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I'm not sure in which MacOS version this feature was implemented, but I just set sound to show always on menu bar in system settings > control center, and now it's so much easier and quicker to set my system default sound output! #MacOS


Even though it says my personal voice is ready, when I select it from VoiceOver, on my Mac, it reads with Samantha. However, if I preview the voice in Personal Voice in the system settings > accessibility, it plays the correct voice. What might be the problem? Anyone got it to work in Sequoia? #MacOS #Accessibility


This is the sad reality of #MacOS - with every new version you get the unwelcome surprise of random features in Apple's software that used to work great, but are now broken. It's part of the reason I finally switched to #Linux, which although far from perfect, doesn't tend to give you those kinds of headaches. Plus I got sick of updates that took well over an hour to install, granted my Mac Mini was getting a bit long in the tooth but if I wanted to I could put Linux on that, and I am sure that updates would be much faster. Even installing Linux from scratch takes far less time than installing MacOS!


What OS are you using on a daily basis?

#Windows #macos #Linux #Android #iOS #Chromeos #Computer #mobile #Vivaldi

  • Windows (36%, 2436 votes)
  • MacOS (34%, 2273 votes)
  • Linux (56%, 3790 votes)
  • ChromeOS (1%, 127 votes)
  • Android (40%, 2726 votes)
  • iOS (29%, 1964 votes)
  • Other (2%, 182 votes)
6690 voters. Poll end: 4 days ago


Wow, if you cut out pages from a completely accessible pdf and make a new pdf using preview on MacOS, Sequoia, it produces completely inaccessible pdf. Also the file size get much bigger. I guess it just makes into pdf with images? It didn't use to do that! #accessibility #macos


Attention all #macOS users of #RemoteIncidentManager:
As you may be aware, Apple is releasing macOS #Sequoia today. Every effort is being made to ensure Remote Incident Manager’s readiness for Sequoia as soon as possible. At the time of writing, we are hard at work addressing some challenges brought about by Sequoia. In particular, a new permissions condition currently strongly impacts the long-term viability of unattended sessions on Mac targets. The remote accessibility module on Mac targets has also been impacted. We are currently in talks with Apple support concerning these issues, and it is our hope to have a solution ready in due course. However, at this time, we strongly recommend remaining on macOS Sonoma if at all possible. We further recommend that you advise any Mac users you provide support/training to to hold off on updating to Sequoia as well. We will keep you apprised of further developments, and will give an all clear once Rim can be pronounced fit for use on Sequoia.
We apologize for any inconvenience, and we thank you for your understanding and continued support.


Chrome on the Mac uses less battery than Safari

It's one of the most pervasive common wisdoms shared all over the web, no matter where you go - it's one of those things everybody seems to universally agree on: Chrome will absolutely devastate your battery life on the Mac, and you should really be using Safari, because Apple's special integration magic pixie dust sprinkles ensures Safari sip

osnews.com/story/140751/chrome…

#macOS


I tend to feel like most moaning about Apple is overblown but the latest version of #macos making it excessively hard to run cronjobs might well be the thing that finally pushes me back onto desktop linux (or BSD?) after 12+ years.

The selling point was always that it's a Unix environment with a nice graphical setup but if they're going to make it excessively hard to use the Unix side of things in a normal way then what's the point?


Does anyone have a recommendation for #LlamaCPP alternative to run recent vision language models on Apple Silicon? Llama.cpp doesn't support any of the recent #VLM such as Qwen2-VL, Phi-3.5-vision, Idefics3, InternVL2, Yi-VL, Chameleon, CogVLM2, GLM-4v, etc.
Minicpm-v 2.6 is the only recent model that was added. Maybe time to move on. :( #LLM #multimodal #AppleSilicon #MacOS #ML #AI


How to Wirelessly Transfer Files Between Windows, macOS, Linux, and Mobile

Check it out! 👇
howtogeek.com/how-to-wirelessl…

#Ios #Ipados #Macos #Windows #Files #Mac


I forget what the Drama™ was that caused me to stop using Bartender on #macOS, but I've been happily using Ice as a replacement github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

Today I just got Software Update message for the latest version, and it warms my heart because it adds #accessibility support

Whenever you see a good app adding or improving accessibility support, please share the news. We need to normalize adding accessibility to all apps.


Monal 6.4.4 (Build 978, PR #1211) released.

