New Linux Patches Allow Preserving Apple Mac Backlight Brightness Across Reboots
A nice, overdue usability improvement is on the way for those using Apple Macs under Linux. Finally there will be the ability to preserve the same backlight brightness across reboots under Linux… ⌘ Read more
Apple Switches to Build-to-Order Systems on Its Web Site
“Apple has gone for a choose-your-own-adventure when shopping for a new Mac,” writes long-time Slashdot reader esarjeant.
Macworld explains:
Apple has shifted from selling pre-configured Mac models to a fully customizable build-to-order system on its website, allowing customers to select display size, chip, memory, and storage options… This change emphasiz … ⌘ Read more
‘Clawdbot’ Has AI Techies Buying Mac Minis
An open-source AI agent originally called Clawdbot (now renamed Moltbot) is gaining cult popularity among developers for running locally, 24/7, and wiring itself into calendars, messages, and other personal workflows. The hype has gone so far that some users are buying Mac Minis just to host the agent full-time, even as its creator warns that’s unnecessary. Business Insider reports: Founded … ⌘ Read more
Apple M3 Progress On Linux: Asahi Can Boot To KDE Desktop - But No GPU Acceleration Yet
While the Asahi Linux project has made good progress on bringing Linux to Apple Silicon hardware, much of the success and in turn upstreaming to the Linux kernel has been around the aging M1 and M2 Macs. Apple M3 and newer has been a struggle but progress is being made. One of the Asahi Linux developers shared the ability now to boot to the KDE Plasma desktop with the experimental Asahi Linux code on an M3 MacBook but withou … ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.19 Landing Fixes For USB2/USB3 Issues With Apple M1/M2 Macs
Ahead of the Linux 6.19-rc6 kernel release due out later today are two USB fixes for Apple M1 / M2 Macs running the mainline kernel. These Apple USB fixes are also marked for back-porting to the stable Linux kernel series… ⌘ Read more
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Mu (µ) is coming along really nicely 🤣 Few things left to do (in order):
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@prologic@twtxt.net the bytecode shouldn’t be a problem beyond Mac though?
I mean, since the current implementation is in Go
Asahi Linux Has Experimental Code For DisplayPort, Apple M3/M4/M5 Bring-Up Still Ongoing
Prominent Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter spoke at this week’s 39th Chaos Communication Congress “39C3” in Hamburg, Germany. He provided an update around the still-in-the-works Apple M3 / M4 / M5 SoC and device support as well as other outstanding features like getting DisplayPort working on Apple Macs under Linux… ⌘ Read more
Toronto Man Outruns Streetcars To Show Up Sluggish Transit Network
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Mac Bauer is fast, but the city’s trams, weighing more than 100,000lbs and traveling at a maximum speed of nearly 45mph, should be far faster than him. And yet as of late December, in head-to-head races against streetcars, the 32-year-old remains undefeated in his quest to highlight how sl … ⌘ Read more
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de @kiwu@twtxt.net it just so happens to be a happy coincidence that I’m extending mu’s capabilities to now include a native toolchain-free compiler (doesn’t rely on any external gcc/clang or linkers, etc) that lowers the mu source code into an intermediate representation / IR (what @movq@www.uninformativ.de refers to as “thick layers of abstractions”…) and finally to SSA + ARM64 + Mach-O encoder to produce native binary executables (at least for me on my Mac, Linux may some later?) 🤣
Day 7 was pretty tough, I initially ended up implementing an exponential in both time and memory solution that I killed because it was eating all the resources on my Mac Studio, and this poor little machine only has 32GB of memory (I stopped it at 118GB of memory, swapping badly!), This is what I ended up doing before/after:
- Before: Time O(2^k · L), memory O(2^k), where k is the number of splitters along a reachable path and L is path length. Exponential in k.
- After: Time O(R·C) (or O(R·C + s) with s split events), memory O©, where R = rows, C = columns. Polynomial/linear in grid size.
