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When I get a Mac Studio, I'll use Migration Assistant to transfer my stuff between old and new systems. I also have a TM Backup, so I'm doubly covered. Does the MA process happen before I create a user account on my new Mac? I'm hoping I can just get a couple of steps into set up, kick off MA and then reboot. I then have my current account and all associated apps/media/data just waiting for me to log in. Am I in the right ball park here? Also.. Will Homebrew and all the packages come over given I'll be going from Intel to Apple Silicon, or should I just do a 'brew bundle dump' and re-install Homebrew from scratch on AS?
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I feel like the answer to this question is 'no', but I want to ask anyway, just in case. Is there a way to force particular apps to use certain network interfaces at the OS level, without dealing with setting up static routes? I have powerline ethernet setup, which gives me an extremely stable connection but isn't particularly fast. I'd like to force apps like Zoom, Discord etc to use that connection, and have everything else use wifi. Setting up static routes for Zoom seems like a colossal pain in the hole.
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Mar 13, 2022 06:10
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binarysmurf posted:When I get a Mac Studio, I'll use Migration Assistant to transfer my stuff between old and new systems. I also have a TM Backup, so I'm doubly covered. I’d recommend directly connecting the computers via Thunderbolt if you can, it’s way faster. Just put the old one into target Thunderbolt mode and connect it to the new one before you start the migration assistant bit and it should give you the options. I have no idea how Time Machine handles stuff in the UNIX bit of the file system but I’d be backing up your list of stuff and reinstalling it manually along with homebrew.
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Mar 13, 2022 10:24
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Mercurius posted:I’d recommend directly connecting the computers via Thunderbolt if you can, it’s way faster. Just put the old one into target Thunderbolt mode and connect it to the new one before you start the migration assistant bit and it should give you the options. Funny enough, if you forget to plug in the cable or even start a transfer over Wi-Fi, Migration Assistant is smart enough to switch over to the fastest transport available uninterrupted. I've done transfers where I've started with Wi-Fi, connected Ethernet, unplugged the Ethernet to go back to Wi-Fi, and then plugged in the Thunderbolt cable.
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Mar 13, 2022 10:41
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Why is this a webapp? Why do I need to create a virtual environment to set this up? Why are nerds like this? i have a kindle and it's never taken me more than about 2 minutes to set the app up to automatically convert books to .mobi and send to my email address. it's rock solid. you are annoyed that the interface is not polished like if it was a professionally developed app with a price tag — regrettably nobody sees any money in selling software that allows you to manually manage loose ebook files, at least some of which are probably pirated. as it stands, it's an open source passion project with an open source as gently caress UI, but one that gets updated constantly and does exactly what it says on the tin.
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Mar 13, 2022 14:25
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binarysmurf posted:When I get a Mac Studio, I'll use Migration Assistant to transfer my stuff between old and new systems. I also have a TM Backup, so I'm doubly covered. What Mercurius said, plus: Some time ago, IDK when, Migration Assistant became just another app. If you click the appropriate button during initial setup it runs before creating accounts, but if you have to (for whatever reason), you can run it at any point in time. It will do something special to log out of your user account and then give you the usual options for migrating in other accounts / settings / etc from the full variety of sources. So far as I can tell the only potential downside to doing it this way is that it might force UNIX user IDs to change during the migration. E.g. if your UID was 501 for your 'fart' account on the original Mac, you went through account creation on an 'admin' user on the new Mac, then migrated 'fart' across, you'd end up with 'admin' = 501 and 'fart' = 502. They do take care of changing ownership of files copied across during the migration to adjust for any UID differences created by conflict resolutions. Doesn't really matter in nearly all cases, just something to be aware of. Echoing the advice to restart from scratch with homebrew. If you have time to gently caress around I'd give MacPorts a try, if it has the packages you need it's better IMO.