- Fix xmpp: uri handling
- Fix spurious PLAIN warning again

#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging


My new favourite #VoiceOver bug in #macOS 14: the #screenReader's actual audible output being different if the last spoken phrase is being polled via #AppleScript. WTF?


Monal 6.4.3 (Build 976, PR #1192) released.

- Fix omemo handling when chatting with users not in the contact list
- Improve PLAIN-only warning message on first login
- Don't show spurious "new message" notifications for outgoing media files
- Make sure to open the receiver's chat when sharing via sharesheet
- Fix hang on startup
- Fix SASL2 upgrade path for servers using LDAP as auth backend
- Fix crash when deleting account

#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging


Need some help with selecting and copying text from a webpage on #MacOS with #VoiceOver #VO. I have looked on AppleVis and Apple Help. I can’t work out how to do it. It’s driving me mad… any help much appreciated.


1 year ago I switched from Mac to Linux for professional UX design work. In this article, I explain as simply as possible:
- Why I switched to Linux
- How you can do the same.

I cover design-specific concerns like:
- How to use Apple devices like the Magic Mouse in Linux
- Which design tools are available and how to install them
- How to find help if you get stuck

chris-wood.design/resources/li…

#Design #UXDesign #UIDesign #Linux #MacOS


So I have found that app called Structured for #iOS and #macOS and this is a very accessible planner. Its features are only a few but for me its a positive. What I love is the day timeline. This way I know how much break time I have, how much time I have left to complete a task etc. I really recommend it. #apple #productivity


Monal 6.4.2 (Build 964, PR #1182) released.

- Add setting to configure if file transfers should show up in Files App
- Add setting to send images as original
- Improve Onboarding texts
- Fix flickering of intro screens
- Improve handling of xmpp: URIs
- Several other bugfixes

#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging


* Please boost *

Which office suite(s) do you use at least once a week? (in a typical week)

Please only answer the poll *if* you use #office software, such as #wordprocessor, #spreadsheet #presentation software, etc.

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#LibreOffice #MSOffice #MicrosoftOffice #GoogleDocs #CalligraSuite #Calligra #FreeOffice #SoftmakerOffice #Gnumeric #CollaboraOffice #CollaboraOnline #OpenOffice #OnlyOffice #Microsoft365 #WordPerfectOffice #WPSOffice #iWork #Windows #Linux #macOS #Android #iOS

  • LibreOffice (60%, 138 votes)
  • Microsoft Office (38%, 87 votes)
  • Google Docs (30%, 69 votes)
  • Other (please reply and explain) (5%, 13 votes)
229 voters. Poll end: 2 months ago


We are pleased to announce that we got selected in another funding round by the EU’s NGI via the @NLnet Foundation @NGI0 Entrust Fund to work on some important features in Monal: nlnet.nl/project/Monal-IM-UI/

In short this consists of the following tasks (in no special order):
Implement Dialpad, Rewrite Chat UI, Implement Message Reactions, Rich Replies and Stickers, XSF work and a documentation of Monal's internals

#monal #ios #macos #xmpp #nlnet


Apple moving drivers away from kernel space to user space on macOS suddenly makes sense. #macOS


Over the years, I have scoured the internet for various versions of the Mac HIG PDFs. Here is my collection so far.

Some neat ones include HIGs for Mac OS 8 & a preliminary Mac OS X version from the Public Beta.

These HIGs contain general desktop guidelines that still apply today & that you can't find in the modern HIG.

Please retoot! Everyone should read these.

iCloud: icloud.com/iclouddrive/03elmPn…

DB: dropbox.com/scl/fo/gziho6zcerb…

#Mac #HIG #Macintosh #UIUX #UserExperience #macOS #MacHIG #MacOSX


Some time ago I have written an article about interesting way to use Strings in #Swift. If you wish, feel free to take a look and tell me what I did wrong.

nunonuno.micro.blog/2024/05/01…

#programming #apple #iOS #macOS


Got very excited by @matt demo of AccessKit integration in #GTK

AccessKit is a cross-platform abstraction for accessibility infrastructure written in Rust.

His work will bring a11y support for GTK on macOS and Windows as well as for the new accessibility architecture on Linux code-named "Newton".

github.com/AccessKit/accesskit

blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2023/10/2…

#GNOME #rustlang #accessibility #a11y #Linux #Windows #macOS


Psst 👋 Email Preview for push notifications is coming soon!

