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Stage Manager is just as weird on the iPad pro. Suddenly I can't have an app full screen without turning stage manager off? So I need to end up switching it on and off all the time.
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But how would the prompt help if the user plugging the off-the-ground USB key would just click yes?
"Some people ignore tobacco warnings, so why bother with indoor smoking prohibition laws" The logic here of "just leave it unlocked, no one ever tried the door" it's... not logic.
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It’s not foolproof but it gives people the opportunity to notice a problem and ask why something which isn’t a keyboard is trying to be one. The long-term fix is securing the USB protocol but when the deployed device count is measured in billions even a stopgap is useful.
> It’s not foolproof Then don't use a fool picking up USB keys from the ground to argue for this act of a security theater! > gives people the opportunity to notice a problem But it doesn't do that because constant nagging dulls the senses. Also, how do you expect the users to learn that he needs to be on the alert for keyboard mimics? Is there an emphasis on this in the warning? > long-term fix is securing the USB p…
I didn't. Note the scenarios I gave included other things. Here's a good list to consider: one of your devices can be compromised in some other way (e.g. an IoT device which uses WiFi normally but charges or gets firmware updates over USB, a device which can be attacked via WebUSB & suborned), you have a friend / family member try to charge something unaware that their phone/tablet/etc. is compromised, or a device which you purchased unaware that it was compromised at the factory or while the previous owner had it.
Note that none of those require malice or targeting: harder variants of this problem would be things like someone dropping a USB drive with your company's logo on it in the parking lot. That's a relatively cheap attack but at least you presumably have professionals working to prevent it whereas most home users do not.
> But it doesn't do that because constant nagging dulls the senses.
Just how frequently do you connect new USB HIDs? The system doesn't re-prompt devices you've used before so it's less “constant nagging” than “a couple of times over the lifetime of the device”.
You appear to be having a very emotional reaction to this change – looking at your comment history shows a lot of anger and at least one time where you're angrily asking that Apple implement the current behaviour. I would suggest taking some time to cool down, think through what this actually does and some of the different scenarios other people have given you, and reconsider whether you really want to take such a strong position.
It's well past time to include Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand and iMovie in the base install image. Also mkv, ogg, opus codecs for QuickTime. I prefer to do as much as I can from the trusted base install. I do not wish to install Homebrew or anything else.
I wish that the base install included a few CLI packages like nmap and bsd-games. Also some public-domain humanities (Snow Leopard included classic paintings) and texts from Project Gutenberg.
Networking needs MAC randomization, plus native OpenVPN and WireGuard support.
There is a new globe symbol on my keyboard which makes me feel like meta-keys are starting to accumulate. That is going in the wrong direction. I do not want a space cadet keyboard. Why did the full-screen command change from Command-F to Globe-F after decades?
iCloud still needs some work. I wish that I could stay logged into iCloud, but disable remote wipe, in case my iCloud account gets hacked.
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They definitely do prompt, because it’s not uncommon. There’s an entire cottage industry selling tools: https://shop.hak5.org/products/usb-rubber-ducky More importantly, it puts you one hack away from arbitrary code execution. That device is a dedicated testing tool but there are tons of USB devices which have vulnerable firmware, and the OS vendor can’t know whether you’d pick up a USB key you find on the ground, bu…
I'm aware the tools exist but how actively exploited is it? Prompting you doesn't help in scenarios like buying a compromised gadget off Craiglist or a finding a USB key on the ground. The user is going to accept the prompt anyways to use it to begin with. Does it prompt you again if the USB devices firmware changes even while it's constantly plugged in? The only scenario I can see this being helpful is if someone is…
Objectively we'd be worse off without, OS-ignored.
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> at least the settings search bar still works as expected It actually doesn't. One major difference in usability is that the search field has the focus on launch in System Preferences but not in System Settings. In general, keyboard navigation in System Settings is a massive downgrade. This is what happens when you model desktop software after mobile.
⌘F puts the focus on the search bar. It is a step back in usability but I would hardly call it a major one. I agree with the rest of your post.
The topic was the usability of the search bar specifically: "at least the settings search bar still works as expected"
I have to press ⌘F first almost every time I open System Settings, because I'm typically going for a setting that isn't readily in view, so I would reaffirm that it's a major difference in usability of the search field. And arguably of System Settings as a whole too, depending on how you use it; with System Preferences, every preference pane is readily accessible on the launch screen, unlike System Settings, where many panes are buried.
Not sure about “worst” but I really hate that they’ve made the menu bar taller than the notch on the MacBook Pro— why on Earth would you do that?! I also don’t love the new settings app or the trend toward highly graphical, touchscreen style bundled apps, but I can ignore most of them so it’s not a huge deal.
On that note... why do the MacBooks even have a notch considering: A) FaceID is tiny now, look at the iPhone 14, and B) No Mac has FaceID anyway. What's in there apart from a tiny camera and light sensor? There's no way those two things can take up that much space.
Which is why I think the screen is so much more fragile then the previous model. Lots of users don't care about placing their fingers in the right spot and stress-wear the LCD.
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> Until you get back and unlock the device then show the popup at unlock! still doesn't explain the usefulness of the original popup
Isn’t that.. exactly what it being complained about?
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... but how do you click allow when it's prompting for whether to allow your keyboard and mouse?
If you're on a laptop model, you use the laptop's keyboard or mouse. I believe that for desktop models, if there is a keyboard or mouse plugged in at startup, it does not prompt.
Which just underscores how ridiculous this new "security model" actually is if Apple had to put in an exception just to allow baseline required computer peripherals to work correctly.