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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Happy #iPadOS 26.5 release day, fellow #SafariExtension devs! It fixes the bug introed in 26.4 causing Safari to ALWAYS crash if users tried to open ANY extension's popup while using Compact Tabs. Imagine this had already shipped in 26.4.1/.2: we'd have missed out on so many unwarranted 1★ reviews!

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"Das Gewicht der Welt" runs tomorrow at Cinecitta in Nuremberg, 11 AM - with a subsequent discussion with the director and one of the protagonists as part of their movie tour. Probably not an easy film to watch, but an important one. I'll be there & look forward to the film and the discussion. 1/2

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#TimeMachine on #macOS 26.5 still failed trying to back up to my Samba server. The fix was to remove fruit:time machine max size=… from the share's configuration. As an alternative one can use tmutil to enforce a quota: tmutil destinationinfo sudo tmutil setquota [destination uuid] [quota-in-gb]

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ein Filmprojekt aus UK hat das so gelöst, Film + Bonusmaterial auf Vimeo hochzuladen und dann mit einem Passwort zu schützen. Das Passwort erhält nur wer die Digitalfassung gekauft hat. Damit ist dann Streaming und Download möglich. Vielleicht wär das auch hier eine Option.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

TIL the S.M.A.R.T. power on hours of the drives in a rented server have now lapsed at least twice (integer overflowing at 65.536 hours), meaning they've run for ~132K hours (~15 years) non-stop. 🤯

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 3455 -
# 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 3676 -
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 64017 -
# 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 61508 -
# 5 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 61495 -
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 54859 -
# 7 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 54841 -
# 8 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 54827 -
# 9 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 54809 -
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 54792 -
#11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 25 -
#12 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 6 -

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Am Ende sieht man sehr schön wie der Spread groß genug wird und die Wärmepumpe einen Bereich erreicht, wo der Energieverbrauch sinkt und die Arbeitszahl steigt. Das ist zwar hier mit heute positiven Temperaturen zu sehen, passiert aber bei negativen Temperaturen genauso. 6/6

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Der "Spread" ist dabei der Betrag der physikalisch maximal möglichen Abkühlung der Außenluft bis zum Vereisen. Soweit ich es beobachten kann enden das Vereisen, erhöhte Taktung und der erhöhte Energieverbrauch bei einem Spread von >= 2,5-3° C. 5/6

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Das ganze lässt sich gerade auch wieder (heute allerdings mit positiven Temperaturen) nachvollziehen: - Oben: Energieverbrauch in blau (Warmwasser), rot (Heizung), grün (Abtauen) - Unten: Arbeitszahl (Umweltertrag / Verbrauch) - 2. Bild: Temperatur (rot), Taupunkt (dunkelblau), Spread (hellblau) 4/6

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Bei Minusgraden wird die Luft relativ & absolut trockener, so dass der Taupunkt sich weiter von der Außentemperatur entfernt. Die WP kann der Umgebung dann also mehr Wärme entziehen bevor es zu Tau- & Eisbildung kommt. 3/6

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Um die 1-2°C Außentemperatur liegt der Taupunkt bei hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit meist nur 1-1,5° C darunter, so dass eine WP der Umgebung dann nur wenig Wärme entziehen kann bevor es zu Tau- & Eisbildung kommt. 2/6

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Ähnliches habe ich auch beobachtet und konnte es letztlich am Spread zwischen Außentemperatur und Tau-/Gefrierpunkt festmachen. Also wie viel Wärme der Umgebung entzogen werden kann bevor es zu Tau- bzw. (bei Taupunkt <0° C) dann auch sofort zur Eisbildung kommt. 1/6

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IOSPIRIT @iospirit.com · 26/11/2025

🔥 Save up to 50% 🔥 on @RemoteBuddy, @Vidimote and Spacious until December 2nd, 2025 in our #BlackDays promotion: www.iospirit.com/blog/2025/11... #BlackFridayDeals

Image highlighting the discount of 33% for Vidimote, 40% for Remote Buddy and 50% for Spacious.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Thanks for this! I love it! What's missing, however, is the Late 2009 Server version of the original mini design, which had a second HDD instead of an optical drive (and therefore, also no slot at the front). From a quick Google image search: appledb.dev/device/ident...

