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Hi, can anyone recommend apps (and shed some light?) in c/macapps

[–] spiritsong 1 points 2 weeks ago

Great recommendations! The Unarchiver is godsent! :D

Why do people on reddit seem to hate Lemmy/Mbin/other federated link aggregators? in c/fediverse

[–] spiritsong 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For some reason after reading this (because I'm very new to Lemmy), your post made me feel like that squiggly thing / slime inside the box that wanted freedom, then the moment it takes a step outside, got punched back in and now is happily being inside the box, even if its cramped.

I think it was a meme too.

Yeah, but I do feel that way (after taking a look there)

Great phone, too bad I chose the glass back. in c/xiaomi13tpro

[–] spiritsong 2 points 2 weeks ago

The sleeve that came with the phone.. Urgh. I'm grateful that there is one, but it is kind of flimsy in a way. And yeah, I would also take the vegan leather in hindsight :/

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(Carried over post) Google Camera (self.xiaomi13tpro)

submitted 2 weeks ago by spiritsong to c/xiaomi13tpro

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Some people like Google Camera. Some people don't. Some people swear by Google camera, some people can live without it.

Over somewhere, there were people that kept asking "how do I have Google Camera on my Xiaomi 13T / Xiaomi 13T Pro", so I guess here's what it is. Basically I'm writing in a more roundabout way, so that you understand the concept rather than giving you straight to the answer (if you want that, just look for the BigKaka link below, its fine).

For the phone, or any other phone, to understand what Google Camera functions that is supported, one needs to install "Camera2Probe" which you can get from your favourite APK store (Google Playstore, etc etc)

After that, just install, run it, and what you really want to hope for is to look for "hardware support level" and pray it is at least "level 3". If I'm not mistaken "Full" would be better.

Now knowing that, now you'll need to go to the google camera repository at https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

and then navigate to:

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/configs-bigkaka-07/ Browse to the 13T or the 13T Pro, download both the apk and the config (apply them) and you will have at least, in theory, the best gcam setup for your Xiaomi 13T/13T Pro.

As for why all the trouble? That is because the GCams listed here are just ports. Why are they ports? Here: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/versions/

Do you have a need for using GCam? I don't know. I like it, but I find myself just whipping out the phone, use the built in camera module and then snap away. But it doesn't mean you won't use it, and I'm sure there are many people who like the phone (because the cameras are good) and want to use GCam along with it.

Have fun!

Great phone, too bad I chose the glass back. in c/xiaomi13tpro

[–] spiritsong 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

OOOF. That is rough. I agree, I don't like the glass back. The blue one which had that 'fake vegan leather' does feel good, but I didn't like the blue colour. But I think I will still prefer that OVER the glass back. As a matter of fact, come to think of it, my phone lives inside a case, and I almost never pop it out of the case.

Hi, can anyone recommend apps (and shed some light?) in c/macapps

[–] spiritsong 1 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, I already got VLC, but no harm in trying out IINA.

Homebrew is .. ridiculously good. I mean sure, I'm not a terminal guy and the last time anything remotely terminal I've touched was probably MS Dos era as a kid (and that is OLD) but the more I get into homebrew the more I appreciate its goodness. Sure it takes some time to rewire my brain to read through all the data on the screen, but it is very straightforward, and whatever pops is whatever pops (basically no need to reinterpret or guess the problem), and I like homebrew as possibly one stop to do anything and everything. And update --all LOL, that is MASSIVE.

thanks again! :D

You're all kind folks and I hope to pay it forward / play it forward!

Hi, can anyone recommend apps (and shed some light?) in c/macapps

[–] spiritsong 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hey there. Thanks for the response. Yeah I have Raycast, (I think I posted before) and I kind of like it. I'll also grab the AppCleaner and UninstallPKG.

I have used Wipr before on my iPadPro, I'll definitely add that to my MacBook safari. Noir seems nice, I do face that problem. I just added Peek and I'm glad to see that you recommend it too. Thanks again!

