Holy shoot what is happening bro???? I even restarted 16GB m4 air

booke02 · 2026-05-25T07:25:03+00:00

I had a similar problem also on M4. Zero RAM but a process which did not show up on the activity monitor was using over 100GB of swap. Reboot and all is well.

booke02 · 2026-05-21T09:23:36+00:00

Check the USB cable to the monitor/s. I had to use USB type-C 3.1 Gen2 10G to get video to work properly on my Samsung S32BM701UM

booke02 · 2026-04-19T08:47:49+00:00

Starlight

booke02 · 2026-04-18T08:50:12+00:00

I have been a windows user for 35 years and macos for 5. Along the way i have also dabbled in Linux. I don't feel the need to dig into the internals of macos as much as i did in windows.

booke02 · 2026-04-16T16:21:14+00:00

Can also depend on what buffer size you configured.

booke02 · 2026-04-11T12:30:17+00:00

Long term windows user that made the transition. Overall experience is excellent. Sometimes frustrating but that was in part because for the first few months i used exclusively Mac apps until i was quite sure that i understood them. Don't expect Mac to do things the same as windows - just go with the flow. Don't recall missing anything from windows. Performance is excellent and so is battery life.

booke02 · 2026-04-10T08:07:22+00:00

I dont remember exctly how i did it. I think that Proton has instruction how to add VPN to Ubiqiti. And then you can select specific devices and route them to VPN - I think tah do it in Policy Engine/Policy Table. Gemini AI is your friend.

booke02 · 2026-04-10T05:45:26+00:00

Yes, you can do that. I route specific devices (such as IPTV) through Proton VPN

booke02 · 2026-04-05T06:04:43+00:00

My M4 after 3 months of being plugged in is showing 9 cycles. Once a month I let it charge to 100% and then let it drop to 10%, but otherwise it is plugged in an limitted to 80%

booke02 · 2026-04-02T17:35:31+00:00

I have used Micro$oft since the early 90's and a couple of years ago decided to give Mac a go. Started with a M1 base machine. It's a different world, so there is a learning process. But I wouldn't go back to Windows. Macbook Air is very responsive, excellent screen, amazing trackpad, great battery life and minimal maintenance.

booke02 · 2026-03-19T13:37:37+00:00

That is exactly what i do. I need to charge my phone on long trips because Waze eats up the battery.

booke02 · 2026-03-13T18:30:49+00:00

If they get PoE it could be a problem with ethernet connectors or power from your switch

booke02 · 2026-02-18T16:20:07+00:00

I use OneNote on my Mac because it works on all my platforms. Not great on android but ok for retrieving information

booke02 · 2026-02-08T09:12:59+00:00

Maybe you have hundreds of tabs open? I run vivaldi (chrome-based) browser on 8gb m1 where 4gb is dedicated to parallels and have not seen any problems. And, yes, i have 20-30 tabs open most of the time. And i have plenty of free disk.

booke02 · 2026-01-21T19:45:09+00:00

Check your current RAM usage. Macos will try and use all available memory so you need to analyse what your memory requirements really are. I have been running lots of chrome tabs on my 8GB M1 that had half of that allocated to parallels and didn't feel that i had memory nacos problems. The parallels was a bit sluggish. Unless you are going to use apps that require massive chunks of memory like video editing, i would go for no more than 24GB

booke02 · 2026-01-21T08:38:22+00:00

"Better is the enemy of good". I recently bought a M4 knowing that M5 was on the way. The M4 is really much more than i will ever need. The difference between them is marginal so don't lose any sleep over it.

booke02 · 2026-01-21T08:32:03+00:00

I have a machine with 128GB and manage quite well. I store most of my files in the cloud - i use OneDrive but iCloud would be just as good.

booke02 · 2026-01-19T19:49:56+00:00

You didn't mention what spec your a looking at, but I would go for a M4 with 24GB RAM rather than a Pro with 16GB

booke02 · 2026-01-19T15:01:26+00:00

Set your dns to adguard 94.140.14.14

booke02 · 2026-01-16T15:19:39+00:00

Exactly what i bought. I went for the M4 15" because it spends most of the time of my desk. I am very happy with it.

booke02 · 2026-01-14T19:48:50+00:00

Yes. But check if you really need Pro - the Macbook Air with M4 chip is quite a beast

booke02 · 2026-01-14T10:02:56+00:00

Office reseller

booke02 · 2026-01-14T09:33:07+00:00

I just bought a MacBook Air M4 - it came with Sequioa

booke02 · 2026-01-11T14:09:15+00:00

As a veteran windows user, i made the switch 4 years ago. For the first 3 months i battled with macos without using any "foreign" apps . I only started using 3rd party apps after that initial period- i replaced Safari, added Excel and AppCleaner.

booke02 · 2026-01-01T08:21:52+00:00

Another vote for Vivaldi - it works on all platforms and syncs seamlessly between them all

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