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Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by mihaaly »

deanclatworthy wrote: post #172
lostgame wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> it's still randomly losing files. Whoa, no. That is a huge code red for me as a creative. Especially in the music folder. I work at all crazy times of day and night, inspiration hits, and is often impossible to replace. Not alright.

That’s why as a creative you should be using a backup solution. With modern internet connections backing up is quick and efficient. File loss should be expected on the FS. Many things can and will go wrong one day.

adapting to something wrong is no progress at all but the opposite

(so what you are saying is that the backup is not buggy? ;) or having cool AI perhaps deciding when a situation is not for backup because it is a wrong situation, now that would be a cute feature, working hard developing cool ML techniques to recognise and handle elementary system f* ups!)

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by mihaaly »

Pokepokalypse wrote: post #183
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got to say, my Windows 10 PC at work, with an 8 year old CPU, has been rock fucking solid . So has my 2013 MBPr at home.

Seems to me 2013 was the real sweet-spot for MBP. I still use mine almost every single day. It's a beast, and has been very reliable. Keyboard is WAY nicer to type on than the current generation. It's a little thicker and heavier, and lacks USB-c ports, but it's still damn fine.

The same here!

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by AhtiK »

kranner wrote: post #180
woutr_be wrote: post #167

I've upgraded to Catalina on my 2015 MacBook Pro the day it released (didn't run the betas), and I haven't experienced any problems. I mostly use it for development, everything still works. My only annoyance so far has been SideCar, it just never works the first time, I have to switch from second display to mirror, then back to second display to make it work.

Sidecar is officially supported only on 2016 and later MacBook Pros. https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210380#systemrequirements I use a 2015 MBP too, so I'm glad to hear it does work and thanks for the workaround.

Could you double-check if it's really a 2015 and if it's early or something else, what cpu? My early 2015 shows error for Sidecar/not enabled and supposedly requires at least a Skylake CPU.

EDIT: my Q was more likely to woutr_be, where it was enabled..

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by lostlogin »

Pokepokalypse wrote: post #183
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got to say, my Windows 10 PC at work, with an 8 year old CPU, has been rock fucking solid . So has my 2013 MBPr at home.

Seems to me 2013 was the real sweet-spot for MBP. I still use mine almost every single day. It's a beast, and has been very reliable. Keyboard is WAY nicer to type on than the current generation. It's a little thicker and heavier, and lacks USB-c ports, but it's still damn fine.

Or was for the Air too.

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by mihaaly »

amiantos wrote: post #21

Author hasn't tried Catalina, and their biggest complaint appears to be that the email app allegedly has a new UI--but I don't think it does. Mail app looks the same in Catalina, doesn't it? I can't say I noticed any differences. Either way, this is an extremely long blog post to say basically just "I don't like change, and I'm not willing to see change as a potential improvement to try to accept it".

"change as a potential improvement" Potential? Potential only?! Really??!

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Post by Deukhoofd »

krastanov wrote: post #68
newnewpdro wrote: post #63

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WTF does DRM have to do with browser security ?

I think OP got confused and gave an example of how allegedly browsers on Linux are more secure because there is no DRM (because DRM to an extent allows another party to control what your computer can and can not do, through an unvetted binary blob). But even then they are wrong, as DRM works on browsers running on Linux.

He's right in that Disney+ doesn't work on Linux however, as it uses Widevine L1, which isn't supported, and which I doubt will ever get supported. I personally expect Disney+ to allow L3 eventually, which is supported on Linux, as it's just software based.

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by newnewpdro »

willtim wrote: post #204
newnewpdro wrote: post #66

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Unless you're going out of your way to run your browser in a container or dedicated VM on Linux, there are substantial risks associated with browsing the web in terms of exposing all of your information in /home, which might include ssh and pgp private keys, basically everything your user can access. But we have a number of solutions for running things in containers if you just use them. Early on firejail was popular…

Both Chrome and Firefox have support for sandboxing on Linux. For the security conscious, there's always the Xen/Linux Qubes distribution, which is considerably more secure than MacOS.

Yes, Qubes is a good option to providing a dedicated VM per browser instance.

Relying on the browser alone for sandboxing is problematic as the dominant browsers can't really be trusted. It's best to sandbox the entire program, in addition to their internal sandboxing techniques.

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by mulle_nat »

saagarjha wrote: post #72
mulle_nat wrote: post #65

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How does a user "try out" Catalina, decide that its not for him and then revert back to Mojave ?

Install it on a new volume/virtual machine?

I'd hazard to say, that option is out of reach for most of the Apple user demographic. Instead most will be nagged by Apple to upgrade, upgrade and then there is no going back.

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by mobilemidget »

teekert wrote: post #205

My father feels the same, he initially started using apple because he felt his Windows machine was using too much of his time for bs. Now he just upgraded to Catalina and Photos stopped working with this Synology based library, even I, a computer nerd, have already spend an hour at the problem. We are about done. I feel that Windows 10 would be just fine for him (or maybe I can get him sold on Ubuntu). Where pictures…

"Photos stopped working with this Synology"

I have this too, I planned to look into it this weekend to see if there is a fix. I have moved my photos library to my synology just before upgrade to Catalina, as well having a little one, your photos exponentially increase. When I want to sync now it says it syncing, 'finishes within 3 seconds' and didn't sync at all..

Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

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Post by madaxe_again »

Pokepokalypse wrote: post #183
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got to say, my Windows 10 PC at work, with an 8 year old CPU, has been rock fucking solid . So has my 2013 MBPr at home.

Seems to me 2013 was the real sweet-spot for MBP. I still use mine almost every single day. It's a beast, and has been very reliable. Keyboard is WAY nicer to type on than the current generation. It's a little thicker and heavier, and lacks USB-c ports, but it's still damn fine.

Yup. Still on my pimped-out 2013 MBP. Still has plenty of horses, and the only things that have failed were a fan ((cats & cigarettes) simple replacement), and the power lead wore through.

Super reliable machine, still relevant performance-wise.

I plan on using it until it disintegrates.

Edit: I wonder if apple regret making these machines. They seem like a failure of planned obsolescence - at least, until new releases of OS X stop supporting them, which will probably be the next release, looking at the current horizon. Anyway. Totally broke the upgrade cycle for me - I have grown rather fond of my (t)rusty steed. My mother upgrades more often than I do, usually because she’s left every process open and running, and the machine is slow, and therefore she thinks she needs a new one.

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