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OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Re: OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Post by Sanddancer »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #30
mrswag wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Will they update the unix layer? A lot of the CLI tools there are positively prehistoric. They won't, they don't want to touch any GPLv3 code.

What do BSD distros use?

By default, FreeBSD uses Almquist Shell for root, and Tenex C Shell for users. OpenBSD uses a modified pdksh for users, which is simlinked to /bin/sh for root, and NetBSD uses Almquist shell for users and root.

Re: OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Post by vardump »

sgnelson wrote: post #28

Will this make the OS suck less? Seriously, at least for my use case, and in my opinion, OS X has been on a downward trend for a while (since 10.6). They need to fix the bugs, and get back to a nice stable OS that "just works." That's all I'm interested in.

Apple really needs to improve OpenGL support at least. Bump version to 4.4. They should also fix any OpenGL bugs in a timely manner.

Windows file sharing (at least with Windows 10 Pro) is pretty broken as well. Transferring multiple large files (especially 2 GB+) from OS X to a win10 file share seems to fail every time.

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Post by rcthompson »

peterbraden wrote: post #45
bigdubs wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes is your friend.

Is there a way to replace all of them in one move?

Just install all the formulae from that repository, I'd assume. They all replace some system-provided tool. I believe they install the binaries to a separate directory that you need to prepend to your $PATH in order to get your shell to default to the updated versions.

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Post by jlarocco »

protomyth wrote: post #3

I hope all the cloud storage can be turned off. Depending on your job (e.g. confidential data) or how much you pay for bandwidth, these are some really bad features.

Those are not the only reasons to want the cloud features turned off. I don't want my phone and computer tied together, and it already annoys me how integrated the iPhone is to iTunes. I also don't want Apple cloud data storage. It's not a feature I need very often, and for the times I do, I have dropbox. I am not interested in having cloud storage integrated into the operating system like that.

I will not be upgrading to this version until it has been verified that all of this crap can be turned off completely.

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Post by matthewmacleod »

salzig wrote: post #55

- You can unlock your mac using you apple watch. - You can confirm payments using your apple watch. A thief having your mac and watch can do/buy everything? Is it just me thinging about it?

Probably. The Apple Watch locks when removed from the wrist, and required subsequent authentication before it can be used for payments. There's minimal risk here.

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Post by zymhan »

peterbraden wrote: post #45
bigdubs wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes is your friend.

Is there a way to replace all of them in one move?

You can't really replace the underlying tools, you'd want to install the new versions in a different folder and update your Environment to point to those executables.

EDIT: I'm wrong, didn't realize homebrew-dupes actually is meant to replace the OS X utils.

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Post by jkeler »

0942v8653 wrote: post #48
spitfire wrote: post #11

Will they update the unix layer? A lot of the CLI tools there are positively prehistoric. Maybe while they're at it they can add a real package manager too.

I definitely feel this pain too, but: They can't upgrade to recent GNU tools (bash is the one most people complain about) because of the GPLv3. And I feel their developer manpower is better spent on fixing OS bugs at this point. These issues are better fixed by developers less encumbered by the closed-sourceness of OS X.

> They can't upgrade to recent GNU tools because of the GPLv3.

They can but it is their choice not to use GPLv3 tools.

Re: OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Post by CGamesPlay »

salzig wrote: post #55

- You can unlock your mac using you apple watch. - You can confirm payments using your apple watch. A thief having your mac and watch can do/buy everything? Is it just me thinging about it?

I think this is fair but I also struggle to think of a situation where my Mac and my Apple Watch get stolen and I'm not aware of it in time to lock my accounts.
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