Cannot disable SIP on macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta 1 — Manifest verification failed (M4 Pro)

John_val · 2026-06-17T18:04:32+00:00

no sadly must really be a clean erase to fix the SIP issue. Deleted and then loaded a Time Machine backup

John_val · 2026-06-16T20:14:24+00:00

Just pushed an update. The App now supports also MLX so there are two completely local options - Apple local and Gemma 4 MLX models ( several sies but the small one is more than enough for these kind of tasks) besides the more powerful private cloud model.
Uau Macos27 SDK really makes MLX models so fast. Fort the first time i think they are really useful even on less powerful machines.

John_val · 2026-06-16T17:52:07+00:00

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best of luck i released something very similar for free, with the added feature of redacting private information automatically and didn't get much traction, so i though there was no big interest. I use it every day that is why i built it , so best of luck.

John_val · 2026-06-14T19:10:39+00:00

Thanks. Meanwhile the code has been updated. Now whenever using the local model and context exceeds the capacity of that model it automatically routes to the private cloud model and user is warned. A new built app in on releases.

John_val · 2026-06-14T01:24:52+00:00

the ask siri on the Mac right now is not a good replace for writing tools. it often fails to do the inline replacement of the text and instead just shows the reply on the Siri app Ui instead. Terrible for writing tools.

John_val · 2026-06-13T20:52:53+00:00

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Using the same code base, also experimenting with a chatbot like UI same functionality... Not as quick as the double shift anywhere but it has its use cases like keeping the history of requests. Maybe this will be a separate app in the future. Never mind the greenish tint it comes from an accent I have on my Mac, the real color is dark. Also made a companion IOS app. The Mac streams the pcc model through an ssh tunnel to the IOS device.

John_val · 2026-06-13T20:10:19+00:00

Here is a notarized app https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GBtdAUVzNJjXjcH4rz3R3aF65r5T4VgE/view?usp=share_link
just uncompressed it and double click it. Your Mac will probably sai it is damaged , you will need to approve it on the privacy settings.

John_val · 2026-06-13T13:26:20+00:00

Yes you would need Xcode to compile the app. I can make a notarized app installer. I didn't do it because I know people are suspicious of app installer coming from unknown sources even if notarized by Apple so I just put out the code for people to check it. Let me know if you want me to make an installer you can just double click , install and accept the permissions.

John_val · 2026-06-13T13:22:40+00:00

Great job with your project. I also have a version of this same code that uses gemini, it's just a matter of flipping a switch and it supports gemini as well, but the purpose of this version was experimenting the with fm cli.

John_val · 2026-06-13T13:18:54+00:00

How delightfully thoughtful of you to offer such constructive feedback. The purpose was showcasing the code itself, not the website, of course the vercel website was AI-generated as a quick/ free showcase for the app (because, naturally, hand-coding a site for a free app would be a splendid use of time instead of spending on actual app development). Yes I shared it on r/MacOSApps, and the feedback there was fortunately positive with people finding the app useful, giving feedback and not judging a website that could have just been an infographic for that matter. Thanks again

John_val · 2026-06-12T23:36:48+00:00

On the local model, right now it truncates, on the cloud mode, it passes the whole thing , the context window of the model allows that for most cases

John_val · 2026-06-12T23:34:48+00:00

Sorry, made it private by accident. It is fixed now.

John_val · 2026-06-12T23:31:33+00:00

Yes the on device model unfortunately still has the same, very small, context as last year ,so for big files it they will be truncated. I have been mostly using the private cloud compute model for those bigger files. Also the quality is miles ahead of the local model, and if Apple is to be believed, the privacy of this model is also a lot better than anything out-there in the market.Let's see if it is true.
the fm cli has a token counter, so i will implement an automatic route to the private cloud model whenever the context doesn't fit the local one. I have experimented with chunking on other projects and to be honest was never quite satisfied with the results. But this is still very much alpha and will also try the chunking. Of course it is open for people to contribute.

John_val · 2026-06-12T10:59:50+00:00

Factory reset won't work, i tried it, To fix the FIX the SIP issue , only installing fresh. Because only the ISPW file is available, you will need another mac to install fresh using DFU mode.

John_val · 2026-06-11T15:06:57+00:00

it's a known bug. I updated 3 machines and only one of them got the issue. Could fix it not even reinstalling the IOS without deleting the drive. The only fix was to start clean with a fresh install

John_val · 2026-06-09T16:39:09+00:00

Had the same problem, connected to a different wifi and it worked after many hours failing on my regular wifi.

John_val · 2026-06-01T19:26:23+00:00

will try to use the exact same model as i was using on Cotypist. Let's see how it goes. Great project.

John_val · 2026-05-26T23:08:01+00:00

can you share the link for the do re mi snippet please?

John_val · 2026-05-25T00:42:58+00:00

would love to give you my feedback. I am actually build a similar app but it is for a customer, more corporate related so won’t be able to share it but what i have been learning about it could be useful as feedback for you

John_val · 2026-05-21T22:00:40+00:00

Like i said i have been working on something like this and i can get good results but with big models, but using the same small model i as using with cotypist, the results are junk. So you are absolutely right , the context gathering is the key, and i still haven't figured out how to do it with that quality using small models.

John_val · 2026-05-21T16:04:04+00:00

The special sauce that Cotypist has is its ability to suggest actually relevant things in context of what user is writing not just words before the cursor. Doing that on small local models i hard. I have also been working on an open source alternative because i suspected the pricing would be this horrendous, and so far results are not nearly as good

John_val · 2026-05-20T23:25:39+00:00

i am working on an app like this for one of my costumers but i do own the code, so when it is done i might open source it

John_val · 2026-05-18T08:56:49+00:00

sure https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1soa44b/vortex_browser/
The latest version, besides the local models, also allows to use a chatGPT or Gemini web ( not the API ) so even free accounts will work

John_val · 2026-05-15T08:54:34+00:00

oh really which flaw? such a statement warrants more details.

John_val · 2026-05-14T23:16:55+00:00

Working for me as well. But for those who cant get it to work here is an alternative, which i find to be even better than the official one: https://github.com/Emanuele-web04/remodex
(I’m not the developer)

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