Update time again. I have four Macs to update to macOS 26.5; two iPads needing iPadOS 26.5; an iPhone already on iOS26.5; Apple Watch needing watchOS 26.5; two Apple TV 4k units needing tvOS 26.5 and five HomePods getting audioOS 26.5.
Rather than the incremental update of macOS via Software Update I'm downloading the InstallAssistant.pkg 26.5 direct from Apple, via the mrmacintosh.com website. The InstallAssistant.pkg when run will add the full Tahoe 26.5 installer to your Applications folder. Once run, it is deleted when the Mac reboots into the new macOS version.
I maintain an archive of all macOS installers right back to OS 10.3 Panther on two external SSDs for use on other Macs.
@variablepulserate One useful aspect of wireless charging is that sometime I see a warning of moisture detected in the charging port of my iPhone. The warning tells me not to use that port until it has dried out. This is when I use wireless charging. The heat buildup in the phone itself from using MagSafe helps to dry out the USB-C port. The same applies to my iPad Pro M5, except there's no MagSafe for that. I have a different charger that attaches magnetically to the iPad's Smart Connector, leaving the USB-C port free for non-power uses or to dry it out.
@variablepulserate Try the U Green brand. They sell a powerful 25W MagSafe-capable powerbank with a built-in 30W PD USB-C cable.
Prompted by a Farcebørk article I headed off to my favourite butcher earlier today and bought about 1 kg of ready-made lamb curry. It’s been in the slow cooker for about 2.5 hours and has around three more hours to go. Very aromatic but not vigorously spicy. Kitchen smelling quite lovely right now.
I'd quite forgotten that I had another modernised PowerPC web browser installed on the G4 PowerBook. That's one called InterWebPPC. It's working quite well.
So much for that idea. TenFour Fox is less memory intensive than PowerFox. The latter was using 1.17 GB of virtual memory, awkward when total memory is a mere 1.25 GB.
Playing around with my 2005 G4 12-in PowerBook, testing the beta of a modernised PowerPC web browser called PowerFox. very interesting development.