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Mac-native play the 30th Anniversary Quake «Dawn of the Machine» expansion from Steam

It took me longer than playing it: steps to successfully get the newest Quake modification to run. Happy fragging!

macOS Scripted Setup: Version 2 released with macOS 26 Tahoe-compatibility & Config Wizard

Now even easier automatic set up of a new Mac or User with customised system settings & apps.

Retro gaming: «SkiFree» native Mac source port

Download & build a playable version for modern macOS of this classic 1991 Windows Game.

Get Alerted if Mac Processes & System use too High CPU

Finally proactive alerts on high CPU system usage – straight to your macOS Notification Center.

Allow blocked App: «Apple could not verify that its free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy»

How to manually override the exception to open an unverified App (without disabling Gatekeeper / System Integrity Protection).

Allow downloaded Apps to Open in macOS Tahoe: «App is Damaged and can’t be Opened»

Two solutions to circumvent the Application Quarantine in macOS, which prevents you from using downloaded Apps…

«Games» Folder Icon for macOS [Tahoe killed my custom icon…]

Apple casually killed (the need) for my custom created Mac Games Folder Icon… RIP after 18 years 🥲

Trigger customized Notifications from the macOS Terminal and Scripts 🔔

A hidden AppleScript command line program allows you to to show individual Notifications.

Ejecting disk in macOS blocked by «one or more apps using it»? Find that App!

Using the macOS Terminal to list all apps / processes accessing files on a specific volume.

🎬 How macOS leaks your Location data – uncovered by Adam @ 38c3

Worth watching: privacy talk from the 38. Chaos Communication Congress.