Hacker News with Generative AI: Mac

Mac Mini M4 Pro Display Resolutions (apple.com)
I have a MacBook Pro M1, and a 5k LG monitor with 5120 x 2160 res. When I use it I can use the "default" setting which is 3840 x 1620 and it is perfect for me.

Mac, Monitors, Display Resolutions, Apple

31 points by croes 18 days ago | 8 comments

BBEdit for Log Analysis (scottwillsey.com)
Long-time Mac users will undoubtedly have heard of BBEdit. BBEdit is the favorite Mac text editor of many old Mac users1 for various types of writing, including programming, notes, articles, and basically any type of writing Mac nerds can do.

Text Editors, Mac, Programming

7 points by DavideNL 28 days ago | 0 comments

KeePassium 2.0 Released (keepassium.com)
KeePassium 2.0 comes with an official Mac app, passkey support and modern AutoFill improvements.

Software, New Releases, Security, Mac

8 points by miles 31 days ago | 0 comments

Tune for Performance: do more threads run faster? (eclecticlight.co)
One of the most distinctive features about modern Macs is that they have multiple cores, in Apple silicon models a minimum of eight.

Performance, Multithreading, Mac, Apple Silicon

5 points by ingve 39 days ago | 0 comments

Accelerated Jax on Mac (apple.com)
JAX uses the new Metal plug-in to provide Metal acceleration on Mac platforms.

Accelerated Computing, Machine Learning, Mac, Metal

17 points by iNic 52 days ago | 3 comments

The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model (sixcolors.com)
The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model

App Stores, Apple, Operating Systems, Mac

10 points by mpweiher 56 days ago | 1 comments

A brief history of Mac ports: low speed (eclecticlight.co)
Like most computers, Apple’s Macs have had five main types of port to allow them to be connected to external devices: low speed intended commonly for keyboards and other input devices, high speed often for connection to external storage, display, network, and audio. This brief history concentrates on the first of those.

Mac, History, Technology, Hardware, Peripherals

8 points by ingve 61 days ago | 0 comments

M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS (eclecticlight.co)
If you’ve already got a new M4 Mac and tried to run a macOS virtual machine on it, then you might have been disappointed. It seems that M4 chips can’t virtualise any version of macOS before 13.4 Ventura. So before you trade in or pass on your M1, M2 or M3 Mac, if you need access to older VMs, you might like to check whether this affects you.

Mac, Virtualization, macOS, Apple Hardware

178 points by Brajeshwar 63 days ago | 158 comments

M4 MacBook Pro Uses Quantum Dot Display Technology (macrumors.com)
The M4 MacBook Pro models feature quantum dot display technology, according to display analyst Ross Young. Apple used a quantum dot film instead of a red KSF phosphor film, a change that provides more vibrant, accurate color results.

Mac, Apple, Display Technology

50 points by mfiguiere 64 days ago | 32 comments

OpenAI's ChatGPT for Mac Now Works with Xcode (macrumors.com)
The ChatGPT app for Mac is now able to integrate with coding apps like Xcode, VS Code, TextEdit, and Terminal, simplifying workflows where developers copy and paste their code from a coding app into ChatGPT.

AI, Programming, Software, Mac, Xcode

14 points by tosh 65 days ago | 0 comments

ChatGPT can now read some of your Mac's desktop apps (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is starting to work with other apps on your computer.

ChatGPT, AI, Mac, Desktop Apps, Integration

8 points by marban 65 days ago | 1 comments

M4 Mac mini's efficiency (jeffgeerling.com)
I had to pause some of my work getting a current-gen AMD graphics card running on the Pi 5 and testing a 192-core AmpereOne server to quickly post on the M4's efficiency.

Mac, Hardware, Performance, Efficiency, Servers

568 points by marinesebastian 66 days ago | 610 comments

Replacing my $8000 Mac Pro with a $1400 Mac mini [video] (youtube.com)

Mac, Apple, Hardware, Video, Tech Reviews

13 points by tosh 67 days ago | 20 comments

M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple's best Mac minis (arstechnica.com)
The Mac mini will celebrate its 20th birthday in January. And I think the M4 version of the Mac mini is far and away the most appealing one the company has ever made.

Mac, Apple, Hardware, Reviews

22 points by mpweiher 69 days ago | 22 comments

High Power Mode for M4 Pro Macs (mjtsai.com)
Apple has added a High Power performance mode for the M4 Pro both in the Mac mini and in the new MacBook Pros.

