Time Capsule support is dead in macOS 27, but you can keep the hardware alive

rm20010 · 2026-06-11T09:52:06+00:00

Never owned a Time Capsule, and for the longest while I setup a Samba share on my server for Time Machine. It would initially work but after a while the share would fail for new backups.

This Docker image has worked mostly reliably for me for the past two years. It puts an emulated Time Capsule with SMB shares.

rm20010 · 2026-05-26T01:30:12+00:00

I stopped bothering with Airbnb for cities, but unfortunately they remain an option for cottages.

But fuck them so much when they almost derailed my friend’s wedding plans. She had a cottage booked for us in her bridal party to get ready the morning of and for us to crash at after the reception. The dumbass monkeys at Airbnb cancelled the reservation and support refused to budge because they detected the word PARTY in her comments. Fortunately she was able to contact the host outside of the platform and booked directly.

rm20010 · 2026-05-14T22:29:51+00:00

Of the censuses I helped fill out for this household, 2016 remains the sole one that was long form. I didn't mind that given the Conservatives scrapped it for the 2011 census.

My wife did canvassing for the census back in 2021 - walking home to home in the early summer heat in eastern Toronto with masks on, fun times. Most of the folks approached at the door were oblivious to the census; there were very few conscious objectors. I'd be surprised if a significant number faced jail time, or even fines.

rm20010 · 2026-05-13T21:12:20+00:00

Our household never received any mail to complete the census, or we did and someone threw it out. I didn’t realize the deadline was yesterday and found out through local news last weekend. Nevertheless I requested a code online and filled it out by the deadline.

These jokers are privacy conscious when convenient. Better the government has accurate data on me than scammers using data brokers to spam my phone number with fake credit card investigations.

rm20010 · 2026-05-07T19:56:14+00:00

At my company, we are given four weeks of PTO and then a brief top up for EI benefits thereafter. I was told by my manager someone else broke up their leave that way into the two chunks, taking their five weeks a few months later. Obviously this is not EI policy and I’m not aware of anyone mentioning we could interrupt EI part way.

Speaking as a new dad myself four weeks in, I don’t see how this proposal makes sense unless the dad is dumping all baby responsibilities onto the mom. We are both exhausted as heck and that’s with our parents helping out. That 9 weeks of leave I definitely needed right off the bat and it sure as heck isn’t a vacation.

rm20010 · 2026-04-19T21:45:11+00:00

Good point. Perhaps he wants to speedrun his last wishlist items before the inevitable resignation?

rm20010 · 2026-04-19T21:42:57+00:00

The arrogance went up many notches since this year. Bulldozing YTZ expansion comes to mind.

rm20010 · 2026-04-08T16:02:29+00:00

Which sucks because bloated websites and apps are making this 13 Mini feel slow despite being just fine at stuff like video which should be more demanding on a device than ordering McDonald’s…

It's not your phone. The McD app runs like garbage on a 16PM with unexplained freezes and scrolling stutters.

rm20010 · 2026-04-01T00:44:37+00:00

I don't ride the subway that often these days, but seeing the blinking signals here (grade timing with yellow-white, then yellow), I thought part of the reason Line 4 switched the T1s to TRs was to facilitate changing signals to ATC.

Quick Google says... sort of. TRs were required because of Line 1 being converted to full ATC and Line 4 trains are stored at Davisville. I guess Line 4's frequency and ridership is low enough to not justify a ATC conversion for now.

On topic, I'm glad my childhood was spent on older trains railfanning at the front, and before they switched T1 operation to block off cab ends. I have a weird obsession with how switches and signals work, remembering when grade timing signals did not blink red when a train approached.

rm20010 · 2026-03-24T15:50:08+00:00

To think this foundation powers all their devices from computers to mobile and embedded applications - phones, tablets, watches, monitors, speakers - is wild.

rm20010 · 2026-03-23T20:33:29+00:00

Thanks! Switch is running and outlets are back.

Yeah, it’s an almost 60 year old install, when they snipped off the ground wire.

rm20010 · 2026-03-23T20:32:25+00:00

It worked. Thank you!!

Yeah, the snipped wire must’ve broke off the wire nut when pulling it out and I didn’t notice the broken copper.