Blender Working On KosmicKrisp Support For Vulkan On macOS
The Blender 3D modeling software could enjoy better macOS support with better cross-platform code paths thanks to in-development work for leveraging KosmicKrisp for Vulkan API usage on macOS via Metal… ⌘ Read more
Bring Falling Snow & Christmas Lights to Mac with Snowy
If you ever wished your Mac could feel a bit more seasonal and festive for the holidays and Christmas, you might just appreciate a fun app called Snowy. Snowy brings falling snow, twinkling Christmas lights, and some holiday ambiance, directly to your Mac desktop. You can have dangling twinkling Christmas lights hanging from your menu … Read More ⌘ Read more
Homebrew Can Now Help You Install Flatpaks Too
“Homebrew, the package manager for macOS and Linux, just got a handy new feature in the latest v5.0.4 update,” reports How-To Geek.
Brewfile install scripts “are now more like a one-stop shop for installing software, as Flatpaks are now supported alongside Brew packages, Mac App Store Apps, and other packages.”
For those times when you need to install many software packages at on … ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.19 Delivers Working USB3 Support For Apple Silicon Devices
Merged last night for the Linux 6.19 kernel merge window were all of the USB and Thunderbolt driver changes. Standing out this cycle is Apple Silicon devices like the M1 Macs now having working USB3 support on the mainline Linux kernel… ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.19 Delivers Working USB3 Support For Apple Silicon Devices
Merged last night for the Linux 6.19 kernel merge window were all of the USB and Thunderbolt driver changes. Standing out this cycle is Apple Silicon devices like the M1 Macs now having working USB3 support on the mainline Linux kernel… ⌘ Read more
QuickTime Turns 34
On Dec. 2, QuickTime turned 34, and despite its origins in Apple’s chaotic 1990s (1991 to be exact), “it’s still the backbone of video on our devices,” writes Macworld’s Jason Snell. That includes MP4 and Apple’s immersive video formats for Vision Pro. From the report: By the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, digital audio had been thoroughly integrated into Macs. (PCs needed add-on cards to do much more than issue beeps.) The next frontier was … ⌘ Read more
Make Your Active Foreground Window Obvious on MacOS Tahoe with Alan
One of the complaints about the new Liquid Glass interface on the Mac is that with such a reduction in contrast, it is increasingly challenging to quickly determine which of your app windows is active in the foreground. Developer Tyler Hall was annoyed enough by this with Tahoe that he created a simple app to … Read More ⌘ Read more
Add Christmas Lights to Home Screen, Dock, & Desktop with Festivitas for iPhone & Mac
Festivitas is a fun app that brings some holiday spirit directly to your iPhone or Mac, by allowing you to add some animated holiday lights to your Home Screen or desktop. And if you’re using it on a Mac, you can even make it snow, or add Christmas lights to your Dock too. Deck the … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/30/add-christmas-lights-to-home-scre … ⌘ Read more
Fixing the “Civilization 6 is Damaged” Error on Mac
Civilization 6 may be an older strategy game, but it retains immense popularity and replay value for fans of the Civilization franchise. If you’re a Mac gamer who has Civilization VI (Civilization 6 for those who aren’t fans of roman numerals), you might have come across a situation where you go to play Civilization 6 … Read More ⌘ Read more
Someone Is Trying To ‘Hack’ People Through Apple Podcasts
Apple’s Podcasts app on both iOS and Mac has been exhibiting strange behavior for months, spontaneously launching and presenting users with obscure religion, spirituality and education podcasts they never subscribed to – and at least one of these podcasts contains a link attempting a cross-site scripting attack, 404 Media reports. Joseph Cox, a journalist at t … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: Tim Cook’s 2026 Exit?, Mac Pro on Hold, and More
2025 is rapidly drawing to a close, but this week still saw some interesting news in the world of Apple, led by a report claiming that Tim Cook’s retirement as Apple CEO might not be too far away.
This week also saw word that the future of the Mac Pro appears to be in question, while Apple continues to work on the upcoming iOS 26.2 update and related relea … ⌘ Read more
Report: Low-Cost iPhone, iPad, MacBook Coming Early 2026
Apple is planning to release new entry-level models across its iPhone, iPad, and Mac categories early next year, with an all-new affordable MacBook the most notable addition to the lineup.
