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So, like cars, the version number will match the next year. Emphasizing how, like cars, each new release delivers zero new quality features. It's just a way to depreciate the value of previous release years.

Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems
theverge.com/news/675945/apple

Art depicting Apple logo
The Verge · Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systemsBy Jay Peters
#mac#macos#ios

“We’re building services that improve the personal computing experience by understanding your unique context and taking action at your command. When you use our services, you’re trusting us to handle your personal data.”

sky.app/privacy

A VC-backed startup with Sam Altman as their lead investor* wants the keys to your Mac.

Yeah, no.

* crunchbase.com/funding_round/s

#AI #privacy #Sky #SamAltman #startup #VC #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #mac mastodon.macstories.net/@vitic

Wow, Ric Ford has taken Macintouch offline. If you were a regular reader, you could really trace the greater zeitgeist within the older generation of (primarily) #Mac users, as Ric's editorial slant voiced more and more frequently what more and more of us came to feel - a visceral hatred of the company #Apple has become under #TimCook. A criminal vendor of "least worst", but bad products.

I had only read sporadically lately, because Ric's Wordfence setup seemed to blanket block VPN users. 🤷

@ivory

Version Suport Request/Bug
(Recently did a clean factory reset. 15.5)

In Ivory,I'm unable to get the mac to correct typos, using the right click/select contextual menu.

In Apple apps, I can right click, select correct word and click to swap it in.

But in ivory, the correct spelling isn't subsituted.

Check & Correct Spelling are both on, in Edit/Spelling & Grammer

Any thoughts?

#ivory
#Mac

I had been planning to buy (yet another) #Mac (this time, a #Mini.) But enough with feeding Tim and friends’ grotesque appetite for 💰 (and putting up with high charges for low quality, if shiny, software).

I am going to install a lightweight #Linux desktop (any recommendations?) on my 2011 #MacBook #Air and see how far I can get interoperating with all my data currently held hostage in the #Apple #monoculture. Will report my findings here.
#DMA #DMCCA #interoperability #DataPortability

#Writing-related question: seeking recommendations for easy-to-use, free or very inexpensive #shareware, #Mac-compatible #drawing #software for #mapmaking.

Currently I'm working on a writer's bible for the Stationverse, called "The Silmarillisaurus" because of course it is. For my own use, mainly—a shared world would be neat, but if that ever happens it will be a long time from now. This is for me to keep track of everything.

What I have in mind is really basic. I don't have Tolkien's sketching ability, so I figure I'll draw something simple and then try to pretty it up a bit on screen. Drawing and cloning symbols for mountains, trees, etc., along with lines for shores and rivers and roads, then cloning and pasting as needed.

(*Dedicated* map-making software that allowed me to do things like topo lines would be nifty, but I'm not expecting that.)

Untold æons ago, I was actually pretty decent with Illustrator, at least for a non-artist. Those skills are gone now, like tears in rain, and so is a registered copy I can use on anything resembling a modern OS. Simple and cheap is what I'm after.

Oh yeah—I'm also open to working with an artist who can take my crude sketches and turn them into something publishable. I can pay, just not much right now, and I don't want anyone to feel ripped off. You may be noticing a theme here.