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Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by gibspaulding »

josephg wrote: post #322
0xFACEFEED wrote: post #290

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I need this so badly. True story: I've been eagerly awaiting a new Macbook to completely rid myself of Adobe software. Over the past decade I've considered installing Adobe software but always held back because of how intrusive and shady the software is (I checked on friends' computers). I've been able to work around having to edit PDFs and used Figma in place of Photoshop for my very basic graphical needs. Well a fe…

> Well a few months ago I needed to fill out customs form 5106. This form uses some kind of proprietary Adobe PDF form creation software thing PSA in case anyone doesn't know this: the built-in Preview app on MacOS can be used to fill in any PDF form. You can type into text boxes on some forms. But even if they're not there, you can add text anywhere on a pdf. You just have to drag your own text boxes to wherever you…

For Wimdows/Linux users LibreOffice Draw also mostly works for this. Its clunkey, and there are exceptions, but generally you can drop a textbox wherever you need, then re-export as a pdf when you're done.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by whalesalad »

tomxor wrote: post #224
cassianoleal wrote: post #194

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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.

All that legacy bs crutchy stuff is the reason they are doing their own silicon. I am super stoked about the performance of my M1. Combine my experience w/ this machine + Apple's latest turnaround w/ the Macbook Pro's - my faith is restored. If I needed a new rig I would not hesitate to pick one of these up.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by insta_anon »

0xFACEFEED wrote: post #290
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…

I need this so badly. True story: I've been eagerly awaiting a new Macbook to completely rid myself of Adobe software. Over the past decade I've considered installing Adobe software but always held back because of how intrusive and shady the software is (I checked on friends' computers). I've been able to work around having to edit PDFs and used Figma in place of Photoshop for my very basic graphical needs. Well a fe…

Totally agree, Creative Cloud by now is really one of the worst pieces of software ever created.

Because we are on this topic - what is a great alternative to Photoshop that uses mostly similar concepts?

I’ve tried Affinity Photo but simply doing some photo cropping worked completely differently than PS and took me a long time to figure out.

My main use case is having a photo, doing a selection overlay and running „cut via copy“, then deleting the underlying layer, nothing too complicated :)

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by wjdp »

rewtraw wrote: post #131
Waterluvian wrote: post #121

I'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…

Honestly sounds like you might want an iPad. I recently got one to use as a secondary display just for Slack /Discord/etc, but after connecting a trackpad & keyboard I totally fell in love. It's a very simplistic environment, but it's actually quite nice as an alternative to the full-blown macOS.

Honestly sounds like you might want a tiling window manager

Most of the time a workspace only has a single app in it and when I want a terminal side-by-side it's just one button press away.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by aikinai »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #342
aikinai wrote: post #264

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What any the fact that Spotlight is terrible at finding files and is now just trying to be a bad version of Google?

seriously, why is spotlight still so bad at finding files?

I recently found Go-to-file[0], which is suspiciously obscure, but actually very good. It's a Spotlight-like search bar with fuzzy finding capabilities and it's a godsend after fighting with Spotlight for years.

[0] https://www.soma-zone.com/GoToFile/

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by hobos_delight »

fingerlocks wrote: post #349
tuzed wrote: post #328

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That’s not entirely true. Some government forms where I live are shared in a PDF format but are only downloaded and displayed properly when they are opened in Acrobat, and otherwise display a page telling you to download acrobat. I suspect this allows the form to be updated, and see why it might be done, but I still find it very annoying.

I've never seen this before, and I've been using the Preview method described above for 15+ years. I have also never installed an Adobe product on a mac, ever. Do you have a link to a file that can produce this error in Mac Preview? It would be fun to learn how to bypass that.

All / most PDF forms used by the Australian Defence Force are like this - I suspect it’s because it’s all tied into the identity / ability to digitally sign the forms.

It’s very frustrating when you send someone (externally) a PDF and it required them to install Acrobat.

Or maybe it’s just Adobe trying to take the P out of PDF…

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by Hemospectrum »

ttul wrote: post #348
0xFACEFEED wrote: post #290

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I need this so badly. True story: I've been eagerly awaiting a new Macbook to completely rid myself of Adobe software. Over the past decade I've considered installing Adobe software but always held back because of how intrusive and shady the software is (I checked on friends' computers). I've been able to work around having to edit PDFs and used Figma in place of Photoshop for my very basic graphical needs. Well a fe…

I know this may seem extreme, but you could always run Adobe in a separate MacOS user login to keep it sandboxed. When you don’t need Adobe, just log that user out…

This won’t really help against the numerous background processes that run as root (as mentioned above).

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by foobiekr »

dkdk8283 wrote: post #66

Any of the awful UX functions been rolled back? Notifications and the bluetooth menus are an abomination.

the notifications change makes me actively angry

I'm sitting on catalina for as long as possible on my non-work laptop

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by memco »

selcuka wrote: post #287
tandav wrote: post #208

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Untill os source code is closed you can't be Shure that they're not do scanning.

Why would they do it in secret? It's a "feature" they really want to use as a PR opportunity. They just messed up the first announcement.

One thing that was slightly confusing in the initial announcement was that it was said to be released on a day when no OS update was happening[0]. I've been unable to find details of how the rollout was supposed to happen, but if no OS update was needed the code would have had to already be deployed in a previous update before it was officially disclosed by Apple, wouldn't it? I don't know of any sources that show it was present and if so whether it has been verified that it was removed, but if such sources exist I would appreciate references.

EDIT: This announcement from Apple says it was to be included in an iOS 15 update when ready [1] so unlikely it was just dormant in some previous update.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28068741 [1]: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/

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