/int/ - International

I guess I will stick with command line mpv for now and use IINA as a GUI alternative. At least IINA lets me use my mpv.conf and the playback looks just like in mpv (although IINA doesn't use the correct colorspace for screenshots for some reason).

>>25826 How did you deal with colors and ICC profiles? I see that MacOS just automatically loaded or created one for my monitor. Don't know, if that's actually better than the standard ones though. Which color profile do you use?

>>25909 Ideally you'd use a Spyder or any other calibration hardware tool to create an ideal profile for each of your monitors. If colour accuracy is extremely important to you. I rented one once to do that. Back then MacOS was capable of using sepatate colour profiles for each screen whereas Windows only had a single one system wide. Not sure if that's changed.

>>26282 Wow, such words from the inventor of Linux.

Have any bernds used airpods? Are they any good? I've been looking for some good wireless earphones since using wired ones at the gym is really inconvenient, and my dongle stops working every few months. I have an iPhone so airpods seem like the natural choice, but I don't know about the sound quality.

>>26294 I have AirPods Pro (2nd gen I think), they’re great, especially together with an iphone

>>26294 They're good, but not 10 times better than earphones that cost 1/10 of the price. If you have the money, go for it. Nice feature: they automatically connect to your other Applel devices, so no need to re-pair them when you want to use your computer or tablet or whatever.

>>26297 >>26298 >but not 10 times better than earphones that cost 1/10 of the price. >Nice feature: they automatically connect to your other Applel devices I guess you're paying for the compatibility, but that sounds like it could be useful if I somehow end up with a Mac at some point. I'll keep then in mind then, thanks :D

>>26300 The transparency mode of AirPods Pro is also God tier

>>26302 Also, I can call people while cycling. My Moondrop space travel produce too much noise from the wind.

>>26311 >Moondrop Space Travel I thought you were joking lmao, but they seriously named a product like that

>>26313 They're actually amazing for 20 CHF/€/$, despite the chink name.

>>26294 I have Airpods 2nd gen, regular ones. They're definitely decent. I got them new for free when buying a Mac Mini for my momma, so no complaints there.

Is the Mac mini THE personal computer to get with the RAM crisis on our hands?

>>27500 There are good mini pcs that dont require fagOS. Get a beelink ser5 for 280 Euro it can even game most shit with vega 7.

>>27501 >no M4

>>27501 And it will be hot and loud.

>>27568 Also the Mac Mini supports higher resolutions. >Simultaneously supports up to three displays: >Up to three displays: Two displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt or 4K resolution at 60Hz over HDMI >Up to two displays: One display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz over Thunderbolt or HDMI

I wish there'd be some good videos and channels about MacOS, because I want to learn more about it, but the only people making content about it are brainless Apple fanboys.

>>27568 It only gets loud when windows 11 is doing whatever garbage in the background. Desktop pcs get loud because of it as well.

>>28241 If you plan on using it for gayming, it will get loud and hot, no matter the OS.

>>28241 Like I had a 13400f desktop pc before this mini pc and it also got loud for no reason in idle all the time cause of windows module installer and antimalware executable all the time.

>>28242 Its like fucking 28 watt tdp how can this get hot lmso.

>>28244 It's 64W max

>>28261 The 5500U is 15 TDP which is less than the mac mini. I mean ok its much weaker but the argument was hot and loud.

>>28239 Honestly, there's not much to learn. Or do you want to develop something like kernel extensions?

>>28306 Did you ever run local LLM models on the Mac Mini? If so, which is the largest one that still ran reasonably well?

>>28398 No

>>28398 The 16gb base model can run 14b models fairly well. It can't load anything higher than that. can't remember the tokens/m but it's reasonable.

Maybe I’ll try some emulators, this looks awesome: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kwOz4VCXzD8

>>28497 Thanks, I will play around with ollama.

>>28497 How good are 14b models? Even OpenAI 120b seems retarded.

>>28735 They all suck donkeyballs and even the largest ones you can run at home are really dumb compared to even free models out in the wild. AI at home is only useable for visual stuff or highly specialised use cases where you train it on your own data.

>>28735 As >>28752 said it doesn't compare to free stuff online for general use. But for more narrow use cases it's very useful/cost effective. Some smaller models are decent at coding. They all can be setup with modules to browse the web and do all kinds of crazy automation stuff, and you can get uncensored models to unlock any crazy idea you have.

I literally play Pokemon Black on my Mac mini while getting paid "working from home". I don't think life can get more comfy than this.

Just accepted a call from my phone for the first time on my Mac. God I love Apple.

I can’t believe this is the number one recommended dark mode extension for Safari. What a steaming pile of shit and it’s not even free. Dark Reader is much better.

>>30638 Steal its code and sell it on the apple store for $5.99.

>>30638 >it’s not even free Are you poor?

>>30788 Obviously I already bought it, otherwise I wouldn't have criticized it.

>>20770 >The only interesting strands in hobbyist coding are microcontrollers and AI/ML That's just your opinion. You can download any Linux distribution, and any code at all in it "can" be interesting to hack on. From drivers to GUI, server software, compilers, etc etc

>>30638 Why use Safari? t. User of Firefox on his Macs

>>30994 Because I don’t need an extra account to sync my history, bookmarks etc. and the first party iCloud password manager integration is the best. I also use Firefox btw, because safari sucks in some regards.

>>22221 Gabe probably learned a thing from Microsoft when he worked there: if you have the money, you can keep trying to succeed at something for decades if necessary, and eventually it will probably work. You get better and better (Proton and general infrastructure improvements), your opponents rest on their laurels and make missteps (Windows store attempts, Windows 11 which I've had the displeasure of experiencing it myself recently)...

Question to other Mac Mini Bernds: have you noticed Bluetooth issues, specifically with AirPods? It works for me and all, but the Bluetooth reach it has with my AirPods is kinda short and already in the next room the signal breaks up, which doesn’t happen with other devices.

>>31547 It is generally speaking a miracle if and when Bluetooth works at all. Behind any working Bluetooth connection, there are blood sacrifices made by developers to get it working. Bluetooth is kind of legendary among developers and users alike for being incredible shitgarbage. t. software developer who has unfortunately worked with Bluetooth

>>31547 I reckon the antenna in a mini isn't very long. But even with my iMac I sometimes lose the connection even when sitting right next to it.

>>31563 It just seems odd, because the connection to my iPad mini feels much more stable and as if the reach is longer.

>>31628 The iPad Mini antennae run along almost the full height of the device. With the Mac Mini...no idea how long or short they are, see pic.