NotesA native macOS app that allows users to chat with a local LLM that can respond with information from files, folders and websites on your Mac without installing any other software. Powered by llama.cpp. Unfurl
NotesThis project has been a dream come true! As a designer, I've always been inspired by groundbreaking concepts, and this time, I challenged myself to recreate one of the most iconic and unrealized prototypes: Hartmut Esslinger’s Apple FlatMac.EmbedUnfurl
NotesMany MacOS users are probably used by now to the annoyance that comes with unsigned applications, as they require a few extra steps to launch them. This feature is called Gatekeeper and checks for an Apple Developer ID certificate. Starting with MacOS Sequoia 15, the easy bypassing of this feature with e.g. holding Control when clicking the application icon is now no longer an option, with version 15.1 disabling ways to bypass this completely. Not unsurprisingly, this change has caught especially users of open source software like OpenSCAD by surprise, as evidenced by a range of forum posts and GitHub tickets.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesInfinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh and NeXT system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a (modern) web browser.Unfurl
NotesRecently I pickup a few Macintosh Plus systems, so I’ve decided to play around with the FloppyEMU’s HD20 support with the hopes of writing some future blog posts for maxing out a Macintosh Plus. This guide will also work for the SE, Classic, Classic II, Portable, IIci, IIsi, or LC.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesGIF Brewery lets you convert brief clips from your video files into GIFs. Whether you want to create the newest cat GIF or provide a preview of a longer video, GIF Brewery is for you.
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NotesCurrently this board is in production and we have units IN STOCK !
- pricing $149 (USD, per board) - includes free shipping by your choice (registered post, FedEx) Unfurl
NotesThunderstrike is the name for the Apple EFI firmware security vulnerability that allows a malicious Thunderbolt device to flash untrusted code to the boot ROMUnfurl
NotesIf you want to try HyperCard yourself, you can download an archive containing a hard disk image with Mac OS 8 and HyperCard installed, plus the ROM image file needed for most emulators, here.FeedUnfurl
NotesEvery so often, when my laptop runs out of battery during a backup, I receive the following: “Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.”FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesIn the past I've run Continuum in a VirtualBox VM, but that's a pain and it's not as fast as I'd like. This time I decided to see if I could get it running in Wine, which would make it easier to play, and faster as well.
It turns out a fellow calling himself spiffyguy on the SubSpace forums had already gotten this working! Unfurl
NotesWith Thunderbolt™ Express Dock, all your drives, networking, input and output devices connect to the 8 ports on the back. It in turn connects to your laptop through 1 Thunderbolt port. In short, eight cables become one cable.Unfurl
NotesThe Shelf is an interface feature in NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and is used as a repository to store links to commonly used files, directories and programs, and as a temporary "holding" place to move/copy files and directories around in the file system hierarchy. In Mac OS X, items may be dragged onto the sidebar area of the Finder while holding the Apple key, but these do not behave as placeholders and cannot be manipulated in the below manner.FeedUnfurl
NotesDragging and dropping is a great way to get stuff done on your Mac, but DragonDrop makes it even better. DragonDrop lets you set down what you're dragging, leaving you free to find your destination without worrying about keeping the mouse button held down.Unfurl
Notes To do this, you need to enter about:config in Firefox's URL bar, then accept the warning when prompted. In the Filter box, type source.editor, which will show you three variables. Double-click on view_source.editor.external first, to change its Value to true. Next, double-click on view_source.editor.path, which will drop down a small sheet in which you enter the path to your preferred editor. The path must be a full complete Unix-style path, and point to the actual executable (not the app bundle). So for Coda, I used: Unfurl
NotesPick your favorite editor: Marked's flexible Markdown preview will show you the final output of your document as you work, and its writing tools make your life easier from concept to publish. Unfurl
NotesSo you develop PHP 5.3 on a Mac? Mebbe you, like me, are a fan of Symfony2? Then you might have noticed a few deficiencies in the pre-loaded version of PHP 5.3 on your computer. Here’s how to …Unfurl
NotesUnfortunately, there’s no standard for Go to Line in Mac text editors. Each editor does it differently, and they usually screw up at least one part of it so that it’s not-particularly-usable. (Which causes me to curse through my nose, throw one of the plush toys they permit me to have, and then run back to Mama Terminal for solace.)FeedUnfurl
NotesI have been on the road a lot in the past several months, and one thing I keep seeing is that folks are over-sharing. I am not talking about putting up those ribald pictures on your Facebook account, or forwarding those questionable email "jokes." But literally sharing your computer's data files across the hotel (and some airports too). Here is what my Mac Finder looks like at a Hilton that I was at earlier in the week (you can see that I am connected to several of my fellow travelers' PCs):Unfurl
Notes What is it? This is a combined MacOS X Preference Pane and faceless background application (FBA) to receive and send Infrared signals (more...)Unfurl
NotesAutomatic allows you to set up subscriptions for virtually any content linked in RSS feeds: podcasts, videocasts, torrentcasts... Rule of thumb: if it ends in '-cast', you can get it with Automatic.Unfurl
NotesTextual is a lightweight IRC client created specifically for Mac OS X. It was designed with simplicity in mind. Textual has taken the best of IRC and built it into a single client. Its easy-to-use functionality combined with scripting support makes it an ideal IRC client for novice to advanced users. Unfurl
NotesPlatypus is a developer tool for the Mac OS X operating system. It can be used to create native, flawlessly integrated Mac OS X applications from interpreted scripts such as shell scripts or Perl and Python programs. This is done by wrapping the script in an application bundle directory structure along with an executable binary that runs the script.FeedUnfurl
NotesDid you ever feel the urge to map your networking ports using your Airport Basestation or a UPNP router? Did you ever want your application to be reachable from the internet, even in a home networking setup? Don't despair anymore. Port Map and TCMPortMapper are here! Unfurl
Notes"This project sends notifications to a desktop computer when certain events happen on an Android device, such as the phone ringing, an SMS being received, or the battery running low. The notifications can be sent over Wifi, Bluetooth, or (in the future) USB. "Unfurl
Notes"If you’re like me—a nostalgic 90s gamer—then you’ve probably looked at the ever-expanding catalog at Good Old Games with some envy. There they all are again, the classics! Betrayal at Krondor! Master of Orion! But you’ve grown up and moved on to a Mac. Well, envy no more; I’ve figured out a fairly straightforward path to get you some nostalgic gaming action… DOS gaming action, at least."Unfurl
Notes"OpenCBM is a library and a set of command line tools that allow to control old Commodore IEC devices like the famous 1541 floppy disk drive. You can transfer disk image to and from old discs. As modern computers do not provide a IEC connector, OpenCBM allows to control adapters that attach to your PC. Older PCs use parallel port cables (like the XA1541 or XS1541) and newer ones use a USB adapter (XU1541 or XUM1541).
