Apple announces Foundation Models and Containerization frameworks, etc

Post by poulsbohemian » Mon, Jun 09, 2025, 7:47 PM UTC

burntalmonds wrote: post #93

chakintosh wrote: post #46

Some 15 years ago, A friend of mine said to me "mark my words, Apple will eventually merge OSX with iOS on the iPad". And with every passing keynote since then, it seemed Apple's been inching towards that prophecy, and today, the iPad has become practically a MacBook Air with a touch screen. Unless you were a video editor, programmer who needs resources to compile or a 3D artist, I don't see how you'd need anything o…

I think practically everyone is better off with a laptop. iPad is great if you're an artist using the pencil, or just consuming media on it. Otherwise a macbook is far more powerful and ergonomic to use.

Post by neuralkoi » Mon, Jun 09, 2025, 7:51 PM UTC

tensor wrote: post #36

paxys wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's impossible to have "native" support for Linux containers on macOS, since the technology inherently relies on Linux kernel features. So I'm guessing this is Apple rolling out their own Linux virtualization layer (same as WSL). Probably still an improvement over the current mess, but if they just support LXC and not Docker then most devs will still need to install Docker Desktop like they do today.

Apple has had a native hypervisor for some time now. This is probably a baked in clone of something like https://mac.getutm.app/ which provides the stuff on top of the hypervisor.

    hv_vm_create(HV_VM_DEFAULT);

    void* memory = mmap(...);
    hv_vm_map(memory, guest_physical_address, size, HV_MEMORY_READ | HV_MEMORY_WRITE | HV_MEMORY_EXEC);

    hv_vcpu_create(&vcpu, HV_VCPU_DEFAULT);

    hv_vcpu_write_register(vcpu, HV_X86_RIP, 0x1000); // Set instruction pointer
    hv_vcpu_write_register(vcpu, HV_X86_RSP, 0x8000); // Stack pointer

    hv_vcpu_run(vcpu);

    hv_vcpu_exit_reason_t reason;
    hv_vcpu_read_register(vcpu, HV_X86_EXIT_REASON, &reason);

Post by dorian-graph » Mon, Jun 09, 2025, 7:52 PM UTC

garciasn wrote: post #115

dorian-graph wrote: post #95

Will they ever update Terminal.app?

Just use iTerm2 (Warp or Kitty are two other options out of many) and be done w/it; why would Apple even worry about this when so few people who care about terminal applications even think twice about it?

Post by v5o » Mon, Jun 09, 2025, 7:54 PM UTC

DrBenCarson wrote: post #120

dedicate wrote: post #19

Okay, the AI stuff is cool, but that "Containerization framework" mention is kinda huge, right? I mean, native Linux container support on Mac could be a game-changer for my whole workflow, maybe even making Docker less of a headache.

Orbstack has been pretty bulletproof

Post by thimabi » Mon, Jun 09, 2025, 7:58 PM UTC

crooked-v wrote: post #67

omega3 wrote: post #63

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Does an iPad allow for multiple users?

Yes, but only if it's enrolled in MDM, bizarrely enough.