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Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by jxy »

MrWiffles wrote: post #181

I haven’t seen this anywhere when I’ve looked, so I’ll ask here on the slim chance maybe they really added something I badly want and somebody knows… Is there any application forced sandboxing feature yet? Something users can control to forcibly stop bad behavior from certain “must have” apps. Chrome, for example, has been caught doing entire drive scans on Windows, and I’m not sure I entirely trust Zoom either. So I…

Is it possible to add entitlements to an already compiled app dowloaded from a random place? A mac app installer could run any scripts, so we need to sandbox the installer, if it's possible.

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Post by shawnz »

fnord123 wrote: post #216
Smoofer wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the _biggest_ thing holding MacOS back?

Reboot for an upgrade happens by holding a spin lock until it overheats and reboots. This happens every time on multiple computers so I think it's intentional(?) but the crash reports are pretty wild. No official package manager. The Macbook cases ground through the user when they're on an insulated surface (there is no ground pin on the Macbook power adapters). Audio crackles when the machine grounds through the use…

They are grounded if you use the "power adapter extension cable" (not shipped with the unit): https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/MK122LL/A/power-adapte...

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Post by fnord123 »

>Stream movies and TV shows while on a FaceTime call with friends. With synced playback and controls, you’ll see everyone laugh, jump, and react to the same moments at the same time. And the volume automatically adjusts, so you can keep talking while you watch.

Pretty sure this is illegal.

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Post by tomxor »

cassianoleal wrote: post #194
ehakan wrote: post #115

The Macbook Pro 16" thermal throttling problems with external monitors [1] finally seems to be fixed with Monterey by enabling low power mode. (At least with 16:9 60Hz monitors). I've been dealing with `kernel_task` hitting 900% CPU usage and the entire window server running at 2 FPS when using external monitors since I got the mbp 16" a year ago. Good riddance. [1]: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/16-is-hot-noi…

It's not fixed though, it simply cripples the CPU in order to keep it cooler. This was already achievable by disabling Turbo Boost [0]. I can't tell which solution works better but before switching to an M1 Air I was running TBS on my 16" and it made things more acceptable. [0] https://github.com/rugarciap/Turbo-Boost-Switcher

No idea if this is a hardware issue, but this approach (underclocking and permanent low power modes) is historically how Apple have "fixed" other hardware flaws - cough - nvidia - cough - After you've experienced it you tend to not buy macs any more.

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Post by egypturnash »

beders wrote: post #116

It 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…

You can have my thoughtfully organized directories of hundreds of files made by multiple programs that have no idea they’re all part of a single project when you can pry them from my cold dead hands.

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Post by fnord123 »

rubyist5eva wrote: post #198
nsonha wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use it, not the point though, should be built-in.

I don't think expecting Apple to implement every single pet feature of every single power user is something that is reasonable.

But they can support like two features for every single power user: hotkeys for managing windows and snapping to windows when you push it against the border.

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Post by concinds »

MrWiffles wrote: post #181

I haven’t seen this anywhere when I’ve looked, so I’ll ask here on the slim chance maybe they really added something I badly want and somebody knows… Is there any application forced sandboxing feature yet? Something users can control to forcibly stop bad behavior from certain “must have” apps. Chrome, for example, has been caught doing entire drive scans on Windows, and I’m not sure I entirely trust Zoom either. So I…

No, still no user-facing method for that. There have also been no apparent improvements to the Catalina permission dialogues (for Documents, Desktop, Downloads), but keep watching https://eclecticlight.co/ over the next few weeks, if there have been any improvements he'll probably talk about it.

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Post by astrange »

fnord123 wrote: post #216
Smoofer wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the _biggest_ thing holding MacOS back?

Reboot for an upgrade happens by holding a spin lock until it overheats and reboots. This happens every time on multiple computers so I think it's intentional(?) but the crash reports are pretty wild. No official package manager. The Macbook cases ground through the user when they're on an insulated surface (there is no ground pin on the Macbook power adapters). Audio crackles when the machine grounds through the use…

> Reboot for an upgrade happens by holding a spin lock until it overheats and reboots. This happens every time on multiple computers so I think it's intentional(?) but the crash reports are pretty wild.

That's a watchdog kernel panic (maybe). Shouldn't be seeing that unless you have misbehaving NFS mounts or something.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by pas »

hk1337 wrote: post #207
EamonnMR wrote: post #185

If any apple product managers are reading this, the biggest thing holding MacOS back is that it global searches when you search a folder. I know there's a config setting for it, but dammit I want the default to be local file name search and full text search should be an off-by-default option, and search the whole hard drive should be a different also off by default option.

Meh. It’s only slightly annoying. It global searches by default but all you have to do is click your folder name at the top of the search

it's really confusing because in Mail the default is the opposite... oh well, first world problems! (plus I'm not a Mac user)

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by pas »

jt_thurs_82 wrote: post #206
EamonnMR wrote: post #185

If any apple product managers are reading this, the biggest thing holding MacOS back is that it global searches when you search a folder. I know there's a config setting for it, but dammit I want the default to be local file name search and full text search should be an off-by-default option, and search the whole hard drive should be a different also off by default option.

I personally prefer the global search, I think the consistent behavior is good.

but it's not consistent with Mail for example :/
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