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Mar 13, 2022 22:02
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an actual cat irl posted:I feel like the answer to this question is 'no', but I want to ask anyway, just in case. I don't think there's a good way to do this without something in between, but if you're not terribly fussed about installing additional software, AND if your applications are proxy aware then you might be able to hack something together with squid proxy and manually setting tcp_outgoing_address in its config? This is just what immediately popped into my mind and could be 100% non-feasible. The way this works in my head is that your ask your stability-focused applications to use the proxy for egress, then the proxy egresses through whatever your powerline network's IP is. That said, you're putting a single point of failure on your proxy at that point so if you forget to bring it up or it dies unexpectedly then you're stuck troubleshooting it or changing your proxy settings individually. Now that I think about it though, I've never actually used a proxy outside of a server setting so I'm not super certain whether you can use individual IP proxy settings or if you need to set it for the system itself and everything consumes the internet that way. Anyway, something to fool around with if you're desperate I guess. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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Mar 14, 2022 13:24
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an actual cat irl posted:I feel like the answer to this question is 'no', but I want to ask anyway, just in case. I feel that upgrading the powerline to modern kit would be less convoluted that application-level network load balancing, can you check what make/model of powerline kit you currently have?
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Mar 14, 2022 13:26
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:And basic features like eBook conversion and device uploads don't "just work" OOB without a ton of configuration and browsing of forum posts. This sounds like user error. Calibre works out of the box for the most basic things. Convert books: Right click book > Convert books > Convert individually > Set output file type Upload to device: Right click book > Send to device > Send to main memory.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:35
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💩💩💩 Monterey 12.3 and Big Sur 11.6.5 have been released 💩💩💩 Apple pinched out both of these earlier today Monterey 12.3's big get is Universal Control, also includes Safari 15.4 (which means Safari will be additional download later for Big Sur) Apple posted:macOS Monterey 12.3 — Restart Required
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Mar 14, 2022 22:57
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Huh, command line "python" is gone now. Just "python3". Now they had been warning that python2 would go away, but it is not normal for "python" to point to the latest version? (Also, the first time I ran it, it spit out a bunch of errors before starting.)
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Mar 15, 2022 08:35
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Small White Dragon posted:Huh, command line "python" is gone now. Just "python3".
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Mar 15, 2022 09:05
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Universal Control is loving NICE. I love having single control for all three of my devices within reach. I did submit a bug/feedback report though -- if you have natural scrolling disabled like a normal person just kidding, or am I? that preference doesn't translate to your second display (at least not my iPad Pro) so all of a sudden your scrolling behaviour reverts back to unnatural and it leads to a bit of a disconnected user experience. Other than that -- seems great. Reminds me of my Synergy setup like... ten years ago.. so no claims that it's some kind of breakthrough miracle, but it's definitely something I can see myself using on the reg since I work from home and consistently have my personal laptop, work laptop, and personal iPad on the table next to me. I guess the only trouble will be remembering which laptop I'm typing pornhub into now.
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Mar 15, 2022 11:32
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Yeah forgot to mention that Python 2.7 was yoinked out of Monterey 12.3, only Python 3.8.9 is still there presumably for Xcode related operations. Both 2.7 and 3.8.9 are still in Big Sur so far..
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Mar 15, 2022 14:46
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Binary Badger posted:💩💩💩 Monterey 12.3 and Big Sur 11.6.5 have been released 💩💩💩 I don't see the memory leaks mentioned anywhere - did they finally get around to fixing those over the last couple of betas or something?
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Mar 15, 2022 16:29
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What's the status of M1 / WinARM virtualization/emulation? Usable yet? Thinking about ditching my Windows desktop for a studio as I literally only have one Windows specific application at this point..
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Mar 15, 2022 16:44
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I'm not 100% sure but I believe the biggest leaks were addressed in 12.2 snd 12.2.1.. according to Eclectic Mac, the Finder Find File memory leak is still not fixed, and Bluetooth STILL can't report the battery level for their own BT devices while they're charging..
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Walked posted:What's the status of M1 / WinARM virtualization/emulation? Usable yet? Probably depends on the application but I’ve been running windows 11 arm in parallels for a few months now. I use it mainly for testing but haven’t run into any huge issue outside of it being semi slow on occasions (mostly using visual studio and rhino3d, neither have a native windows arm port).
