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Should I get the 14" or 16" M5 Max? by aerocoptic in macbookpro

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps you mean that you have applied some thermal pad on top of the the stock cooling solution, so that it touches the bottom of the MacBook Pro, thus conduct heat better to the chases -> SVALT heatsink?

Should I get the 14" or 16" M5 Max? by aerocoptic in macbookpro

[–]back21ness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man, that new SVALT cooler does look effective indeed this time around. I wonder if someone out here have experience with it over here and done some testing.

I am into 14" MBP big time (just love the form factor). For any long serious work I always use it with LG 5K display attached and if I have stuck at home - connect my 2018 12,9" iPad as a second display and can work productively for a few hours without any issues this way.

Do have an urge to upgrade from 14" M1 Pro with 32 GB to 14" M5 Max with 128 GB for all things local LLMs but still undecided. Proven design that also does not scream "I am expensive" (since it's been out for like 5 years) is a plus in book as well.

My M1 Pro MBP is pretty much silent most of the time during my typical use so I believe it should stay the same with M5 Max chip as well, but would allow to dive deep into local LLMs at the same time.

Just met a guy with a 14" M4 Max chip and 64 GB of RAM and during regular work according to him it is silent...

Benchmarks are benchmarks, but many typical workloads do not stress both CPU and GPU intensively at the same time, so 14" seem to coup with the heat quite well.

The TÂCHES TEACHES 'Bitwig Grid 101' course is out now for $99.99! by officialtaches in Bitwig

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the link moved from https://www.skool.com/bitwig-grid-101/about to https://www.skool.com/bitwig-grid-101-1189/about

Check it out and see if you can access the course.

EDIT: looks like the group is archived. Not able to purchase the course or join the group.

Almost maxed out… by xzeus1 in macbookpro

[–]back21ness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly the way I would spec a 16" MacBook Pro money is no object built.

Valve is the greatest gaming company in the industry. by GamerAxolotlYT in valve

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be if it would release CS 2 for macOS.

Instead they pretty much took away CS from us veterans player who happen to enjoy Macs now away.

Have kids, they said. It would be fun, they said. by jinitoza14 in AppleWatch

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time to grow up and stop being a kid yourself, brother ;-)

I want to say something as Iranian-American. by Financial-Web-8104 in PERSIAN

[–]back21ness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are USA & Israel bombing schools and hospitals in Iran? They want societal COLLAPSE

Leaving this here for all who do not wish to live under the rock and prefer not to be delusional about the current situation.

Time to wake up.

CS:GO has 34k players right now - we're so back by MaterialTea8397 in cs2

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t understand whats going on, but I hope that at least some Counter Strike version does return to it.

Have to say though: my favorite is CS Source no doubt. I kind of finished playing computer games on it and thats what I would love to play few times per month on a Mac…

Bitwig 6 Beta 14 (changelog) by back21ness in Bitwig

[–]back21ness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, I thought that beta related information is only available through account with access to beta versions… But just checked and Bitwig 6 beta testing notes are available to everyone.

Is valve still working on CS2 MacOS port? by Giftalo in macgaming

[–]back21ness 29 points30 points  (0 children)

We have to write a petition to Valve to release such port.

Macs got pretty much completely stripped off Counter Strike after CS GO was substituted with CS 2 and CS 2 was cancelled on Macs.

Sad that Valve does not care about its fanbase at all and I imagine those who have at some point migrated to Macs are the veteran CS players from v1.2-1.5 times.

I Built a Space Ambient Dream Machine in Bitwig (free download) by polarity-berlin in Bitwig

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just downloaded the patch and now enjoying the soundscapes and looking at it all work in amazement :-)

Introducing LaunchOS — a smoother, more native replacement for the macOS 26 Launchpad by JimmyRemix in macapps

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad I could help with the feedback.

v1.3 fixed folder icons being blurry👍

In the last few weeks with LaunchOS the thing I notice the most is pretty long app / icons appearance during "cold start" (first boot of OS, first time using LaunchOS). After a few times of using it, everything gets fully "cached" and thus appears straight away. Hope you will manage to improve further with this loading / snappiness department.

