Hacker News with Generative AI: macOS

Show HN: DockFlow – Switch between multiple macOS Dock layouts instantly (appitstudio.com)
Whether you’re coding, designing, or jumping between tasks—DockFlow helps you switch into the right workflow instantly. One-time setup, lifetime productivity.

macOS, Productivity Tools, Dock Management

60 points by pugdogdev 18 hours ago | 43 comments

Apple Filing Protocol will soon disappear from macOS (appleinsider.com)
Apple has deprecated support for Apple Filing Protocol in macOS Sequoia 15.5.

Apple, macOS

15 points by miles 2 days ago | 5 comments

Kelp – simple replacement for homebrew on macOS (github.com/crhuber)
A simple alternative to homebrew for installing binary packages on MacOS written in Go.

macOS, Open Source, Package Management, Programming Languages, Go

86 points by amai 4 days ago | 64 comments

Breaking the Sound Barrier Part I: Fuzzing CoreAudio with Mach Messages (blogspot.com)
Every second, highly-privileged MacOS system daemons accept and process hundreds of IPC messages. In some cases, these message handlers accept data from sandboxed or unprivileged processes.

Security, Operating Systems, Fuzzing, macOS

9 points by weinzierl 7 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker (github.com/trycua)

macOS, Virtual Machines, Docker, Software

159 points by GreenGames 9 days ago | 52 comments

Making my app worse because of macOS privacy protections (lapcatsoftware.com)
Last month, Apple added a note about macOS pasteboard privacy to the AppKit release notes for developers:

macOS, Privacy, Software Development, App Development

7 points by ingve 9 days ago | 2 comments

Apple to Block Mac Apps from Accessing Your Clipboard (macrumors.com)
Apple is planning to implement a change to pasteboard (aka your iPhone's internal clipboard) that will prevent Mac apps from being able to read the pasteboard without the user being alerted, according to information Apple has shared with developers.

Privacy, Security, Apple, macOS, Software

8 points by tosh 10 days ago | 3 comments

Can you trust that permission pop-up on macOS? (wts.dev)

macOS, Security, Privacy, User Experience

376 points by nmgycombinator 11 days ago | 251 comments

Anylinuxfs – macOS mount any Linux filesystem read/write using NFS and a microVM (github.com/nohajc)
macOS: mount any linux-supported filesystem read/write using NFS and a microVM

macOS, Linux, Operating Systems, Virtualization, File Systems

6 points by josephscott 12 days ago | 2 comments

Backdooring the IDE: Malicious NPM Packages Hijack Cursor Editor on macOS (socket.dev)
Malicious npm packages posing as developer tools target macOS Cursor IDE users, stealing credentials and modifying files to gain persistent backdoor access.

Security, macOS, Software, Programming, Malware

4 points by gnabgib 13 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Oliphaunt – A native Mastodon client for macOS (apple.com)
Help developers test beta versions of their apps and App Clips using the TestFlight app. Download TestFlight on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Watch, and iMessage.

Mastodon, macOS, Social Media, Mobile Apps

105 points by anosidium 14 days ago | 39 comments

An appeal to Apple from Anukari (anukari.com)
To make Anukari’s performance reliable across all Apple silicon macOS devices, I need to talk to someone on the Apple Metal team. It would be great if someone can connect me with the right person inside Apple, or direct them to my feedback request FB17475838 as well as this devlog entry.

Apple, Software Development, macOS

405 points by humbledrone 17 days ago | 188 comments

macOS Sequoia wraps copied pathnames in single quotes, breaking pasted links (tinyapps.org)

macOS, Software Bugs, Programming, Web Development

4 points by speckx 25 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Infat – Declaritive application assocation manager for macOS (github.com/philocalyst)
Infat is an ultra-powerful, macOS-native CLI tool for declaritively managing both file-type and URL-scheme associations.

macOS, CLI Tools, Productivity, File Management, Open Source

94 points by philocalyst 29 days ago | 41 comments

Sapphire: Rust based package manager for macOS (github.com/alexykn)
Sapphire is a next‑generation, Rust‑powered package manager inspired by Homebrew. It installs and manages:

Rust, macOS, Package Management, Software, Open Source

443 points by adamnemecek 31 days ago | 290 comments

Apple Studio Display keeps draining power, even when blank and asleep (giuliomagnifico.blog)
Over the past few days, especially after the macOS 15.4 update, I encountered a frustrating power management issue with the Mac mini and Apple Studio Display.