This pages shows you how to use OpenCBM on your Mac. As modern Macs only support USB connectors and no parallel ones, we focus on setting up the XU1541 or XUM1541 devices."Unfurl
Notes"Finnish geek Toni Nikkanen has become the first person to successfully run Mac OS X--in this case, Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" (released in 2003)--on a cell phone. The phone he managed to achieve this feat with - Nokia's N900 smartphone. Sadly the hack, which makes use of PowerPC emulator Pear PC, runs incredibly slowly."Unfurl
Notes"MCLIDE is a double-clickable, stand-alone development environment that connects to a Lisp either locally or through the network. It's like a combination of Slime with a modern GUI based IDE."Unfurl
Notes"Unplugging the dongle to my Logitech MX 1100 and then swapping my modifier keys worked. Just be sure to open the modifier keys window first."Unfurl
Notes"The problem turned out to be related to the wireless USB hub for Logitech’s MX Revolution (and others?) mouse. If you unplug it before you change the Modifier Keys the changes do take effect. You can then plug the Logitech USB dongle back in and everything works fine. I tried every combination of plugging my keyboard into my computer but the Logitech dongle was plugged into the back of my display so I didn’t think to try it. Michael Richardson figured it out."Unfurl
Notes"M3InstallController is a class that will warn users if they are running your application from a disk image and offer to install the application in their Applications folder."Unfurl
NotesUser serviceable parts inside depend on the user. Also, nice: "I used a cupcake baking pan to organize the screws as I took the laptop apart."Unfurl
Notes"Although Stainless started out as a technology demo to showcase our own multi-processing architecture in response to Google Chrome, we've been inspired by our growing fanbase to forge ahead and craft Stainless into a full-fledged browser. In fact, Stainless now has features you won't find in Chrome or in any other browser."Unfurl
Notes"Porticus is a Cocoa GUI for the MacPorts package manager. MacPorts provides ready to build open-source software packages modified to compile and run on Mac OS X. The MacPorts project provides a TCL command line tool to manage installation, update and activation of the port packages. Porticus provides a GUI front-end to this tool."Unfurl
Notes"Okay, it's pretty much as involved as most other howto's, but using this method, you can use any Intel Mac computer with USB ports, to perform an upgrade of the Tivo drives, using the Linux-based tools. This means you will be able to make the most of your Tivo drives as well as being able to still surf the new and perform other tasks, during the hours that the drives are upgrading!"Unfurl
Notes"So, after doing some research on Google, I came across this fantastic post about Upgrading TiVo With Your Mac and VMWare Fusion. While the article describes the process for Series 1 and Series 2 boxes, I tried it this afternoon with my Series 3, and am happy to report I’m now humming along with 1TB of storage. All thanks to using virtual machines.Boom. I now can store 142 hours of HD, 1241 hours of SD."Unfurl
NotesThe real question, though, is will it play Progress Quest for me? "Pocket Gnome is a "bot" for World of Warcraft. Its goal is to make it easier to automate repetitive activities within the game; activities like moving around, killing monsters, looting, mining/herbing, skinning, and generally wasting your life waiting for your mana bar to refill. Pocket Gnome designed to do all of these things for you."Unfurl
I Built Apple’s 1980s iPad Concept! - YouTube
Apple Forces The Signing Of Applications In MacOS Sequoia 15.1 | Hackaday
FloppyEMU HD20: Using a FloppyEMU emulated HD20 with my Macintosh Plus – David and Steve's Blog
BlueSCSI
GIF Brewery
Pioneering in Linux -- Macbook Pro Retina: Changing the Resolution in Ubuntu
Loper OS » How to Run HyperCard Under Emulation
Make a plug hub for your Macbook - the future needs fixing - sugru
VC&G | Revisiting Hotline, the 1990s Internet BBS Platform
How to run Continuum (SubSpace) on a Mac - wonko.com
[HOWTO] Apple Magic Mouse on 10.10 Maverick Meerkat - Ubuntu Forums
Shelf (computing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Postgres.app | the easiest way to run PostgreSQL on the Mac
Marked - smart tools for smart writers
Growl 1.3 now available on the Mac App Store
Textual: IRC for Mac OS X
Platypus | Sveinbjorn Thordarson
Port Map and TCMPortMapper
android-notifier - Project Hosting on Google Code