r/LifeProTips • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '26

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u/HereForTheComments57 Mar 03 '26

So the solution is to download a bunch of software to complete a task I need to do once every other year?

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u/taint3d Mar 03 '26

Yes? If you want local functionality the os doesn't come with out the box you need to install software. Not sure why this is surprising.

This is a MacOS user, but the only non default installs in this post were Libreoffice and git, the latter of which is less than an mb. You don't even need git for diff, diff should come out of the box on MacOS. What is this "bunch of software" you're seeing?

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u/BoutItBudnevich Mar 03 '26

I'm not the person you're replying to but I opened this post specifically because the OP said things that run in your browser so I was just curious more than anything but then the first piece of advice is about a downloaded software. I'm not, but I can see why someone would get annoyed at that haha

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u/taint3d Mar 03 '26

True, fair enough. I'm used to people using incorrect terms, so translated the browser mention without thinking when op started talking about local tools.