The Developers Who Came in From the Cold​ by Paul Kafasis

  • Dec 16, 2024
  • 1 Min Read

As someone who worked through and documented the painful kernel (and system) extension approval process that started in macOS 11 (Big Sur), which was further complicated by the need to support two different types of Apple hardware, I can relate.

https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/12/13/the-developers-who-came-in-from-the-cold/

ARK, Rogue Amoeba’s audio capture backend, is a real triumph.

macOS Dialog - Audio Hijack Permissions

Also, Loopback was one of my Heroes of the Pandemic. It allowed me to route audio from the You Don’t Know Jack series from a Nintendo Switch through an old MacBook Pro our to our friends over Zoom. Simple, elegant, and now hassle-free installation. (IMO: it was worth any perceived hassle.)