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Mar 15, 2022 18:06
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Is there a go to guide for UTM? I tried following a few different videos to get Windows 11 working on my MacBook but still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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The main issue with Win11 ARM virtualisation is that MS still hasn’t actually allowed the licence to be used on anything other than bare metal OEM devices running Qualcomm snapdragon processors. The rumours floating around the net say this is because they signed an exclusivity agreement with Qualcomm that was going to expire ‘soon’ (reported back in November last year) but I haven’t seen anything indicating they’re allowing it for virtualisation use yet. The performance is supposedly pretty good but it relies on using the Insider build so I’d be wary about using it for business stuff, especially if you ever get external audits done.
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Mar 15, 2022 23:57
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Walked posted:What's the status of M1 / WinARM virtualization/emulation? Usable yet? You might have driver issues if the application relies on specific hardware. Drivers don't "just work" with ARM stuff in Windows. It needs special ARM versions of drivers, which almost nobody bothers to compile. This is particularly annoying for me since my biggest use case for Windows is hardware that never got Mac drivers. Other than that, Windows runs pretty well in Parallels (I can play Direct3D games at decent frame rates, for example, when CrossOver doesn't have sufficient support to handle them), though, as mentioned, it's not officially supported to be running that way, so it's entirely possible it could stop working with any update.
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💩💩💩 Safari 15.4 has been dropped 💩💩💩 Safari 15.4 is now available through Slothware Update for Big Sur and Catalina. It was included as part of Monterey 12.3. Fixes three big security holes: Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution (three different cases, same cause) Impact: A malicious website may cause unexpected cross-origin behavior A lot of websites will consider this a 'new' browser security wise so be prepared to re-reg some of them.
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Binary Badger posted:I'm not 100% sure but I believe the biggest leaks were addressed in 12.2 snd 12.2.1.. Thanks, I didn't know about that site. I'm still on Big Sur and kinda hesitant to move to Monterey until the memory leaks are fully fixed - it doesn't really offer anything that I'm dying to get my hands on currently, so I guess I can wait some more.
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Monterey is only at 12.3, in my experience it takes Apple until nearly the end of a particular cycle for an OS version for everything to be stable. Big Sur is currently at 11.6.5 and it's been pretty stable for me on two older Intel Macs and one M1 Mac.
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Yeah, I don't have (or notice) any issues on Big Sur (on an M1 MBA) and as long as I keep getting security updates, I'm going to keep fighting the urge to to upgrade to Monterey just because it exists. Honestly, I might not even notice/be affected by the memory leaks, but the fact that they have stuck around for so long is absolutely mind-boggling to me.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Please drop the patronizing poo poo. The issue here goes far beyond an ugly interface - it takes a task that should be exceedingly simple and easy to organize information about and buries it under an abominable UI. Confusing, useless, and even contradictory features and settings are exposed to the user. And basic features like eBook conversion and device uploads don't "just work" OOB without a ton of configuration and browsing of forum posts. 
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Mercurius posted:The performance is supposedly pretty good but it relies on using the Insider build so I’d be wary about using it for business stuff, especially if you ever get external audits done. I don't think this part is true, I activated my Windows 11 install on Parallels using a standard Win 11 Pro license key, and it's running the latest main channel release (build 22000.556). It's just a bog standard Windows 11 installation so far as I can tell.
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smax posted:I don't think this part is true, I activated my Windows 11 install on Parallels using a standard Win 11 Pro license key, and it's running the latest main channel release (build 22000.556). It's just a bog standard Windows 11 installation so far as I can tell. Unless Microsoft has changed something recently and Parallels just hasn't updated its knowledge base, the only way for anyone to get Windows 11 ARM is still the Windows Insider route.
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Parallels automatically downloads Win 11. Win 11 also doesn’t complain about being unlicensed. Edit: Has anyone else experienced Universal Control to work when going from Mac -> iPad, but the Mac keyboard is not fully functional on the iPad? I can’t capitalize or type symbols (I guess the iPad is failing to see left-shift depressions). bobfather fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Mar 16, 2022 |
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bobfather posted:Parallels automatically downloads Win 11. Win 11 also doesn’t complain about being unlicensed. Huh, whaddaya know. I guess I can finally give this a try then.
