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For all those who were following my weird #Mac saga: it was the VPN after all. I was fiddling with the VPN settings, but only those in the menu bar (and was 12 hours away from wiping and re-installing the OS), and the internet just popped back on. So bizarre.

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@thurrott So, I see whats happening here, the focus is #Copilot PC's get exclusives, but anything prior to July 2024 is planned obsolescence. I am so glad I am down to just one #Windows PC, once it stops getting feature updates, its a big spend on a #Mac Studio and Studio Display.

Today on AppAddict - Stop the Madness Pro Extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox - To preserve more of my privacy, I am now using different browsers on a rotating basis. This helps to cut down on fingerprinting to an extent. I am used to customizing my browsers extensively so it's been an ongoing project to get extensions installed, DNS over https set up, changing... - appaddict.app/post/stop-the-ma - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

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The biggest thing stopping the #mac from being a good source for #gaming is actually the difficulty it takes in developing games that can run on the mac and run well. #Apple likes to tote there capabilities,but what they don't say is that #developing for the mac takes twice as long as to develop the same for windows, not to mention that on an accessibility scale, it is not easy to use #XCode to directly code on the mac, trust me, I've tried and i found it way easier to use #VSCode to make even basic programs whereas for the mac, using XCode to do the exact same thing is like 10 times slower and harder to do for the same amount of work simply because of navigation alone with #VoiceOver.

I think the next #Mac that I'll buy will be one I buy if #Apple really can get there gaming inforstructure ready for widespread use. Right now, the Mac is incredibly impressive when it comes to specs and what it can do, but the fact you can't even run most games on it is absolutely wild with the specs that a standard Macbook pro has,I have the M2 and yeah... it can do a lot of things, run the latest games is not one of them.

Today on AppAddict - Delimited - Quick and Easy Way to Work with CSV Files - In trying to stay away from proprietary formats, like spreadsheets from Excel or even Numbers, I opt for using comma separated value (CSV) files as often as possible. These files are simply plain text that can be edited and viewed with anything capable of reading plain text. They will never... - appaddict.app/post/delimited-q - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

Has anyone here used the Sound Source app for Mac to control each individual apps volume?

I'm curious how well it works or if there's something others recommend that might be better in their opinion.

@amerpie tagging you since you use a ton of MacOS apps and might have thoughts on this one.

#Mac#MacOS#MacApps

I just heard from @sascharode1986, the developer of SDF Modeler, that he'll be working on a macOS version. 🥳

SDF Modeler is already available for free for Windows and #Linux.

As far as I'm concerned, SDF Modeler is one of the best SDF 3D tools around at the moment, featuring advanced options like nested shapes and a path-tracing renderer.

Get SDF Modeler here:

➡️ sascha-rode.itch.io/sdf-modele

Join the Discord here:

➡️ discord.gg/HGCwbrNp

itch.ioSDF Modeler by Sascha RodeAn experimental 3D SDF modeling tool
#SDF#3D#MacOS