Macos
15 posts
Mac-specific notes: Gatekeeper warnings, unsigned apps, on-device speech, the Keychain, and the bits of macOS that an AI agent has to live inside.
- 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.
- 17 October 2026
Keep your Mac awake while Claude Code works
You start a long Claude Code task, walk away, and come back to a Mac that fell asleep halfway through. How to stop that with caffeinate, and what closing the lid does.
- 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
Claude Code notifications on Mac: why they don't fire
Claude Code only sends desktop alerts in three terminals, and its hook alerts can lag a minute. How to get told the moment it finishes or needs you.
- 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
Claude Code has no GUI. Here is what people use
Claude Code is a terminal tool, so every interface around it is third-party. An honest look at the desktop apps, what each is actually for, and how to pick.
- 7 October 2026
Desktop pets for Mac: Shimeji, Bongo Cat and co
A guide to desktop pets on macOS — the classics, the modern open-source ones, and the new kind that are wired to something real on your machine.
- 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
A desktop pet for your Mac that actually does work
Desktop pets used to be pure decoration. Minnie sits on your Mac like one, but she runs your AI coding agent, asks before she acts, and costs nothing extra.
- 2 October 2026
Why Minnie is free: bring your own AI agent
Most AI tools charge for the model on top of the app. Minnie drives the coding agent you already pay for, so the app is free and there's no second AI bill.
- 2 October 2026
What a local-first AI coding assistant keeps on your Mac
"Private" means different things for different AI tools. What Minnie keeps on your Mac, what your agent's provider sees, and what to ask any tool.
- 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.
- 10 September 2026
Talk to Claude Code with your voice on a Mac
Claude Code is a terminal tool: no voice, no window. The three ways people add one, what each is good at, and why the permission prompt was the hard part.