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Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
maestral is an open source Mac/Linux client. Just one example, I’m sure there are others.
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New Dropbox client moves files from –/ to –/Library
Worth mention the open source project Maestral: https://github.com/SamSchott/maestral
(an unofficial Dropbox client)
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If you're archiving stuff to a cloud-synced folder, you NEED a strategy for ensuring ongoing integrity.
Sometime late last fall, my NAS rebooted and my ZFS pools didn't come back online automatically, but Docker did automatically restart the Maestral client. In so doing, it detected an empty folder...and...promptly deleted EVERYTHING in my Dropbox, assuming I'd just deleted everything locally. It's an issue that has had at least a few bug reports and which as of yet still hasn't been addressed - basically, the client needs but does not have a way to say "a bunch of stuff is changing, are you sure?" before doing it - especially on a restart of the client.
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Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu
>- Debug apps which don't opt into debugging, using gdb/lldb, without disabling SIP. It's my computer, I should be root, I should be able to introspect how processes execute on it. Not being able to do so prevented me from debugging https://github.com/samschott/maestral/issues/597, since I had to disable SIP, which required rebooting, which stopped the bug from happening.
Another option is to re-sign the application with the entitlements necessary for debugging.
e.g:
https://gist.github.com/talaviram/1f21e141a137744c89e81b58f7...
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Dropbox Client or 3rd party client for Mac Mini M1?
there is a native build as beta, but I found Maestral much better :) https://github.com/samschott/maestral
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Dropbox Sync does not natively support Apple Silicon
3) No support for extended file attributes (so you cannot sync .app bundles)
[1] https://github.com/SamSchott/maestral/issues/443
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Nine Raspberry Pis power this entire office
If you still haven't found a use for them: they make for good low-power, always-on, headless networked servers for processing-light tasks.
Other commentators mentioned pihole/DNS, WireGuard, and music streaming, but you can also use them for a (slow) NFS server, persistent Syncthing node, Maestral host[1] (third-party Dropbox client written in Python (that can actually run on the Raspberry Pi, unlike the official Dropbox client)), or device that maintains a connection to a distributed network (e.g. Hyporborea/cjdns).
[1] https://github.com/SamSchott/maestral
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First new ThinkPad in awhile: An x270 I nabbed for cheap & installed my first Linux on :)
I'd been reading up on Linux for the last little bit, learning about different distros and what things to look out for - so when this thing arrived I jumped onto the latest Fedora release & am really enjoying it. I've tweaked some Gnome extensions, gotten my favorite writing app downloaded, set up the awesome Maestral open-source Dropbox client, and set up a decent little undervolt using intel-undervolt, mprime, cinebench, and glmark2 :)
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Hacker News top posts: Aug 12, 2021
Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support\ (147 comments)
- Maestral - A light-weight and open-source Dropbox client for macOS and Linux
alt-tab-macos
- Windows Alt-Tab on macOS
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U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly
> - Can't tab cycle through minimized windows
> - Windowing system sucks compared to Windows
Checkout: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos solved most of my pains with it.
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Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
I use AltTab [0] for this. I find using a mac without it horrendous.
[0]: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
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No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
I know of this app which allows you to port that functionality: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
Disclaimer: I have never used it, one of my colleagues mentioned it a while ago.
- AltTab – Windows alt-tab on macOS
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Collection of "Today I Learned" notes
If you're using a Mac, I really recommend alt-tab https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/.
I love cmd+tab on a mac to switch between applications, but I was missing a feature to switch between windows of the same application. Alt+tab solves that in the same manner Windows does.
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On Desktop GUI Minimalism
I know this isn’t the point of your post, but in case it helps your experience in MacOS:
1. You can change the setting so that workspaces do not change their position/order. See: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/214348/how-to-prev...
2. The third party app “alt-tab” provides an alt tab experience that is much better than the native one, and is likely more similar to the behavior you expect from Linux. See: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app
I also personally like to use Rectangle for window positioning using keyboard shortcuts, tried the various auto tiling solutions like yabai and amethyst in the past but I think the flexibility of Rectangle is worth having to remember and use a few keyboard shortcuts.
I think it’s unfortunate that so many third party apps are required, but with a bit of babysitting MacOS can be pretty decent to work with.
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Tools I like
AltTab MacOS app
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Ask HN: What GNOME Shell extensions do you use?
There's likely a delay so that you can use Alt-Tab to quickly go back to your last window without the pop-up showing. I use AltTab on macOS like this, which has a configurable delay.
https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
- macOS 13.5 no longer allows setting system wide ulimits
What are some alternatives?
onedrive - OneDrive Client for Linux
winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
assembler - A modern UI framework
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
darts - A python library for user-friendly forecasting and anomaly detection on time series.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
Mosh - Mobile Shell
Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
openmtp - OpenMTP - Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS
hammerspoon - Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua
kivy - Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS
CotEditor - Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS