More and more are running computers that have OS that are no longer being updated. Unfortunately some OS vendors are leaving some of us behind. There is an option, however. Install Linux! When you have done that, feel free to install Vivaldi as well!

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Microsoft #Apple #Vivaldi #Browser

Did you know that if you download Vivaldi and sign into Vivaldi, you can use the same login to log into Vivaldi Social and thus Mastodon?

The Vivaldi login is used for things like sync, but also the forum and blogging service. Sync has an extra encryption password.

What this means is that for anyone using Vivaldi, getting into Mastodon is really, really easy.

#Mastodon #fediverse #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux

Right, so if you want to download the latest VMWare Fusion Pro for macOS (v13.6.1) (free for personal use), here’s how you can do it with zero hassle from their software update site:

softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/…

No need to create an account, etc.

(Don’t you love *enterprise-level* security?)

If you want to find some other download, just do a web search for the file name you see on the support site (see previous post).

#enterpriseSoftware #IncompetenceAsAService #broadcom #VMWare #macOS #download

So you can follow these instructions to get closer to a download but if you think you’re actually going to be able to download it… oh, cricket, you have so much more to learn…

mikeroysoft.com/post/download-…

What a shitshow, Broadcom.

At this point, if your time is worth anything, it’s actually more economical to pay for Parallels than to try and download VMWare Fusion for “free”.

#enterpriseSoftware #IncompetenceAsAService #broadcom #VMWare #virtualisation #macOS

Broadcom: Hey, guess what, we made VMware Fusion free. Enjoy, everyone!

Also Broadcom: …

#enterpriseSoftware #IncompetenceAsAService #broadcom #VMWare #virtualisation #macOS

Casual app update via #MacAppStore for #AI-Transcription.

A 5,2 GB update. What the hell am I installing there?

And how does this go through the App vetting process. I mean, I know quality control is a major issue at #Apple but I keep being astonished about their huge and growing list of fuck-ups.

#itjustworks#macOS

#macOS is by no means perfect (although, y’know, close). One glaring design error is the menu bar, which doesn’t handle the – uhum ­– edge case where there are too many menu bar icons to display on screen (either because they bump up against the current app’s menu or, on the laptops, the notch… which, well, don’t get me started on the notch…)

Anyway, so a lovely little indie app called Ice fixes the problem the way #Apple should have.

icemenubar.app

More tips: codeberg.org/aral/gists/src/br…

You know you can use your mouse and keyboard between different Macs using Universal Control and copy/paste between them (which makes it really easy when manually migrating settings, etc., between machines), but did you know you can also copy/paste whole files using Terminal:

On the first Mac:

cat my-file.txt | pbcopy

On the second Mac:

pbpaste > my-file.txt

Piping to pbcopy is something you’ll likely find useful in general.

(You can also drag/drop files to Finder.)

#macOS #tip #terminal

Setting up a new Mac, I finally got round to documenting my setup, including the utilities, privacy apps, etc., I use as well as my fish shell and Helix Editor configurations, Homebrew apps, fisher plugins, etc.

In case you’re curious, here it is:

codeberg.org/aral/gists/src/br…

#mac #macOS #setup #dotFiles #configuration #apps #utilties #fishShell #helixEditor #homebrew #fisher #utilities

gists/mac-setup.md at main

gists - A place for me to post and share small, self-contained code snippets.

^Codeberg.org

Scumbag crontab. At least on two times I messed up cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-add…

#linux #unix #macos #sysadmin #opensource

Super nice #macOS related fixes upcoming in #LibreOffice💪❤️
macOS dictation had a problem where dictated text would only show, once you make a pause speaking. That was inconvenient as it is much easier to gather your thoughts when spoken text appears immediately.

Another issue that has been ongoing for many many years was, that when you scrolled the sheet in calc and while scrolling was still ongoing pressed cmd for some operation, the zoom level would change. This extremely annoying behavior is no longer.

Both fixes done by #PatrickLuby of #NeoOffice - we should all thank him!

Will take some time for those to trickly down into stable, but 25.2 will bring those fixes for sure.

dictation: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163764calc scroll: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151423
@libreoffice

I made a video about my new app, Browser Actions!

youtube.com/watch?v=lGaRlehGUm…

This, too, took forever, but the upside is that I'm getting better at this, so theoretically it should be easier for me the next time around.

#BrowserActions #ShortcutsApp #macOS #Safari #BraveBrowser #GoogleChrome #Chromium #Vivaldi #MicrosoftEdge #browsers #automation

Wipr 2 is available now for preorder, and it will release Nov 12!

I’ve never worked this hard on anything, I hope you’ll love it ♡

Preorder here: apps.apple.com/app/id166221786…

#adBlocker #iOS #macOS

When live coding on a Mac, don’t just mirror your screen as no one will be able to see what you’re doing. Use, e.g., SwitchResX to mirror your screen at a larger retina resolution (1280×720 works if presenting on a 1920×1080 projector).

That way, you shouldn’t have to alter the text size in your terminal, browser, etc., and the audience will still be able to read your screen. Also goes for live streams, etc.

madrau.com

#macOS #presenting #switchResX #legibility #accessibility

Gotta say, after a transactional OS like Fedora Silverblue where you always run the latest OS, every day, with tiny, atomic updates; downloading a 5GB file to update macOS (and having it take half an hour) feels downright ancient.

(Mind you, I believe Fedora are in the process of screwing that up – at least in the short term – with their upcoming container-based updates because, of course, the ultimate customer is enterprise¹.)

¹ gitlab.com/fedora/ostree/sig/-…

#linux #macOS #fedoraSilverblue

Switch to bootable containers format by default (#2) · Issues · fedora / Fedora Atomic Desktops / SIG Issue Tracker · GitLab

rpm-ostree and ostree gained support for delivering ostree commits via OCI container images or bootable containers. The main advantage is that it makes deriving images much...

^GitLab

If you’re looking for a browser extension like Stylus (which lets you override browser styles, scoped to specific sites) for Safari on macOS, check out Cascadea. It’s by an independent developer (Mike Freuden), doesn’t farm you for your data, and seems to do what it says on the tin (in my limited few minutes of testing right now¹) :)

cascadea.app

¹ I’m using it to hide the controls on the local export of my slides.com presentation.

#macOS #safari #stylus #cascadea #css #web #dev

Cascadea - Remix the web.

Cascadea is a custom style extension built from the ground up for macOS and Safari.

^{Cascadea - Remix the web.}

Just reading this error message throws up so many potential causes for me to check and debug and try so it gets fixed that I'm *exhausted*.

#macos #macosventura #whydidwemakethesandcount #thesandispunishingus #stupidhumans #weneverthoughtthisthrough