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macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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2603 points mattsolle | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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alexanderchr ◴[12 Nov 20 21:17 UTC] No.25075173[source]▶
My MacBook is basically unusable right now. This appears to be the reason. Is there any way to fix it without installing little snitch?

Edit: working as usual now, moments after i wrote this. But seriously Apple, how can you allow this to happen? Your services hanging should _never_ prevent my device from running things locally. This is seriously making me reconsider my next computer purchase.

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randmeerkat ◴[12 Nov 20 22:04 UTC] No.25075741[source]▶
System76 is pretty great and they have amazing customer support. Plus between ProtonDB / Lutris you can run pretty much anything you want that needed Windows before.

https://system76.com/laptops

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wheybags ◴[12 Nov 20 22:38 UTC] No.25076174[source]▶
I use and love Linux, but come on man, that kind of statement does not help. Even with proton and friends, wine is not perfect. There will most likely be problems, and it's not a one to one transition. However, in my opinion, it is worth it, but there's no sense pretending there is no cost.
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1. kdtsh ◴[14 Nov 20 00:37 UTC] No.25089223[source]▶
If you're willing to use Windows, honestly one of the better solutions today is to just run Windows 10 in a VM. It's even feasible to do this for video games with VFIO.