Comment by Fnoord
3 days ago
> need an always-on Mac
Not really, you can emulate macOS on any Linux/x86-64.
But it is actually a good point to get a Mac Mini instead of a NUC. The Mac Mini is going to deliver better performance per Watt.
3 days ago
> need an always-on Mac
Not really, you can emulate macOS on any Linux/x86-64.
But it is actually a good point to get a Mac Mini instead of a NUC. The Mac Mini is going to deliver better performance per Watt.
Can you really register iMessage on an emulated MacOS these days? I'd love to learn more, the AIs I asked say it doesn't seem possible in VMs anymore.
I think you need to register on a real Mac (2 of 3 of my MBPs use OCLP), but then can use an emulated one if you add it to your Apple account. Either way, I don't recommend to use a protocol behind such a moat. Probably better to use Signal or Threema.
Moltbot is supposed to be a 'personal AI assistant'
with >60% market share in US, you can't really expect people to just 'not use iMessage'. It's what the messages are going to be coming in on
> Not really, you can emulate macOS on any Linux/x86-64.
Intel is going to stop being supported with the current OS version (Tahoe, 2025). OS are supported for about 3 years.
I'm curious what will happen after. If they'll break it or if they'll allow the services to keep running on unsupported hardware.
Got a couple years left
I expect someone will eventually get around to reverse engineering the various M series specific instructions for qemu. Does imessage make use of hardware attestation to register with the remote endpoint?