rarepostinlurkr

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by rarepostinlurkr 3mo ago
The macOS 27 release notes explain how to activate this mode. `game-test-tool`
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by rarepostinlurkr 1y ago
I don't follow how Rosetta 2 supporting Mac games from the x86 era is going to "shrink" that number. macOS x86 games + macOS arm64 games == same number of games. Whats the loss angle here?
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by rarepostinlurkr 1y ago
If anything it's an example that games can be amazing on macOS, if developers take the time to learn and use the system. WoW on macOS is a far superior experience to WoW on Windows.
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
Apple literally published a 200 page guide on arm64 which I linked above, they've contributed low level optimizations and tunings to NumPy, Embree and Blender to name a few projects. They clearly are helping. Perhaps you've not no
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
Honestly no reason the majority of this wouldn't apply to "non Apple" arm64. It's sort of like being worried about AMD x86 vs Intel x86. It mostly doesn't matter, except in some cases where it does, but you don&#x27
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
Thats not uncommon https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/arm64-windows-ab...
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
Have you done anything interesting with what the guide has shared? I see people talking about how it's amazing but... where? in what?
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
May want to review https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/cpu-... for additional details…
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
It’s good so much attention is being given to arm! Apple also recently released more details on optimization https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/cpu-...
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by rarepostinlurkr 2y ago
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/cpu-... might be a better link to use since it does not require auth and will allow people at a glance to see what the content might be about.
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by rarepostinlurkr 6y ago
Apps installed via MAS and packages are pre translated (at install time)
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by rarepostinlurkr 6y ago
I guess the market will decide how much it values that feature? Choice is good.
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by rarepostinlurkr 6y ago
> For me the biggest problem is Apple deciding what/whose apps ios (and macos, given the recent code signing requirements coming with mac silicon...) users are permitted to use. Thats FUD. The release notes even address it "Thi
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by rarepostinlurkr 6y ago
Support for arm?
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
Thats exactly the order of events since iWork '09, remarkable! =)
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
They are in 10.15.4
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
Many of those games are flagged as not working or not 64, but they are. Stardew Valley for example says it won’t work in Catalina, yet click run and it loads fine. Plenty of FUD in that UI.
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
You don’t have to keep paying $100/year. Once a thing is notarized, it’s notarized. Also, anyone can submit any software to notarization, it’s not proof of ownership or identity.
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
Phone support is a download triggered when the phone is plugged in. 10.11 supports iPhone 11...
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
This is not new, same data is on disk for 10.14 and 10.13. Completely wrong conclusions
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by rarepostinlurkr 7y ago
This is not a new list in Catalina, you can see this same list on 10.9,10.10,10.11,10.12, 10.13 and 10.14. A quick check confirms the checksums between the 10.13 and version shown here have not changed.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
Your suggestion implied that consumers aren’t getting true value because the lack of ability for the user to do this laundry list of technical offerings. Don’t move the goal post.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
You asked a bunch of questions no consumer at scale cares about or understands. Those are not sellable perks to anyone but people on hacker news. Let’s hope those terms never show up on Apple marketing pushes.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
They specifically mentioned QuickTime in the release notes as well.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
I find it hard to fathom that people think a huge software company like Apple doesn’t have awareness of the impact of its changes or people responsible for compatibility.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
Chicken and egg. If they remove it apps stop working, if apps don’t update they can’t remove it.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
If it worked yesterday and after an OS update it still works how is that not backwards compatibility? Does it matter to a user if the change was due to some “buggy apps”? If it works, it works.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
Just because you don’t hear about it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. You didn’t know about this whole infrastructure detailed in the article yet it existed nevertheless.
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
Like this? http://www.blackcatsystems.com/GM/GeigerCounters.html
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by rarepostinlurkr 8y ago
Json is clearly data. If awk cannot parse it, perhaps it’s a shortcoming of awk? =)

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