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smax posted:I don't think this part is true, I activated my Windows 11 install on Parallels using a standard Win 11 Pro license key, and it's running the latest main channel release (build 22000.556). It's just a bog standard Windows 11 installation so far as I can tell.
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I’m typing this post out with the keyboard on my MacBook Pro connected to my iPad Pro in the Awful app. This is pretty neat. Does anyone know if there’s a keyboard shortcut to switch keyboard input between the iPad and the Mac? Like sometimes I don’t want to drag my mouse cursor over into the iPad to focus a text field. e: How do I go the opposite direction? I want to control my Mac using my iPad. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Mar 17, 2022 |
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Small White Dragon posted:Now they had been warning that python2 would go away, but it is not normal for "python" to point to the latest version? Short answer is no, because it would break compatibility. Longer answer is that the python developers completely hosed up with the migration from python 2.7 (the last version of python 2) to python 3. At the beginning there was absolutely no incentive to upgrade your code from python2 to python3+ so many libraries and packages didn't, at least not right away. Some things that were heavily used in python2 code became removed in python3 and as the old saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Eventually python3 matured and became awesome, but python2 code still existed especially in the scientific communities where the poor grad student/postdoc is just reusing code passed down from their predecessors because hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Since python(2) was still heavily used it was decided that newer code written for python3 would use the python3 command, so that nothing got broken. Today it is 2022 and this problem still exists.
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Is there any way to just tell macOS to... not use a plugged in display? We've gone to a space-booking system at work rather than assigned seating and all the offices have a usb-c dock with an external monitor for laptops. This is great except I don't want a secondary display. It's very much a first world problem but I'm just used to my one-monitor laptop workflow and this second display is distracting. Unless there's a cmdline or app that will physically tell macOS to ignore a plugged in display it seems my options are - unplug the monitor from the dock, which I will invariably forget to plug back in before I leave and have the IT guys yelling at me every time - turn off the display, which means my cursor and windows just get lost offscreen if I happen to move my trackpad too far and obviously the third option is just to gently caress off an live with it, which I will if there's no DIY option, but humour me. Mirroring my built in display and just turning it off doesn't really work since the monitor is a lower res than my MBP so it contorts the resolution to try and match.
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some kinda jackal posted:Is there any way to just tell macOS to... not use a plugged in display? SwitchResX had a "disable this monitor" option last time i used a few years ago
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So you just want to use the dock for power, or you want to use everything except the display? Edit: I was going down the path of a power-only USB-C extension cable but PD needs the data lines to negotiate the power levels, so that's not an option. Thanks Ants fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Mar 17, 2022 |
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Thanks Ants posted:So you just want to use the dock for power, or you want to use everything except the display? I think that rewiring the docks was one of the scenarios that was suggested to avoid due to risk of forgetting to reset for the next user. some kinda jackal posted:- unplug the monitor from the dock, which I will invariably forget to plug back in before I leave and have the IT guys yelling at me every time
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Question from a recent macOS convert here. All of the office files I'm opening in outlook have numbers appended to the file name e.g. file name [49].doc. Is this the macOS naming convention for temp files or something?
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I used to use a MacBook to record DnD sessions between friends on Discord. Just record the fullscreen, record computer audio, but set it to silent -- out of site, out of mind. However, now that I have a proper Mac, I have access to... real power. So I know my Mac could, in theory, handle a screen recording happening in the background, is there any way to actually do that? Is there a way I can use a Virtual Desktop (or something), full screen Discord, and do the same thing without the audio coming through my speakers? It's very convoluted, I know, but I feel like some odd hodgepodge of apps might make it somewhat possible.
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LODGE NORTH posted:I used to use a MacBook to record DnD sessions between friends on Discord. Just record the fullscreen, record computer audio, but set it to silent -- out of site, out of mind. Not sure what you want to do? If you want to record the screen, (and audio optionally), QuickTime is happy to do that. No hodgepodge, just, launch QuickTime, File>New Screen Recording. Audio recording is a toggle. I feel like I don't understand the use case though. e; In case I am misunderstanding, you could also look at OBS - it will allow more options but is also less 'just works'. https://obsproject.com squirrelzipper fucked around with this message at 06:51 on Mar 19, 2022 |
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