Got my hands on a mini today and it seems more..user friendly than the pro max, which i returned as itβs just impossible to use one handed without feeling like my hands are in gym class doing calisthenics all day
― calstars, Monday, 16 November 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
Paused plans to buy the new MacBook Air until thereβs a supported docker and some benchmarks of intel docker images.β π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, November 15, 2020 10:59 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
β π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, November 15, 2020 10:59 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
not inside docker, but these are good https://mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/16/performance-of-rosetta-2-on-apple-m1/
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
in Big Sur my Mail app decided to not show any windows. I tried everything to get it to display an inbox, a new message window, something. At one point I right-clicked on the dock icon and chose 'Show All Windows' and it kind of blurred most of the screen and displayed a message right in the middle that said 'No windows available'. Spooky shit! No, they weren't in another workspace. I restarted Mail, restarted the computer, still no windows. Eventually I hit on 'create new mailbox', which had the effect of jogging everything. I called it 'Adam'. I'm not sure who I had in mind. But once everything was back I deleted Adam. Sorry Adam.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
Here's another one. If I'm in another app and I click on the Mail icon in the Dock, it doesn't bring it to the front. The app name in the upper left corner doesn't change either.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
Ugh, Catalina is buggy enough for me, thanks.
― DJI, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
catalina was fine for me!
have started using time machine though because superduper isn't compatible w big sur yet (TIL)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
I haven't noticed much with Big Sur, aside from rounded edges on everything. I don't want my pics to have rounded edges in filmstrip mode in Finder! Trivial stuff.Funnily enough, I gave up on Mail years ago, and just went back to having pinned tabs in Safari for Yahoo/Gmail - but now, I've decided to re-link the accounts. Seems...ok?
I think I use my Mac in a clunky inefficient way anyway (if I wanted to launch something, Cmd+Space and start typing; if I want to switch apps, Cmd+Tab; Spaces and stuff are *there* but a bit lost on me).
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
that sounds pretty efficient, Steady Mike. sadly cmd-tab doesnβt work to bring my Mail to the front, either
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
It's all just muscle memory at this point. I feel sympathy for all my (very remote) Client Rep and Account Coordinator colleagues that we try to make work "more efficiently" with all our back-end dev and UI clean-up, and Zoom presentations and initiatives... and it all goes nowhere. Cos ppl like to do what they like to do, even if it involves swearing. About 10% are excited about the One Cool New Trick but most want to get through the day.
Anyway, *that* was a digression!
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 12:16 (three years ago) link
The 12 pro in silver looks really great, especially the edges, very latter day 3PO
― calstars, Sunday, 22 November 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
(and both are running Catalina, any retina machine can)
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 23 November 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
v nice
https://www.singhkays.com/blog/apple-silicon-m1-black-magic/
i like this one:
Apple M1 π€―π pic.twitter.com/REskldpMap— Mustafa Al Marzooq (@Memo_AlMarzooq) November 18, 2020
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
waiting for progress on this though https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/7857
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
well that settles that. guess i'll start saving for the m1 16"
― the late great, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but Big Sur feels a lot like it's getting MacOS ready for touch screens. Lots of padding around controls, buttons plenty big enough to hit.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 November 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
Changing the scaled display resolution on the new #AppleM1 MacBook (left) is absolutely instantaneous π₯ compared to the delay and screen blanking required by the Intel graphics on the 16 inch MacBook Pro (right) pic.twitter.com/YybbPF09TF— Daniel Eran Dilger (@DanielEran) November 20, 2020
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 27 November 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
Like
― calstars, Friday, 27 November 2020 02:32 (three years ago) link
mmmhmmm
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
forget #pepsinext, i'm part of #m1generation now
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 November 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
Is changing the resolution a thing people do a lot?
