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Re: macOS Big Sur

#491

Currently there is an outage preventing users from downloading the update - also experiencing extreme slowness on all macs after having selected the update for download - even though the download has failed. Not a good sign of things to come.

Potential fix for the slowness here: https://twitter.com/stauffermatt/status/1326996782665052162

Re: macOS Big Sur

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post #159

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…

It is great, but: 1. Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session. Not the first time this has happened to me on Safari. ( Firefox used to have this problem as well, they implemented multiple LastSession.json to combat the problem and it is basically a thing of the past. ) 2. Fav Icons meant they are no longer showing the Tab Description once you have a dozen tabs as they will shrink to Icons Size. So you either ha…

> Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session.

Honestly, if you like to live on the edge, you have to except some accidents.

Re: macOS Big Sur

#493

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…

Pinned tabs in safari are brilliant.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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post #329

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the best ~15" Linux laptop to ask for as a new hire these days?

I haven't had an issue with Dell laptops.

Over many years, models, and indirectly hundreds of laptops (buying for teams, not myself) I'm pretty confident that Dells have a higher failure rate than many alternatives, but if you buy the higher tier support they are also more responsive than most. NB if you fall back on out of warranty and/or lower tier from them, support is not good.

Re: macOS Big Sur

#495
post #461

Anyone figure out how to resolve this?: "An error occurred while installing the selected updates". I got to 100% downloaded and it got stuck and now anytime I attempt to install it I get that error immediately.

Problems with Apple's infrastructure: https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

Just a case of waiting unfortunately...

Re: macOS Big Sur

#496

I released iTerm2 version 3.4.0 this morning with Big Sur support. Please update because 3.3 has various issues with it.

Thanks for a fantastic app that makes working on macOS a smooth experience.

Re: macOS Big Sur

#497

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…

This is all nice and fine and I agree that it's become a very capable browser in many regards, but its lack of support for uBlock Origin is a complete deal breaker for me.

Wipr does a brilliant job.

Re: macOS Big Sur

#498
post #301

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…

You can still only open about 15 tabs, after which the Safari tab bar turns into a completely unusable horizontally-scrolling list. Chrome solved this a decade ago... just keep shrinking the tabs down to Favicon size or smaller. Safari just added Favicon images last year, and I don't even think they're visible by default. --- EDIT: Favicon-only compact tabs to have actually been changed/added in Safari 14 for Big Sur…

This isn’t true. Chrome on macOS will literally stop showing you new tabs altogether once you have too many which is the worst solution I can think of.

One of the best trade-offs is to stop shrinking tabs at some point and let you scroll them.

Re: macOS Big Sur

#499
So far so good; I had to clear some of the NVRAM in order to upgrade and install an RC Command Lines Tools to make Homebrew work. Meanwhile, from what I've tried, only Viber doesn't work.

Re: macOS Big Sur

#500

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…

Is there anyway to switch between two or three different Keychains?
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