Working Notes on Agent Systems/Brad Zhang

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Today’s result: Save an old Mac from 2013 and join the battle together! Because the sys...

Today’s result: Save an old Mac from 2013 and join the battle together! Because the system has been unable to be updated to the new version for a long time, the codex app cannot...

May 23, 2026 · 1 min read

Today’s result: Save an old Mac from 2013 and join the battle together! Because the sys...
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Today’s result: Save an old Mac from 2013 and join the battle together!

Because the system has been unable to be updated to the new version for a long time, the codex app cannot be installed, and npx cannot be updated.

I tried various methods and finally installed codex.

I quickly cleaned up nearly 100G of space, and asked the main control macmini to execute ssh connection through codex and perform various initialization actions.

I also wrote something similar to the control panel and task distribution locally, and finally got it done!

The rescue operation will continue tomorrow: an old Mac bought 10 years ago, 17 years ago🤣, and a windows

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