I need to add a new payment method to my Apple TV account and I couldn't log in. Now my account is locked. It's stupidly difficult to do some basic things on a Mac when you haven't used one for years. I'm so frustrated I'm thinking about going back to a Windows laptop even though I hate windows. I've also been having a lot of problems with my MacBook being really slow and hanging up even though it's only about a year old. Pretty disappointed in my venture down the Mac road. #Macbook #Apple
Noob here
trying to understand variables
asking simple question helped.
message = "My Name is Andrew"
print(message)
message = "Whats my Name"
print(message)
output
My Name is Andrew
Whats my Name
Replacing the battery in pre-Retina MacBooks is easier than you might think! No glue, no fuss, just a handful of screws and a sliding connector.
Check out our MacBook battery guides to replace your own: https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/MacBook_Battery_Replacement
#repair #MacBook #electronics #iFixit
A colleague gave me an old Macbook Pro 9.2, which was too slow even to open Safari or read emails...
After upgrading the ram from 4 to 16gb, changing the old HDD for a new SSD, installing #Fedora... I made a Zoom call while I had 20 tabs open on Firefox, with Nextcloud, Thunderbird, Telegram and Emacs open in the background.
But the thing that amazed me was the strange sense of #empowerment (?) I felt during the process.
MacBook Air vs. Pro: https://journal.mackuba.eu/2025/03/06/macbook-air-vs-pro/
I wrote a bit of a comparison between the two MacBooks I’ve tested, take a look if you’re just thinking which one to buy 
I wrote up a post about my "MintBook" a MacBook Pro running Mint Linux.
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/05/mintbook-a-mint-linux-macbook-pro/
The new Macbook Air M4 is finally announced. It's 100 dollar cheaper and besides the M4 chip upgrade it will contain the new Centre Stage Camera.
Unfortunately they discontinued the Space Gray color and replaced it with 'Sky Blue'. Not a fan of that new color.
Anyway I just did a pre-order for the Starlight version with 24 GB Ram en 512 GB SSD. Arriving next week. 
Tokyo police have arrested the Chinese head of a computer retailer for allegedly having students from China buy Apple MacBooks using a student discount for the purpose of reselling abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/20/japan/crime-legal/japan-macbook-fraud-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #apple #macbook
yeesh. a macbook would actually be fantastic for my long covid brain fog.
(Yes, I did forget what brain fog was. I've been describing it as 'mental fatigue' and 'thinking hurts recently'.)
But as long as I get pre-M1 chips, I should be fine, right?
As much as anything is, in this economy run on non-consent, stealthing, theft, violation of human rights, and disregard of convivial contentment.
hi fedi, I have a late 2013 macbook pro that killed three batteries dead within a year or so - as in, it doesn't even see the battery at all and is terribly slow to use. it was "fine" with the first dead battery - it reported that the battery's still there and it wasn't laggy. with the two subsequent replacements, it acts as if the battery isn't even there and it's super slow. I've tried resetting the smc, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
the original battery dying wasn't that weird, but the replacement dying within a month or so was deemed weird by the place that repaired it and its replacement dying as well was troubling to us too, but the place shut down and I kind of pretended for a long time that I don't need a personal computer, but that's a lie.
is there anyone out there who ran into a similar problem? or is knowledgeable enough to tell me what the issue is, so I can negotiate better with the next place I'll take it? or is there nothing I can do at this moment?
it's the first laptop that (physically) endured my various mishaps with it and I'm curious as to what could've caused this battery-killing spree.
Same experience with #EndeavourOS (#ArchLinux) and #KDE Plasma! Makes my old #MacBook Air not only usable (it was usable on #macOS), but actually super pleasant to use and snappy. Really revitalised the machine, I had more fun using it and doing work on it than my modern #Apple Silicon Mac.
RE: https://fantastic.earth/users/deobald/statuses/114005289119635349
I just added a #TalosLinux 1.9.3 (#Talos) #Vagrant box to the #ARM64 collection. This allows you to run Talos on your #AppleSilicon #MacBook. This is control-plane only, but you can patch the manifest to also run workloads.
You can find it right here:
Image: https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/vagrant/discover/gyptazy/talos1.9.3-arm64
Config: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/files/os/talos/vagrant/
All #ARM64 boxes: https://gyptazy.com/vagrant-images-for-apple-silicon-m1-m2/
Unfortunately, I will no longer be able financially to support @AsahiLinux 's Marcan as a GitHub sponsor after his resignation. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Lead-No-Upstream . While I understand why Marcan has decided to step down, I remain hopeful that he reconsiders his decision and rejoins the project. His work was vital and invaluable. I will restart my donation if Marcan rejoins the project.
Trying to open a #Quicktime video I just recorded using #Apple Quicktime for Apple #macOS on this very Apple #MacBook.
macOS: This app [sic!] cannot be opened because it's from an unidentified developer. 
