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Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by ViViDboarder »

pier25 wrote: post #348
jkelleyrtp wrote: post #18

Just want to put here that if you're using a Mac and haven't tried Safari recently, you're missing out. A few things: - Battery life is fantastic compared to Chrome/FF - Privacy seems to be top-notch - The tab ordering situation is now chrome-like (my biggest gripe in older versions of safari) - Experimental features are 1 click away, easily enable/disable WebGL2 - Support for the WebExtensions standard means addons…

A lot of Apple users also have devices outside the Apple ecosystem. It really doesn't matter how good Safari is if you can't use it in your Android phone or Windows machine.

Yep. Not supported on Linux so I’m a Firefox user.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by eyeball »

lukifer wrote: post #130

Twice bitten, thrice shy. Every MacOS upgrade for the past 5+ years has been a bag of hurt: regressions in functionality and stability, annoying "features" like Notification Center and Catalina warning nags, various PITAs on fixing UNIX/dev toolchains, all for little to no benefit. I've stopped upgrading all my machines (other than security updates), unless forced by a mission-critical app or a new machine.

I still haven’t take Catalina update.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by freehunter »

cinbun8 wrote: post #7

Is there an iPad app that you are looking forward to use on the new M1 processors with Big Sur?

I’m actually looking forward to the opposite: better iPad apps now that developers can expect them to work on Mac too. Maybe we can get iPad apps that actually work with a mouse and keyboard.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by evolve2k »

acdha wrote: post #245
AngeloAnolin wrote: post #150

I hope they provided with this update a way to examine the Others category that usually takes up so much space in our Mac devices. I've emptied my documents, removed as much possible clutter I can see and still, that Others space is taking 60% of my storage.

If you want something friendlier than running du in Terminal, OmniDiskSweeper is free: https://www.omnigroup.com/more

My go to disk space inspector has always been the free Grand Perspective, such a useful and clever way to show disk usage graphically.

You’ll be able to quickly see what folders are taking up space and more so easily see what folders and files in those folders are taking up the most space.

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by Rebelgecko »

I have Catalina on my work machine and Sierra on my personal one. Using Catalina at work hasn't really shown me any compelling reason to upgrade my personal machine, but it has given me several reasons not too (general stability, poor handling of external monitors, lack of forwards compatibility for apps I care about, etc)

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by ryandrake »

tobr wrote: post #337
dntrkv wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People need to learn to let go and just close tabs. It's freeing. If you need the info again, typing some related words into the address bar will usually surface the results from your history. If it doesn't, no big deal. The benefits of not lugging around that baggage outweighs the potentially tiny productivity hit you take to look up the info again.

It’s funny how there’s a borderline moral judgement about things like this. It’s as if having many files on your desktop, emails in your inbox, unnamed layers in photoshop, or open windows or tabs or apps or whatever would say something about your character. No, to the extent that these things are even a problem at all, that’s a consequence of a design that fails to take actual human factors into account.

I was also going to draw parallels to the icons on the desktop. Hundreds of browser tabs open is the 2020 version of having hundreds of icons all crammed onto your Windows desktop.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by different_sort »

jkelleyrtp wrote: post #18

Just want to put here that if you're using a Mac and haven't tried Safari recently, you're missing out. A few things: - Battery life is fantastic compared to Chrome/FF - Privacy seems to be top-notch - The tab ordering situation is now chrome-like (my biggest gripe in older versions of safari) - Experimental features are 1 click away, easily enable/disable WebGL2 - Support for the WebExtensions standard means addons…

I'm glad adblockers are back. I'm not sure if it ever truly left, but the moment there was a bit of resistance I was happy to jump ship to FF.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by debaserab2 »

kall wrote: post #355
thiht wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> - Actually decent dev tools (used to be terrible) As a daily user of Safari, I can't let you say that. The devtools suck. The network tools suck (why is it so hard to find the request payload??), the elements tools suck, there are basically no extensions (React, Redux, etc.). They are just horrible. As much as I try to use only Safari, I still fallback on Firefox Dev when I need some real devtools. I use it for the…

As a daily user of the safari devtools, I have to disagree I don‘t have much need for the Network tab, so maybe that’s why. They handle the basics very well for me, with a much better interface (IMHO) than chrome tools. I really wish they didn‘t skip the devtools part of WebExtensions so we could get the tools for React/Vue/Redux et al.

Genuinely curious: what are you developing that you don’t ever need the network tab?

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by nultxt »

kxcz wrote: post #8

Any updates to the firmware or drivers for bluetooth? My 2017 Mac has had many issues with bluetooth consistency. Keep on hoping they will announce performance improvements.

At this point, my 2015 Macbook Pro basically doesn't have bluetooth at all. Performance upgrades is truly all I desire
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