According to a new research report by Jeff Pu of GF Securities seen by MacRumors, Apple will launch the iPhone 17e – its second iteration of the “e” line … ⌘ Read more
Affinity is a Powerful Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac (and Windows)
Affinity is a powerful creative application that offers photo and image editing capabilities, vector design, and page layout features, all in a single app, and feature-wise it’s easily able to compete with the likes of Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. But unlike Photoshop or Illustrator, Affinity is now completely free – though advanced features like AI … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/19/affinity … ⌘ Read more
Report Claims That Apple Has Yet Again Put the Mac Pro ‘On the Back Burner’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple’s Power Mac and Mac Pro towers used to be the company’s primary workstations, but it has been years since they were updated with the same regularity as the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. The Mac Pro has seen just four hardware updates in the last 15 years, and that’ … ⌘ Read more
Grab a Fun Beijing Wallpaper from Apple to Celebrate a New Store Opening
Apple is opening a new store in Beijing China, and to celebrate they have released a series of wallpapers for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. The wallpaper features the retro six-color Apple logo with some embellishments and patterns, giving it both a retro and modern feel. You can snag the wallpaper below by clicking on … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/18/grab-a-fun-%ef%a3% … ⌘ Read more
Mac Pro Reportedly on ‘Back Burner’ and ‘Largely Written Off’ at Apple
Apple’s high-end Mac Pro desktop computer is currently “on the back burner,” according to the latest word from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
In his [Power On newsletter today](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-16/apple-s-iphone-road-map-iphone-air-2-iphone-18-mac-pro-future-tes … ⌘ Read more
Apple’s 2026 Mac Plans
Most of Apple’s Macs are slated to get M5 chips across 2026, and there’s a possibility we’ll even see the first M6 chips toward the end of the year. Updates are planned for everything from the MacBook Air to the Mac Studio.
The MacBook Air will be one o … ⌘ Read more
Apple Intelligence Apparently Too Smart for M1 Macs After Listing Error
Apple’s website is causing some confusion among Mac owners, and for good reason – its device compatibility listing for Apple Intelligence appears to have dropped support for M1 Macs.
The U.S. version of its Apple Intelligence webpage has been updated at the bottom to list “M … ⌘ Read more
How to Switch from Clear or Tinted Appearance in MacOS Tahoe
The latest versions of macOS Tahoe include a new toggle that allows you to switch between two slightly different appearance modes for the Liquid Glass interface; “Clear” and “Tinted”. This setting was introduced to the Mac with macOS Tahoe 26.1 (and iOS 26.1 / iPadOS 26.1 for iPhone and iPad), and offers another way to … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/10/how-to-switch-from-clear-or-tinted-appearance-in- … ⌘ Read more
Mac OS 7.6 and 8 for CHRP releases discovered
For those of us unaware – unlikely on OSNews, but still – for a hot minute in the second half of the ’90s, Apple licensed its Mac OS to OEMs, resulting in officially sanctioned Mac clones from a variety of companies. While intended to grow the Mac’s market share, what ended up happening instead is that the clone makers outcompeted Apple on performance, price, and features, with clones offering several features and capabilities before Apple … ⌘ Read more
Rideshare Giant Grab Moves 200 Macs Out of the Cloud, Expects To Save $2.4 Million
Singaporean super-app company Grab has dumped 200 cloudy Mac Minis and replaced them with physical machines, a move it expects will save $2.4 million over three years. From a report: Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading rideshare and food delivery outfit and therefore needs to build apps for iOS to connect with custom … ⌘ Read more
Apple Adjusts Trade-In Values for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and More
Apple today updated its trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models. Trade-ins can be completed on Apple’s website, or at an Apple Store.
The charts below provide an overview of Apple’s current and previous trade-in values in the U.S., according to its website. Maximum values for most devices … ⌘ Read more
Reduce Transparency Does Not Work in macOS Tahoe 26.1?