Apple Products, macOS, Power Management

15 points by giuliomagnifico 31 days ago | 5 comments

Sandbox-Exec: macOS's Command-Line Sandboxing Tool (igorstechnoclub.com)
sandbox-exec is a built-in macOS command-line utility that enables users to execute applications within a sandboxed environment.

macOS, Command-Line Tools, Security

5 points by Igor_Wiwi 35 days ago | 0 comments

VRAM Pro: Allocate more GPU memory on your Mac (menubar utility) (ycombinator.com)
Just launched a macOS utility that gives you control over GPU memory allocation. Helps with large LLMs, games, 3D apps, and creative tools.

macOS, GPU Memory, Gaming, Creative Tools

6 points by VRAMPro 35 days ago | 2 comments

macOS Finder "Connect to Server" accepts ftps URIs but uses plain FTP (stackexchange.com)
Beware: macOS Finder "Connect to Server" accepts FTPS URLs (FTP in a SSL/TLS tunnel) but actually connects via plain FTP!

macOS, Security, FTP, Networking

13 points by nickysielicki 35 days ago | 1 comments

macOS Rant (github.com/grantcarthew)
The following things are driving me crazy and are good reasons for a Linux user to not want to ever work with a Mac. They probably apply to Windows users as well.

macOS, Operating Systems, Linux, Windows

10 points by grantcarthew 36 days ago | 3 comments

macOS Sends Locally-Served DNS Zones to iCloud Private Relay (apple.com)
My laptop (M1 Pro, macOS 15.3.2) is connected to a dual stack network via Wi-Fi. The home.arpa. domain is supplied as a search domain via both DHCPv4 (options 15 and 119) and DHCPv6 (option 24). "Details…" for the network connection in System Settings show this domain under the DNS tab.

macOS, DNS, Privacy, iCloud, Security

11 points by Kentzo 39 days ago | 2 comments

Backblaze stopped for many Mac users on March 13 (reddit.com)
My backblaze silently stopped backing up my computers 8 days ago. There's a red alert box in the upper left corner of the preferences screen but clicking on it just takes me to the website where all appears ok. Pushing backup now just goes into "please wait" mode without doing anything (nothing else changes even when left for over a day).

Software, Backups, macOS, Troubleshooting

8 points by brigham 40 days ago | 0 comments

Why is macOS syslogd listening for UDP connections? (lapcatsoftware.com)
Today, out of the blue, Little Snitch alerted me to an incoming connection attempt from IPv4 address 142.250.191.99 to UDP port 56878. (I denied the connection.) The IP address is in a range controlled by Google.

Security, macOS, Networking

14 points by metahost 46 days ago | 0 comments

Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia (wordpress.com)
On many Unix-based operating systems, rsync is a command line tool for transferring and synchronizing files on a computer, either between storage attached directly to the computer or between another computer located elsewhere on a network.

macOS, Open Source, File Transfer

562 points by zdw 47 days ago | 464 comments

Programs compiled with recent D compiler are broken in macOS 15.4 (github.com/dlang)
In the latest upcoming macOS update, any D application currently crashes during runtime initialization.

Programming, macOS, Software Bugs

5 points by croemer 47 days ago | 0 comments

iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 Sneakily Enable Automatic Updates on Your iPhone and Mac (lifehacker.com)
Apple just released iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 for the iPhone and Mac, respectively. Once you complete the update, you'll see a prompt informing you that, as part of the update, the company has enabled automatic updates on your device, even if you had previously switched them off. This means that, unless you do something, Apple will start downloading and installing future software updates to your devices on its own.

Apple, Software Updates, Operating Systems, iOS, macOS

17 points by rom16384 48 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Hot Notes – Fuzzy Search for Apple Notes (macOS) (hotmatcha.dev)
Hot Notes is a macOS app that opens your Apple Notes using fast fuzzy search

macOS, Apple Notes, Productivity, Search, Software

9 points by emadda 51 days ago | 7 comments

Apple Software Update dark pattern (lapcatsoftware.com)
I just installed today's macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates. Incidentally, before updating my Mac mini, I got an "Upgrade to macOS Sequoia" notification even though the Mac was already running Sequoia (15.3.2).

Apple, macOS, Software Updates, Dark Patterns

11 points by ingve 53 days ago | 1 comments

CVE-2025-24259: Leaking Bookmarks on macOS (wts.dev)
Happy Monday! You should probably update your Macs now. macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Sequoia 15.4, are out. They include a lot of patches, with 15.4 including patches for 131 CVE's. If you're curious and want to validate that, just open the security release notes for that update and search for the string CVE-202. You'll find 131 matches on that page as of writing.

Security, macOS, Updates

17 points by nmgycombinator 53 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Job Application Bot by Ollama AI (github.com/lookr-fyi)
JobHuntr.fyi is a native macOS desktop app that uses Ollama-powered AI to apply for jobs on LinkedIn—automatically, 24/7. No OpenAI API key required.

AI, Job Search, Automation, macOS

14 points by y2236li 55 days ago | 9 comments