.

When I tried back in the day with Jack and the ffado-backend to Jack, the Fireface 400 worked reliably on #Linux, but with the #ALSA drivers I'm not so sure. I had hickups and strangely it didn't sound right. But also not wrong. Or maybe my hearing got twisted on the ffado rage…

rico becker

@ricobeck@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Remind me Never

#macos

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Jon S. von Tetzchner

@jon@social.vivaldi.net · last week

New Vivaldi release for Windows, Mac & Linux. We got some cool stuff for you and we avoided AI, so enjoy!

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Browser #Vivaldi #Computer #AI

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-7-8-launches-with-message-to-big-tech-humans-dont-need-ai-babysitters/

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Vivaldi 7.8 launches with message to Big Tech: humans don’t need AI babysitters | Vivaldi Browser

While other browsers race to add AI features nobody asked for, Vivaldi ships the most advanced tab multitasking system ever built for a browser…

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Scott Small 🇨🇦

@smallsco@oldbytes.space · 5 days ago

#Macstodon now runs in the latest bleeding-edge build of the Snow emulator! And if you use Snow's built-in HTTPS stripping, then you don't have to configure WebOne or another proxy, just install Macstodon and start using it 😎

Thanks @twvd for the FPU fixes and all the other hard work you put into Snow! This is the kick-in-the-pants I need to get the next version of Macstodon out the door 🙂

#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #PowerPC #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac

Macstodon 1.2.1 running inside the Snow emulator!

Scott Small 🇨🇦

@smallsco@oldbytes.space · 5 days ago

Thanks @twvd for the FPU fixes and all the other hard work you put into Snow! This is the kick-in-the-pants I need to get the next version of Macstodon out the door 🙂

#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #PowerPC #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac

ティージェーグレェ

@teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe · 5 days ago

Awesome, thank you!

I created a Pull Request to update MacPorts' Got to -portable-0.121 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30995

GitHub's Continuous Integration checks passed OK, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

I also submitted a story to undeadly.org but I'll leave it up to one of the other editors to look it over in case I caused any errors rather than publish it myself.

#Got #GameOfTrees #MacPorts #VersionControl #OpenSource #OpenBSD #Git #macOS

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Mark Gardner

@mjg@mastodon.phoenixtrap.com · 6 days ago

Wrote with #Claude Code assistance a #macOS #TimeMachine monitoring agent for my #Mastodon and other #SelfHosted service backups that makes sure that TM's backups of my database backup tarballs are recent enough.

#SelfHosting #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #SelfHosting #AI #ClaudeCode #VibeCoding #DevOps #PlatformEngineering