Some Mac users have discovered that the “Reduce Transparency” and “Increase Contrast” accessibility toggles no longer work completely after installing the macOS Tahoe 26.1 update, as transparency remains prominent throughout the interface. Toggling the Accessibility switch on for ‘Reduce Transparency’ in MacOS Tahoe 26.1 might reduce the transparency in the menu bar and Control Center … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/1 … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15.7.2 & MacOS Sonoma 14.8.2 Updates Released
MacOS Sequoia 15.7.2 and macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 are available as software updates for Mac users who are not running the macOS Tahoe operating system. Safari 26.1 is also available as an update for these versions of MacOS. These are security updates for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia, and the updates do not include new features or … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/04/macos-sequoia-15-7-2-macos-sonoma-14-8-2-updat … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Tahoe 26.1 Update Released for Mac
Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.1 for all Mac users, being the first major point release software update for macOS Tahoe since it debuted a few months ago. macOS Tahoe 26.1 includes a few new features, some bug fixes, and security patches, making it an important update to install for any Mac user that is … Read More ⌘ Read more
Spotlight Can’t Find Local Files on Mac? A Fix & Workaround
A fair number of Mac users are experiencing a frustrating issue with the Spotlight search engine which seems to prevent Spotlight on the Mac from finding any local files at all. This Spotlight problem is not subtle, and when you’re experiencing it, Spotlight basically has no ability to find any local file, even if your … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/03/spotlight-cant-find-local-files-on-mac-a-fix … ⌘ Read more
How to Disable Safari Color Tinting on MacOS Tahoe
The latest versions of Safari use an aggressive tinting feature by default that changes the color the Safari window and titlebars to whatever color is detected on the top of a particular webpage. This can cause some visually jarring experiences when browsing the web with Safari on the Mac, and if the colorful windows and … Read More ⌘ Read more
How to Disable Automatic Window Resizing in MacOS
MacOS has evolved with some powerful window resizing features, including automatic window resizing capabilities that were introduced in newer versions of MacOS system software. These automatic window resizing functions will activate when dragging windows around on the Mac screen, and will either attempt to tile windows, resize windows, or make windows fill the screen, depending … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/10/27/how-to-disa … ⌘ Read more
Deals: AirTags 4-pack for $65, M4 MacBook Air from $799
Amazon is slashing $200 off the price of all M4 MacBook Air models, with prices starting at $799 for the 13″ Air, and $999 for the 15″ Air model. These are absolutely fantastic Mac laptops and are also staff favorites around here. 13″ M4 MacBook Air ($200 off) 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB … Read More ⌘ Read more
How to Disable Automatic Window Resizing in MacOS
MacOS has evolved with some powerful window resizing features, including automatic window resizing capabilities that were introduced in newer versions of MacOS system software. These automatic window resizing functions will activate when dragging windows around on the Mac screen, and will either attempt to tile windows, resize windows, or make windows fill the screen, depending … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/10/27/how-to-disa … ⌘ Read more
Check Your Mac Security Update Status with SilentKnight
Basically every Mac user is familiar with the process of updating MacOS system software to install updates for their operating system, which typically arrive as point releases (like 15.6) or major version releases (like 26). But did you know that MacOS will also periodically install security updates and anti-malware updates to Gatekeeper, MRT, and Xprotect? … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/10/24/check-your-mac-secur … ⌘ Read more
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The most infuriating 3 seconds of using this Mac every day are the first time I run
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man and it calls home to see if I'm allowed to do that.
@anth@a.9srv.net I’ve never seen my Mac do this? Hmmm 🤔
The most infuriating 3 seconds of using this Mac every day are the first time I run man and it calls home to see if I’m allowed to do that.
How to Show Battery Percent in Menu Bar of macOS Tahoe
Knowing the percentage remaining of your MacBook battery life is valuable information for many Mac laptop users who work on the go or away from a power source, and a simple way to always know where your battery stands is to adjust the Mac battery menu icon to show the battery percentage remaining. This article … Read More ⌘ Read more
macOS Tahoe Battery Life Worse? Tips to Help Reduction in Battery Performance with macOS 26
A fair number of Mac users have found that macOS Tahoe has notably reduced the battery life and battery performance of their MacBook hardware. Looking around online, you’ll find a variety of complaints from MacBook Pro and MacBook Air users about quickly draining battery and significant reductions in battery life on their Mac in general, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/10/14/macos-tahoe-battery-l … ⌘ Read more
Stop Overlapping Text & Legibility Issues on macOS Tahoe with “Reduce Transparency”
The Liquid Glass interface of macOS Tahoe 26 can provide some accessibility and legibility challenges for some Mac users, and one of the recurring complaints is the heavy usage of transparency and translucency can lead to text overlapping other text throughout the operating system. Whether it’s a sidebar, menu, messages, or window, having text atop … [Rea … ⌘ Read more