I Dumped Apple’s Fucking Word List

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Apple’s macOS includes a private keyboard database, ~/Library/Keyboard/VulgarWordUsage.db, which tracks users’ profanity per app and recipient to refine autocorrect’s handling of swear words. This system uses a hidden word list flagged by tiers—vulgar, offensive, and sensitive—and categorized by topics such as sex, drugs, religion, and politics, drawn from Apple’s private Lexicon framework dictionaries; notably, “Trump” is uniquely flagged in the sensitive political category. While the database is often empty or absent due to folder issues, words with certain flags influence whether autocorrect replaces or suggests them, but flagged words are never outright censored from typing.

https://helgesver.re/articles/macos-vulgar-word-flags

ArchiveBox

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ArchiveBox is an open-source, self-hosted web archiving tool that preserves websites, bookmarks, RSS feeds, social media posts, and other digital content as durable files like HTML, PDF, PNG, and more on infrastructure you control. It offers powerful features such as fast saving, tagging, full-text search, automated media extraction, and connectivity via API and browser extensions, making it suitable for personal use, legal documentation, journalism, and research. ArchiveBox supports multiple platforms including macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux, with Docker Compose recommended for installation.

https://archivebox.io/

AppleUnsold

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AppleUnsold is an online store specializing in selling Apple products and accessories that are typically unavailable to consumers, such as display models, store-exclusive items, and rare accessories. Their catalog includes demo chargers, retail displays, unique cables, memorabilia, and Apple Watch demo devices, offering Apple enthusiasts access to items that Apple Inc. does not normally sell directly. The site emphasizes its distinction as an independent retailer not affiliated with Apple Inc. and provides notifications for restocks and support options.

https://appleunsold.com/

Everyone Has Email. Almost Nobody Uses It Right

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Email remains a fundamental communication tool distinguished by its universal availability, long-term reliability, and role as the primary channel for official and asynchronous correspondence. Despite widespread email overload, effective inbox management—through unsubscribing from unwanted messages, setting up filters, using search efficiently, and adopting a consistent organizational system—can restore email’s usefulness and reduce digital anxiety. Ultimately, email’s enduring open standards and direct access to meaningful contacts ensure it will remain a vital internet infrastructure well into the future.

https://kaplich.me/essays/email

Kugelblitz

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Kugelblitz is a free macOS app designed for Apple silicon that presents the Earth and nearby celestial bodies as an interactive 3D globe and atlas with maps and open geodata layered on true terrain. It features seamless navigation using devices like the SpaceMouse, supports multiple map projections, integrates thousands of open map services from the Library, and streams the globe directly to Apple Vision Pro headsets. Kugelblitz also visualizes historical natural events such as eclipses and earthquakes over time, all running smoothly even on M1 Macs without requiring downloads or user accounts.

https://apps.metaebene.me/en/kugelblitz

Mac at Any Scale

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Namespace built custom datacenter racks using MacBook Pros to meet customer demand for macOS instances, overcoming supply chain issues with Mac Minis and addressing challenges like remote management, FileVault unlocking, and heat dissipation. Their platform leverages Apple’s Virtualization framework to run macOS VMs efficiently, optimizing image storage and distribution across hundreds of machines using layered sparse images and peer-to-peer techniques to handle large VM images. Despite Apple’s virtualization limits and network overhead, Namespace achieves robust performance and scalability to deliver cloud Mac instances with rapid OS and Xcode updates.

https://namespace.so/blog/mac-at-any-scale

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