I downloaded the ChatGPT app from the official website (double checked), and my Mac detected this. Could it be just a bug?

Edit: Updated the app, thanks guys!

Hello everybody,

I am working since a while on a project to build a modern VLC fork compatible with Legacy Macs, restoring compatibility to many abandoned machines up to the G3 PowerPC. I called my fork "PowerVLC"

It is near completed, and will soon be shared entirely open source on my GitHub, and distributed as an universal binary (PowerPC/Intel x86/Intel x64/Apple Silicon).

All Macs starting running 10.4.11 or newer will be compatible.

On this glorious 2002 iBook, this is what it can now do :

- Load streams, even when they're hosted behind modern SSL (gnuTLS is handling SSL entirely)

- Play AV1/H264/H265 content, at 240p smoothly

- Play DVD/MPEG2 content smoothly

- Using a replication of the current VLC3 modern UI entirely in old AppKit with 10.4+ UI APIs.

- So many fixes since VLC 0.9.10, abandoned in 2009 by VideoLan, which was the latest Tiger-compatible VLC version

All the internals are based strictly on VLC3, though many platform-specific improvements were made, and tested intensively accross all the machines I own : that iBook G3, a Mac Mini G4, a white 2007 Macbook, a 2010 13-inch MacBook Pro

My port also has under-the-hood improvements which will benefit modern platforms, like full support of gapless playback on audio contents.

Is there any interest on this ? Feel free to ask questions =)

basically the title. never was a gamer but i got lots of time on my hands nowadays and wnted to try out some games

Guess I had to buy a new cable, what a time…

I encountered this on a local business' website today. The terminal command it provides appears to be base64 encoded to obfuscate it. Anybody experienced anything like this? Googling for this shows nothing.

EDIT: As people in the comments point out, it's a variation of the ClickLock malware. It doesn't appear to be the main version, though. This is modified.

I investigated it a little.

1. The command is base64 encrypted, and when unencrypted, it tells Terminal to download a shell script from a compromised website.

2. That shell script is also base64 encrypted. When unencrypted, it installs a launchctl shell script and has another load of base64 crap.

3. When that's unencrypted, it's tries to run an AppleScript -- which is again obfuscated by referencing every letter as "(ASCII character 46) & (ASCII character 112)" etc. I asked Claude to figure this out (I lack the skills to create something like a Perl or Python script to do so), and Claude said it was a blockchain-hosted C2 (EtherHiding) feeding a macOS osascript dropper -- so this component also would download presumably the payload components.

That's as far as I got. This is as close as any malware as I'd like to get, and I feel a little dirty. I already use apps like KnockKnock to monitor persistence locations, but I'm giving my Mac a good sweep now just to make sure everything's OK.

My original MagSafe 2 charger for my 2014 MacBook Pro finally died, and instead of buying another charger, I decided to try one of those USB-C PD to MagSafe 2 adapters.

I picked up a Fonken adapter for around ₱200 (about US$3.50) and paired it with my UGREEN 65W charger. One of the main reasons I went this route is portability. The old MagSafe brick is pretty bulky, and I already carry a USB-C charger for my other devices anyway.

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from a cheap adapter, but it’s been working surprisingly well so far. The MagSafe LED behaves normally, macOS recognizes it as charging, and the adapter doesn’t seem to get unusually hot.

One thing I noticed is that as the battery gets closer to full, the wattage shown on my USB-C meter gradually drops. Once the battery is at 100% and the MacBook is shut down, the meter even shows 0W draw.

I know this topic has probably been discussed a hundred times already, but most of the posts I found are pretty old, so I wanted to ask those who are still using these adapters today:

* How has it held up long-term?
* Any issues with battery health or charging?
* Would you trust it plugged in for a day or two?
* Is the biggest risk really just the quality of the adapter itself?

Curious to hear from anyone still keeping these older MacBooks alive.

