| 10 Mar 2026 |
 samasaur | * though on the other hand i'm the kind of insane who has set up my configuration to throw an eval error if i'm not on a clean git commit, so darwin-rebuild build && sudo darwin-rebuild switch wouldn't work for me anyway | 06:48:27 |
 Norinco | I used NixOS two years ago, and back then I used nh. I just checked and saw that nh supports aarch64-darwin, but there aren't any configuration options for it in the nix-darwin manual. I'm planning to look into whether using nh on nix-darwin is a good idea tomorrow. | 06:53:34 |
 bestlem | nh works on nix-darwin but note the command line is nh darwin ... rather than nh os .... And there are less options for darwin when you do more than switch anmd build.
I just use nh from the command-line with no configuration options so the same for Linux and macOS | 08:04:49 |
 debtquity | interesting ...
# sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/nix --show-trace
...
error: derivation '/nix/store/7ihkwpcdsk41sk0sk3fiy88xcpjm59yx-nodejs-slim-22.22.1.drv' specifies a sandbox profile, but this is only allowed when 'sandbox' is 'relaxed'
| 14:30:45 |
| debtquity | in the derivation, it shows ...
"__sandboxProfile": "(allow file-read*\n (literal \"/Library/Keychains/System.keychain\")\n (literal \"/private/var/db/mds/system/mdsDirectory.db\")\n (literal \"/private/var/db/mds/system/mdsObject.db\"))\n\n; Allow files written by Module Directory Services (MDS), which is used\n; by Security.framework: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/411476\n; These rules are based on the system sandbox profiles found in\n; /System/Library/Sandbox/Profiles.\n(allow file-write*\n (regex #\"^/private/var/folders/[^/]+/[^/]+/C/mds/mdsDirectory\\.db$\")\n (regex #\"^/private/var/folders/[^/]+/[^/]+/C/mds/mdsObject\\.db_?$\")\n (regex #\"^/private/var/folders/[^/]+/[^/]+/C/mds/mds\\.lock$\"))\n\n(allow mach-lookup\n (global-name \"com.apple.FSEvents\")\n (global-name \"com.apple.SecurityServer\")\n (global-name \"com.apple.system.opendirectoryd.membership\"))\n",
Is this what it's complaining about?
| 14:41:49 |
| Norinco | I have a question about macOS. I have a 2K external monitor and an HDMI 2.0 cable. The monitor supports 3840x2160 (the resolution used for 1080p HiDPI). In the macOS display settings, I can set the resolution to 3840x2160@60Hz. However, for the 1080p HiDPI scaled resolution, the highest refresh rate I can select is only 30Hz. Why is this happening? | 16:37:48 |
|  will joined the room. | 20:09:27 |
| will | is anyone here able to trigger hydra rebuilds? I haven't been able to apply my config for a couple of days because of nodejs-slim-22.22.1. looks like the builder just ran out of disk space
https://hydra.nixos.org/build/323732403#tabs-summary | 20:12:52 |
| 11 Mar 2026 |
 axw | When using Nix Darwin a symlinked "Home Manager Apps” folder appears in the ~/Applications directory, however after installing Graphical Apps using
home.packages = with pkgs; [
raycast
];
the Folder remains empty. What am I missing? | 11:48:45 |
| axw | installing system wide works, /Applications/Nix\ Apps is populated | 11:50:18 |
| axw | * When using Nix Darwin a symlinked "Home Manager Apps” folder appears in the ~/Applications directory, however after installing Graphical Apps using:
home.packages = with pkgs; [
raycast
];
the Folder remains empty. What am I missing? | 11:51:30 |
| axw | * When using Nix Darwin a symlinked Home Manager Apps folder appears in the ~/Applications directory, however after installing Graphical Apps using:
home.packages = with pkgs; [
raycast
];
the Folder remains empty. What am I missing? | 11:52:23 |
| axw | the Home Manager Apps just links to somewhere in the /nix/store | 11:53:37 |
| axw | * the Home Manager Apps just links to somewhere in the /nix/store | 11:54:02 |
| axw | * the Home Manager Apps folder just links to somewhere in the /nix/store | 11:54:25 |
|  Theuni changed their display name from Theuni to Christian Theune. | 14:12:20 |
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| 12 Mar 2026 |
 Randy Eckenrode | Does Home Manager need updating? I thought it was copying now too. | 00:47:41 |
| Randy Eckenrode | RIP Wine on Darwin: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58567 | 00:47:45 |
| Theuni changed their display name from Christian Theune to Theuni. | 07:18:22 |
 rebmit[reb] | In reply to @reckenrode:matrix.org
Does Home Manager need updating? I thought it was copying now too. seems like home-manager stateVersion needs to be updated to use copying | 07:18:44 |
| samasaur | iirc there is an option you can set to enable coping without bumping stateVersion | 07:19:12 |
| samasaur | targets.darwin.copyApps.enable | 07:22:35 |
| samasaur | though last i heard there were some issues with the app management permissions check, so you may also want to set targets.darwin.copyApps.enableChecks = false | 07:23:31 |
 WeetHet | Honestly home manager has so little breaking changes that reading through them and bumping stateVersion is reasonable | 08:40:29 |
| WeetHet | Much easier than on NixOS | 08:40:36 |
|  redbunnyninja joined the room. | 08:42:49 |
| redbunnyninja | hey all, i'm just starting out with nix! i'm on macos and i'm trying things out to see if a declarative config works for me. i've followed the flakes method to get started from https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin and used https://github.com/ryan4yin/nix-darwin-kickstarter/tree/main/minimal as inspiration on how to structure things in my config. the initial sudo nix run nix-darwin/master#darwin-rebuild -- switch worked but i have no idea where the binaries that are in my config went to. e.g. i added in the fish shell to the nix config but i can't find where the fish shell that got installed is :) | 08:46:28 |
 emily | should be in /run/current-system/sw/bin/fish or in your PATH if you open a new configured shell | 09:15:46 |
| emily | FWIW I still need to clean up my local x86 drop stack but I think the code burden of supporting it just enough to build Wine while this gets fixed would be very low for now. i.e. we could drop it almost everywhere and get most of the maintenance and infra benefit while still letting Wine build | 09:17:53 |
