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Anyone ever find a great, ideally mostly-software, way to connect more than one monitor to an M1 Mac? I'm aware of the DisplayLink driver but it doesn't seem to work with anything in our office. I know we can buy like a $500-600 CAD dock, but am hoping to find something cheaper.
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teethgrinder posted:Anyone ever find a great, ideally mostly-software, way to connect more than one monitor to an M1 Mac? I'm aware of the DisplayLink driver but it doesn't seem to work with anything in our office. I know we can buy like a $500-600 CAD dock, but am hoping to find something cheaper. Seems like you need the DisplayLink driver or an equivalent no matter what. And the dock you use needs to be compatible with said display link driver, which may be your original issue. See https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html The link also includes a bunch of compatible docks that are significantly cheaper than $500. Here’s another article with even cheaper options. https://www.reviewgeek.com/75284/everything-you-need-to-run-multiple-monitors-from-your-m1-macbook/ I am not seeing a software only option.
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Sep 28, 2022 16:37
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Seems like you need the DisplayLink driver or an equivalent no matter what. And the dock you use needs to be compatible with said display link driver, which may be your original issue. Can't believe those articles didn't mention another option, using the appletv to air play in extended mode.
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Sep 28, 2022 17:02
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Perplx posted:Can't believe those articles didn't mention another option, using the appletv to air play in extended mode. Yeah I was just going to post this. An ATV 4K running the external monitor will be cheaper than most of the compatible dongles.
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Sep 28, 2022 17:35
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Love it. That will work lol. Thank you!
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Sep 28, 2022 17:49
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FCKGW posted:I can't understand what you mean by "connect the dots". Are you saying that you believe Adguard is a Russian company and is stealing your info? Because no, they were founded in Russia because their developers are Russian but they've been in Cyprus for more than 6 years. They've released a statement about this when Setapp accused them of sometime similar: https://adguard.com/en/blog/official-response-to-setapp.html It really doesn't matter where their company is currently headquartered. If the servers AdGuard uses are in Russia or Russian-controlled countries (Belarus), it's not a stretch to speculate the Russian government could access and control the data in them for cyber warfare purposes. Given all the misinformation and disinformation around U.S. presidential elections known to have been used by Russian hackers when Trump was campaigning and elected (mostly through Facebook and Twitter). That's why U.S. Congressional hearings continue to go on to find out how Facebook, Twitter, etc. accept money for advertising that was used to influence the 2016 presidential election. Similar things are true of TikTok and its servers. They're now in the U.S. and controlled by Oracle. This article from back in June indicates how dangerous that could be for U.S. military interests: https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-china-oracle-bytedance-1849078477 Sorry for not making that clearer in my first post. I should've linked that article in it. FCKGW posted:Also I don't understand what you're saying about TikTok and push notifications? Those domains are just 3rd party push notification providers, they aren't "owned" by TikTok but are likely used by TikTok and thousands of other sites like local news and those other placed that do those annoying push notification popups. There's no "dots" to connect on this one. Yes, but depends on what you mean by "owned." If TikTok's data is still controlled by the PRC and Chinese military to any degree, does it matter where the servers TikTok uses are located? No, it doesn't, for the reasons I laid out above with AdGuard and Russia.
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1blocker has worked pretty well for me for years on safari. blocking elements sucks, but they all seem to have that problem
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Sep 28, 2022 23:30
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Astro7x posted:How long does it take to make a MacOS bootable flash drive? Depends on several factors, such as OS version and the speed of the flash drive. On my system, creating a Monterey bootable USB 3.0 USB drive takes around 20 minutes. USB 2.0 takes well over an hour.
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Sep 29, 2022 00:28
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Thanks for the responses so far about a good ad blocking extension for Safari that isn't AdGuard. Looks like installing a Pi-hole on my Raspberry Pi will be the best way to go, it'll just require more nerd knowledge (I admire people who have it) than I currently have. Should be a fun project though and I'm sure I'll learn a great deal and it'll take care of ads on my home LAN for all devices if I set it up correctly.
