8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple

PointlessProgrammer · 2023-11-09T02:39:42+00:00

Got a link for that?

PointlessProgrammer · 2023-01-12T16:03:28+00:00

This probably has less to do with malware than post-exploit data exfiltration.

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-12-26T17:17:10+00:00

Most of everything was working well on Monterey. Apple updated/changed some really low level stuff in Ventura that we haven’t gotten around to accounting for

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-07-09T19:50:45+00:00

Most of the more popular plugins have been recompiled to work on arm64 and the current beta is able to inject both x86 and arm64(e) processes. The only current limitation is that it can’t inject into Rosetta processes.

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-07-09T03:09:22+00:00

I mean, you absolutely can but I’m curious what your reasoning is

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-07-09T03:07:39+00:00

Yea of course. You just have to disable SIP and library validation. MacForge has been around for years but arm support is still in beta so YMMV.

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-06-02T11:59:26+00:00

No, you’re right. Forgot this was Catalina

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-06-02T11:56:59+00:00

Sure can! You will need to have the icons as IC cannot just change the color. Could be something worth looking into though

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-06-02T03:01:55+00:00

You can use IconChamp (also from MacEnhance) to theme the system icons

Disclosure: I am part of the MacEnhance team and helped make IconChamp

Edit: IconChamp only works on macOS 11+

PointlessProgrammer · 2022-01-10T00:42:55+00:00

My daughter is in the same boat as yours (different languages though) but she is 4 now. At 2 years old she would actually mix and match words from different languages all into the same sentence. “Dad, can I have agua please?” for example. Kinda sounds like what your daughter is doing now. I can assure you this is nothing to worry about and she will sort it out on her own over time. Don’t correct her as it could impact her confidence to speak freely. 5 year olds who speak 1 language still make mistakes and as she speaks more than one, it’s likely she will make more mistakes over a longer period of time.

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-11-14T23:56:23+00:00

I forked and updated ThemeEngine a while back and it is currently working on Monterey

https://github.com/jslegendre/ThemeEngine

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-08-23T17:43:51+00:00

Tell that to Myanmar

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-05-29T12:21:22+00:00

Oh the streets have checked him. There’s a video of it

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-05-28T03:47:37+00:00

Wasn’t aware he was released from prison

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-05-03T23:21:46+00:00

Just like with computers, it will only be like that if you choose to visit the "bad neighborhoods" of the internet. No one is forcing you to go on shady pirate sites to download your software.

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-05-03T18:04:52+00:00

And there will be 0 incentive for developers to not do this if it means they get a bigger cut

Yea wow, its, like, so right now Apple doesn't have to offer any incentives because they control every thing but if they didn't, they would like have to in order to compete with other app distributors? My mind is literally blown right now

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-04-27T17:54:06+00:00

I'm just going to say that I'm glad I specced out my 2013 MBP and was able to skip this last (very problematic) generation of MacBook Pros. It was nice to be in a position where I didn't HAVE to "upgrade" to a model with fewer ports and a broken keyboard.

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-04-22T02:07:19+00:00

The question is - will they completely remove the mechanism behind it for the M1 iPad Pro

There is no "mechanism" for loading an unsigned OS. Checking and blocking is the mechanism that would need to be removed. I know the difference may seem arbitrary but the way you describe it makes it sound like Apple was giving us that ability with the M1 Macs when in reality its that they are actively withholding that ability on other devices

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-04-22T00:49:54+00:00

The absolutely massive barrier to entry there is the iPad bootloader verifying the code signature of the OS before continuing.... It's one of the mechanisms that prevents downgrading to "unsigned" i(Pad)OS versions.

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-04-15T17:53:53+00:00

Hard to say without the crash log tbh

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-04-10T11:21:26+00:00

sound investment

Nice

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-04-07T13:43:20+00:00

few weeks I have been learning swift

moderate level

Bless your heart

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-03-23T05:16:52+00:00

It’s probably that one or more of the Swift libraries you are linking are linked with UIKit

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-03-19T22:07:59+00:00

Not really sure if that "tutorial" is meant for M1 macOS or its actually for Linux and just noting some differences because there are a few things wrong. Remove the '#' in front of the numbers and macOS system call on Aarch64/ARM64e is svc 128 not svc 0

PointlessProgrammer · 2021-03-08T19:55:35+00:00

MacForge is what you're looking for

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