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Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by draebek »

egze wrote: post #41
phillipamann wrote: post #14

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What do you do if you lose your data and have to start over? As far as I know, there is no way to automate the settings of all of these macOS apps that don't have config files that can be backed up like VSCode. Do you use Time Machine?

Check out mackup https://github.com/lra/mackup

FWIW I tried Mackup for a few days to try and sync prefs between two macOS machines, and it broke more than it fixed. Many applications don't like having their preferences files symlinked or preferences changed while they're running.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by eindiran »

diffeomorphism wrote: post #50
bananasquash wrote: post #8

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freeware and people like you have killed indie development. Great software should be paid for. Unless or cures cancer or solves humanity’s issues, it should not he made available for free. Otherwise the author of a paid version is forced into office jobs because some idiot makes a free clone just to have something on their cv.

Great software should be paid AND respect your freedom: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html Conflating freeware and free software is a really annoying flaw of the English language.

I think using the "gratis" vs "libre" distinction can help alleviate the issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by eindiran »

rahuldottech wrote: post #73
greggman2 wrote: post #58

It doesn't seem like aesprite is open source https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite The source is available but the license seems to say you must pay for a copy and that while you can download the source and compile you can not distribute what you make, custom compiles for personal use only. It does look like a great program though and I'd happily pay the $14.99 they are asking if I was in the market for a pixel editor

Technically, it is Open Source, in the sense that the source code is available to the public. It is not, however, free software [0]. It also probably fails the official Open Source Definition [1]. [0]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html [1]: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated

The term for this situation is usually "Source-available software": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by jackthetab »

gingerlime wrote: post #45
nikivi wrote: post #2

I have a personal list of macOS apps I use that is similar & goes in detail in how I use the apps. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/my-mac-os Karabiner specifically is life changing software. At this point ALL keys on my keyboard are custom modifier keys. It's wild. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/dotfiles/blob/master/karab...

Another shout-out for Karabiner. It's amazing. I was using Linux primarily, but recently switched fully to MacOS. With an IBM Model-M keyboard (old-school, missing the Apple/Window keys), I wouldn't be able to live without Karabiner.

Unicomp makes (modifies?) Model-M type keybaords that are Mac-ish; I've got a Command and Option Key, the F keys do the same thing as the ones on the Mac (change volume, brightness, etc.). I love it.

Tell, me, how do you connect your Model-M to the Mac? I bought this from Unicomp because IIRC just adding a USB adapter to the three Model-M's in my closet didn't work out.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by hardwaresofton »

CDSlice wrote: post #74
rovr138 wrote: post #71

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I haven't checked recently, but it used to be that you couldn't add things directly from your phone to it.

Ah, I actually don't think it can do that. I purchase pretty much all my music from the iTunes store since it is DRM free and the only other place I get music from is CDs I win in radio contests, so I haven't needed to do that.

Super late but yeah that's why -- I use bandcamp almost exclusively to download music now so I have a large bunch of MP3s.

I also run a linux on all my computers so apple ecosystem interop is a bit harder to come by.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by Crinus »

phkahler wrote: post #75
Crinus wrote: post #32

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This is how you get bloated apps.

No, this is how you get things that take more effort to make. Bloatware does fit though.

Asking for software that is not "simple enough" is exactly how you get bloated software with unnecessary features that only exist to justify whatever notion of "worth the price" you may have.

Programs should strive to be simple and focus on doing one thing, not try to be Swiss Army Knives to justify their price.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by b__d »

nikivi wrote: post #2

I have a personal list of macOS apps I use that is similar & goes in detail in how I use the apps. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/my-mac-os Karabiner specifically is life changing software. At this point ALL keys on my keyboard are custom modifier keys. It's wild. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/dotfiles/blob/master/karab...

you can live/work without a clipboard manager :O ?!
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