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Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by Tagbert »

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…

Sandboxing is one of the benefits that Apple taunts with apps deployed in the App Store. You have to explicitly give access to app for a range of locations. This is one reason that some publishers refuse to distribute their apps in the App Store.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by Tagbert »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #422
bombcar wrote: post #365

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The PDF format supports all sorts of insane extensions only implemented in Acrobat and only used by governments and large enterprises.

When I get forms like this I just dump them to jpg, fill them in an a paint program and zip them back up and send them as static images.

They may not be accepted by the form issuer if they have a process to pull the text out of specific fields in the PDF. I have run into that before. They are not just looking at the document but processing it.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by cozzyd »

tuzed wrote: post #328
josephg wrote: post #322

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> 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…

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.

Yes, the US polar programs physical qualification forms are like this, making me either use a VM or use my wife's laptop (since no supported acrobat for Linux).

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by cozzyd »

gibspaulding wrote: post #351
josephg wrote: post #322

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> 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.

Xournal is great for this

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by joshspankit »

hnarn wrote: post #481
dual_dingo wrote: post #473

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> I just upgraded to Monterey > I started to panic and figure out how I was going to back everything up. Upgrading to a new OS on release day without a prior backup. You like to live dangerously, do you?

This isn't Arch Linux we're talking about, it's the presumably tested and released operating system for the most premium personal computing hardware in the world. I'm not saying you shouldn't back up your stuff but your expectation on user behavior is unrealistic to put it mildly.

You’ve gotten a lot of pushback on this.

Rightly so, I’d say.

As someone who has used and managed all types of Apple products all the way back to Mac OS 7, it is not just my direct experience here but also countless discussions with peers: Every major update has teething pains.

It feels like Apple engineers test only on fresh machines from the factory. The first week is the “release client” test. New OS’, new products, new components (eg: butterfly keyboard), etc. Nothing is immune.

Yes, the marketing says that every detail of every Apple product is flawless however the core DNA of Apple drives them to innovate and you cannot innovate without breaking things. Their white glove motto is “bring it in, we’ll replace it”.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by joshspankit »

seniorivn wrote: post #510
forgingahead wrote: post #499

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My expectation for user behaviour is that users, regardless of self-identified tech competency, shouldn't upgrade their OS on the first day of a new release. I find that there's nothing that one can miss out on with a new release.

what's the point of a release date if it's not ready? os upgrades do fail, and you better backup before you upgrade, but if it's released, than it means it's ready

That used to be the case before everything was connected to the internet: devs would agonize about making sure there were no bugs, because once it was out it was out of their hands.

Games were especially nerve-wracking because a single show-stopping bug could bankrupt the entire company, but I digress.

Now, it’s “Get enough working code out the door so that we can sell copies! We can patch it if we need to!”

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by AnonC »

afro88 wrote: post #490
AnonC wrote: post #442

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How did you get it to run on a 2021 MBP, since macOS Monterey drops support even for the 2013 and some 2014 models?

I think OP is referring to this when they say OCLP: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/

Thank you!

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by brundolf »

brailsafe wrote: post #267
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…

I've always enjoyed the spaces feature. Tried to get into it as my main way of interacting with apps, but it never fully stuck. That might be because I'm often using preview windows and everything is chaos.

I never used it until I started working at a job where I find myself juggling multiple tickets at once on the regular. Now I make a Space for each ticket (browser window with the ticket and branch open, editor opened to the project directory, etc), and when I context-switch my computer context-switches with me. It's been great

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by 9935c101ab17a66 »

sam_goody wrote: post #204

I bought a 2019 iMac with a Fusion drive. In the next major update (High Sierra), Apple switched to APFS, which has issues with Fusion drives. It often shows as having no empty space, even with 40% empty. Much, much worse, it stops writing to disk without giving any indication (the non written items show in finder, etc.) - for some ten hours or more - and then suddenly crashes and you find that the entire days worth…

Contact AppleCare, immediately ask for a Tier 2 advisor, and insist they file an RTA (Request for Technical Assistance). RTAs go to engineering directly.

I 100% agree though, as someone who supports a wide range of macs, APFS can absolutely cripple anything with a fusion drive / hard drive, and it's particularly infuriating because Apple sold models with JUST spinning rust for wayyyyy too long.

Re: macOS Monterey

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Post by Henk0 »

pier25 wrote: post #202
X6S1x6Okd1st wrote: post #129

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Funny, I hate that aspect

Same. I never use spaces or apps in fullscreen (except when watching videos). I find it way easier to do CMD + TAB to switch between apps, than having to switch between spaces until I get to where I want to be.

Multiple desktops/spaces, with my mainstay apps each assigned to one desktop, fullscreened with BetterSnapTool, and helper apps like notes, terminal, calendar & mail assigned to all desktops then just swap between apps/spaces either by pressing the dock icon, by four-finger swipe (very quick if switching between adjacent spaces), or four-finger swipe up to open app expose and switch between apps or spaces. I love this setup, and whenever I'm forced to use Windows, I'm incredibly frustrated by its comparably terrible window & desktop management
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