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Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by speed_spread »

ttul wrote: post #348
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…

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…

If some processes are running as root, there's no guarantee that they won't fork+daemonize and still be running when you login with your regular user. On Windows, it's become a habit for some apps to install their own "Update Service" as part of the regular app installation.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by smoldesu »

vaughan wrote: post #245
zdwolfe wrote: post #182

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Wow, I didn't realize that was a common problem, and didn't realize it was related to external monitors. Thanks for the link!

The fix is the VRM thermal pad mod btw.

Does that void the warranty? If it does, I'd hardly consider that a 'fix'...

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by mbreese »

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…

Sadly, I had to install Adobe Acrobat reader last week to print a tiled PDF. The PDF itself was poster sized, but I needed to print it out on a normal 8.5x11” printer. Preview didn’t support doing that, but Reader did.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by FlagsAreFun »

ushakov wrote: post #101
ksec wrote: post #75

Sort of a mini review. Using it at home on my MacBook Pro 2015 Intel Machine. Big Sur on M1 was fine ( if not great ), mostly because M1 is extremely fast. But Big Sir on x86 was slow, really slow. I am in the group that reported Big Sur was slower than Catalina, and Catalina was slower than Mojave. That is with both the OS itself and Safari. So Big Sur was not a smooth experience for me. Monterey so far brings back…

that's great to hear i have a MacBook Pro with Intel as well Big Sur feels sluggish, it's not that it's slow, but it feels slow. I don't remember what OS my MacBook came with, but every update made it slower, especially Mail.app, which takes good 10 seconds to launch. Downloading Monterey now, hopefully will see improvements! edit: but my biggest macOS complaint yet has to be the space used by "Other", which at the m…

"Other" may be some local Time Machine snapshots, which are purgeable.

It may also be an APFS snapshot, which is _not_ purgeable (indeed macOS boots of signed snapshots now)

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by nsonha »

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

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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.

Aranging windows is not a "power user feature". It's a basic thing that all other desktop OSes have. If you think hotkeys are "power user" things then replace them with gestures. Mac has none.

They actually do have windows splits, it's just unfortunate that they force a workspace onto them.

If anything workspace is a power user feature. Many including myself rarely use it. I could not if I wanted to because it looks so stupid on an ultrawide monitor.

To me the fact that 2 basic things: window snap and window switch hot keys (dont tell me you can switch apps, then swicth windows, it's retarded), don't exist, and I need at least 2 other apps to make my computer bearable, is ridiculous.

It's luckly that the apps happen to be free no thanks to Apple.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by crossroadsguy »

ksec wrote: post #75

Sort of a mini review. Using it at home on my MacBook Pro 2015 Intel Machine. Big Sur on M1 was fine ( if not great ), mostly because M1 is extremely fast. But Big Sir on x86 was slow, really slow. I am in the group that reported Big Sur was slower than Catalina, and Catalina was slower than Mojave. That is with both the OS itself and Safari. So Big Sur was not a smooth experience for me. Monterey so far brings back…

I heard the same from a friend. But my 2012 Air won’t get it. So I’m stuck on Catalina, as I can’t downgrade to Mojave.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by nsonha »

tfsh wrote: post #300
nsonha wrote: post #130

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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

If you're looking for a good OSX window manager, Yabai [1] is excellent. If you're willing and allowed too you can get greater control by disabling SIP. However even with system integrity enabled (which bars access to certain WindowServer APIs - space control, removing shadows, multi-monitor integrations) Yabai functions great. It uses a messaging passing API to interface with a local service, so it's completely prog…

> binary space partitioning

instant put off

seriously why is this a thing? Who looks at their messy desktop and think to themselves: "man it would be nice to have all of this organized... with binary partitioning algorithm"?

I tried amethyst as well as i3 on linux, gave up on tilling. I prefer to do it myself according to the need at the time. Just need hot keys.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by [deleted] »

stjohnswarts wrote: post #304
amatecha wrote: post #166

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It's hilarious, so many people seem to want to get rid of files and folders, but every single development team I've ever been on has a ton of documentation, working documents, prototypes, etc. organized in... get this: a hierarchical structure. Files within folders within other folders, and so on. Whether literal filesystem or web-based interface or whatever. I've never once seen a project of any sort happen without…

Yeah I agree. I mean what other option is there? A flat space where you search for everything and hope you remember the right words for it?

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