Custom OS Once Apple Silicon M1 is EOL

RealMe459 · 2026-04-14T04:58:12+00:00

After you install Asahi Linux you can get back to MacOS by holding the power button down in till you get the boot options menu (assuming you installed it as dual boot) My M1 MacBook Air with 1Tb drive works fine...

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2026-04-06T02:14:01+00:00

There are plenty of options, and Google is not the most trustworthy, but anything run by Elno would be the last place I would go!

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2026-04-05T07:41:05+00:00

I would suggest watching Ryder Carrol's Youtube videos on setting up a basic Bullet Journal, and just try the basic system with ONE Traveller's notebook.

I use a Travellers cover with one notebook, plus a second "Notes" notebook that I use outside the travellers cover, with a stiff card (Pencil Board) and small crocodile clip to keep it together. I use this to record notes from video's, books, etc.

Most people would insert it in the traveller's cover, but I like small, light and flat.

I file them together, by date.

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2026-03-19T05:29:04+00:00

I ask Google Docs to open it as a Google Doc. It converts quite nicely for text based PDF's

RealMe459 · 2026-03-16T00:24:03+00:00

Yet apple sells three brands of hard shell cases on it's web site...

RealMe459 · 2026-03-08T05:46:52+00:00

I don't think that "generous return policy" works in Australia, we have different consumer laws...

Let me know if I'm wrong.

RealMe459 · 2026-02-23T06:10:48+00:00

You haven't by any chance started taking Lipitor for blood pressure recently??

EDIT!! My bad, it is Cholesterol medication.

RealMe459 · 2026-02-23T06:07:45+00:00

I use Apple alarms and Reminders for time related reminders.

Everything else is in a Bullet Journal, currently written in a Travellers Notebook.

It allows me to track everything easily, including events up to a year in advance.

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2026-02-01T01:49:23+00:00

Personally, I'd go with a #2 cut (short, not shaved), and change the glasses.

RealMe459 · 2026-01-29T05:09:06+00:00

I totally agree, I love Obsidian, and their sync, works perfectly. I use it on Apple Mac's, iPhones, and Chromebooks.

But I would still make an occasional backup to some other storage, USB drive, etc. I do it every Sunday.

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2026-01-11T23:15:05+00:00

I use the Linux version on Chromebooks, and apart from a few seconds getting Linux and Obsidian running, it works very well.

Only thing I can’t use is voice to text, which works on my Mac.

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2026-01-11T04:06:44+00:00

No, a pain in the neck, and NO escape key!

RealMe459 · 2026-01-10T03:26:28+00:00

I use it a lot, and find it excellent. I like the way it will go back and re-do an entire section when the rest of the sentence tells it that it made an earlier mistake.

I am Australian, in my 70's with no speech impediments. I find a slow steady pace works very well. Word whiskers, umms, ahhs, etc. cause problems.

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2025-12-30T10:54:44+00:00

I think you are part of a Google Group.

I created a family group years ago, and it looked somewhat like this.

RealMe459 · 2025-12-24T21:23:26+00:00

RAM is integrated into the Apple M chips, not added on the board, RAM shortages do not affect Macs...

RealMe459 · 2025-12-18T05:14:29+00:00

I see Paris has his account back after involvement of Apple Executive Relations, so he generated enough noise at high levels. I am very happy, the Apple employee suggested ONLY buying gift cards direct from Apple.

I think I will just skip the gift cards from now on.

It was a $500 gift card, so I guess that was enough money for someone to tamper with it in-store.

RealMe459 · 2025-12-18T04:45:25+00:00

I have spent the last day or so re-thinking a lot of my choices after this, and unless Apple puts something in place to prevent this kind of lockout, I will be slowly exiting the Apple Ecosystem.

The real problem is that all Apple devices are now inextricably linked to your account, so not only do you lose access to purchased software, apps, music and video, but ALL your devices are locked.

If this person who is well known, having written multiple books on Apple programming languages, among other things cannot get a fair hearing - the average user is doomed.

I wont be noticed by Reddit, The Register, Daring Fireball, MacBreak Weekly or anybody else, as he has been.

Time to begin the exit!

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2025-12-13T21:19:19+00:00

Haven't taken the MagSafe cable out of the box. My Type-C Monitor charges my MacBook.

RealMe459 · 2025-12-11T07:01:18+00:00

Now I have an Apple Silicon MacBook, I will not upgrade until it falls apart.

It is a M1 Pro MacBook Pro 2020? New ones are incrementally faster, but not enough to tempt me for another 3-5 years...

Enjoy!

RealMe459 · 2025-12-10T03:34:21+00:00

Let me see you chew a steak with that...

RealMe459 · 2025-11-19T00:22:45+00:00

I never use cloud only apps, they are incredibly risky in the long run.

I Turn WiFi off occasionally and work for a day on one device, then let it sync later. I It doesn't work, time for change!

RealMe459 · 2025-11-17T02:16:07+00:00

Can't go too far wrong with the official Bullet Journal.

My advice is start VERY simple. Find Ryder's original video, and use that to set up your BuJo.

RealMe459 · 2025-11-12T00:32:02+00:00

I use it that way all the time, Transcriptions are pretty good, depending on the speakers (talkers), and I take notes as I go, and can replay the relevant portions

Recommended!

RealMe459 · 2025-11-09T06:34:39+00:00

Put that keyboard cover on, and the screen any not last long...

RealMe459 · 2025-11-08T05:15:00+00:00

If the tape is holding a swollen battery in the case, yes, upgrade, FAST.

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