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21 sats \ 7 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan freebie \ on: Running Tails on a MacBook? privacy

I guess it depends on which MacBook, my current one doesn't work with TailsOS, but my old one works great with it, I guess Apple does this purposely.

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @macarena OP 13 Jan

Maybe you have a M18/M2. I have one with Intel chip.

42 sats \ 5 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan freebie

just found this.

Tails does not start at all on Mac models that use the Apple M1 chip and on many other Mac models.

Apple does not prioritize collaborating with Free Software projects. Their newest hardware is usually very hard for Free Software developers to get working with Linux, and thus Tails. PC hardware tends to be more open and work better with Linux.

My solution is I keep using my old mac with tails, but then I'm curious what's the problem for yours.

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @PRA3S3NT1A 13 Jan

This is so bad by the way. I bought the new M2 chip Macbook air and I did not know that with these new chips I can not use Tails. It was a very sad moment to me. Unfortunately I sold my old macbook which had an intel chip and tails worked very well. I am not sure what other options left for me because I do not want to buy another computer. Maybe next time I will buy a windows computer but it will be many years later after this got too old 😂

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan

I didn't know either, so annoying - apple is so evil!

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @PRA3S3NT1A 13 Jan

Yeah, probably I would get an older mac or a thinkpad if I knew this before..😏

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan freebie

I'm happy that I have kept the old one, so less hassle to deal with, but we should give this warning to others, like I wish someone had warned me!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @macarena OP 13 Jan

Yes, I found this too. My MacBook is an older Mac with an Intel chip.