There’s a ton of Apple shilling on this board, and I fell for it and I got an M4 MacBook Air, poverty spec - no upgrades.
I want to take care of this thing so it lasts as long as possible - if it breaks, I’m screwed and will have to crawl back to using FREE SOFTWARE FOR POOR PEOPLE™.

Here are my questions so spoon feed me NOW:
Is it safe to pirate AlDente Pro to preserve battery health? I’m plugged in 90% of the time and can’t afford to wear out the battery.

Can I block it from phoning home with Little Snitch (also pirated lol), or should I just use LuLu since it's free and open source?

What do I need to learn if I want to help port Linux to the M4 later? (Apart from C and aarch64 asm)

Does high swap usage still brick the SSD, if so how do I disable swap?

Also, is the display connector tearing issue still a problem if you open the screen more than 90 degrees? Or is that just Intel/early M-series MBA cope?

Reddit typing line

>>106152371 (OP)
probably a bait thread but eh, fuck it

>poverty spec - no upgrades
retard

>AlDente Pro
just use the free version. i use it, its perfectly fine.
same with lulu and littlesnitch, if the free software works, just use it, why bother.

>Does high swap usage still brick the SSD, if so how do I disable swap?
It's an SSD, it obviously will in the future. Literally just use google for it how to disable it

>is worried about SSD lifespan
>buys a pisspoor 16gig version with basically no storage because le apple
again, retard

>>106152816
I got a very large discount on it it's not bait i'm typing this from macOS right now, I got poverty spec for 66% off + student discount, and I can't afford a higher spec I have no more money left after buying the dock

>>106152371 (OP)
>FREE SOFTWARE FOR POOR PEOPLE™
>proceeds to pirate literally everything
iToddlers, everyone.

>>106152971
> someone actually fell for the bait
Did you even see the part where I mentioned helping port Linux to the M4 I clearly support libre software

>>106152371 (OP)
Install Gentoo
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Jared/Gentoo_On_An_M1_Mac

>>106152371 (OP)
>M4 MacBook Air
are you retarded? you bought one just before the release of the new M5? why couldn't you wait a bit longer?

>>106153452
>https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Jared/Gentoo_On_An_M1_Mac
This is exactly what I want to do on my M4 mac, what do I need to do to port Gentoo to the M4, thanks chadmed

>>106153477
I got a huge discount on it and I don't believe I would be able to get the same discount on the M5

>>106153477
>just before the release of the new M5?
it won't release this year, at the very least not the Air (which released in 2025)
M5 is rumored to only release at the end of the year on MBPs and is expected to be a mild generational improvement over the M4

>>106152371 (OP)
It's a good laptop and it sounds like you got a good deal on it. Don't overthink the swap thing, I have an 8GB M1 that's still working fine. No need to babysit the settings or disable swap or whatever.

>>106153477
Even an M1 is an insane value.
Apple is so far ahead that an M4 or M5 would still be really good.

Post essential Mac apps its my first time
I have brew.sh and programs I use but I mean like system utilities

>>106152371 (OP)
I would not pirate little snitch, is going to phone home, or it is malware, just use lulu if you can't afford it.

>>106156000
What about AlDente Pro, I want it for the "sailing" feature to keep my battery good for as long as possible since I will likely use it mostly plugged in almost always

Look up a Youtube guide to using Mac
There's a gorillion shortcuts and weird features that you need to know if you want to use Apple's homOS with any efficiency

>>106156078
>AlDente Pro
Never heard of it, seems redundant software, macOS already does battery optimalization itself, from taking a look at their site aldente is a subscription service, my assumption some features might work some won't.

For Little Snitch, I would suggest paying for it since you are basically giving it personal access to your network and who know if the pirate version is doing some sketchy things in the background.

>>106152371 (OP)
don’t newer MacBooks limit charging to 80% if you want them to? you likely don’t need AlDente
Little Snitch is the thing you’d use, yes
>disabling swap
don’t
>>106152971
he’s not a proper iToddler
he’s a dirty rotten immigrant
if he were a proper iToddler like me he’d be paying money for things
>>106153477
An M4 is fast enough and they were on a huge sale at Amazon a week or two ago

Command + Q to force quit apps. I'm used to programs on Windows actually closing when you press the X on the corner, but the little red dot doesn't close anything. it hides it, but the app or program continues running the background to encourage ease of multitasking.
careful when Command + Q when running multiple instances of the same program because it will close all instances of the same program (if you have two different safari windows, etc)

>>106152371 (OP)
>display connector tearing issue still a problem if you open the screen more than 90 degrees?
What in the fuck, that was ever an actual thing? More than 90 deg angle on an open laptop is like completely standard usage, it's utterly insane if they fucked something like that up.

>>106152371 (OP)
Congratulations on becoming a raging homosexual. Let us know when you suck your first cock and make sure you record it.

>>106152371 (OP)
The Apple Buttplug™ is sold separately. $80

>>106152371 (OP)

>>106152371 (OP)
>iToddlers need to use some proprietary shitware to save battery
You can't make that shit up.