Apple, Mac, Performance, Hardware, Software

14 points by mpweiher 69 days ago | 2 comments

A brief history of privacy protection on Macs (eclecticlight.co)
For the first 15 years of Classic Mac OS, right up to Mac OS 9 in 1999, Macs remained fundamentally single-user, and privacy wasn’t an issue of much concern.

Mac, Privacy, History, Operating Systems

17 points by Brajeshwar 70 days ago | 0 comments

Apple's New Mac Mini Comes with Removable Storage (techpowerup.com)
Both pictures and videos of a partial teardown of Apple's recently launched Mac mini with the M4 SoC have appeared online courtesy of various Chinese sources.

Hardware, Apple, Mac, Removable Storage, Teardowns

19 points by speckx 70 days ago | 2 comments

M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple's best Mac minis (arstechnica.com)
The Mac mini will celebrate its 20th birthday in January. And I think the M4 version of the Mac mini is far and away the most appealing one the company has ever made.

Apple, Mac, Hardware, Reviews, Technology

20 points by mafro 71 days ago | 28 comments

Mac Mini with M4 Pro is the fastest Mac ever benchmarked (macrumors.com)
The first Geekbench 6 benchmark results for the M4 Pro chip surfaced today. Impressively, the results that are available so far show that the highest-end M4 Pro chip is faster than the highest-end M2 Ultra chip in terms of peak multi-core CPU performance.

Hardware, Benchmarks, Apple, Mac

98 points by bontoJR 78 days ago | 53 comments

Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max (apple.com)
Apple today announced M4 Pro and M4 Max, two new chips that — along with M4 — bring far more power-efficient performance and advanced capabilities to the Mac.

Apple, New Products, Processors, Computer Hardware, Mac

91 points by griffinli 80 days ago | 41 comments

New Mac Mini with M4 (apple.com)
Apple today unveiled the all-new Mac mini powered by the M4 and new M4 Pro chips, and redesigned around Apple silicon to pack an incredible amount of performance into an even smaller form of just 5 by 5 inches.

Hardware, Apple, Mac, New Releases, Computers

470 points by victorbjorklund 81 days ago | 770 comments

Amazon Leaks New Mac Mini with M4 and M4 Pro Chip (macrumors.com)
Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple's announcement this week, revealing several details.

Apple, Mac, Hardware, Leaks, Rumors

28 points by mfiguiere 81 days ago | 3 comments

A brief history of Mac firmware (eclecticlight.co)
Firmware, software that’s intimately involved with hardware at a low level, has changed radically with each of the different processor architectures used in Macs.

Mac, Firmware, History, Hardware, Software

50 points by Brajeshwar 83 days ago | 11 comments

First wave of M4 Macs, including smaller Mac mini, coming November 1 (arstechnica.com)
Reliable rumors have suggested that M4 Macs are right around the corner, and now Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is forecasting a specific launch date: November 1, following a late-October announcement that mirrors last year's Halloween-themed reveal for the first M3 Macs.

Hardware, Apple, Mac, Computers, Release Dates

37 points by rbanffy 102 days ago | 9 comments

Homebrew 4.4.0 Release (brew.sh)
Today, I’d like to announce Homebrew 4.4.0. The most significant changes since 4.3.0 are official macOS Sequoia (15) support, INSTALL_RECEIPT.json files for casks, macOS Monterey (12) deprecation and various other deprecations.

New Releases, Software, Operating Systems, Mac

12 points by mikemcquaid 109 days ago | 10 comments

Nova by Panic: Native Mac code editor (nova.app)

Mac, Code Editors, Software, New Releases

121 points by luismedel 116 days ago | 105 comments

Show HN: Powerful Screenshot tool for Mac without a paywall (zipshot.co)
A Free For Life Powerful Screenshot Tool

Mac, Screenshot Tools, Free Software

18 points by apexkid 117 days ago | 3 comments

iTerm2 features I find useful (danielde.dev)
iTerm2 is well known as one of the most powerful, high-quality pieces of software available on the Mac, and deservedly so. It’s packed to the gills with features and settings that feel like they could take a lifetime to learn. Here are a few I’ve picked up over the years that have found their way into my daily usage.

Software, Mac, Productivity, Terminal Emulators

5 points by DanielDe 124 days ago | 0 comments

Everyone says Chrome devastates Mac battery life, but does it? 36 hour test (birchtree.me)
Long time Birchtree readers know I love data, and love data even more when I can throw it into a graph. I’m also a fan of testing things that everyone generally agrees are true, but no one seems to have any data to back up.