Currently trying to reset and reboot a 10 year old MacBook Pro. Will try to use dual boot with #Linux on this device later on. At the same time I am using a brandnew Macbook from 2025 with a new Apple user . (Promisimg to leave Apple feels like just another New Year’s resolution. Bad old habits..)

I am not a system hacker and I have never used Linux before. However, the events of the last 3 years force even average users to better take care of personal security, privacy and online hygiene.

Simple steps in my journey include:

- to minimize or even eliminate Google Services of any kind

- to minimize Apple services. Apple is still leading on design and UX, however privacy is a serious concern. Many users won’t give up convenience for some lack of privacy

- get in touch with new solutions outside big tech suite universe (only office, libre office etc. instead of MS Office/ Veracrypt instead of proprietary encryption solutions from big tech/ open source local password managers/ clearing your iCloud with lots tons of data that is more than a decade old for more privacy focused cloud solutions is very tough and a challenge for the majority, self hosting almost impossible to achieve for the average joe

- get used to TOR and VPN basics

- give up your iphone for a pixel phone running on grapheneOS? I am still struggling with that one…

For some strange reason the new Macbook still feels like a brandnew Mercedes when compared to Windows machines. Amazing that I have been using the old Mac Book Pro Machine since 2015 without any issues (try that with a Win Computer.. ) until I bumped into the problem where you cannot update iOS anymore. Many tell me that Ubuntu loves old Mac Devices.

Let`s see about that. If Apple asks what happened to my unconditional brand loyalty, I will tell them I was moving on to other things. I will try to clean up the screen from the old Mac, looks like a mess compared to the new one on the right..

What are your experiences as a former Apple User? Special thanks goes to Timo Volkov.

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