b0gdanw

#!/bin/zsh
for file in $(curl -# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-16beta-1.sucatalog | grep com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.plist | grep -Evw '(com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.plist.integrityDataV1)' | sed -e s/"<string>"//g -e s/"<\/string>"//g -e s/\ //g); do
curl -s $file | egrep -A 1 -m 2 '(>Build<|OSVersion)' | sed -e s/"<string>"//g -e s/"<\/string>"//g -e s/\ //g | sed -e s/"<key>"//g -e s/"<\/key>"//g -e s/\ //g
echo $file | sed -e "s/com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.plist/InstallAssistant.pkg/g"
done

b0gdanw

#!/bin/zsh
# Get Sequoia InstallAssistant.pkg links from Apple
# Since macOS 11 (Big Sur), Apple provides the Install macOS ___.app packaged as InstallAssistant.pkg
# The links for the InstallAssistant packages are listed in the seed catalogs
# The seed catalogs are listed in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SeedCatalogs.plist
# For macOS 15 Sequoia the seed catalogs are:
# CustomerSeed
# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-15customerseed-15-14-13-12-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog
# DeveloperSeed
# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-15seed-15-14-13-12-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

b0gdanw

#!/bin/zsh
# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13), macOS Sonoma (14) and macOS Sequoia (15)
# Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


# user

othyn

Setting up a local only LLM (Qwen/Llama3/etc.) on macOS with Ollama, Continue and VSCode

As with a lot of organisations, the idea of using LLM's is a reasonably frightning concept, as people freely hand over internal IP and sensitive comms to remote entities that are heavily data bound by nature. I know it was on our minds when deciding on LLM's and their role within the team and wider company. 6 months ago, I set out to explore what offerings were like in the self-hosted and/or OSS space, and if anything could be achieved locally. After using this setup since then, and after getting a lot of questions on it, I thought I might share some of the things I've come across and getting it all setup.

Que in Ollama and Continue. Ollama is an easy way to locally download, manage and run models. Its very familiar to Docker in its usuage, and can probably be most conceptually aligned with it in how it operates, think imag

talkingmoose

https://www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia/
Published Date: June 10, 2024
Updated November 8, 2024
Updated May 28, 2025

Verification: https://regex101.com/r/bNOMXz/10

1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Apple's knowledge base article (more accurate):

^(Mac(1[3-6]|BookPro1[5-8]|BookAir(9|10)|Pro7)|iMac(Pro1|(19|2[01]))|Macmini[89]),\d+$

gruber

use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions

(*
Original script: John Gruber (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/12/05/an-applescript-for-safari-split-tabs-to-new-window)
Much more elegant version: Leon Cowle (https://github.com/leoncowle)
Even more elegant version: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54066100/applescript-to-split-safari-tabs-into-new-window/54089865#54089865

Worth a warning: "moving" tabs with this script doesn't actually move them like
drag-and-drop does. The tabs "moved" by this script will reload in the new window,

elmimmo

import sqlite3
import os

# Connect to the SQLite database
db_path = "dash snippets.dash"  # Path to the SQLite database file
conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
cursor = conn.cursor()

# Query to retrieve records from the "snippets" table
cursor.execute("SELECT sid, title, body, syntax FROM snippets")

b0gdanw

#!/bin/zsh
# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13) and macOS Sonoma (14)
# Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


# user

mathix420

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Medium Paywall Bypass
// @namespace   Violentmonkey Scripts
// @run-at      document-start
// @match       *://*.medium.com/*
// @match       *://medium.com/*
// @match       *://*/*
// @grant       none
// @version     2.4
// @inject-into content

veekaybee

Anti-hype LLM reading list

Goals: Add links that are reasonable and good explanations of how stuff works. No hype and no vendor content if possible. Practical first-hand accounts of models in prod eagerly sought.

Foundational Concepts

Pre-Transformer Models