Given how stable Big Sur was until 11.15.6 I don't think I'll be hastily upgrading! [Edited]
I think you mean Catalina? That was 10.15. Big Sur was 11.
Oops. Typo, meant 11. Edited.
macOS Monterey
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#153It is frustrating to see how stagnant desktop OS's have become. Both macOS and Windows 11 have added incremental features that are surely nice to have, but no one dares to improve on the human-computer-interaction which has remained the same for decades now. With the advances in AI and the ridiculous compute power of modern CPUs, we should be able to have OSs that are Digital Assistants. Just one example: - file mana…
Write a spec and seek funding :)
Re: macOS Monterey
#154It is frustrating to see how stagnant desktop OS's have become. Both macOS and Windows 11 have added incremental features that are surely nice to have, but no one dares to improve on the human-computer-interaction which has remained the same for decades now. With the advances in AI and the ridiculous compute power of modern CPUs, we should be able to have OSs that are Digital Assistants. Just one example: - file mana…
>Mobile OSs have been rather successful in getting rid of this implementation detail.
Dear God, the lack of proper file management on mobile is absolutely awful and makes so many things harder than they need to be. I really hope desktop OSes don't go down that path.
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#155I've been away from MacOS for about 10 years. Big Sur now. Kinda hate it. I keep accidentally invoking extra layers of UI everywhere. That's fine I guess. But what I ran into that I LOVE is making EVERY app full-screen, pretending there is no desktop or window management, and just swiping right/left among them. I wish there was a way to smooth out the UX so that this feels first-class and I stop accidentally breaking…
I think window management in Mac leaves much to be desired (hot key and snapping floating windows). But associate fullscreeen window/split with a new workspace is actually one thing it does right. I installed an addon on Gnome just to emulate that. Split is kind of useless with an ultrawide monitor though, I wish it was 3 columns
One free option for Mac: https://rectangleapp.com/
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are people that do some wild things with shortcuts, I wouldn't be surprised if someone has already done the work with that. Edit: It looks like shortcuts won't be able to set (or clear) focus modes, so that'll have to wait. Bummer.
That’s unfortunate, you can set focus modes from shortcuts on ios. When i turn on my Bluetooth speaker in the shower room it goes into a focus mode that diverts all calls for 15 mins and resumes my podcasts. I thought the experience on macos was supposed to be a superset of the ios one. Really poor decision by apple then.
I’m totally stealing this idea.
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#157I've been away from MacOS for about 10 years. Big Sur now. Kinda hate it. I keep accidentally invoking extra layers of UI everywhere. That's fine I guess. But what I ran into that I LOVE is making EVERY app full-screen, pretending there is no desktop or window management, and just swiping right/left among them. I wish there was a way to smooth out the UX so that this feels first-class and I stop accidentally breaking…
I think window management in Mac leaves much to be desired (hot key and snapping floating windows). But associate fullscreeen window/split with a new workspace is actually one thing it does right. I installed an addon on Gnome just to emulate that. Split is kind of useless with an ultrawide monitor though, I wish it was 3 columns
Install ShiftIt - customisable shortcut keys for almost all window layout options.
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#158Still no MST. Is this a hardware or software limitation?
Software. My 2012 MBP can do MST fine in Boot Camp, but the feature isn't implemented in the macOS drivers.
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#159Funny that they used a very clunky looking Windows laptop and a pretty dated looking Android phone to show off Facetime.
Finally, you can FaceTime with poor people!
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#160It is frustrating to see how stagnant desktop OS's have become. Both macOS and Windows 11 have added incremental features that are surely nice to have, but no one dares to improve on the human-computer-interaction which has remained the same for decades now. With the advances in AI and the ridiculous compute power of modern CPUs, we should be able to have OSs that are Digital Assistants. Just one example: - file mana…
Sounds you should try using a meme computer called iPad