Live data from Hacker News

macOS Sequoia is available today

apple.com

181–190 of 643 posts

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#181
post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Genuine q: is cmd–backspace too much? I’m in general pretty satisfied with the Finder keyboard navigation/editing. Especially with “enter” for rename, copy/paste/cut/move and deletion too…

Yes, it is too much. I've spent 20 years deleting by pressing one button. Why require two?

In order to not accidentally delete something, IMO.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#182
post #44

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…

A commonly cited analyst described lower than expected sales of iPhone 16 Pro due to AI features not rolling out until October. https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/15/iphone-16-pro-demand-es... I find that a little hard to believe. I would suppose the vast majority of customers don't think a lot about the timing of software features in a purchase decision.

The same AI features are coming to the entire iPhone 16 line. The major benefit of the 16 Pro, just as with prior generations, is a faster SoC and better cameras.

The only reason the iPhone 15 Pro was the only of the 15 generation to get the AI stuff is that they happened to put 8GB in that device, giving it enough headroom to not majorly impact user enjoyment trying to cram a multi-GB model into memory. But all of the iPhone 16s have 8GB (+?)

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#183

I know I'll be seen as an Apple fanbot for saying it, but holy schmoley Apple's operating system-fu just leaves Windows in the dust.

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

Because they want people to buy and use Apple monitors, not third party ones.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#184
I feel a little disappointed as most new features announced pertain to applications shipped with the OS, rather than the OS itself. Many of these apps I do not use, as I prefer third-party alternatives. For example, I use Firefox instead of Safari, Signal instead of Messages, and 1Password instead of Passwords, Google Maps instead of Maps.

The only OS-level features mentioned are windows tiling and iPhone mirroring. As an Android user, I do not care about the latter, either.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#185
post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's DMA. Certainly part of it is punitive, but it makes sense, too - building and especially supporting interoperability for these protocols is a burden that they can avoid by not shipping features to the EU. They're free to change the key exchange, APIs, wire format, etc. without having to deal with documentation, key issuance, etc. outside of their walls. And, being forced to open up Screen Mirroring would reduce…

> supporting interoperability for these protocols is a burden Also an unprecedented and unacceptable privacy and security risk. You would be allowing third parties the ability to continuously record your iPhone's screen. Which includes websites you browse, apps you open, health information, text messages etc. And the Mac is so much open that you could do this, have a local model to transcribe it and ship it to a remo…

> Also an unprecedented and unacceptable privacy and security risk.

Put a prompt up that asks for permission? Failing to understand why we're drawing the line on the screen.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#187
post #89

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…

I wouldn't be surprised if they're struggling full-stop. Doing anything with "apple-level" polish and reliability on current-gen LLMs is a challenge. It looks great in demos and maybe even 95% of real-world use cases, but the remaining 5% tends to be embarrassing. And it's not just a case of "the last 5% takes 95% of the work", it's more like "the last 5% is an open research problem".

> Doing anything with "apple-level" polish and reliability on current-gen LLMs is a challenge.

Never stopped them from presenting and shipping previous Siri "updates" that haven't made Siri even remotely usable or reliable ;-)

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#188

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

I realize it's a very Apple ecosystem thing to shore up gaps in macOS with 3rd party apps, but BetterDisplay can do this for you: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay (Run non-retina displays at 2X frame buffer for proper anti-aliasing)

This is a must have app for macOS.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#189
post #168
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.

Yeah, probably but that's not the point.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

#190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> supporting interoperability for these protocols is a burden Also an unprecedented and unacceptable privacy and security risk. You would be allowing third parties the ability to continuously record your iPhone's screen. Which includes websites you browse, apps you open, health information, text messages etc. And the Mac is so much open that you could do this, have a local model to transcribe it and ship it to a remo…

If it's so sensitive and dangerous, how do you explain that scrcpy has been available for years under Android? Are governments recording the screens of Android users?

[deleted]
Post reply on HN