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Friday, 27 November 2020 03:42 (three years ago) link
hush
― lukas, Friday, 27 November 2020 06:38 (three years ago) link
Every time you (dis)connect an external monitor.But yeah itβs almost pointless showing off, no one ever thought it was slow. This is the kind of minor thing that is only worth the time it takes to fix when you have an architectural clean slate like silicon.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 27 November 2020 06:41 (three years ago) link
Little things like this are going to make pcs look incredibly primitive. (macOS is still terrible and apple is bad)
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 27 November 2020 06:42 (three years ago) link
home working, the idea of a KVM switch came up. it would solve a problem i have pretty easily i.e. wanting to use a laptop with an existing desktop setup. instead of plugging and unplugging everything each time the laptop user wants to take advantage of the big screen, fullsize keyboard, etc.
i've been looking around and they cost either Β£30 or like Β£900. not sure what that extra Β£870 is getting you...
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link
Alternatively, get a bluetooth keyboard that can pair with multiple devices and a monitor with multiple inputs
Iβve been using the same desk for work and home stuff by having both hooked to the same monitor. Put one to sleep, wake the other up, and I have the (albeit crappy) sound build into the monitor connected to my speakers
― mh, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
I do that. I have iMac on desk and Dell monitor. When I want to use my work laptop I plug in the Dell cable and switch input. Then I usually use a second keyboard because I hate switching Bluetooth connections.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
I have an external monitor / hub with a keyboard plugged into it, and a Magic Trackpad (Bluetooth, obv.)
I didn't find a good way to reliably switch the Magic Trackpad between two laptops, other than turning Bluetooth off on one of them. I considered getting a USB Bluetooth dongle, plugging it into a spare port on my monitor, and connecting the trackpad to that, but never got around to it.
― lukas, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
This is good if you want a hand wavy explanation of why the M1 is fast and whether intel/amd can catch up https://erik-engheim.medium.com/why-is-apples-m1-chip-so-fast-3262b158cba2
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
Thanks for that!
― DJI, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
― is right unfortunately (silby), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 02:25 (three years ago) link
KVM switches still exist!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
i think the very expensive ones support multiple 4k monitors and thunderbolt and things like that. they're basically this sort of thing combined with a kvm (which is not to say $900 is reasonable) https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-thunderbolt-dock/.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
i would never spend more than $50 on something like that but cool they exist i guess
― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
i'd be tempted to just buy a bunch of cables and a DIY breaker switch before paying that kinda dough. but you don't have to!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 04:43 (three years ago) link
once you've used some shitty KVMs you understand why people who need them for daily use will drop hundreds of dollars on a decent one
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
also I got an M1 Air and I am excite (although I won't get it for weeks yet)
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 05:43 (three years ago) link
Would it be a nutso suggestion to Remote Desktop into the laptop from the desktop rather then KVM?
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 08:34 (three years ago) link
Pretty laggy for anything other than basic icon dragging and typing text. Iβd just plug the keyboard into the monitor and buy a second trackpad (e.g. used or refurb).
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 10:06 (three years ago) link
in the end i got an HDMI switcher for Β£8 and a USB switcher for Β£18 (which can connect 4 peripherals). i think iβm going to be able to just hit two buttons and be done with it.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
I got a pretty expensive Thunderbolt dock because my MBA has only 2 ports, and I need to power it, connect an external monitor, ethernet, one to three external hard drives (including key drives), plus charge my peripherals.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:18 (three years ago) link
Remoting in shouldnβt be laggy if you use adaptive or whatever itβs called. Iβm working remote and half the time I remote into my work computer because it has a faster connection to the work server than if I use vpn
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
These machines esp the βproβ only having 2 ports is just a slap in the face to customers
― calstars, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 12:37 (three years ago) link
Eh itβs fine.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
Airpods Max are Β£520? When you can get Sony MDR 1000s for about Β£200 now that seems insane pricing.
― stet, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
V-Moda headphones are also better and not at a price point that screams "mug me on general principle"
― DJP, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
no wireless charging, less space than a Nomad.
― stet, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Thatβs a silly price
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
Target market: rich people called Max
― Alba, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
I think the new Max headphones have a 3.5mm jack, but they don't show it in any of the photos. Does anyone know?
― DJI, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
I don't think they do β in fact, they won't work with anything other than Apple devices on the very latest OS releases, according to the small print
― stet, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link