Now you can know who is sending you an email before opening your mailbox! 🎉

Here's a sneak peek 🤫
#teaser #ios #android #sneakpeek #privacy #security #linux #macos #windows


If you use brew’s curl on macOS, are you really using it? I installed and had curl setup a couple of years ago. Today it appears that curl was now pointing to Apple’s version, which has this issue (daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/03/08…). Looks like brew doesn’t add a symlink for curl to /opt/homebrew/bin. Running `ln -s /opt/homebrew/opt/curl/bin/curl /opt/homebrew/bin` resolved the issue.

#macos #curl #security


"The 10ish Tools I Install on Every New Mac I Get", by @j9t

meiert.com/en/blog/10ish-tools…

Other suggestion: Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, Evernote, Sublime, Krita (graphics)

#macOS #dev #techie #tools


So uh, the Mac has this interactive fiction client, called Spatterlight. And it’s amazingly accessible! Anyone with a Mac should seriously check this out. It even has Voiceover actions!

#accessibility #macOS #apple #InteractiveFiction #Spatterlight

github.com/angstsmurf/spatterl…


Do you, or have you ever, used a graphical user interface? If you use #Windows, #macOS, or any version of #Linux with a window manager or desktop environment, you can thank Dr. Clarence "Skip" Ellis.

Dr. Ellis worked at Xerox PARC, the research organization that developed the modern GUI. Icons, windows, the mouse, Ethernet-based networking, laser printing - all of these (and more) came out of PARC. Dr. Ellis led the team that created Officetalk, the first program to use icons and the Internet. He got his start at 15 years old showing a local tech company how to reuse punch cards, which was a game-changer back in 1958.

Oh, and he was also the first black man to earn a PhD in Computer Science.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #ComputerScience @blackmastodon

elective.collegeboard.org/clar…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence…
redhat.com/en/command-line-her…


I have been using #Firefox since 2004 and do not intend to stop anytime soon. You need to take it out of my dead hands. What about you? #chrome #opensource #linux #unix #macos


Sadly, "Keyboard accessibility may NOT be enabled on your Mac, and historically has been turned off by default". Here's how to enable it. dequeuniversity.com/mac/keyboa… #a11y #keyboard #macOS #OSX #fail


In 2024, please switch to Firefox roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-202… #privacy #security #opensource #unix #linux #macos


This December, if there’s one tech New Year’s resolution I’d encourage you to have, it’s switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox’s market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important.
A red panda (firefox) resting on a tree branch.Red Panda” by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.

1. Privacy


Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. There’s been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they don’t even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.

2. Browser engine monopoly


Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being “active”. Browser engines are the bits that take a web page’s code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If that’s the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.

It’s happened before


In the early 2000’s, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. They’d use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.

Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its “Gecko” engine.

Firefox is actually really good


If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. It’s fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. I’ve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.

So please, help save the web by using the best browser out there. It’s an easy thing to do, and it makes a big difference.

roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-202…

#Firefox #privacy



Man Reader - my Mac app for reading Terminal command man pages - has finally had its long awaited update. The new version is now waiting for review.

Currently, Man Reader costs USD 4.99 or the local equivalent. I will be increasing this to USD 9.99 when the update is released, so if you want to save some money, buy it now and get the upgrade at half-price.

itunes.apple.com/app/man-reade…

#macOS #swift #terminal #zsh #bash


Interesting to see #gnome post about their #macOS CI builder issues the day after I posted a video about "understanding who your open source constituency is".

It's pretty clear that macOS users are not Gnome's constituency. Fine. But it also goes to show just how much #inkscape, #gimp and other Free Software downstream must also not be their constituency because we're so misaligned on this topic and there's no discussion about our relationship with gnome

Original Video: youtube.com/watch?v=w1QcEHzwlB…


If you have experience maintaining a GitLab CI runner on macOS, and you wish to contribute to building and testing GLib and GTK on macOS, please join the GNOME Infrastructure channel to help maintaining the macOS server provided by the GNOME Foundation, otherwise we will have to retire it. More details on Discourse: discourse.gnome.org/t/potentia…

#gtk #gnome #macos #ci #gitlab


How-to: Use Logic's Built In Net Send and Net Receive Plugins youtu.be/837ApDYyH3A #Logic #LogicPro #DAW #MacOS


Does anyone care deeply about macOS support for GLib? If so, you might want to get involved

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/…

#GLib #macOS