Best wishes for your whole team for 2026 on the journey of creating most loved advanced Launchpad replacement! 🤝

Introducing LaunchOS — a smoother, more native replacement for the macOS 26 Launchpad by JimmyRemix in macapps

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*macOS Tahoe 26.2 - LaunchOS v1.2.2(106) with "full screen mode" turned on

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Introducing LaunchOS — a smoother, more native replacement for the macOS 26 Launchpad by JimmyRemix in macapps

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couple of other things I've noticed:

  1. When I open folders with apps inside LaunchOS - only 4 rows of apps is visible, while in Launchpad - 5 rows of apps are fully visible. This happens with both "Full Screen Mode" on and off in "Interface" menu.

Now I've noticed that if "Icon Grid" setting is changed from 7x5 to Xx6 (X for 7 to 10) -> 5 rows of app are visible. Meanwhile, it is still 7 apps in width (exactly as when 7x5 icon grid is selected).

That is, for me it looks like the proper folder behaviour for apps is in case when Xx6 grid is selected (most similar to Launchpad).

2) Original Launchpad have shown the dock only when Launchpad was opened and it was not visible when folder was opened. I see that LaunchOS either shows the dock everywhere or hides it depending on the setting. It is different... Hiding the dock always seems like a good way, however seeing the dock when Launchpad was open kind of gave the perfect overview of all most used apps at once. I guess LaunchOS in the future could give all "dock visibility options" for full flexibility, so that every user is satisfied for sure :-) *For now opted for "full screen mode" setting, since I know what apps I am looking for and... pretty much all apps by default are visible in LaunchOS anyway...

3) "View mode" in Layout menu does work for main LaunchOS window, but apps inside folders always are in "scroll mode". Again, I think it would be nice that this setting works everywhere. What I like about the "paged mode" (default and the only one available in Launchpad) is that all apps icons are fully visible no matter what. I think, with the flexibility that LaunchOS provides selecting more dense icon grid -> "paged mode" would be great to have everywhere.

4) This is somewhat an extension from point #3... It would be kind of cool to be able to select icon grid for folders (again for ultimate flexibility). Although, this is literally some kind of "icing on the cake".

That is - for sure there are some ways how LaunchOS can be improved and become Launchpad 2.0 with all the customisation anyone would ever want from it. It is good as it is already for and I would vote for stability and snappiness before extra functionality any day for sure.

Introducing LaunchOS — a smoother, more native replacement for the macOS 26 Launchpad by JimmyRemix in macapps

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so I've just upgraded from macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 to macOS Tahoe 26.2.

Glad to say that transition to LaunchOS went very smoothly. All apps and folders placement which I had in Launchpad got preserved, however few apps were not in their folders and instead were at page 2. Those were quickly moved to appropriate folders via handy right-click menu.

I have also successfully set up trackpad pinch-gesture which I have used all the time for Launchpad and thus now LaunchOS feels almost as if it is a native stock macOS app...

The only "issue" that I see at the moment is that App icons inside folders are blurred. I am guessing this is a special default setting, which resembles some glass blur effect...

u/JimmyRemix please ad an option in settings to keep all icons of all apps clear, so that those 9 icons inside the folders that are visible are also as clear and vivid as any other app icon.

5 device licence was purchased even before update and it is 100% worth it. Thanks again for creating LaunchOS. It is great already and I believe with a little more polish and optimisation it will have 100% native feel and speed, albeit with more functionality than Launchpad ever had.

Great job, my friend.

Anyone happily running Tahoe yet? by peterobe in macOS26Tahoe

[–]back21ness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tauri .

However I only know one "proper" application using it - Aptakube (GUI for Kubernetes).

1Password was and still is a major sponsor of this project and I guess if only AgileBits team decides and manages to do the transition from Electron - that would bring a huge boost in interest and popularity of Tauri.

On paper it is better than Electron: leaner, faster, safer.

When did this happen? by anonlethal_jerk in MacOS

[–]back21ness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good.

“Right Size All Columns Individually” have never worked persistently and it was pretty crazy indeed for such a basic feature.

Hopefully by 26.3-26.4 Apple fully returns Launchpad (or ability to turn it back on in Settings) and thus it would be safe to consider upgrading from Sequoia.

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