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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by lostmsu »

threecheese wrote: post #380
lostmsu wrote: post #367

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Can I do it once and for all, or will I have to do it every time? I bet I know the answer. Did this conveniently break Rewind AI?

Not sure if it is broken, but I took the opportunity when upgrading today to say No and just disable it. The product is EOL anyway, there are a few upstarts in the open source world, and I am hoping the best for Apples on-device SLMs (or oss ones) mooting the requirement for OpenAI.

What do you mean EOL? I see nothing of the sort on their website.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by drexlspivey »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #332
weaksauce wrote: post #265

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at least it's still possible (and maybe more accessible) if not a bit more inconvenient. the ctrl-click thing was kinda a hidden feature.

lets stop pretending this is anything other than trying to make apps that don't pay $100 a year feel scary.

Don't Windows do the same? I feel like every single program I run, signed or unsigned, a dialogue pops up where I have to give permission.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by chasingtheflow »

ArlenBales wrote: post #355

It's been awhile since I've done a clean install, and my MacBook feels a little crusty/bloated with stuff so I think it's about time. What's the recommended process these days for a direct clean install? If I factory reset my MacBook Pro M1 it'll go back to Ventura, then I have to manually upgrade to Sequoia. I asked ChatGPT and it suggested I create a bootable USB drive install media for Sequoia instead (after downl…

Can’t say I’ve done this recently, but I think if I were doing this today I’d probably install it on the current machine and then boot into recovery mode and reinstall from there.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/erase-and-reinstall...

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by flutas »

ArlenBales wrote: post #355

It's been awhile since I've done a clean install, and my MacBook feels a little crusty/bloated with stuff so I think it's about time. What's the recommended process these days for a direct clean install? If I factory reset my MacBook Pro M1 it'll go back to Ventura, then I have to manually upgrade to Sequoia. I asked ChatGPT and it suggested I create a bootable USB drive install media for Sequoia instead (after downl…

Just did it myself today.

Personally it was fairly easy using the standard reset UI through settings over doing a full recovery wipe.

1. Upgrade to Sequoia

2. "Erase all Content and Settings" from Settings.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by drexlspivey »

llm_nerd wrote: post #182
bredren wrote: post #44

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A commonly cited analyst described lower than expected sales of iPhone 16 Pro due to AI features not rolling out until October. https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/15/iphone-16-pro-demand-es... I find that a little hard to believe. I would suppose the vast majority of customers don't think a lot about the timing of software features in a purchase decision.

The same AI features are coming to the entire iPhone 16 line. The major benefit of the 16 Pro, just as with prior generations, is a faster SoC and better cameras. The only reason the iPhone 15 Pro was the only of the 15 generation to get the AI stuff is that they happened to put 8GB in that device, giving it enough headroom to not majorly impact user enjoyment trying to cram a multi-GB model into memory. But all of t…

Isn't RAM super cheap? Why can't they ship an iPhone with 16GB RAM to run all the LLMs locally?

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by graeme »

wpm wrote: post #361
graeme wrote: post #308

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I dug into this. Apple's incentives aside, the bulk of intel's chips in macs are no longer supported by Intel or soon won't be. The more time passes the harder it is to keep those machines secure. This is the best article I found on the topic. Note that once a mac is no longer supported for a new os the old os will get security updates for two years after that. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/with-macos-sonom…

The old OS will generally get most security updates for two years, but that is not a written policy or rule, and Apple has not patched CVEs on older OSes in the past that were well within the N-2 assumption. Most of the time they do, but depending on the data you work with and the risk you can accept, that might not be an acceptable policy.

Thanks, I should have specified that!

I'll note that anyone running an out of date MacOS should use Chrome or Firefox. Safari gets its updates via OS updates, whereas third party browsers have their own update cycle.

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Post by ezfe »

gorkish wrote: post #339
kemayo wrote: post #288

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> 1. Screen-recording permission once every week ? Every month. (Which is still annoying, but not the raw level of frustration that weekly would be.)

Do you still have to quit and restart the entire application after you give the permission? Holy shit mac users are gonna become a meme in meetings. MacOS is turning into quite the poo log lately. I respect that Apple has every right to completely destroy the legacy of the Macintosh, but they are slow playing it so that it's just a little bit better than the alternatives. The end result is my life gets just a little…

That requirement doesn't apply to most apps even though it says it does. Zoom/Teams/Slack all pick up the permissions immediately.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by ezfe »

gcr wrote: post #379
sunny_sigara wrote: post #209

Most annoying problems so far.. 1. Screen-recording permission once every week ? 2. No more sudo spctl —master-disable. Alternative way is bit complicated. 2. No more control+ click to bypass gatekeeper. 3. Why tcutil reset Accessibility not working for a specific app? It works for “All” . 4. Script to convert NSURL node ref url to posix url not working. 5. Normal usb Mouse pointer acceleration is not smooth. May be…

How do you bypass gatekeeper now? How often do you have to re-authenticate your existing binaries?

The official way, which is by going to the Privacy & Security screen to click the override button

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by dbbk »

kccqzy wrote: post #225
dbbk wrote: post #176

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Okay? In what scenario is that an issue

Imagine a game that's supposed to played with a landscape orientation. Your left hand control (up/down/left/right) is located on the lower left corner. Your right hand control (A/B/X/Y) is located on the lower right corner. You are expected to touch two controls simultaneously.

Why would you use iPhone Mirroring for this

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Post by dbbk »

argsnd wrote: post #246
dbbk wrote: post #145

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It maximises, but slightly smaller than full maximisation, which is driving me crazy. Eg there's a 30px or so gap, and if you double tap the chrome it fills the remaining space.

In the settings you can turn off this margin

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