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Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by hk1337 »

> If I stick a USB cable between my phone and Linux laptop, I can see the Android files on my laptop. I can open them, move them around, etc. On a Mac I need to install some shonky 3rd party software which rarely works.

You didn’t used to have to do that in macOS? I remember plugging in my android phone and it mounting my memory card. Is OP referring to accessing something else?

> Mount an SSH or NFS drive

> In Ubuntu, I get a nice little GUI for picking network shares. Impossible on Mac.

I’m a little curious what the difference is between macOS and Linux here.

There’s definitely a lot of legitimate points here and a few questions on others.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by bigiain »

IshKebab wrote: post #12

Some things in that list are pretty silly (can you really blame Apple for not letting you swap the mouse button order or have the insane focus-follows-mouse option?) Here are some others anyway: * Record system audio. * Control HDMI audio volume (have to use Proxy Audio Driver which is somewhat buggy). * Set mouse acceleration (you used to be able to but they removed the option and now you can only set sensitivity).…

> Some things in that list are pretty silly

Maybe. I mean, I've never wanted to do most of the things he lists as impossible (on either my macOS machines or my Linux machines). But if that's a list of stuff that annoys him when using macOS, I guess they're not "silly" to him.

Since my main daily driver for probably 2/3rds or more of the last three decades has been a Mac, I'm more familiar with it, so things like focus-follows-mouse takes a bit of getting used to when I open up my Pinebook or my RasPi400 - but I gt over myself and get used to it pretty quickly.

People who complain that macOS isn't exactly the same as Ubuntu (or Windows or $randomLinuxDistroDeJour) seem, to me, to just be wanting to complain about stuff.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by Haydos585x2 »

hk1337 wrote: post #61

> If I stick a USB cable between my phone and Linux laptop, I can see the Android files on my laptop. I can open them, move them around, etc. On a Mac I need to install some shonky 3rd party software which rarely works. You didn’t used to have to do that in macOS? I remember plugging in my android phone and it mounting my memory card. Is OP referring to accessing something else? > Mount an SSH or NFS drive > In Ubunt…

They're referring to Android File Transfer, which I agree is a shoddy piece of third party software.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by slowmotiony »

I remember I used to be able to force-quit an app by two-finger tapping on the red "close" button. Then suddenly after some update, the feature is gone. I hate when they change shit for no reason and dont think for a second about breaking peoples workflow.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by edent »

yalogin wrote: post #25

I like this post. For the first time someone actually provided a list of things and more so jumped right into them! Most of the apple posts go into a long philosophy rant about walled gardens and other bs. Glad to see a legit list and they have a legit point.

Thank you - it's nice to receive feedback like this.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by Chernobog »

hk1337 wrote: post #61

> If I stick a USB cable between my phone and Linux laptop, I can see the Android files on my laptop. I can open them, move them around, etc. On a Mac I need to install some shonky 3rd party software which rarely works. You didn’t used to have to do that in macOS? I remember plugging in my android phone and it mounting my memory card. Is OP referring to accessing something else? > Mount an SSH or NFS drive > In Ubunt…

The keyword here is "MTP device". Some phones mount as mass storage device and works out of the box, but MTP requires extra software/drivers.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by tambourine_man »

>I've never "got" the appeal of a Mac

It’s hard to keep reading when this is the first sentence. You can’t really criticize something you admittedly haven’t “got”.

I had the opposite experience almost 40 years ago with the classic Mac and 20 years ago with Mac OS X. The appeal was obvious and instant.

The only thing I can relate to from the post is that I wish Apple added native support for FUSE.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by boesboes »

very true, macos is shit for cusomization & the window manager is always fighting me. I am actively paying for the development of Asahi so I can run a more customizable/less bloaty OS on my M1. ngl, I'd use windows on it if I had too. Luckily macos is available ;)

That being said, I've tied using a pure linux system for my work. I gave up when I couldn't get a somewhat current ruby version installed withing 30 minutes. The grass is a vague yellow on all sides if you ask me.

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