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Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?
macports - https://www.macports.org
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Sparkle: A software update framework for macOS
I switched to MacPorts after becoming tired of Brew tainting my filesystem.
MacPorts keeps things clean in /opt/local.
https://www.macports.org/
https://saagarjha.com/blog/2019/04/26/thoughts-on-macos-pack...
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Essential Command Line Tools for Developers
gh is available via Homebrew, MacPorts, Conda, Spack, Webi, and as a…
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Retroactive: Run Aperture, iPhoto and iTunes on macOS Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur
I've read the article but some questions still remain. Does Retroactive install the shared dylibs of previous macOS releases? Or does it use an approach similar to https://www.macports.org/ ?
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Why would 4K Video downloader need a bluetooth connection?
I highly recommend using yt-dlp to download videos in the highest quality available from a wide variety of web sites (notably YouTube, hence the "yt" in the name, but it supports a ton of sites). The best way to install it is with an open-source package manager, either Homebrew or MacPorts. These make it easier to install dependencies like Python 3.11 and optional (but highly recommended) utilities like ffmpeg. Both Homebrew and MacPorts are great, and you can install both side-by-side. I guess I'd recommend Homebrew over MacPorts because it downloads pre-built binaries instead of compiling from source, so it's faster. But again, they are both great.
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Homebrew
This is Reddit so they will most likely be people who say to download Macports, but frankly, I don't care, and homebrew is enough for me. I'm not smart, but I know not to download programs/random things without prior research, don't use sudo commands on things you don't know and don't enter your password if you feel unsafe.
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Long-time Windows/Linux user with a new Macbook with some generic questions (Macbook Pro M1 Pro)
The initial setup was quick and painless, but I quickly realized that MacOS does not ship with a package manager (to my surprise!) the Apple Store won't be enough to cover my needs, so onto Google I went. I learned that the two most popular package managers are Homebrew and MacPorts. After reading for a while, I found some users concerned about how Homebrew managed folder permissions (here and here), and with the fact that it installs already compiled binaries, which may be a security/privacy issue. However, it seems that the folder issue was addressed with the ARM release of Homebrew, which now installs under the /opt/homebrew folder.
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Homebrew 4.0.0 release
On Linux, most distributions come with their own package manager out of the box (e.g. Ubuntu / Debian has APT). One annoying thing about macOS as a development platform is that it does not come with one out of the box, and Homebrew has emerged as the most popular third-party management by far. There are other ones like MacPorts as well but I think this is the kind of thing where the popular one tends to become more popular because people don't want to learn/use multiple package manager. I actually used to use MacPorts before I switched to Homebrew just because it's been getting a lot more momentum / features / development and it's where every package is.
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Want to revert OS so we can run Aperture and see family photo archiv
Others have offered solutions, but for future reference the actual Terminal commands that failed would be useful; "File not found" sounds like a path error, "Command not found" sounds fixable via Homebrew or Macports
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UNIX as a concept, vs a trademark
TL;DR, about the section that states software from other UNIX-like OSes is hard to port to MacOS, how about homebrew and macports?
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GitHub Disabled the Xz Repo
Is disabling the compromised repo the typical GitHub policy? My concern is there are monorepos used by package managers, like brew, that are a collection of thousands of projects [1]. These monorepos seem like a prime target for attack and if GitHub disables one because a malicious commit was merged then you've taken down an entire ecosystem.
[1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
> Correct. Though we do not appear to be affected, this revert was done out of an abundance of caution.
[1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/167512
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Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python
> right, but now you know even less about your setup when you some roadblock
This is the same with a binary though. And with homebrew, you can't follow patches or flags used or if they change.
- https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/c964ad7fa53ad...
- Apple curl security incident 12604
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Cowsay
definitely be careful about using fortune in a corporate environment or public space if you don't know what dat files you are using or you might just get an extremely unwelcome surprise.
I was practicing a presentation and used to use "fortune" all the time. I forget exactly what it output but I remember being absolutely mortified about what could have happened if that had popped up during an internal company tech talk.
Kudos to brew for keeping unsuspecting people safe
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/3fb3c4c3e55...
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Ask HN: Trouble with a Stargate
I'm sorry to be asking this as I find it a bit silly, but it's blocking my PR [3], so could a few of you star the project on Github [1] to get my PR to run?
[1] https://github.com/laktak/chkbit-py
[2] https://brew.sh
[3] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/160018
- Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
- When open source platforms are worse than closed source
- Homebrew Rejects the Idea for Post-Install Notes
- Homebrew team's developer harassment. They won't remove my software?
What are some alternatives?
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
yt-dlp - A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
awesome-macOS - A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS.
asdf-python - Python plugin for the asdf version manager
drawing - Simple image editor for Linux
Retroactive - Retroactive only receives limited support. Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and macOS Catalina. Xcode 11.7 on macOS Mojave. Final Cut Pro 7, Logic Pro 9, and iWork ’09 on macOS Mojave or macOS High Sierra.
homebrew-php - :beer: Homebrew tap for PHP 5.6 to 8.4. PHP 8.4 is built nightly.
open-source-mac-os-apps - 🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps
osxfuse - FUSE extends macOS by adding support for user space file systems
Soduto - Soduto is a KDE Connect compatible client for macOS. It allows better integration between your phones, desktops and tablets.
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