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Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by autoexecbat » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:54 PM UTC

xenospn wrote: post #26

I’ve been wishing for iPhone notifications on my Mac for the longest time!

Just waiting for yet more of "Apple Arcade Free For 3 Months" style notifications

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by drewg123 » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:56 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #3

The iPhone Mirroring was the most interesting announcement (and I don't think was leaked). I suspect it will only be useful for emergencies as latency will be terrible, though.

I'd like to use it for watching Netflix/Hulu/etc on a plane on a larger screen than my phone without being forced to carry an iPad.

I really wish Apple would just force companies to enable their iPhone/iPad apps on Apple Silicon. But if I could display a video from my phone onto my 15" laptop screen, that would be a nearly as nice.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by rafaelturk » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:56 PM UTC

srott wrote: post #31

I wish they’d have an LTS version, I’m in constant fear of what will go wrong next…

You still receive security updates for all manjor MacOSes, so albeit lack of proper naming you can assume each new release as LTS.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by adamors » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:58 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #40

adamors wrote: post #24

Should have called it Sherlock as they seem to be Sherlocking a lot of apps. For instance I only use Fantastical because I can see my reminders with my events, I assume many people will also switch from a paid password manager to this as well.

Isn't it illegal to push your own products by bundling them with other products?

Well Apple has been doing this since forever

> Watson became very popular, and stayed that way right until Apple released Mac OS X 10.2 with Sherlock 3. In that release, Apple added just about everything Watson could do to Sherlock's own interface.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by Toutouxc » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:58 PM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #16

eddieroger wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> as latency will be terrible, though Based on what? AirPlay mirroring is great today, and this is that with data in the other direction. Current Wifi is perfectly capable of bidirectional voice and video. Adding touch/key events is incremental.

Yeah, I use my AppleTV As a monitor for my laptop all the time via Airplay mirroring and it's fine.

Same, I do this regularly when my wife’s using my desk, the latency is a bit like cloud gaming – it’s there for competitive Counter Strike, it isn’t there for coding or browsing.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by buzzerbetrayed » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:58 PM UTC

spankalee wrote: post #45

I wonder - if you're not an iPhone user, will Macs soon just not really be for you anymore? I don't care about iPhone integration, Siri, or Apple's AI.

Your Mac being able to control an iPhone somehow makes it worse for you if you don't have an iPhone? And what do Siri and Apple AI have to do with iPhone other than them also being on iPhone in addition to Mac?

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by nostrademons » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 7:59 PM UTC

I wonder how the "seamlessly drag and drop files, photos, and videos between your iPhone and Mac" will work. Right now, if you just want to grab the raw files of your photos and videos and not deal with the Photos app, your best bet is Image Capture, a 20+ year old seemingly unmaintained program that seems to glitch out disturbingly frequently. I really hope they can introduce something that seamlessly lets you drag photos off your phone and into your filesystem, just in the Finder.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by runako » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 8:00 PM UTC

adamors wrote: post #24

Should have called it Sherlock as they seem to be Sherlocking a lot of apps. For instance I only use Fantastical because I can see my reminders with my events, I assume many people will also switch from a paid password manager to this as well.

Isn't the Passwords app essentially just existing features of the OSes extracted into an app? Or does it add new capabilities as well (other than obviously the Windows app)?

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by xlii » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 8:01 PM UTC

wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

2 days ago I complained that Apple has stalled when it came to window management. I wonder if Tim Cook is reading HN ;)

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by magnio » Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 8:01 PM UTC

nostrademons wrote: post #57

I wonder how the "seamlessly drag and drop files, photos, and videos between your iPhone and Mac" will work. Right now, if you just want to grab the raw files of your photos and videos and not deal with the Photos app, your best bet is Image Capture, a 20+ year old seemingly unmaintained program that seems to glitch out disturbingly frequently. I really hope they can introduce something that seamlessly lets you drag…

I thought that's what AirDrop is for? Even Android can drag and drop files to Windows.