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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by skydhash »

xlii wrote: post #35

I recently got bored of Apple ecosystem. Was considering buying System76 for work, but thought that iPhone Mirroring feature would be really neat and decided to wait. Turns out it’s not available in EU because yadda yadda Apple threw a fit. Oh well.

I've installed Asahi on my mac. Altough I had to recreate some utilities, it's so much worth it. With macOS you have to accept the good and the bad, and the bad are really annoying. It work great for task focused usage, but for personal computing, it's a pain.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by someNameIG »

leetharris wrote: post #15

Weird how the title says, "macOS Sequoia is available today, bringing iPhone Mirroring, Apple Intelligence, and more to Mac" Then you look at the paragraph for this and it says, "Coming Soon: Apple Intelligence" They announced this in June, and it's just loosely coming "this fall." I have a feeling they are finding it very difficult to do anything with any kind of consistency or value on their 8gb RAM phones / Macboo…

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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by mm263 »

modeless wrote: post #22
cloudking wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it better than Swish? I recently discovered this and it's game changing for trackpad users https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/

That does look pretty cool. Unfortunately my experience with third party window management features has been bad.

Long time Swish user - I think it's pretty good, unlike other solutions I tried

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by pohuing »

jwells89 wrote: post #37
hollow-moe wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is it just what scrcpy has been doing for some years already ?

It forwards notifications to your Mac too, even when a mirroring session isn't active.

So what phone link has been doing for years. But I suppose with the integration Apple can do you can just open the notification on your mac? Phone link very unhelpfully bings the notifying app name...

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by isodev »

vardump wrote: post #16
hit8run wrote: post #11

Ubuntu is really good these days. If you bought into the apple ecosystem with a recent Mac I’d not bother. But for those of your running a PC Ubuntu is incredible and their new App Store makes finding and installing software super easy. My workstation pc with Ubuntu is insanely faster than my Mac Studio when it comes to jetbrains IDEs. It’s so snappy I first couldn’t believe the performance diff.

How would you install Ubuntu on an M1-M3 Macbook?

If it were me, I’d sell my MacBook and get a max spec KDE Slimbook with 96GB RAM.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by isodev »

bri3d wrote: post #52
isodev wrote: post #46

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Apple doesn’t say. I also think a Remote Desktop with fancy branding shouldn’t be hard to release safely and even allow 3rd party integrations.

They've made a statement, however weak: https://archive.is/Rl7Ue “Due to the regulatory uncertainties brought about by the Digital Markets Act, we do not believe that we will be able to roll out three of these [new] features — iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing enhancements and Apple Intelligence — to our EU users this year.”

lol at “uncertainty”. It’s perfectly clear what they need to do (or not do). Oh well.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by mrtksn »

For the first time Apple responded to my bug report through the Feedback Assistant and requested more information, so kind of feel involved in this :)

So the bug was about the screen recording permission needed for some apps, Shottr specifically. Despite me allowing screen recording previously macOS Sequoia kept asking me to go into the settings and give the permission. According to Apple, that should have had happened once a week, so I gave a follow up feedback about definitely me not wanting to repeat this more than once. Fingers crossed I won't have to fiddle with permission when taking a screenshot.

But unfortunately it appears that they only changed the policy to do it once a month: https://a.dropoverapp.com/cloud/download/50dcbf08-a812-4ef4-...

Still better than once a week and the final UI is fine, but IMHO it should have an option to disable this behavior.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by quitit »

cyberpunk wrote: post #34
trvr wrote: post #5

I am usually slow to upgrade but I jumped on this and iOS 18 immediately because of "iPhone Mirroring". I've only had it for a few minutes, but it's really nice!

Ah I really wanted this too but it seems like it's not available in the EU. Does anyone understand why? Is it apple having a flap about recent DMA/Whatever regulations they don't like or is there an actual technical reason why what's probably a fancy version of VNC can't work without breaching European regulations?

They haven't given a detailed reason, but pundits who have paid more attention to the DMA suggest that it's because the feature does not allow 3rd parties to offer the same integration.

While the DMA's changes to the app store received the most publicity, the DMA mandates for modularity for any feature where a home-advantage could be granted by the gate keeper. Since features like AI and screen mirroring are already established markets with competitors, Apple offering these as built in functions could be interpreted as actions against the DMA unless they offer a way for others to tap into it via APIs.

However this is just a guess. There is a cynical rhetoric that it's to punish the EU but this is a pretty flimsy idea since it's clear that Apple is relying on these new features to propel upgrades to M series macs and new iPhones. Currently there exists no tentpole feature for people in the EU to upgrade. The other reason is that it's pretty tenuous to think that the EU masses will rise up against the EC because they don't have screen mirroring or image playground.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by skydhash »

rpastuszak wrote: post #47
modeless wrote: post #3

Window tiling! If you drag a single window to the top does it maximize, and unmaximize when you drag it away? That's been my most wanted feature in macOS since forever (yes I have tried the third party ones). I don't really care about tiling multiple windows, but I've always hated the macOS full screen behavior, and before that the old green button behavior, so an alternative that finally works well (the way Windows…

Hm, I've been really happy with Rectangle ( https://rectangleapp.com ) and its shortcuts have become second nature to me, but if the native version is equally keyboard friendly I might give it a go. (btw, have you tried Rectangle and if so - what didn't you like?) (Not affiliated with it, just a happy user)

Rectangle is as mandatory on macOS as VLC was on windows.
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