I was waiting for the AirPod Switching to work once I'd upgraded to Big Sur. Strangely, it doesn't work at the moment. Anyone else experience the same issue?
Edit: Turns out, unpairing and connecting again made it work!
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Re: macOS Big Sur
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> Safari is extremely inaccessible software for most people How the hell is it "extremely inaccessible" for "most" people? It's Chrome that has an weirdass non-standard UI (the practice of showing app preferences/dialogs in a webpage needs to burn in the flames of Hades) and other niggles, not to mention being a privacy black hole. If they weren't told to use Chrome (i.e. Google didn't nag people to use Chrome when t…
> How the hell is it "extremely inaccessible" for "most" people? Because most people don't own Macs. The last Windows compatible version of Safari was back in 2012 or so, and as far as I know, it was never available on Linux. Therefore, for me to test on Safari, I either have to spend thousands to buy a laptop, or pay out of my pocket for some sort of cross-browser testing tool (even if it's free, I am spending extra…
We have very different opinions on how bad IE6 really was if you think Safari is comparable at all.
Re: macOS Big Sur
#683Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just did that on the Safari window I was using to type the comment and it just went tall. That is not what I would call "maximize".
It's been like that for ages, isn't that typical macOS behavior? Note that I hate that behavior as well :) I fixed it first with a hotkey and a little Lua hacking within Hammerspoon. Now I just use Amethyst.
Yes, it is. I think most people hate it ;)
Re: macOS Big Sur
#684Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session This is horrifying! How do you get to have one hundred tabs, or worse, a few hundred ?
I have had similar hundreds of tabs before, though I try to keep to a few dozen nowadays. The source tends to be a cluster of tabs (say 10) associated to a single subject, full of articles and tools I am using related to it. Frankly an obvious solution is to have a "rough-assortment ephemeral bookmark-group" where I can shift-select say 7 tabs at once and keep them for later, with an easy deletion cycle at will. And…
Definitely not a good solution for the local tab data problem, but for:
> since you need to bookmark each tab individually + name it + sort them
If you're already using Tree Style Tab on Firefox, there's a `Bookmark this tree` option that collapses the above workflow to just bookmarking the tree and naming a bookmark folder.
Not enough of an improvement, of course.
Re: macOS Big Sur
#685Just 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 have absolutely zero interest in using a browser that is locked to a single platform. I move constantly between Windows and Linux (I don't have any Mac machines right now) and the idea of using a different browser on each platform seems crazy.
FWIW, iCloud syncs quite well with Firefox on Windows.
Re: macOS Big Sur
#686Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm still on Mojave and it's okay honestly. It does everything I need my OS to do. I see no benefit in upgrading to Catalina, especially with it not supporting 32-bit apps and introducing new annoyances under the guise of "security", and Big Sur doesn't (officially) run on my computer at all.
Granular app permissions are a huge thing for me; I really like being able to keep certain apps from having e.g. full disk access or camera access. Plus sidecar, as sibling already mentioned.
Mojave has some of these. Except I don't like filesystem permissions, e.g. "access to photos" which is really "access to ~/Pictures". I'm fine with unix permissions on files and directories. I wish internet access was a permission instead.
As far as Sidecar goes, I don't own an iPad and don't plan to, so not relevant to me by any stretch of imagination.
Re: macOS Big Sur
#687PSA: Big Sur forgets where apps' windows are when plugging back into an external display https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/651131?answerId=64... https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/jt0gjk/big_sur_forge... I've been on the public beta of Big Sur for months (and issued Feedback Assistant bug reports on this). As of 11.0.1, there's still a dealbreaker bug for people who use external monitors. If you unplug a…
If you're a stickler for keeping your windows neat and orderly like I am, you may want to check out Yabai (+ skhd): https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai I used to use BetterTouchTool and Stay to do this, but after a co-worker tipped me off on yabai+skhd, I've been extremely pleased and rarely have to think about window placement (took me a while to get the config "just right", of course). I haven't tried it on Big Su…
I hate the fact that this needs to be an additional purchase and not part of the core OS. Windows and most Linux desktop environments are years ahead of macOS in terms of managing window placement. It doesn’t feel like macOS has advanced much in that department since it’s initial release in 2000 yet Windows has snapping, easier tiling, less glitchy multi monitor support....and this is coming from someone who hates using Windows!
I really wish Apple would give their core OS a little TLC. These days Apple feels more like 90s/00s Microsoft with the continuous chasing of shiny new things rather than fixing any of their existing tech.
Re: macOS Big Sur
#688PSA: Big Sur forgets where apps' windows are when plugging back into an external display https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/651131?answerId=64... https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/jt0gjk/big_sur_forge... I've been on the public beta of Big Sur for months (and issued Feedback Assistant bug reports on this). As of 11.0.1, there's still a dealbreaker bug for people who use external monitors. If you unplug a…
If you're a stickler for keeping your windows neat and orderly like I am, you may want to check out Yabai (+ skhd): https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai I used to use BetterTouchTool and Stay to do this, but after a co-worker tipped me off on yabai+skhd, I've been extremely pleased and rarely have to think about window placement (took me a while to get the config "just right", of course). I haven't tried it on Big Su…
It looks like yabai (mostly) works on Big Sur: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/589
Re: macOS Big Sur
#689Man I still haven't even left Mojave for Catalina. I don't think I'm gonna be changing OSs until I buy a second or third generation ARM Air that comes with whatever they're calling the 2022 Mac OS.
I religiously upgraded every machine up until this same release. I never had issues, and my tenure began at Tiger. Everything was smooth sailing – perhaps because I made sure to take a backup before every upgrade which might have protected me from Murphy's law. I am also sitting still on Mojave. In the past there were usually compelling reasons to upgrade - in terms of quality of life and performance. Catalina, in my…
Problem is it's broken from a security POV. This Big Sur release of course has a bunch of security fixes and it's not clear when/if they'll get backported to previous versions.
Re: macOS Big Sur
#690I just updated and now everything feels quite a bit slower. I'm on a 2015 Macbook Pro with Retina display. Scrolling on site especially feels worse. Spotlight no longer seems to autocomplete when I start typing anymore wither which I rely on heavily. EDIT: Seems spotlight is just a matter of everything having to be re-indexed.
nervous about this as well, on a 2015 MBP with the dual-core. Already struggles with a 4k monitor plugged in, probably wont be upgrading from Mojave if performance is any worse.