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Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by Washuu »

neither_color wrote: post #302
0xFACEFEED wrote: post #298

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I just force killed an Adobe installer running as root in the background. I don't know what it was installing or why.

It'll be back. I spent an half an hour figuring out how to stop all these processes from re-spawning once and then in the next update they came back.

I have Adobe's stuff mostly neutered on my Windows installation. No Adobe stuff is running unless I open an application. The worst is that Photoshop leaves a bunch of random crap running after closing and I have to manually kill each process.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by xyst »

evanmoran wrote: post #32

For the Focus feature, I find it a bit unexpected that someone messaging me can tell if I'm Driving, Sleeping, Coding, or Reading, etc. Does anyone else find this a bit strange/awkward? I know you can turn it off (and I did) within iMessage, but it seems a bit poorly considered. Curious if people like that aspect of the feature!

I wonder how many people will use joke statuses. Hopefully they will add an "exclusion list" in the future.

edit: nvm, it just shows a generic status message for all people. it does not display the exact status to that person.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by vajrabum »

smoldesu wrote: post #344
zepto wrote: post #324

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What do you want from an ‘official’ package manager?

For one, it would at least solve the issue of MacOS' coreutils being perpetually outdated. Secondly, it would be a nice way for developers to skip the burning dumpster fire otherwise known as the App Store when distributing basic apps, without having to download untrusted third-party software. As for specific features, I'd really like to see a list of all the different MacOS components so I can remove the things I do…

A real uninstall capability would be a basic starting point.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by JKCalhoun »

dev_tty01 wrote: post #346
neither_color wrote: post #310

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>Once that laptop arrives I'm never touching Adobe software ever again unless there's a way to completely sandbox it. If the ipad versions of illustrator and photoshop have the features you need that's the only way you can avoid all the nagware. I only need to do the occasional edit to a logo or photo so the ipad pro versions are enough and I prefer the pen to a mouse. I've stopped using them on desktop and use https…

This is an excellent Mac PDF editing tool. I'm not affiliated, just a user. https://pdfexpert.com I was editing pdf drafts from a publisher and just couldn't stand another minute of dealing with Acrobat. Found this, removed all vestiges of Adobe, and haven't looked back. I've used Preview a lot, but it just isn't reliable (for me). Apple seems to muck around with the code every couple of versions and break things. Od…

Noped out.

1) Defaulted to setting PDFExpert as my PDF viewer,

2) followed with a survey I could not close out,

3) required an account to begin.

I'm happy it works for you but I'm tired of the modern software that wants accounts, your data....

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by zephyr9 »

forgotmyoldname wrote: post #372
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 use Photoshop for art. Unfortunately, all other desktop software just isn't good, but thankfully Procreate is absolutely amazing software that I can use on my iPad (if you're reading this, devs, please port it to macOS. There are countless artists that'll pay to switch to a non-subscription based, non-Adobe piece of software that doesn't suck). But for desktop, I really have no choice but to buy into the Adobe sche…

> I use Photoshop for art. Unfortunately, all other desktop software just isn't good

I see this "I've tried one solution and I'm all out of ideas" approach a lot. I used Photoshop for many years. Pixelmator is hands down better than Photoshop in every regard and much cheaper.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by pram »

jxy wrote: post #397
pram wrote: post #371

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They added a framework specifically for Linux in Big Sur. Also QEMU runs on MacOS lol https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization

Does MacOS run on QEMU?

It does! Even PPC versions.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by acomjean »

forgotmyoldname wrote: post #372
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 use Photoshop for art. Unfortunately, all other desktop software just isn't good, but thankfully Procreate is absolutely amazing software that I can use on my iPad (if you're reading this, devs, please port it to macOS. There are countless artists that'll pay to switch to a non-subscription based, non-Adobe piece of software that doesn't suck). But for desktop, I really have no choice but to buy into the Adobe sche…

I have it installed on my work machine. Only for the pdf reader.. and it won’t uninstall because of that..

For what it’s worth, a few artist friends of mine are using Krita for drawing, to good effect. (Those not on tablets..)

https://krita.org/en/features/highlights/

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by somedude895 »

hokumguru wrote: post #376
fnord123 wrote: post #216

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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…

Woah is that why it feels like my MacBook is humming sometimes when I touch it? Wondered this for years.

Yes! I've been wondering what was up with that since forever! Weird that they say the power adapter doesn't have a ground pin though because the one of my 2019 MBP does in Switzerland.
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