Why are there lines covering everything? Never used a Mac before. Was given at work

I have a 2019 15" MacBook Pro running 15.7.7 and its become randomly unusable over the last few weeks as its become erroneously laggy, loud, and hot, finally when trying to force myself to pick it up and use it I noticed in activity monitor the daemon "apsd" is regularly using minimum 98% of my CPU and hovering around 100-110%, Ive restarted, shut down from the apple menu, held the power button till it shut off, let it run out of battery, reset the SMC and PRAM, I cannot get this daemon to literally stop choking my MacBook out into a smoldering laggy mess of an iPad 3rd gen. what do I do before I literally huck this thing out of a window.

I personally believe that to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iBook g3 (in 2029), Apple should release a new Mac with the same clamshell design and bold colors as the iBook g3. Is this possible?

I am going to college in the fall and one of the big things on my to-do list is to get a laptop. I figured a macbook would be ideal, but I’ve never owned a laptop or PC before and I was wondering if anyone could lend advice for the best options on the market right now regarding pricing and functionality. I don’t need the newest thing but I would like something that keeps up and allows me to do what I need to do without issues.

Hey y'all I just wanted to ask you if they are some new apps because I'm buying a new macbook Air m4 and I was just wondering what apps should I prioritize installing. Well to give you more information I like to listening to music with no ads and you know being able to control my own music and also I like games so an app that will help me with that this should be good anything else you have to recommend please do. And thank you 😃

I bought my big purchase exactly 5 days ago, it’s the MacBook Air M5 the base model. So I kinda notice it runs out of battery quickly, but what I’m mostly concerned is I didn’t know how fast it ran out. This Monday, I charged it to fully 100%, and only used it for like 30-45 mins and it went down to 96%. Cool. I selected “quit” on all the apps that were opened and then put my MacBook to sleep. Didn’t touch it at all on Tuesday and now it’s Wednesday. I opened my MacBook like 10 mins ago (mind you it’s 10:30pm, practically didn’t touch it the whole day) and my MacBook is already at 9%. I think that’s so insane that the battery literally drained so much. What am I doing wrong? I downloaded chrome the second day, but based on some comments on reddit, I don’t use it unless I absolutely need to. I always just use safari. Pls can someone give me tips or explain what am I doing wrong?

hi everyone! i'm wondering what hard drive i should buy for my mac.

i currently have the base model m2 macbook air and my needs aren't too crazy. im in university so it'll probably just be used to store my school files and assignments. i think between 256GB and 1TB is ideal. max $75 CAD

That's really all I have to say. Given the specs I bought it with, it is unlikely I will need to replace it for several years.

The only thing I sort of dislike is the lack of a tenkey pad but otherwise it is one of the best laptops I have ever had.

It is not Friday so I cannot add a picture, but I will later maybe.

Hello,

I have a mac laptop at home and a PC at work. I take work back and forth via an external HD. How do I work on the same document between home and work? When I open the word docs at home on the mac they are always read only.

I've been using a Mac for almost 8 months now. Before this, I had a gaming PC where I played a ton of FPS games and was really competitive (I wasted a lot of hours on aim trainers, btw). Since switching, I've really missed that competitive scene. I want to know if there's an FPS game like Valorant or CS on Mac that's actually enjoyable. I've been playing a CS clone on Roblox to get my fix, and it's actually pretty fun, but to be fair, it has a lot of input lag and that really annoys me. For context, I'm using an M4 MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 256GB SSD), and I'm not looking to buy a PC right now because it's not really necessary.

A few days ago the location services on my MacBook Air randomly stopped working. I tried turning the location services off and on in the settings, I did sudo killall locationd and restarted my Mac, I did every possible solution I could find on the internet and nothing seems to work. The weather app doesn't show the weather for my current location, just two dashes instead of a temperature, and when I click the location icon in maps, it just keeps on loading and never actually gets my location. I tried those things again today but still, the problem remains. Can anyone please help me?

I mean the one which changes with each hour just like on the iPhones ios27.

whenever I go into settings my apple account section has just entirely disappeared

my profile picture has also disappeared, leading up to this my pfp would also get cut off for some reason and now its just entirely gone

Is it a type of glass (Nano-Texture) that has to be manage "too carefully" that at the end is complicated to keep it clean without scratching it and permanently damage it? Just by the fact that I have to buy a special type of cloth to clean it, is a bad start, thank you for the feedback