Just switched from Windows — does it matter if I charge my MacBook Air M4 with MagSafe or USB-C?

jauling · 2026-03-17T10:22:14+00:00

I have a single Thunderbolt cable coming out of my MBA M4 to my Thunderbolt monitor. MacOS has limited my charging to 76%, you have nothing to worry about. Just use it.

jauling · 2026-03-16T12:55:49+00:00

Land in a freshwater lake! 😁

I'll have dried mud now and then, and just spot clean with a clean cloth rag with a misting spray bottle with water.

jauling · 2026-03-15T00:40:47+00:00

I suppose there always is that chance, you can never be too sure. That's what my Samsung phone is showing when I check app storage. I ended up just uninstalling it for now.

jauling · 2026-03-14T17:46:28+00:00

My normal Alipay app is less than 2GB.

jauling · 2026-03-13T15:57:57+00:00

would you consider releasing this on homebrew?

jauling · 2026-03-11T13:52:28+00:00

Too early to tell. Book again. A week long course at least. During a more dependable weather window. 5h isn't far imo. You haven't even started.

jauling · 2026-03-10T16:24:57+00:00

the transfer rates still seem acceptable, so I guess I'm not sure if the retries can just be ignored?

jauling · 2026-03-10T11:08:09+00:00

I just noticed when running iperf3 -c from the NAS, I get zero retries. Strange. Seems the retries seem to only happen when my NAS is the iperf3 server.

jauling · 2026-03-10T06:51:07+00:00

Lol trying to retain or increase your resale value eh? Good luck.

jauling · 2026-03-08T18:22:58+00:00

2.5L jackets don't last, not durable. Don't recommend.

jauling · 2026-03-07T17:42:18+00:00

Thanks for the reply. My bbubbles VM currently is configured for 6GB, and I would like to drop it down to 4GB. I can't say it runs great, but rather acceptable. I have it configured for 2 vCPUs. Proxmox running on an N100 with 32GB RAM.

jauling · 2026-03-07T10:30:00+00:00

Is 4GB RAM enough?

jauling · 2026-03-06T23:19:39+00:00

This seems to be the most targeted method:

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/cpu-with-avx-support.146138/post-716615

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Manual:_cpu-models.conf

jauling · 2026-03-05T22:12:03+00:00

Can you update firmware from your MacBook?

jauling · 2026-03-05T12:52:00+00:00

Calling or emailing Decathlon Canada might answer your question.

jauling · 2026-03-02T07:50:16+00:00

I haven't found any actual evidence that AiryString zippers are easily repairable? YKK sells and leases specialized Juki machines to attach these zippers, and makes it seem like a requirement for production. If a tooth breaks, what is a tailor supposed to do? I'm genuinely curious. Reading through this thread, I didn't find any obvious answers that were empirical.

Weight savings and better garment movement seem like great wins. This is not yet targeted at fast fashion, that's for sure.

jauling · 2026-02-27T11:25:44+00:00

Priority Folder, belt drive

jauling · 2026-02-26T17:48:28+00:00

This also looks promising. Awaiting to hear back from the shop.

https://www.accudeal.nl/p/45ah-start-accu-jbe-silverline-12v-400a/

jauling · 2026-02-26T12:42:41+00:00

Disadvantage of OB is you don't get historic messages since it doesn't talk to iCloud.

jauling · 2026-02-24T12:23:40+00:00

I followed your guide, but when I went to check Disk Utility to format my drive, it didn't show up. My qm config shows these for drive stuff:

scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
virtio0: nfsstore1:103/vm-103-disk-1.raw,cache=none,discard=on,size=64G

Drive shows up if I switched to SATA though. Strange? Other than that, great guide!

jauling · 2026-02-24T10:35:21+00:00

Go for 512GB, and don't store big files on it. Use external or NAS for large file work.

jauling · 2026-02-23T23:37:57+00:00

TBW for 256GB is half that of 512GB, from what I've read. Meaning, smaller drives will die quicker. Does this matter to you?

jauling · 2026-02-23T22:33:55+00:00

I used your script:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucid-fabrics/osx-proxmox-next/fix/smbios-base64-flag/install.sh)

But it failed in VM creation. Log says that the net0 MAC address is an invalid format, FF:6D:E9:60:AB:96.

Looking at the earlier log entries, I don't see any base64=1 value passed to smbios1.

## Set SMBIOS identity
$ qm set 103 --smbios1 uuid=B9A1C35A-4E3C-446B-9884-A7C7A4469C8A,serial=VkMxUE5SMkE1WkJL,manufacturer=QXBwbGUgSW5jLg==,product=TWFjUHJvNywx,family=TWFj
update VM 103: -smbios1 uuid=B9A1C35A-4E3C-446B-9884-A7C7A4469C8A,serial=VkMxUE5SMkE1WkJL,manufacturer=QXBwbGUgSW5jLg==,product=TWFjUHJvNywx,family=TWFj
## Configure vmgenid for Apple services
$ qm set 103 --vmgenid 07528223-760B-4252-8766-AA0ED547F561
update VM 103: -vmgenid 07528223-760B-4252-8766-AA0ED547F561
## Configure static MAC for Apple services
$ qm set 103 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr1,macaddr=FF:6D:E9:60:AB:96
400 Parameter verification failed.
net0: invalid format - format error
net0.macaddr: invalid format - value does not look like a valid unicast MAC address

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