I'm diminishing my presence on #BigTech platforms.
I'm trying @AsahiLinux on my #macbookair
To diminish presence on Bigtechs intrinsically means to diminish presence on #UnitedStates tech products, therefore I'm looking for #EuropeanUnion counterparts. It's curious that one the direct side effects to that is the gain of #privacy once #GDPL enforces privacy awareness.
As an experiment, I'm running Elementary OS 8 on a 2012 MacBook Air. The display resolution is only 1440 x 900. You'd be amazed how much different sites and web apps look at this resolution. Of course, I shouldn't be using Zen browser with the tabs on the side, but still...
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 
Paging the #apple #Mac #Mail experts.
I don't use the Mail app on my Mac for my own day to day email, I use it for about 50 client accounts that I need to monitor. All these accounts are on my main desktop Mac in my office.
I'd like to add them to a #Macbookair for travel.
Is there a way to sync the accounts across iCloud? Or, do they all need to be added manually?
/cont
Granted, it was never cheap, but #apple hardware is getting silly money now.
For desktop started out with the #macmini about 20 years ago. Then moved to iMacs. When #applesilicon appeared I moved back to the Mini, as the iMac was too expensive. But even basic Minis' now push 1k.
For portable, the last machine I got was a #macbookair 2017, 800 new. Replacing it with comparable now is close to 1200.
With Apple supporting models for far less time than they used to, it's getting expensive!
Spending an evening with an old computer isn't always fun. It can be hours and hours of installations, downloads and just waiting for stuff to happen.
My 2010 #MacbookAir needed partition resizing (for Haiku, fingers crossed) and then #OpenCoreLegacyPatcher to install #macOS monterey
Avoiding newer macos because of non existing USB1.1 for touchpad/keyboard.
And then Appstore only lets me download latest and not compatible Xcode. Always something...
After 7 years of full and dutiful service - it’s finally time to upgrade from an Intel Mac to an M series one.
I know this generation with the butterfly keyboard got a lot of well deserved guff and mine certainly had issues in the beginning too, but 7 years is an awfully long time and I couldn’t be more satisfied.
I’m also super psyched to finally be running on an ARM Mac! 
dang it, my Mac's delete key is being funky.
(and not in a good Sly-and-the-Family-Stone-funky way)
This mac is only a year and a half old? Less? Do I just really suck at typing and use my delete key more than it's designed for?
I started feeling some random nostalgia for my old beloved Late 2014 #MacbookAir (which met an untimely end in 2019).
I started considering getting a #Macbook (if only for nostalgia), and then I remembered a fact that my mind had been repressing:
Macbooks now have NOTCHES.
<Insert incoherent profanity-strewn rant>
How the heck do #Apple designers even look themselves in the mirror anymore?
I just can't with these people.
Woz should T.P.s the mothership campus.
¿Alguien de la sala con un #MacBookAir M3 que le dé cañita (programación y tal)? Tengo algunas dudas sobre su disipación de calor.
Nun hat's mich auch erwischt: Aus dem Nichts heraus ist das #Trackpad meines #MacBookAir gebrochen. Nachts, während es zugeklappt war. Bei den M2- und M3-Modellen kommt das wohl häufiger vor, zumindest findet man zahlreiche Threads dazu in den einschlägigen Foren.
Mal schauen, ob #AppleCare das übernimmt. 
Can someone please tell me that #macossequoia on the 2020 #macbookair will at least include the #iphone app? I can live without all of the #AppleIntelligence with no M1+ chip but boy do I want that iPhone remote connection app! @9to5Mac @macrumors @cultofmac
Keeping with 80s neon retro wave theme on my MacBook Air.
Late night thought. Why would anyone spend $300, $350, $450 or more on a Chromebook (even a "Chromebook Plus" when you can spend $200 on a A-condition Early 2015 Macbook Air 11"? Or $250 on an excellent condition 2017 era Macbook Air 13"?
Both can also be converted 100% to being Chromebooks if that's your vibe.
Man... do I like this Macbook Air 11. Probably the best $185 I've spent in some time. Considering it was nearly $1800 taxes in just six+ years ago...
Keyboard's a bit sticky, and I found evidence of cola / coffee spill (wedged off a few keys to clean them), but now that I have Sonoma on it, it's quite nice. Typing (except the few sticky keys) is excellent. Screen takes some getting used to. Will fix rest of the keys tomorrow.
And its SO TINY!!!
I just installed NetBSD on a Macbook Air from 2017.
I took me almost all day lol. Had to read a lot. And learn a lot.
It has a CGD drive with /home, /var and /usr partitions. I have no idea how to encrypt / yet.
Let see if I can use it as my daily drive.
As usual: my problems are because I didn't RTFM.
My VMs can boot via MBR and UEFI. But the Macbook Air can only boot via UEFI.
So #NetBSD installer never installed MBR bootloader, of course.
I just needed an EFI partition with the right files. Not a bootloader.
After reading a lot of different docs until 2AM, I understood what I did wrong and tried again. Also learn how to manually install it without the installer. It turns out the sets are just tarballs, so it's very easy to setup partitions and CGD drives, mount them and then decompress/install.
So I'm about to finish the installation of NetBSD on my MacBook air.
Thinking about moving towards @fedora on my #MacbookAir #2017
But I have tried so many different distros and none of them will recognize the WiFi on it ?
Anyone know why or how to fix this ?
@popey I have a #macbookair from #2015 so the newest OS is Big Sur, so I can't install @AsahiLinux
I have a #MacbookAir that I would love to use with @mammoth ...
Not sure how I can update it to the newest OS or which new OS will work?