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Sep 29, 2022 03:55
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binarysmurf posted:Depends on several factors, such as OS version and the speed of the flash drive. On my system, creating a Monterey bootable USB 3.0 USB drive takes around 20 minutes. USB 2.0 takes well over an hour. Just to expand on this, I have some USB 3 USB sticks that have decent read speeds (up to 150MB/sec) but the write speed is 15 MB/sec and I bet it's way lower than that when writing many small files.
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Sep 29, 2022 04:17
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Anton Chigurh posted:It really doesn't matter where their company is currently headquartered. If the servers AdGuard uses are in Russia or Russian-controlled countries (Belarus), it's not a stretch to speculate the Russian government could access and control the data in them for cyber warfare purposes. Given all the misinformation and disinformation around U.S. presidential elections known to have been used by Russian hackers when Trump was campaigning and elected (mostly through Facebook and Twitter). That's why U.S. Congressional hearings continue to go on to find out how Facebook, Twitter, etc. accept money for advertising that was used to influence the 2016 presidential election. Did you read the official response you quoted? Adguard explicitly says they don't have servers in Russia. Could there be some conspiracy going on where it is in fact a front company fully controlled by Russia. Sure. But provide some evidence for that. I think the only evidence you've provided so far is 'the CEO is Russian'.
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Sep 29, 2022 09:45
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Anton Chigurh posted:Thanks for the responses so far about a good ad blocking extension for Safari that isn't AdGuard. It helps a bit but it’s not a panacea. You’ll need both if you want to make a dent in the ads.
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Sep 29, 2022 12:57
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Anton Chigurh posted:While it generally blocks ads well, included embedded YouTube ones, often it didn't run at Safari startup; found it paused or disabled until I clicked the icon
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Sep 29, 2022 17:25
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~Coxy posted:Just to expand on this, I have some USB 3 USB sticks that have decent read speeds (up to 150MB/sec) but the write speed is 15 MB/sec and I bet it's way lower than that when writing many small files. I only use sticks with higher write speeds, usually the Samsung BARs or the SanDisk Extreme USB 3.1s. A while back I used Patriots but they tended to work better with Windows machines.. Every once in awhile I'll try some new hotness only to discover their controller doesn't like working with Apple's controllers / HFS+.. Or, they'll work well but it'll be like trying to pick up hot embers from a fireplace when it comes time to eject them. I'll plop up a review of some newer sticks I've been trying in the Hardware thread when I get a chance.. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Sep 30, 2022 |
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Sep 30, 2022 00:15
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Binary Badger posted:A while back I used Patriots but they tended to work better with Windows machines.. How are these otherwise? I have a gift card for a small college bookstore around here and the only thing that i think i'd buy with it is a "Patriot" usb stick, the only brand they carry lol
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Sep 30, 2022 00:25
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LPG Giant posted:Did you read the official response you quoted? Adguard explicitly says they don't have servers in Russia. So you've run SpyBuster on your Mac with AdGuard installed and it doesn't show it using Russian servers? Or it does but you believe it's wrong, so you ignore it? Just wondering, a lot of things are possible here.
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Sep 30, 2022 08:03
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Great! I've uninstalled it and won't be using it again, but cool. It also doesn't address the other problems I've had that I mentioned earlier, like not updating its filters, for one, but if it works for you with no issues then by all means please use it.
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Sep 30, 2022 08:09
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Last Chance posted:How are these otherwise? I have a gift card for a small college bookstore around here and the only thing that i think i'd buy with it is a "Patriot" usb stick, the only brand they carry lol I did some unscientific tests and basically they worked a lot faster under FAT/ExFAT than they did HFS+ both in reads and writes. The specific brand was the EX with the rubberized case and USB cap that I immediately lost. They're solid all things considered, the other day I needed a Maverick boot drive and I still had an EX set up as one, hadn't touched it in years but it booted just fine. Other drives I've plugged in after years of disuse wind up having to be reformatted. It'll be a great drive if you need to move stuff across platforms
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Sep 30, 2022 14:25
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i've got like three e-mail addresses, and one is gmail. what app is good for that. i'm tired of giving mail.app a chance and it only disappointing me.
