Paul McGrane

Twitter user twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now.

I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-14

@gruber It is plugged into a HDMI switch to my 2014 era Mac mini running Mac OS 12.7.6 Macron

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-14

Guess who has the same barber.

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-14

@gruber as revenge for the show taking so long to produce in superduper high def, I am watching it on a ~2004 era Aluminum Apple Studio Display in not-quite 1080p, which I have arranged with an armchair for purposes such as this

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-14

I am probably not going to an anti-kings protest today. Don't think less of me. (well, not much less)

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-14

@gruber @adamengst Likely there won't be a logic-board swapout to upgrade Vision 1 to Vision 2

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-14

@gruber @Chancerubbage @imthaz @siracusa It would become very confusing to have inevitable model number and iOS number mismatch if both are year-frelated

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-13

This is getting ridiculous …

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-13

@rosyna Why did it take like 40 years for this to happen?!

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-13

@gruber I will be intrigued to know what is happening because 4 days to transcode a video every year is wild …

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-13

I understand it's difficult to do it for like 300 people with their AppleVision. But is it fair for @gruber to tease his vague live tv show for the internet for the entire week?

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-13

I'm trying to figure out why all of a sudden it speaks to me in Greek.

Why do I have this stupid contraption? My dad got it for free and said I dont want it, you take it. I nowadays only use it to yell at for the time of day or to make a timer. Otherwise it wants to sell me amazon apps or maybe even a bookcase or who knows.

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-13

Yikes — I haven't probably used it in 2 years — the Amazon app on iPhone for managing an Echo device is full garbage!

Wacky UI effects and inconsistency across screens. Surely somebody has used it?

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

Alright, listen; by the time your iPhone's AppleCare has expired it might do what it's supposed to.

(they're gonna be nailed to the wall on these class-action lawsuits!)
mastodon.social/@macrumors/114

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

@fcloth @daringfireball @gruber when it was brand new, @paul mused that the i7 would be more trouble than it's worth!

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

Live from San Jose, the Daring Fireball The Talk Show Live from San Jose … remains absent … as is typical …

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

@fcloth @daringfireball @gruber indeed … I was holding out hope for it, since I have one. (I do now use a M4 replacement)

It was neither the i3 nor the i7, but the sweet spot i5 (some said the i7 would overheat). It had more Thunderbolt ports until there was the improved Mac mini option with A_Pro

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

@daringfireball Your timeline of when first for sale is accurate.

But what about last for (new) sale? I believe last PPC Mac Apple offered for sale was the Power Mac G5, which was finally replaced in August 2006.

For the other transitions, it went on a lot longer. Many 68k Performas.

The final Intel Mac for sale — brand new from Apple — was, I believe the i5 Mac Mini until just 2 years ago!

Maybe we did get complacent in 2010's when a lot of Macs could get updates for almost 10 years.

Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

This is a MacOS Triceratops system. I don't know this! 🦕
bots.converged.yt/@lexknowssys

Paul McGrane boosted:
2025-06-12

📍 US Embassy, London, UK

olitical street poster outside the U.S. Embassy in London featuring edited images of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and another billionaire, with bold text reading: “They blame immigrants so you don’t blame billionaires.” The poster includes the hashtag #SolidarityWithLA, referencing ongoing protests in Los Angeles. The striking image juxtaposes the sleek U.S. Embassy architecture and American flag with a grassroots message challenging wealth inequality and scapegoating.
Paul McGranepmcg
2025-06-12

So Blue Glass is what Jesse and Walter were planning all along, even since the System 7 Days!

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