I already had much of this setup or it wasn’t relevant to me — because I don’t use Apple Mail, for example. But if you’d prefer to have these features off and are unsure if they are or not, this is how you do it.
(Via Nick Heer.)
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I like Riccardo’s thinking on the 11-inch MacBook Air. It’s my favorite Apple laptop of all time. I used a 2011 11-inch MacBook Air for several years as my primary machine. I even purchased three 2015 11-inch machines within the past few years so my wife and I’ve kids could use them. It’s an incredible machine.
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In short, you can install Apple’s HomeKit Accessory Simulator app and add a Mac’s webcam as a HomeKit accessory.
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Imagine an alternate reality where the Mac Pro became a system optimized for large amounts of internal storage. You could pop it open and there were six 3.5-inch SATA drive slots and a few M.2 NVMe slots as well.
Or if it was designed as an upgradable Mac and Apple released mainboards with each new M-series chip that you could swap out to upgrade your system with ease.
There’s a lot of ways that Apple could have made the Mac Pro a unique and interesting computer in their lineup that truly had a reason to exist. But instead, they chose to make it a Mac Studio in an overpriced chassis that no longer served a purpose.
It’s a shame. In the late 2000s, the Mac Pro was cool — cooler than any other machine they made. I wish they could have done that again, but I don’t think they ever felt motivated to do so — they were too busy chasing soldered components and computers with ever shrinking footprints.
➝ Source: 9to5mac.com
I don’t actually interact with calendars too much anymore. But there are times when I still need to glance at a calendar to check the date or better grasp how much time between now and a future date. And I have about three meetings a month where I need to check an event in my work calendar for the link to join the call.
I had been using Calendar 366 II for this, but the design was starting to feel a little stale to me — it was time for a change. I’ve been trying out Itsycal and have been very happy with it so far. The design is simple and compact, which is exactly what I was looking for.
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Keg Quirk:
If you’re on the hunt for a new device, I’d seriously consider looking at an Intel Mac with Linux. They’re blazing fast, they look great, and are amazing value.
The only downside is that this window is closing. Apple’s move to the M-series chips means Linux support will be tougher over time. Projects like Asahi Linux exist, but support varies and the long-term outlook is unclear.
He bought a 2015 iMac for his son and set it up with Ubuntu Mate 24.04.
I think I basically have all of the Intel-based Mac hardware I really want or need. I suppose a Mac Pro would be rad to own, if only because that was the machine I dreamed of owning when I was in college. But honestly, I don’t have much use for one other than to feel cool for owning one. But that emotion is fleeting, especially since I can’t imagine anyone actually caring except me.
Apple’s decision to abandon hardware that’s more than a handful of years old does present a great opportunity, though. If you’re looking for handsome, stable hardware, at a decent price, you can do a lot worse than a late-model Intel Mac with Linux installed on it.
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Jason Snell, writing for Macworld:
The App Store era must end and the solution is already here.
It’s long past time for Apple to have open up iOS to applications from outside of the App Store. And now we have plenty of evidence to show that everything will be just fine if they do.
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Seems like a solid update to me. I still wish they would offer some degree of upgradability in their machines. Even if they just added an M.2 slot in the bottom that you could use to add some internal storage.
But I’m sure Apple won’t be releasing hardware with those capabilities any time soon. It’s unfortunate.
➝ Source: macrumors.com