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Mac mini (Mac OS X Server)

Released on Oct 20, 2009

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

✅ COVID and flu shots for this season

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"41% of workers have encountered such AI-generated output, costing nearly two hours of rework per instance and creating downstream productivity, trust, and collaboration issues." Via Harvard Business Review: hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g... 2/3

hbr.org

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

TIL a new word: workslop. "AI-generated ‘workslop’ is here. It’s killing teamwork and causing a multimillion dollar productivity problem, researchers say" 1/3

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

It likely wasn‘t. But then again, negative feedback didn’t stop Apple introducing other privacy permissions and alerts in the past.

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Vidimote @vidimote.app · 15/09/2025

Vidimote 1.9 for Safari for #macOS26 #Tahoe is out! What's new: - redesigned PiP extension: now with position slider & Skip button - overlay actions like Skip & PiP now grouped - adopts liquid glass in native UI Web: www.iospirit.com/products/vid... Mac App Store: apps.apple.com/app/vidimote...

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

There's also no mention in the macOS 26 release notes - and the last AppKit release notes were for macOS 14. What happened to it? Is it still coming? mjtsai.com/blog/2025/05... 2/2

mjtsai.com

Michael Tsai - Blog - Pasteboard Privacy Preview in macOS 15.4

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

When Apple announced Pasteboard Privacy in May, the assumption was that it'll arrive in the next major macOS release. But AFAICS - unless you turn it on explicitly via defaults - it seems absent in the macOS 26. 1/2

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Michael Tsai - Blog - Pasteboard Privacy Preview in macOS 15.4

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/08/2025

Tim Cook pathetically kisses Trump's ass by pretending him with a "24 karat gold" gift

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I had assumed that by not providing an OS or version number for deprecation, I had found a way to silence the compiler warning. Since that's not the case and it's just moving the warning, I'm deleting the original post. Sorry for the confusion. 2/2

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Meaning that the deprecation warnings inside the respective methods disappear. But I now see this just moves the deprecation warning up to the calling sites of the methods. I didn't notice this when I posted this. 1/2

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The Group Labs at #WWDC25 were fun and informative, providing information and context not available in the videos and dev docs. If you missed any, DTS has published transcripts on the Developer Forums: developer.apple.com/forums/searc...

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Search results | Apple Developer Forums

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

After checking the privacy info available in Xcode and settings in the ChatGPT account, it at least seems like it should also be possible to use an account and still not have your code used for training their models: bsky.app/profile/feli...

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Presumably though, "your ChatGPT account settings […] will apply" when signing in from Xcode - so that, if you turned off the option "Improve the model for everyone" in your ChatGPT account, it also /should/ not use your data for training its models.

Intelligence in Xcode & Privacy

Using ChatGPT in Xcode Without an Account

If you enable ChatGPT in Xcode without being signed in to a ChatGPT account, only the data described in the Data Provided to Third-Party Models and Data Provided to ChatGPT in Xcode sections above will be sent to ChatGPT. OpenAl will not receive any data tied to your Apple Account. OpenAl must process your data solely for the purpose of fulfilling it and not store your request or any responses it provides, unless required under applicable laws. OpenAl also must not use your request to improve or train its models.

Using ChatGPT in Xcode with a ChatGPT Account

You can choose to create a ChatGPT account or sign in to an existing account. If you are a ChatGPT subscriber, you will be able to access paid features from your Xcode experience.

When you are signed in, your ChatGPT account settings and OpenAl's data privacy policies will apply. This means OpenAl may log your request, attachments, and session history, and use this data to train or improve their models. To learn more about OpenAl's privacy practices, visit https://openai.com/policies/row-privacy-policy.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Why would I want to ever sign in to ChatGPT then, Xcode?

Xcode message:
"Using ChatGPT without an Account
If you don't sign in to ChatGPT, your requests are anonymous and won't be used to improve OpenAl's models."

