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7 posts

Getting things onto a Mac and running: disk images, quarantine flags, CLIs and first launches.

• 19 October 2026

  Gemini CLI stopped working? Moving to Antigravity on Mac

  Since June 2026, Gemini CLI no longer serves free and Google AI Pro accounts. Who is affected, the Homebrew trap on Macs, and how to move to Antigravity CLI.

• 14 October 2026

  Bongo Cat on Mac: Steam vs the free open-source app

  There are two Bongo Cats, and both now run on a Mac. Which one to install, the permission macOS asks for, and why you should care what reads your keystrokes.

• 14 October 2026

  zsh: command not found: claude on Mac, fixed

  Claude Code installed fine, and your Mac still says command not found. The five causes, in the order to check them, with the exact commands for zsh and bash.

• 13 October 2026

  Desktop Goose on Mac: does it still work in 2026?

  The Mac build of Desktop Goose dates from 2020. How to run it on an Apple Silicon Mac today, how to get rid of the goose, and what changes after macOS 27.

• 13 October 2026

  Shimeji on Mac in 2026: what still works

  The Mac app most people used for Shimeji was discontinued this year. The options that still run on Apple Silicon, how to import a shimeji, and what to skip.

• 7 October 2026

  Install Claude Code on a Mac, start to finish

  The short path to a working Claude Code on macOS: which installer to use, how to log in, what to do in your first repo, and what usually goes wrong.

• 2 October 2026

  "Apple could not verify" this app: what it means

  Why macOS warns about unsigned apps, what the warning does and doesn't tell you, how to check an app yourself, and how to open one you trust.