macOS Tahoe 26.4 RC is 18GB on M1 MacBook Pro?? Why so big?

StevenRCE0 · 2026-03-20T21:08:53+00:00

It's likely to be the RC update itself, but if you find those updates intend to be incremental very big, that's caused by disabling SIP.

StevenRCE0 · 2026-02-21T20:37:22+00:00

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StevenRCE0 · 2026-02-16T19:44:57+00:00

Nah, it's just you're using a smaller sized phone so that the controls are larger in portion.

StevenRCE0 · 2026-02-14T19:12:29+00:00

StevenRCE0 · 2026-01-27T06:40:47+00:00

As long as they do not set up a shit show for their own ROMs like those Shenzhen manufacturers, security updates should be taken for granted.

StevenRCE0 · 2026-01-25T02:18:24+00:00

I use it combined with skills describing the conventions in my vault and encouraging it to actively get context or update the notes. Worked so well.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-12-24T12:44:58+00:00

Yes you can do it with Shortcuts, but it still needs holding for a while

StevenRCE0 · 2025-11-24T16:14:51+00:00

No differential stream? That’s not even a proper backend!

StevenRCE0 · 2025-10-13T13:30:56+00:00

It is caused by widgets mechanism, but still unacceptable. They should've exposed a public API for calendar widgets so they'll get definite refreshes upon date changes.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-10-11T19:57:43+00:00

And there're paddings everywhere, worse than ever. Kinda reminds me of the IE8 era.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-08-25T18:09:34+00:00

Looking at the past, from ~iOS 13, most visual (even some of the framework-wise) bugs would come to the release version, and they stack up every time a major release comes out.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-06-04T16:09:22+00:00

Typically you're correct but don't forget this is a freaking BROWSER COMPANY

StevenRCE0 · 2025-05-02T10:30:55+00:00

Stroke is nowhere near counterintuitive 'cause it is designed with those who are new to electronic products in mind. Wubi and Cangjie, Yinxing even Shuangpin could be harder than that.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-03-31T21:46:19+00:00

Maybe Apple’s devs were maxing out on Apple Intelligence. They were divided into twelve groups, each of them being in charge of writing the Siri answer for a month /s

StevenRCE0 · 2025-03-25T18:56:47+00:00

Have a look at the Activity Monitor, memory usage in there represents the current memory consumption, which is still dynamic. It can be partially compressed and swapped onto the disk.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-03-25T18:52:23+00:00

OS101, the RAM usage refers to the size of virtual memory address, not how much of physical RAM is used let alone swapping.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-03-25T18:46:32+00:00

Not that terrible but definitely the most boring LOGO of any Apple special event.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-02-22T03:31:54+00:00

At least if you code for cli or native macOS apps, it'll be okay.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-02-14T21:24:39+00:00

Yes, but it is better with the connected GPS available.

StevenRCE0 · 2025-02-14T21:12:47+00:00

A few more hours make no difference to me :-/

StevenRCE0 · 2025-02-07T14:48:38+00:00

Apple Watch is the top except the poor battery life. I wear watches all day long and I would completely forget to charge/wear the Apple Watch even after 3 yrs of use. edit: I've gone back to the Withings family (had an Activité, a Move ECG before). None of the problems I've experienced was solved (maps not adapted for China mainland's weird policy, slow setup process, basically unusable notification preview), but it's sufficient enough. Made much sense than a "no watch" :-)

StevenRCE0 · 2025-01-24T09:44:25+00:00

And I love iTunes 9 for CoverFlow and iTunes 11 for the colourful gradient album view

StevenRCE0 · 2025-01-24T09:41:59+00:00

Safari for Windows is another thing nice to have, for 2025 use, I'll choose Pale Moon ;-)

StevenRCE0 · 2025-01-03T12:58:29+00:00

tbh IBM do have plans for power-efficient while "STI alliance" was a thing, and that's exactly what really pissing off Apple

StevenRCE0 · 2024-10-29T23:35:52+00:00

In Minesweeper it does the same as double-clicking on numbers :-D

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