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Re: MacOS Sierra

#61

Post by joshmn » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:07 PM UTC

Hopefully this means that Pascal drivers aren't far away for Hackintosh setups with Nvidia's 1000-series line.

Re: MacOS Sierra

#62

Post by jfoutz » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:08 PM UTC

I'm not so sure how i'll use siri. I think i'll be faster and more precise with the keyboard, forever. There is the inverse, the good old "say" command.

"say" is wonderful. Try peppering bash scripts or build systems with verbal status about success or failure. Seems to cut through the context switch time really well.

Re: MacOS Sierra

#63

Post by prh8 » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:09 PM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #49

prh8 wrote: post #7

Heads up for anyone using Karabiner to remap their keyboard-- it's not updated for Sierra yet. I figure that's a more popular app among HN crowd than most places, and losing it is really painful.

What can Karabiner do better than Ukelele? http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=...

It can do almost anything with the keyboard. I'd suggest just checking it out. A lot of people make changes to caps lock, shift key, left/right option/command, etc. I only do two things, setting fn to send hyper and swapping semicolon/colon. It's more about individual rules than a new keyboard layout (which is what Ukulele appeared to be in my 5 minutes with it).

Maybe other people can chime in on their uses, since I'm not the best to fully answer your question.

Re: MacOS Sierra

#64

Post by teamhappy » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:10 PM UTC

newscracker wrote: post #59

teamhappy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess the new file system is kind of exciting.

The new file system (APFS) will be released in 2017. It's available only as a developer preview now with macOS Sierra.

Shoot. (Siri, wake me in 2017.)

Re: MacOS Sierra

#65

Post by srgseg » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:10 PM UTC

prh8 wrote: post #7

Heads up for anyone using Karabiner to remap their keyboard-- it's not updated for Sierra yet. I figure that's a more popular app among HN crowd than most places, and losing it is really painful.

Any recommendations for a simple keyboard remapper that is compatible with Sierra? All I need is to swap the @ with "

Re: MacOS Sierra

#66

Post by newscracker » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:10 PM UTC

jamesfmilne wrote: post #28

acdanger wrote: post #16

I'd rather see updated Mac hardware. According to MacRumors, it's been 490 days since the last MacBook Pro Retina was released.

MacMini 705 days (2 years) Mac Pro 1009 days (almost 3 years) Appalling!

Yeah, it is appalling. Making Macs has truly become a tiny side business for Apple in more ways than one. It's clear that Macs don't make a dent in its profits and so aren't important. Considering how much money Apple has, it's not an issue of not having people to work on this or of lack of talent.

Re: MacOS Sierra

#67

Post by mundanevoice » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:10 PM UTC

hakcermani wrote: post #37

Finally need a new Mac ! My 2009 MBP has been cast off from the upgrade train - forever to be stuck in ElCapitan :( Over the years I could upgrade the HD speed and size from 5400 rpm -> 7200 -> Momentus -> 512 GB SSD. Can't say that about the newer MBPs .. (waiting for October to see what comes out)

It's almost funny that Macbook 2009 or newer is supported but Macbook 2009 or newer is not. Sad I won't be able to get my hands on it.

Re: MacOS Sierra

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Post by qwertyuiop924 » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:12 PM UTC

So, there's no new features that anybody asked for, save the clipboard thing, which has unfortunate security implications, and there's a ton of nonsense none of us will ever use, as the Mac platform gets increasingly complex ("the computer for the rest of us" is now anything but), moves away from Unix compatability, and doesn't do anything useful with this additional complexity, but does cause emacs to crash.

I'd wait until they stabilize it a bit before upgrading. Or just don't upgrade.

Re: MacOS Sierra

#69

Post by newscracker » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:12 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #40

The new file system has been delayed by a year, right?

When it was announced in WWDC, Apple clearly said APFS would be released in 2017. As announced then, what's available now is a developer preview.

> "So Apple File System will ship, by default on all devices in 2017. So to summarize, Apple File System will be the default file system for all Apple products 2017,... " [1]

[1]: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/701/ (go to the transcript and search for "2017")

Re: MacOS Sierra

#70

Post by pkamb » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 6:12 PM UTC

prh8 wrote: post #7

Heads up for anyone using Karabiner to remap their keyboard-- it's not updated for Sierra yet. I figure that's a more popular app among HN crowd than most places, and losing it is really painful.

Sounds like it may take a while:

> macOS 10.12 changes of the generic keyboard and mouse drivers made a great impact on Karabiner and Seil.

> We should make a large changes in Karabiner and Seil architecture.

> There is not a workaround for this issue.

> Please wait an update of Karabiner and Seil for macOS 10.12.

> (It may take a long time.)