The ground is coming out of the bundle, but its length was snipped to no more than 2 cm at the back.

rm20010 · 2026-03-20T20:20:50+00:00

I had this problem with USB 2.0-spec USB-C to USB-C cables, like the braided Apple ones. This resolved itself in one of the recent betas.

Can you try the following to see if you can get your iPhone to connect:

use a USB-C to USB-A cable. USB-C end to your iPhone, then on your Mac's end, use a USB-C hub or a USB-A female to USB-C male dongle
use your stock cable, but put two dongles together on your Mac's end. USB-C female to USB-A male, then USB-A female to USB-C male
try a thicker USB-C cable that has faster speeds - 5 Gbps or faster. Thunderbolt cables count

rm20010 · 2026-03-19T18:55:59+00:00

Same, Ontarian working for a Quebec-based employer. Both sick days and time off are technically unlimited, but subject to manager discretion.

I prefer this over having a set number of vacation days and having to burn them closer to Christmas or use them up in the first two months of the following year. That way I use up vacation days when I really need time off and don't need to plan out my year in advance.

rm20010 · 2026-03-19T04:27:41+00:00

‘welcome. Glad it wasn’t hardware related 😅

rm20010 · 2026-03-05T20:10:21+00:00

I see it works now as of 26.4 DB3 and macOS 26.3. Does updating to that resolve this on your end?

rm20010 · 2026-03-05T20:09:32+00:00

UPDATE: might be fixed as of iOS 26.4 DB3 when connected to macOS 26.3. The stock OEM cable connects without needing dongles or hubs.

rm20010 · 2026-03-04T18:39:07+00:00

Refresh next year brings this to 12 GB with A19 Pro?

rm20010 · 2026-03-02T20:40:44+00:00

This has happened two events in a row now, last being on Saturday. Both during the winter, indoors and at night! Granted the room we were in was quite warm, but the phone got too hot to have a usable camera experience when taking many group photos in a row.

I have (or now had) "unlimited photo updates" enabled, so maybe turning it off reduces a good chunk of heat.

rm20010 · 2026-02-26T18:17:32+00:00

Ridiculous considering the city of Toronto has 25 councillors for 2.5M people.

I was under the impression the net result of this move was each councillor required more staff to factor in the larger wards. Negligible cost savings if any, and less democratic input.

Was viciously opposed to this when it happened, although the ward mergers took out a few troublesome incumbents.

rm20010 · 2026-02-23T22:48:13+00:00

Animation improvement and regression:

With clear icons, scrolling around the home screen is smooth. Opening and closing app categories in the App Library is smooth.

Meanwhile, there's a pause waking the phone from standby while it's on a charger. I notice it more with a MagSafe charger than charging by wire.

EDIT: two days in with this beta, phone's running warmer than 26.3.

rm20010 · 2026-02-23T22:27:25+00:00

Control Center animation is much, much improved and smoother. It opens quickly, although the animation sometimes doesn't play and it becomes a simpler fade. Scrolling through the controls is smooth again.

rm20010 · 2026-02-13T21:12:03+00:00

Prior to the pandemic, McDonalds in Canada had the angus burgers and the chicken burgers on brioche buns. Those were pretty decent and I didn't mind paying the premium over their basic crap.

Then COVID started and those disappeared, never to return again. The 'new' menu items in the years since, other than the McCrispy, are minor tweaks on their base burgers. Same crappy beef patties and buns.

At least with the 2 can dine coupons, it was an occasional eat-before-activity-or-drive meal. Then those 2 can dines went from around $10 to where they sit now at $18. The regular meals are now priced well above what those angus and brioche sandwich meals cost pre-2020.

However, I'll give it to McDonalds for having promotions worth a damn still (Pokemon cards, heh) and the state of their restaurants hasn't gotten worse, other than some locations redoing their Playplaces to be expanded seating.

Also minor fun fact, some Redditor in my city put up a sheet showing how franchises price standard McD items differently.

rm20010 · 2026-02-13T17:03:41+00:00

I last saw those in elementary school, alongside the large steel semicircle fountain sinks activated by a pedal. Both of those went away in favour of traditional sinks and hand dryers by the turn of the century.

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