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Brendan Shanks Oct 21

@never_released @dougall @saagar @alexr @siracusa New in Xcode 26.1b3: CPUFAMILY_ARM_HIDRA, listed as H17G

Brendan Shanks Sep 9

@never_released @dougall @saagar @alexr In 26RC1: CPUFAMILY_ARM_THERA and TILOS. cpuid.h lists them as H18P.

arm_features.inc now lists SME2p1, MTE1-4, MTE_ASYNC, MTE_CANONICAL_TAGS, MTE_NO_ADDRESS_TAGS, SME_F16F16, SME_B16B16

Metal now contains GPUFamilyApple10.

Also Kernel.framework (clearly mistakenly) contains full headers for the Airship and AirshipDaleBaseband drivers, I think this is the cellular baseband

Brendan Shanks Aug 26

@cabel @gruber Herdling does run on Mac using CrossOver Preview from @codeweavers. A slight workaround was needed for DualSense to work right, but Xbox controllers should be good out-of-the-box.

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Brendan Shanks Aug 6

Final update: I ended up downloading 13.6.4 from https://archive.org/details/vmwareworkstationarchive

VMware Workstation/Fusion Pro Archive (Windows, macOS) : VMware : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Almost complete collection of VMware Workstation and Fusion.

Internet Archive

Brendan Shanks Jul 29

CodeWeavers Jul 29

🎉 CrossOver Life Giveaway Celebration 🎉
We hit 100K licenses, and to say thanks, we're giving away 100 CrossOver Life licenses! No demons dancing, just 48 hrs to join this epic party. Enter here, no purchase necessary! 🥳 Enter Here: https://bit.ly/3UynEoX

#crossover #codeweavers #crossoverlifegiveaway

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Brendan Shanks Jul 23

Now VMware Fusion cannot auto-update itself (or even notify you of updates) because Broadcom doesn't believe in distributing software (even updates to a free app!) without a painful registration and verification process. I had to enter my home address, agree not to export the software or something, and now am told “Account verification is Pending. Please try after some time.”.
Fusion is done. Maintenance mode at best.

Fuck you Broadcom. What a sad end for a great Mac app (and company).

Brendan Shanks Jul 23

I've been a user of VMware Fusion since the pre-1.0 betas, bought many versions of it over the years, and evangelized it over Parallels because of the native AppKit UI and solid underpinnings. I stuck with it through the US engineering team being laid off, and then the Broadcom purchase, but I think I've finally given up.

Brendan Shanks Jul 1

@mgs It’s interesting that in 15 months, nothing has changed with the Walmart MacBook Air. Still M1, no RAM bump or price change (although bought online it’s only $650 now). Maybe there’s been enough success there that Apple sees a market for this A-series MacBook?

Brendan Shanks Jun 9

All the developer stuff: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-supercharges-its-tools-and-technologies-for-developers/

Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers to foster creativity, innovation, and design

Apple announced new technologies and enhancements to its developer tools to help developers create more beautiful, intelligent, and engaging apps.

Apple Newsroom

Brendan Shanks Jun 9

Verge article for macOS 26 Tahoe says “Upon release this fall, Tahoe will be available for M-series Mac Pros, Mac Studios, MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs”. Maybe Intel support is gone?

https://www.theverge.com/news/678268/macos-version-wwdc-2025-announcement

Apple announces macOS 26 Tahoe with new design

Apple is announcing its new macOS version, named Tahoe, for the Mac Pro, Studio, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air.

The Verge