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Mac mini 2018 und mehr: Diese Apple-Produkte sind jetzt „Vintage“
Apple hat die Liste seiner Vintage-Produkte aktualisiert. Neu hinzugekommen sind der Mac mini 2018 und das iPhone 6s. Beide Geräte gelten ab sofort als „Vintage“, was bedeutet, dass sie zwar noch be
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/mac-mini-2018-und-mehr-diese-apple-produkte-sind-jetzt-vintage/
#Mac #News #AppleProduktlebenszyklus #IPhone6sGeschichte #KopfhreranschlussIPhone #LetzterIntelMacMini #VintageAppleListe
Today on AppAddict - Pareto Security - Quick and Easy - I recently noticed an app on Setapp that I'd never tried, Pareto Security, so I investigated it. It's a basic application that checks the settings on your Mac and quickly shows you where you aren't following the best recommended practices from security experts. It has links to tutorials for every... - https://appaddict.app/post/pareto-security-quick-and-easy - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict
Während Redakteur Freddy auf dem Gebiet der Saug-und-#Wischroboter jahrelange Erfahrungen hat, testet er erst jetzt seinen ersten #Mähroboter im Garten seines neuen Eigenheims. Er hat sich dafür das Einsteiger-Modell von #Navimow ausgesucht, um genau zu sein den Navimow i105. Nachdem er den Rasen einer kleinen Kur unterzogen und die großen Stolperfallen entfernt hat, mäht der #Navimowi105 zuverlässig.
Zum Testbericht: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=377541
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For anyone following at home, the activity monitor is currently yellow, showing 14.25 out of 16gb memory currently used, and I'm doing nothing but having FF open, and browsing a bit.
The about:processes page shows the biggest users are PurpleAir, deck.blue (bluesky client) and vmst.io my mastodon server, but FF itself says it's only using 3GB.
I regularly keep about 30 tabs permanently open, I'm thinking this will need to change.
"Schadet Wine auf dem Mac": Open-Source-Tool Whisky stoppt Weiterentwicklung
Whisky macht es einfach, Wine auf macOS zu bringen, um Windows-Games zu zocken. Das schadet der Laufzeitumgebung, fürchtet der Entwickler und hört auf.
heise online · "Schadet Wine auf dem Mac": Open-Source-Tool Whisky stoppt Weiterentwicklung
Nerdy question for #Firefox #Mac folks - I have a brand new Mac Mini which I just noticed is topping out its memory usage according to Activity Monitor... with "FireFox CP Isolated Web Content"
This never happened on the iMac with the same amount of memory, and same open tabs in FF. It was so bad, that trying to move a disk icon gave me the #SBBOD.
This is not the only one of these processes, and I assume it's from a FF tab, but does anyone else see this behavior? I suppose I'm going to have to delete all my tabs and add them back in one at a time... Thanks for any direction.
Hive mind: any suggestions?
On my Macbook Air, Safari has been behaving weirdly when I plug in my external monitor. Many (but not all?) of the Safari windows get rendered full-window (even though they weren't when I was only on the laptop, nor before I disconnected and reconnected).
I had suspected a bug with BetterSnapTool, which I was using, but I've deleted that and rebooted several times since.
I *think* this may have started happening at the last Mac OS update.
It's not terrible, just really really annoying. So far web searching hasn't yielded any hints. Any thoughts?
Today on AppAddict - SmartBackup - Free, Fast and Foolproof - While I have long used Time Machine as my primary backup for my Macs, it does have some drawbacks. If you go looking for a missing file, it's a hit-and-miss operation to find the last known good copy of a document, image or folder. You basically have to work your... - https://appaddict.app/post/smartbackup-free-fast-and-foolproof - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict
Apple veröffentlicht iOS 18.4.1, macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 und weitere Updates
Apple hat neue Bugfix-Updates für seine verschiedenen Plattformen freigegeben - unter anderem iOS 18.4.1.Diese Updates adressieren mehrere Fehler, die in den letzten Wochen n
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/feature/apple-veroeffentlicht-ios-18-4-1-macos-sequoia-15-4-1-und-weitere-updates/
#Feature #iPad #iPhone #Mac #AppleCarPlayFehler #HomePodSoftwareUpdate #IOS1841Update #MacOS1541Bugfix #TvOSBugfixes #visionOS
Letzter Mac mini mit Intel-Chip für Apple jetzt "Vintage"
Die letzte Mac-mini-Generation mit Intel-Prozessor hat Apples Vorstufe zum Obsolet-Status erreicht. Im Reparaturfall kann es dadurch knifflig werden.