Hi, can anyone recommend apps (and shed some light?) in c/macapps

[–] spiritsong 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hi there!

Oh right, VLC. Yeah I forgot about this good old servant. I've used parsec before, and yeah I think I'll give it a whirl. I don't do coding, but I'll definitely put visual studio code into the list Aha. I'm mainly a firefox guy, but I'll give Orion a whirl. I mean no harm trying new stuffs. I mainly use it as a "bring as much work as possible". So i also had to install Google suite and Microsoft suite (because my work relies on those).

As for other things, I'm probably toying around with Local LLMs, so I'm using JAN AI (they have an app that really utilizes metal, but the app is not written in apple's language, I think, or I may be wrong, but it is one of the fewer LLM frontends (and backends) that really makes use of Apple hardware (such as MLX). I also use a lot of Lumafusion, and I'm also using that on the MacBook, but maybe I'll try using something like Da Vinci, until I can justify buying or needing Final Cut Pro and other Apple creative suite. (I'm just using that because in the past i had an iPad Pro, and it was the best "on machine" video editing device I can use with almost no downtime.

Thanks again!

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Hi, can anyone recommend apps (and shed some light?) (self.macapps)

submitted 2 weeks ago by spiritsong to c/macapps

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Hi.

I'm just going to ask here. Not so recently (about nearly a month now, technically this is my third weekend) I received my long awaited on hold 13" Touchbar Macbook Pro M2.

So, let me preface this, I (think) I'm an iPad Pro power user, but I have zero knowledge on Mac OS. I've been playing around to get loads done (and it does get loads done), what are some of the apps that you good fellows would use in your Macs?

I'm trying to get inspiration. Initially I didn't install anything, then I over-installed got got chastised by a good friend as "I'm turning my mac into windows" and then I dialed the dialer back.

For now, I think I have -bash (because it was required for something, even though I know nothing) -lots of python (because the apps require it to run -BetterTouchTool (I'm using goldenchaos config as a base, still learning) -Raycast (I find it... amusing. I'm still trying to marry the functions of Raycast and BetterTouchTool)

Of course there are other apps, but I'll like to hear what Mac users of the Fediverse use. I've seen a lot of apps get mentioned, but some I think are very old, so I'm not sure how they hold up in 2024.

Thanks for responding!

(yes I'm just trying my luck, but who knows if anyone can/will respond?)

What song did you love until you found out what it was about? in c/asklemmy

[–] spiritsong 2 points 2 weeks ago

Uncle Kracker - Follow me. I used to sing the shit out of it, because I just liked the tune. Until I learn there was a whole different meaning than just "I'm the better guy" lyrics.

I still humm it, but it hits differently.

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Hi, where is everyone from? (self.bahai)

submitted 2 weeks ago by spiritsong to c/bahai

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Hi. Today I found out something interesting. Apparently Lemmy is more European centric, compared to Reddit which is more US centric.

Without diverging too much, I'm from South East Asia.

How about everyone else?

Is there any reason why there is no large generalist Lemmy instance managed from the USA? Is this just a coincidence? in c/fediverse

[–] spiritsong 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. This actually puts into question why certain subs does not have countries assigned. Like news should be news, not a one country spesific news.

Special counsel Jack Smith expected to wind down Trump prosecutions: Sources in c/news

[–] spiritsong 12 points 2 weeks ago

Non American here, but we've seen how things unfolded when something parallel-ly similar happened. I think its time for Americans to see that just like any other nations that their leaders talk about "we need to remove them because they're corrupt and they're impeachable in their own country". I think Americans on whatever ends need to realise that morals have bottomed out, and what they have is a legal system, not justice system.

Monyet.cc weekly chat thread for 21st October 2024 in c/[email protected]

[–] spiritsong 1 points 1 month ago

Actually I had the impression that there are many Malaysians on Reddit. I guess I'm wrong! Haha

Monyet.cc weekly chat thread for 21st October 2024 in c/[email protected]

[–] spiritsong 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm surprised that there aren't as many Malaysians on the Ferdiverse yet.