>>106159109
Don't need it, it has a built in feature that uses machine learning to decide when to keep your battery at 80 and charge it to 100 before it thinks you will unplug it. However I plan on using it plugged in a significant amount of time despite it being a laptop so I was wondering if pirating AlDente Pro is worth it for the sailing feature which charged and discharges the battery between 75 and 80 so I can maximise battery health, the free version only supports limiting battery to 80 so I have to manually un-plug it once it gets to 80 and manually replug it once it reaches 70-75

>>106159780
I just pirated the pro version from RuTracker

>>106152371 (OP)
First, don't bother asking about apple on this board, it brings out the schizos. You will get bad and/or malicious advice from the low-functioning sociopaths that use this board. You are better off asking any halfway decent AI if you have questions or need advice.

You don't need aldente. Macs have built in battery saver functionality. Don't worry about the ssd, 16 gigs of ram is plenty.

Macs aren't tinkertranny machines. Use it for work and stop worrying about minmaxing lifetime with a bunch of third party crap. None of it will improve your machine functionality and it will probably make your experience worse and cause problems at some point. Its bloat.

>>106152816
The base model is 16 GB? I was expecting far worse from Apple.

>>106161346
This changed the way I use my Mac, I've been trying to use it the same way I did Windows and Linux. I just need to focus on being a healthier person overall and everything will solve itself.

>>106161346
What's the equivalent of uBlock Origin for Safari? Or are AdBlockers for tinker

>>106162038
orange reddit says this:
https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardForSafari

>>106162038
There is none

>>106162038
Idk I use brave

>>106153452
Gentoo is de facto owned by Google.
Install Macaroni OS.

>>106152371 (OP)
Lifelong Mac user here

>AlDente Pro
Never even heard of this. Looks like a power management software, which macOS already does. Unnecessary and unnecessary risk trying to pirate it.

>Little Snitch
Why do people even bother with this software in 2025? It was a midwit filter when its icon was a propellor hat and it continues to be useless. If you configured your network even somewhat correctly and use the firewall built into macOS you are wasting your time trolling around your network for "intruders". Actually, this might be of benefit to you considering all the software you're pirating LOL. Might actually find someone!

>messing with swap
How to fuck up your system 101. Just leave it!!

>>106152816 >>106157462 >>106161346 are all correct.

>>106152924
Also, why are you buying Apple products if you don't have a lot of money to spend? Apple has never been cheap.

>messing with files and deep settings like it's a linux box
>doesn't have enough money to pay for the Apple tax
>doesn't understand how macOS security works and thinks it somehow needs more
>pirating software outside of photoshop
Ngl anon you do not seem like an Apple customer. I think the best advice would be to sell it and buy a Thinkpad if this how you want to use your computer.

>>106162470
I am an apple customer. I am gay.

>>106163780
lol that is not me

>>106162470
AlDente Pro has a feature called sailing which keeps the battery charging and discharging between 75 and 80% (configurable) which is better for the battery, I am just using the free version now, and Little Snitch was optional to block the cracked AlDente Pro from internet so that the crack works, if you translated the russian in OP pic it says use "LS" or the hosts file to do that.

I only wanted to disable swap if it still leads to the SSD dying early which is what some anons on this board claim and now that I actually have a Mac I want to know if that still applies and if it does should I disable swap to stop this from happening.

I got $1000 of computing for $350, I also want to port Linux to the M4

>>106164298
Correction, that is me and I absolutely adore cock. Its why I worship the feet of Tim Cock.

>>106162038
>>106165008

>>106152371 (OP)
>what do I need to know, /g/?
You need to learn how to avoid overpaying for underpowered hardware. You just paid a massive brand tax for what amounts to a Raspberry Pi wrapped in aluminum.

>>106164298
anon from >>106152816 here
no need for the sailing feature at all. as i said previously, i just use the free version an it's enough. 14" m3 pro in my case, literally my battery cycle count is 19 after owning it for 1.5 years.
yes, i use it 95% of the time in one room, however whenever I have to travel for longer than half a day, i take the mac with me and it's cycle count is that low anyway.

also, as others pointed out, if you want to pirate something, then software like littlesnitch is literally the worst possible thing to pirate, no matter what OS you are using.

as for swap, idk, i havent disabled it, but i heard it can allegedly fuck up performance really hard on macos. however, don't take on me whether this is true or not, logically thinking about it, probably something in between. i bought 36gb/1tb version for literally the reason of being afraid of excessive swap usage and im still at 130tbw already anyway from heavy swap usage. while for my 1tb it means im at 4% used according to smartctl, i dont think macs like in case of >>106155276 will last long enough to be sold or be passed down to someone in family. literally just launching a fucking browser to do some work eats almost 30gbs in my case, and you need to remember that it's unified memory so there will be some part of it reserved for the gpu.

>>106165330
shocker, some people prefer to have a working machine for more instead of a 2025 stinkpad that gives out after 4 months or a pre-stone age golden age thinkpads that are just underpowered now.

>>106165474
If you think you need MacOS, which is basically just a downgraded version of Ubuntu Touch to have a working computer, that is a massive skill issue on your part.

>>106165623
Most retarded post of the day

>>106152371 (OP)
if you want to tinker with settings get a profile editor
I think apple depreciated their in house one
I have a profile I use to kill the webcam without fucking with the light sensors for example

>>106165623
Yeah because having to wait for one replacement after another for your Lenovo stinkpad having hardware issues is definitely beneficial to having things done