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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by jazzyjackson »

MBCook wrote: post #90
subjectsigma wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sitting here thinking - man, how is it possible that they can make the best laptop hardware no contest, and yet I still get blurry icons when connecting to a non-retina external display? Something that the cheapest Windows laptop money can buy would do flawlessly? Macs are great and so is macOS, but it's not that good, at the end of the day it's just a computer

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> why the hell are you using a non-retina display?

Probably because for the price of a 27" 5k apple display I can buy four 27" 4k displays with money left over for the VESA mounting.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by JoBrad »

cloudking wrote: post #12
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…

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

Have been using Rectangles for a while. I like Swish's tiling options, though! I'll have to give it a try.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by mustache_kimono »

mrtksn wrote: post #68

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 happen…

> 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 :)

Same here! I think it was re: locatedb not working? Although I was much more interested in my Feedback re: why dtrace was causing crashes after sleep.

As much as I wish Apple were a more open company, if they just responded to Bug Reports, that would be amazing!

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

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!

It is surprisingly slow, though. Like, awfully slow. There's a very noticeable latency that's unacceptable for a local device sitting right next to the computer.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by xlii »

Cyberdog wrote: post #113
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 looked up an article to elaborate on the "threw a fit" part. It appears that Apple believes it would have to compromise security aspects of iPhone Mirroring in order to do it in a way that complies with EU law, so it's choosing to just not offer it at all. https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/28/eu-hits-back-at-a...

The problem I have with this explanation is that it’s 90% available sans the magic update.

It’s possible to Airplay iPhone to window and see what’s on the screen. Continuity with iPad work just well so it’s also possible to control iPad using MacOS.

But combine both and we get into no-no land.

It’s not a secret that Apple brings much more revenue from US than from EU. I named it a fit, but I’m perfectly aware it’s a power struggle between EU and Apple and I think it’s an end of the era.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by jazzyjackson »

wunderland wrote: post #120

iPhone Mirroring is insanely well-implemented and it's a testament to what only Apple can do. Seamless integration of their products and every just works as you expect.

scrcpy works well too for Android, never had a problem

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by llm_nerd »

cflewis wrote: post #128
llm_nerd wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 -- the versions with the full Apple Intelligence -- are both in betas, and there are enormous numbers of people blogging and vlogging about their experiences. And yes we all realize that on-device models aren't going to be competing with trillion parameter models, but people are finding it pretty useful. They just don't feel like it's release ready so they're refining. Apple has done this with…

At least in Photos, the model is not what one would consider working. A quick example: "Halloween with [x]" works, because Halloween is recognized as a specific date. It works well. Christmas throws it for a loop. Christmas isn't thought of as a time but a state. So it'll show photos that look appropriately Christmassy, but the picks appear semi-random: it'll show one of about five taken in quick succession, but the…

That isn't "Apple Intelligence" (which is the generative stuff held over to the .1 releases). What you're describing is inference metadata + basic search logic and has been in iOS and macOS for several major versions now, constantly improving.

And given that Christmas resolves to a date (it actually offers up the autocomplete of "Christmas Day" to make it easier, then simply making the search criteria a calendar date), for me it literally shows all photos on Dec 25. I guess mileage varies.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by lapcat »

mrtksn wrote: post #68

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 happen…

A lot of people complained by this, including the news media. I can guarantee it wasn't your bug report that spurred the change.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by [deleted] »

jmward01 wrote: post #14

A long time ago I started dreading major updates from corporate providers. They push features they want, not features I want. It got so bad with Microsoft that I fled. Apple's updates have been aggressive in resetting my preferences and pushing things like iCloud and their login to the point that they are on the Microsoft path. I am forced to use mac for work but only because of work.

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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by alerighi »

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.

Well, available since a lot of time on Android: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

And it works perfectly. Pair it with kdeconnect and you have even a better experience of integration between your phone and your PC than with Apple. Only thing that is missing is the ability to take calls from the PC, that to be fair, it's not something that useful to me (if I want to make phone calls from the PC I use my landline number with VOIP).

Again, I see no innovation in the Apple ecosystem, after trying it out I'm happy to have returned to Linux+Android, overall a better experience. I don't miss Apple at all, it was like being in a cage...

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