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Oct 3, 2022 03:56
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Lady Radia posted:i've got like three e-mail addresses, and one is gmail. what app is good for that. i'm tired of giving mail.app a chance and it only disappointing me. ars technica just did an article on this and recommended mimestream for gmail, currently free while it’s in beta
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Oct 3, 2022 05:14
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Before I bought my Mac I was using mailspring - it has a Mac version as well (the app has always had a Mac like feel, I suspect the Mac version came first.) I was always pretty happy with it.
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Oct 3, 2022 07:06
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Lady Radia posted:i've got like three e-mail addresses, and one is gmail. what app is good for that. i'm tired of giving mail.app a chance and it only disappointing me. Hate to say it, but macOS Ventura coming out soon has a revamped Mail app with a rebuilt search and a bunch of new features. Might be worth checking out. I used Mimestream and was happy with it but went back to Mail.app.
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Oct 3, 2022 12:58
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Does Mail.app allow you to go through and Mark As Read all emails or something? The only reason I don't use Mail on my iPhone or Macs is because I have literally thousands of emails that are unread (mostly spam from companies that want me to buy something or political crap). I wish Inbox by Google was still a thing..
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ThermoPhysical posted:Does Mail.app allow you to go through and Mark As Read all emails or something? The only reason I don't use Mail on my iPhone or Macs is because I have literally thousands of emails that are unread (mostly spam from companies that want me to buy something or political crap). I wish Inbox by Google was still a thing.. cmd + a then right-click mark as read? or edit the toolbar and add the mark as read button to the tool bar, cmd + a then click that
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Oct 3, 2022 22:10
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I click the big “unsubscribe” button so I don’t get the spam anymore. 
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Oct 4, 2022 00:55
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i like spark a lot, i've been using it for years now.
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ThermoPhysical posted:Does Mail.app allow you to go through and Mark As Read all emails or something? The only reason I don't use Mail on my iPhone or Macs is because I have literally thousands of emails that are unread (mostly spam from companies that want me to buy something or political crap). I wish Inbox by Google was still a thing.. You can mark all as read in mail on iOS and Mac.
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Oct 4, 2022 04:01
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chaosbreather posted:i like spark a lot, i've been using it for years now. We talking about an app or weed?
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jaegerx posted:We talking about an app or weed? mail client.
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chaosbreather posted:mail client. I read that wrong, I read it as "I like to spark a lot, i've been using it for years now"
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Oct 4, 2022 04:55
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Riven posted:Airmail Truth. Airmail is good and well worth the subscription fee, and I generally loathe subscription software of any kind that does't offer lifetime licenses too.
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Oct 4, 2022 07:07
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jaegerx posted:We talking about an app or weed? Both, as Elon Musk will attest. 
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Oct 4, 2022 07:09
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Anton Chigurh posted:Truth. Airmail is good and well worth the subscription fee, and I generally loathe subscription software of any kind that does't offer lifetime licenses too. I really wanted to like Airmail. I started using it when it won the design award. But I never got to a point of using its more advanced features reliably and it had so many rendering bugs, weird sync issues, and other day to day problems that I unbsubbed this year. chaosbreather posted:i like spark a lot, i've been using it for years now. I'm using Spark for work email and decently happy with it. I also have Triage which I *really* like not for full featured email but for dealing with all the low level crap that demands a little attention so that my inbox is much more useful when I sit down to deal with it. Really, my solution is stop working for email so much. Getting good at email doesn't really make me better at my job it turns out. It just makes me better at dealing with people/entities demanding my time.
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Speaking of Spark, looks like it just got a Mac redesign and is going subscription: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/04/spark-email-mac-redesign/ Edit: Looks like a lot of great features, but LOL you have to pay $5 a month to remove the "Sent with Spark" tag at the bottom of emails. Violator fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Oct 4, 2022 |
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gently caress that
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I use Airmail on MacOS and iOS and find the $10/yr subscription very reasonable.
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Violator posted:$5 a month 
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I like mailmate
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