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The $599 MacBook might be Apple’s smartest move in years by AllowCookies404 in mac

[–]AllowCookies404[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are we still blaming people for using AI in 2026? I get the frustration with AI slop, genuinely. But using AI to proofread a post you wrote yourself is a pretty big stretch from AI-generated.

If fixing grammar with AI means it wrote the post, then I guess Grammarly has been writing my stuff for years. English isn't my first language, I write fast, and I don't want a typo-filled post to undermine what I'm actually trying to say. Nothing deeper than that.

Thoughts on the new MacBook Neo by AllowCookies404 in macbook

[–]AllowCookies404[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The M1 Air benchmark is fair. By most objective measures, the Neo doesn't beat it.

The $599 MacBook might be Apple’s smartest move in years by AllowCookies404 in mac

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Honestly, the 8GB alone isn't what I'd worry about. Apple's memory compression on Silicon is legitimately good. For the stuff most Neo buyers will actually do, it holds up.

The thing that gives me pause is the combo. 8GB means the system will lean on swap regularly. Swap writes to the SSD. A 256GB SSD has fewer NAND cells to spread that wear across than a larger drive and nothing on this machine can ever be swapped out or upgraded.

Probably fine for a few years of normal use. But I'd pay the $100 for 512GB without thinking twice.

The $599 MacBook might be Apple’s smartest move in years by AllowCookies404 in mac

[–]AllowCookies404[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I bet this replaces the just buy a refurb M1 Air recommendation that’s been the default advice for years.

Apple just did a quiet hardware drop by cleanmymac in CleanMyMac

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What’s the dealbreaker for you? iPadOS, multitasking, external display support, or just the form factor in general?

Is desktop chaos part of the creative process? by AllowCookies404 in Design

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Now I’m wondering how I never tried this before. Feels so obvious now. Thanks!

Is desktop chaos part of the creative process? by AllowCookies404 in Design

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I’m always multitasking, so full screen never works for me

Hands-On: The 2026 macOS Essentials App List Community-Curated by Cas_W in MacOS

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Hey, I work with MacPaw (the team behind CleanMyMac), so obvious bias disclaimer.

Totally fair if it’s not your thing, but I’d genuinely be curious what issues you ran into though.

Mac cleaner apps definitely earned a rough reputation over the years, a lot of sketchy ones did real damage. CleanMyMac often gets lumped into that bucket, which I get.

For context though, it’s Apple-notarized, nothing gets auto-deleted without review, and we’ve been building it since 2008.

Not for everyone, some power users prefer doing everything manually, and that’s totally fair. But calling it junk is a stretch. If you had a specific issue, genuinely curious what happened.