heise online · Letzter Mac mini mit Intel-Chip für Apple jetzt "Vintage"
Das Entwicklerteam von #Notion hat in der Vergangenheit sukzessive ein ganzes Portfolio an #Produktivität|s-Anwendungen auf den Markt gebracht. Gestartet war man vor einiger Zeit mit einer eigenen Notiz-App, und legte dann auch mit #NotionCalendar, einer Kalender-Software, nach. Nun hat man mit #NotionMail eine weitere Produktivitäts-App veröffentlicht. Sie ist zum Start für #macOS und in einer Webversion verfügbar.
Alle Infos: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=377500
heise+ | Buchstaben-Dekorateur: Art Text für macOS im Test
Art Text verziert Schrift und Logos mit aufwendigen Effekten – auf Wunsch mit KI.
Mac & iBuchstaben-Dekorateur: Art Text für macOS im TestArt Text verziert Schrift und Logos mit aufwendigen Effekten – auf Wunsch mit KI.
Dass der Markt für #Hörbücher immer beliebter wird, zeigt das rasante Wachstum von rund 25 Prozent pro Jahr. Im Jahr 2030 könnte das Markvolumen von derzeit knapp sieben Milliarden US-Dollar auf ganze 35 Millionen USD ansteigen. Der schwedische Streaming-Anbieter #Spotify mischt nun auch mit und hat den Einstieg ins Hörbuchgeschäft in Deutschland angekündigt.
Alles zum Thema: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=377378
This is my Motorola StarMax 3000 that I bought back in the 90’s. It’s one of the Mac clones from the short period where Apple had a clone program. It has the Apple designed Tanzania board that the 4400 also used. The 4400 is generally regarded as the least “Mac” Mac, so the StarMax is even less of a Mac I guess. It was my first “Mac”, and I got it pretty cheap when they were getting rid of the old stock.
The StarMax was universally criticized for its obscene noise level, and it is really is very loud, to the point of being unusable.
I’ve worked a little on mine recently.
It has two fans - a 92mm in the PSU and a 60mm in the front, which takes care of the CPU. Yes, really. 60mm.
I have replaced those with Noctuas.
Another noise source, which is perhaps even worse, is the obscenely loud OEM IBM hard drive. I have replaced it with a CF card in the back, also making getting files across easier.
The StarMax has also been fitted with a Sonnet CPU upgrade, which replaces the L2 DIMM and needs an extension to activate.
All in all, this is a delightfully quirky system.
I really, really miss the CSSEdit app from I think it was MacRabbit. Yes, there are browser tools, but they just aren't as good as it was.
There's Espresso, but it's also abandoned, I think.
Any suggestions out there for a *good* Mac-friendly CSS editor?
#Apple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster #AI Technology
The technology works like this: It takes the synthetic data that Apple has created and compares it to a recent sample of user emails within the #iPhone , #iPad and #Mac email app. By using actual #emails to check the fake inputs, Apple can then determine which items within its synthetic dataset are most in line with real-world messages.
#privacy #training #security
apple.slashdot.orgApple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster AI Technology - SlashdotApple will begin analyzing data on customers' devices in a bid to improve its AI platform, a move designed to safeguard user information while still helping it catch up with AI rivals. From a report: Today, Apple typically trains AI models using synthetic data -- information that's meant to mimic re...
Viel besser kann man wohl kaum in eine neue Woche starten: Seit heute Morgen steht der #Download von #PrinceOfPersia Lost Crown im #AppStore bereit. Nachdem das Spiel für einige Zeit vorbestellt werden konnte, ist es jetzt offiziell verfügbar. Die #Demo-Version kann nach dem #Download auf #iPhone und #iPad kostenlos gespielt werden, die #Vollversion wird nach rund 20 Minuten für aktuell reduzierte 9,99 Euro per In-App-Kauf freigeschaltet.
