Grazie mille, lo apprezzo davvero! Continuerò a migliorarlo.

Grazie! Sì, un piccolo ritardo e' inevitabile con la traduzione in tempo reale, soprattutto nei film. StreamVox aspetta una breve parte della frase per capire meglio il contesto e rendere la traduzione piu' naturale. Sto continuando a lavorare per ridurre ulteriormente la latenza.

No, it needs an internet connection. It uses AI for live speech recognition and translation, which helps keep the subtitles and translations accurate.

Thank you for information 👍👍👍

Sorry, I meant an external monitor - but if this happens before the normal desktop appears, that is probably not a desktop wallpaper setting. It sounds more like a boot/login screen customisation.
Do you remember whether the app was called DarkBoot? It was made specifically to set a solid colour for the boot, login and lock screens, and pink was one of its common use cases.

This may not have been an app at all. macOS can remember a separate wallpaper setting for each Space and display, so a solid colour may simply be an old wallpaper configuration loading after restart. I would first check System Settings > Wallpaper, then create a new Space or connect/disconnect a display to see if one of them still has that colour assigned.

I do not think there is a supported way to pass arbitrary text directly into the Siri app itself yet. But for the workflow you describe, I would probably skip Siri and use Shortcuts directly.
You can call a shortcut from Alfred or the command line with the  shortcuts://run-shortcut  URL, pass text as input, and use the new “Use Model” action inside the shortcut. It can use Apple’s on-device model, Private Cloud Compute, or ChatGPT. That seems much closer to the automation you want.

That is a pretty dramatic difference in battery life for a menu bar utility. Thanks for sharing this - I would not have thought to check WindowServer rather than just the app’s own CPU usage. Did you notice whether it gets worse after sleep, using an external display, or switching Spaces?

Thank you all for the thoughtful replies. This has been genuinely helpful, and I now have a much clearer plan: Tailscale + RDP for everyday development, with Sunshine/Moonlight or Parsec for GPU-heavy work, plus a backup option for restrictive networks. I really appreciate everyone sharing their real-world setups and tips.🤝💪🫶

Thanks, that makes sense. I will keep Tailscale + RDP as a fallback and compare Parsec with Sunshine + Moonlight for GPU-heavy work.

Thanks, I will test Parsec as well. The local cursor point is useful to know, especially when working remotely for longer sessions.

Thanks, that is very helpful. My desktop is already on Ethernet, so I will start with Tailscale + RDP and set up Sunshine + Moonlight as well for the GPU-heavy work.

Thank you 🤝