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This document tells you which of your Mac's ports is the DFU port: support.apple.com/en-us/120694 Avoid that port when installing macOS on a external drive. 3/3

support.apple.com

How to identify the DFU port on Mac - Apple Support

Learn how to find the device firmware update port on your Mac.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Why? I had plugged the SSD into the wrong USB-C port: on Apple Silicon Macs, you're supposed to NOT use the DFU port for this (support.apple.com/en-us/111336) - and of course I had. 🤦‍♂️ 2/3

support.apple.com

Install macOS on an external storage device and use it as a startup disk - Apple Support

If you have an external storage device, you can set it up as a Mac startup disk.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Just spent hours trying to install macOS 26b2 on an external SSD. After rebooting, it just wouldn't complete but boot back into macOS on the internal SSD eventually. 1/3

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

First impression of Xcode 26 auto-generating a comment for a new localizable string based on the surrounding source code: really good - it nailed it! 👌

"User" : {
"comment" : "Text displayed as secondary detail text when showing a user in the list of users.",
"isCommentAutoGenerated" : true
},

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The ChatGPT/AI stuff worked nicely, but as soon as I tried to run something in the Simulator, the Mac started to swap massively and everything came to a crawl - with really just Xcode + Simulator running. Looks like 16GB of RAM really is the absolute minimum for development going forward. 2/2

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I had hoped that the Mac mini M1 with 8GB RAM would be sufficient to explore Xcode 26 and *OS 26 development. But no. 1/2

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Xcode 26 adds an option to generate string catalog comments for newly-added strings by analyzing surrounding source code. Will be interesting to see in action. #WWDC25

Screenshot from Xcode:
Title: "Localized Strings"
Toggle: "Automatically generate string catalog comments"
Description: "Generate string catalog comments for newly-added strings by analyzing surrounding source code. Requires Xcode's predictive code completion model."

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I kinda get why the first three don't work. But I really don't understand how installing on an external drive should hinder AI usage. 2/2 #WWDC25

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Looks like you can only use Xcode's AI features when installing Tahoe on the internal SSD of your Apple silicon Mac. I tried all other options: -it's not supported on Sequoia -it's not supported on Intel Macs -it's not supported in VMs -it's not supported when the system is on an external drive 1/2

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

New in macOS Tahoe: the OS alerts the user if an app continues to run after the user closed it. #WWDC25

New macOS alert:
"App" is running in the background after it was closed
Apps in the background retain their access to sensors or personal data, even though they don't appear to be open.
If you need this app to perform tasks such as updating or syncing data when it's not open, you can allow it run in the background.
Do Not Allow Always Allow

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Two surprises from the new PaperKit framework session: - it's UIKit-/AppKit-first - the class names have no prefixes Video: developer.apple.com/videos/play/... #WWDC25

Screenshot from the PaperKit video showing how to setup and show the MarkupEditViewController.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

LOL, the Touch Bar also got an update 😜 #WWDC25

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I hope Apple ships this as part of macOS eventually. It would be super useful for some app ideas I have… Session: developer.apple.com/videos/play/... GitHub: - "container" tool: github.com/apple/contai... - framework: github.com/apple/contai... 2/2 #WWDC25

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Containerization looks very impressive - essentially allowing to pull and run Docker images and containers with Apple-provided tools and frameworks. It even appears to allow running x86 images on Apple silicon. 1/2 #WWDC25

developer.apple.com

Meet Containerization - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Meet Containerization, an open source project written in Swift to create and run Linux containers on your Mac. Learn how Containerization...

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The bad: if you were hoping that iPadOS now supports permanently running background tasks, you'll be disappointed. It's now easier to continue user-initiated, longer running tasks in the background - but they need to come to an end eventually - or will be killed. 2/2 #WWDC25

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Good and bad news after watching "Finish tasks in the background": The good: unlike what I initially believed after watching the keynote, the new background capabilities also come to iOS. 🎉 1/2 #WWDC25

developer.apple.com

Finish tasks in the background - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Discover background execution advancements and understand how the system schedules runtime. We'll discuss how to get the most out of...

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Especially the permanently visible disclosure triangles in the sidebar make me wonder, however, whether this is an actual UI recording - or a concept video. And if it's the latter, if that's what's shown here is what Liquid Glass should _eventually_ look like. 2/2 #WWDC25

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Finder window in "Meet Liquid Glass" (9:59) looks different than what I see on my Mac in the Dev Preview: - better contrast between elements and content - higher line height - permanently visible disclosure triangles in the sidebar 1/2 #WWDC25

Finder window as shown in "Meet Liquid Glass" session.

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Felix Schwarz @felixschwarz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Turn on the Status Bar and Path Bar at the bottom and it looks _really_ off, highlighting the challenges text-rich and information-dense UIs will run into when adopting the "extend content below the sidebar" concept of Liquid Glass. 2/2 #WWDC25

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