Alle Infos: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=377322
MacBook Pro 2026: Neues Design, OLED-Technologie und M6-Chip im Fokus
Apple plant für 2026 eine umfassende Überarbeitung des MacBook Pro. Neben erhöhter Hardware-Leistung stehen Design und Bildschirmtechnik im Mittelpunkt. Aktuelle Berichte aus der Industrie zeigen,
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/macbook-pro-2026-neues-design-oled-technologie-und-m6-chip-im-fokus/
#Mac #News #5GTechnologie #AppleLaptops #M6Chip #MacBookDesign2026 #MacBookPro #OLEDDisplay #PunchHole #TechnikTrends
#weeklyreview 15/2025
burger crafting
On Monday I spontaneously did some burgers as I had the bun’s left over from the weekend. Invited kiddo over and got some bacon, almost burned the buns and finally assembled the damn thing. The bacon makes the difference 
Backup
Was looking into restic backup with rclone to nextcloud. Restic is a really fifty command line utility to do encrypted backups. Either to local directories or attached volumes or to remote destinations. Restic supports a whole bunch of remotes out of the box.
It can be extended to further destinations by using “rclone” … another command line utility that tries to provide an abstraction of remote filesystems.
My goal was to use a NextCloud file storage as restic destination. You can theoretically just the NextCloud desktop client and backup to the local folder that is synced to the NextCloud server. But this way you have to have the storage space for the original AND the backup available locally. I wanted to use NextCloud as a remote storage without syncing to the local files.
So I chose a folder on the NextCloud server which I have excluded from syncing to my local machine (you can do this in the settings of your NextCloud client). Created an rclone configuration for NextCloud following the documentation. And then just backup to the rclone destination:
restic -r rclone:nxtcld:restic-backups/work-macbook backup ./Downloads/Instagram-Backup
Why all this hassle? Because Hetzner is offering StorageShares based on NextCloud at a pretty good price point. Beside using it as mere document sharing space, one can also use it as a backup destination.
macOS Update issues
Im still struggling to update my personal macOS sitting on an external disk to the latest version of 15.4. Apparently Apple has an issue in that version with this particular update type as many others report the same problem. Updating macOS sitting on an external disk seems to fail. Some users claim success , but it’s unclear what they did differently. I’ve tried a whole bunch of attempts already that include turning off FileVault (as the issue seems to relate to encryption) and also installing from a USB stick. No luck so far 
Heating repair
Our floor heating was broken since last year. It didn’t fully turn off in one room. Trying to find a company to repair this wasn’t easy. Most companies I contacted didn’t reply at all or never came back to me after a first attempt. So I had to pull the vitamin b card and call my cousin who runs a very successful plumbing company in the south of Berlin. They were sweet and nice, kept all the appointments and called back when promised. And not because their boss is my cousin. So eventually their guy was there this week to fix the probably broken actor motor of one of the valves. let’s see how long this fixes the issue.
US Colleagues visit
This week we also had two colleagues from the US over. First time in several years that work related travel in the “lower ranks” was approved. Been in a workshop with some AWS folks for two days. That was intense but also good to spend focused time with the whole team on a topic.
And of course there were the obligatory team dinners.
Dinner again
It almost became a tradition to have dinner over at my friends place. This week it was deliciously roasted chicken on the menu. Also some other substances were involved that I didn’t felt the effect of yet 
Kiddo requested pasta with salmon and tomato cream sauce as she recently had in a restaurant. So we gave that recipe a try and kiddo approved. Super simple to make actually. We might see this more often now.
Spring finally
It’s getting warmer outside and finally the trees and bushes started to push leaves and blossoms. So I had to do my share of taking and posting pictures of blossoming trees and bushes. Here you go.
Back in the countryside I enjoyed coffee outside on the terrace with my glorious golden mug.
You can see our tomato and chilli seedlings in the background. They eagerly wait to get outside. But we need to be sure the nights are free of frost for sure. We but planted a few herbs and vegetables on the refurbished raised beets on the weekend and also started the well pump.
That pump started immediately to pump water without any fiddling. This also seems to reflect the high level of ground water this year. Although the surface soil is super dry as it hasn’t rained in quite a while substantially. But the trenches in the fields and in the forest are actually filled with water which I haven’t noticed in years in our area.
Knitting
Kiddo found an old blanket he had started several years ago but didn’t finish. So he picket it up and is running through quite some wool now.
New Hardware
It was about time to replace the old 2012 MacBook Air of my wife. With all this taxation kerfuffle going on, it might be a good time to get something new out. Also the current generation of MacBook Air M4 has just arrived and got really good reviews.
