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I ignore macOS updates as a self preservation technique until something forces my hand such as buying a new computer or Xcode complaining it only runs on a particular release. Between macOS, cpu architecture changes, and the fast pace of Electron’s release cycle (node ABI vs native modules), I’m constantly terrified about keeping builds running. Each upgrade … I’m just clenching my chest waiting for the other shoe to…
The new system settings app is painful. It freezes for up to 30 seconds at a time after I take an action. It often goes completely blank, it flickers a lot and in general it's so hard to find stuff in it - the search is bad and they have just jammed settings in places that don't make sense. I am on a 2020 MacBook Air with m1 chip, 16GB ram - wouldn't expect performance problems in the settings app, yet here we are. I…
The static IP address entry field is messed up. It starts with blanks and dots but entering numbers doesn’t overwrite the blanks like in every IP address entry box since forever.
Do apple and ms share the same clueless designers?
- Revealing files in Finder (either from the title bar menu or a command in another app) sometimes doesn’t work, revealing an ancestor folder instead of the actual file, or sometimes doing nothing at all. - Finder sometimes loses all of its sidebar items. - Finder sometimes forgets which sidebar sections are expanded. - Sometimes mounted drives disappear from the Computer view, even though they are still mounted and…
It seems that even though the initial releases of Windows 10 and 11 get criticized, Microsoft is better able to balance new features and bug fixes than Apple for smaller updates. They're also far more transparent about known issues.[0]
edit: Windows is no nirvana, but it's not acceptable for Apple to reserve security updates to the latest major version, and to only fix a previous release's bugs in the next release. It does feel like a permanent beta. Maybe creating a separate, and well-staffed, QA and bug-fix team would sidestep Mythical Man Month issues, and allow them to maintain the current pace of new features? Think about it, Craig! I bet a lot of Mac users avoid Apple's apps because major third-party apps are more stable.
[0]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/sta...
I ignore macOS updates as a self preservation technique until something forces my hand such as buying a new computer or Xcode complaining it only runs on a particular release. Between macOS, cpu architecture changes, and the fast pace of Electron’s release cycle (node ABI vs native modules), I’m constantly terrified about keeping builds running. Each upgrade … I’m just clenching my chest waiting for the other shoe to…
There was a time in late high school, early university where OSX updates were like Christmas. I’d be so excited for all these new empowerments. There was such wonder and opportunity to be seized. But now I’m much like you. I’ve got stuff to do and digital places to be! If I don’t need an update, I don’t want one.
I started using macs around the 10.3 area, and boy was it slow and clunky. Was still glad it existed in the first place, but it really came a long way forward to the point it’s now faster than windows on ARM.
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There was a time in late high school, early university where OSX updates were like Christmas. I’d be so excited for all these new empowerments. There was such wonder and opportunity to be seized. But now I’m much like you. I’ve got stuff to do and digital places to be! If I don’t need an update, I don’t want one.
I used to take off of work to watch WWDC live. Now I just read the MacRumors post when I'm in the bathroom.
Of course it’s difficult to follow that trend but for a long time now it’s just been iterative updates.
Maybe it’s just because I’m getting older and my views on consumerism have strengthened, but I used to get excited to preorder their new products, now I couldn’t care less.
I always see stories complaining about major macOS versions, but I've yet to see one about Windows yearly feature updates (except the data loss one years ago). It seems that even though the initial releases of Windows 10 and 11 get criticized, Microsoft is better able to balance new features and bug fixes than Apple for smaller updates. They're also far more transparent about known issues.[0] edit: Windows is no nirv…
I ignore macOS updates as a self preservation technique until something forces my hand such as buying a new computer or Xcode complaining it only runs on a particular release. Between macOS, cpu architecture changes, and the fast pace of Electron’s release cycle (node ABI vs native modules), I’m constantly terrified about keeping builds running. Each upgrade … I’m just clenching my chest waiting for the other shoe to…
I ignore macOS updates as a self preservation technique until something forces my hand such as buying a new computer or Xcode complaining it only runs on a particular release. Between macOS, cpu architecture changes, and the fast pace of Electron’s release cycle (node ABI vs native modules), I’m constantly terrified about keeping builds running. Each upgrade … I’m just clenching my chest waiting for the other shoe to…
There was a time in late high school, early university where OSX updates were like Christmas. I’d be so excited for all these new empowerments. There was such wonder and opportunity to be seized. But now I’m much like you. I’ve got stuff to do and digital places to be! If I don’t need an update, I don’t want one.