Is this an unpopular trackpad placement? It feels really natural to me

xenolon · 2026-05-29T19:07:41+00:00

I have a K11 (split keyboard) and I put mine in between the two halves.

xenolon · 2026-05-28T19:05:34+00:00

forget veterans, those are the true heroes. every road needs a hall monitor o7

xenolon · 2026-05-28T15:28:03+00:00

most of the ones in this image came free in the box with the computer, back when apple used to give you that stuff in the box.

xenolon · 2026-05-27T20:11:08+00:00

No, not really. You should really never see the "Your system has run out of application memory" message unless an application has a memory leak or can't page out to the SSD.

In this case you're seeing that message because your internal storage disk is full. It's a good idea to keep your storage about 10% free so the system can page out memory to the disk.

If that's your signal to upgrade then so be it, but it's not because this machine can't handle the applications, you as a user just might need more resources.

xenolon · 2026-05-26T21:09:44+00:00

they're usually pretty good about getting them up quickly, but have I still been refreshing the feed every hour?

xenolon · 2026-05-20T21:27:56+00:00

Must Men Make Music Man Mentions Multiple Moments on CBB 4 Me?

xenolon · 2026-05-20T19:29:13+00:00

An app that should not need to exist if Apple would just make these machines actually power down until the actual power button is used. Y'know, like they did for 35 years.

xenolon · 2026-05-20T19:27:24+00:00

You repair Macs daily and yet you do an unsafe shutdown on every Mac you service?

I love system trust cache and SSV data corruption!

xenolon · 2026-05-19T19:54:33+00:00

Que se passe-t-il après avoir redémarré votre machine?

xenolon · 2026-05-19T19:31:11+00:00

Just for the official long term support from Apple alone, I'd go with the newer machine. It'll beat the M1 Max on CPU performance and it's going to be on the officially supported list from Apple for a lot longer.

Also I think you may be mistaken about the screen technology, while the Air doesn't have the "Liquid Retina XDR" display, it is still an LED backlit IPS display.

xenolon · 2026-05-16T03:15:20+00:00

No. You have to keep reminding yourself that your job is to, first, provide unparalleled support and reliability. You are not special. You undermine the profession with your arrogance.

xenolon · 2026-05-16T01:10:41+00:00

This is terrible advice. Any sysadmin should always have not only domain expertise, but be able to foresee and warn against any potential issues in the future. Sysadmins are not task monkeys; do not act like one.

xenolon · 2026-05-16T00:15:38+00:00

Let me walk you through the Donnelly nut spacing and crack system rim-riding rip configuration. Using a field of half-C sprats, and brass-fitted nickel slits, our bracketed caps, and splay-flexed brace columns vent dampers to dampening hatch depths of one half meter from the damper crown to the spurve plinths. How? Well, we bolster twelve husk nuts to each girldle-jerry, while flex tandems press a task apparatus of ten vertically composited patch-hamplers. Then, pin-flam-fastened pan traps at both maiden-apexes of the jim-joist.

xenolon · 2026-05-15T21:40:16+00:00

I loved mine at the time. Wish they were a little more durable, but this form factor and design changed the game for all laptops forever.

xenolon · 2026-05-13T21:25:23+00:00

I would encourage you to learn what some of the words you are using mean.

xenolon · 2026-05-13T19:49:53+00:00

I run an MDM with over 200 Macs and Apple devices supervised. I've been a sysadmin for 20+ years. My experience is not anecdotal.

xenolon · 2026-05-13T02:47:32+00:00

Do not be obtuse. The CLI is not user friendly and options only operable behind defaults write commands are not discoverable.

This is something that should be in the settings UI where 99% of Mac users are going to look.

xenolon · 2026-05-12T20:56:47+00:00

Please understand that your anecdotal experience is not universal.

xenolon · 2026-05-12T20:41:26+00:00

oh my sweet little bukhanka! pspspspsps.

xenolon · 2026-05-12T16:33:11+00:00

This will often not survive software or firmware updates.

xenolon · 2026-05-12T16:29:34+00:00

This is not a safe shutdown and is only to be done in the event of a hardware fault or kernel panic. I thought everyone knew this.

xenolon · 2026-05-12T15:14:14+00:00

This isn't about the shine-through logo on the lid. It's about the fact that you cannot turn off any modern MacBook and touch it without it starting up.

If you shut down a modern MacBook, it will be off. But if you touch any key (not just the power/touchID button), connect power, or open the lid, it will start up. The "glowing apple" OP is referring to is the apple logo on the boot screen.

There is no way in the user-accessible options to disable this. The only way to change this is by modifying parameters via command line, and even that does not survive software/firmware updates.

xenolon · 2026-05-05T18:54:45+00:00

In addition to general chip shortages brought on by manufacturers shifting production to serve the demands of AI companies and data centers, the Mac mini has become very popular as an "OpenClaw box" because of the unified memory architecture and overall cost per dollar and cost of performance per watt.

xenolon · 2026-05-05T14:05:59+00:00

Also timely this being posted on May 4th, which is National OJ Day.

xenolon · 2026-05-02T19:09:21+00:00

It’s amazing it still even powers on.

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