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1. hypfer · 1791146416 · focus · HN ↗

   This is stuff on the level of O&O ShutUp10. Which is a good tool, but also, a Windows tool for very (back in the day) Windows-specific nonsense.

   What's going on at Apple product strategy?

   1. userbinator · 1791147289 · focus · HN ↗

      It's interesting to see more customisation tools appearing for macOS, as just a few years ago I was looking for ways to strip down the OS (CI related), and while such info was widely available in the Windows world, to the point that customised "distros" are available, it was nearly nonexistent for macOS; only the Hackintosh community had some useful articles on how things worked.

      Could the rise of LLMs and vibe-coding have motivated people who otherwise wouldn't bother?

      1. gumby · 1791147901 · focus · HN ↗

         It’s hard to strip it down these days as the OS image and its core, immutable filesystem cannot be edited. Admittedly this helps keep idiots from destroying their filesystem and also blocks many malware attacks on the system, but, for example. I don’t believe you can delete the chess program.

         1. saghm · 1791165915 · focus · HN ↗

            > It’s hard to strip it down these days as the OS image and its core, immutable filesystem cannot be edited.

            Does disabling SIP, rebooting, making changes, then turning it back on and rebooting again not work anymore?

            1. codys · 1791169683 · focus · HN ↗

               One has to also `csrutil authenticated-root disable`, and then to get changes to stick use `bless` to create a new snapshot to boot.

               But that's it.

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