macos

Published Soursen pieces tagged macos, with the standfirst, the beat and the day the piece went up. Every fact is checked against the source.

Linux & open source

AI Is Quietly Dismantling the Thing That Kept People on Windows and macOS

For 30 years the reason you could not simply switch to Linux was the software. Photoshop, Office, the apps you needed and the file formats they locked you into. In October 2026 a single developer used Claude Code to rebuild Adobe’s core creative apps in Rust and gave them away. I think the moat that protected proprietary software just sprang a leak, and the legal fight over whether that is allowed is going to be the real story.

30 October 202612 min read

Security

Mac vs Windows on Privacy, What the Settings Actually Do, and Where Each One Leaks

Most people run either Windows 11 or macOS, and both collect data, hand some of it to governments, and run advertising businesses. I went through what each system actually knows about you, what you can switch off, and where the real differences are, using the published numbers rather than brand loyalty. If privacy is your top priority the honest answer is neither of them, and I will get to that.

26 October 202612 min read

Linux & open source

MacOS Quietly Vanished From the Official Unix Registry

For almost 20 years, “macOS is certified Unix” was a real bragging right. I dug into what that certification actually required, and the honest answer is that no Mac anyone uses has ever met it. Here is what disappeared from the Open Group’s list in October 2026, and why it matters less than the headlines suggest.

21 October 202612 min read