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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by Pesthuf » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:35 PM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #259

n42 wrote: post #248

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> No more control+ click to bypass gatekeeper Can someone expand on this? How do you run software that isn't code signed?

> The right-click/control-click option for easily opening unsigned apps is no longer available. Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: first, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened. Then, open Settings, go to the Privacy & Security screen, scroll all the way to the bottom to get to the Security section, and click the Ope…

One huge step closer to iOS. Damn it. I actually liked macOS but these changes are terrible for everyone but the most basic users.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by shamefulkiwi » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:37 PM UTC

matthew-wegner wrote: post #110

subjectsigma wrote: post #74

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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 awesome. I had just written off the reduced quality of my external displays and gotten used to it. I feel like I just put my contacts in after turning on HiDPI. Just wanted to say thanks!

Edit: Also want to mention that window sizes and various UI elements also snapped into their 'intended' locations. Two screens, both 1440p, one ultrawide for anyone reading. YMMV.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by Daub » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:37 PM UTC

From TFA: ‘Highlights automatically surfaces directions for a location’

Is that a mistype? In an apple advertisement? Regardless, the whole thing feels like it has been written by a high school student. Try reading the following without wincing:

‘A redesigned Reader allows users to read articles more quickly with a streamlined view, a summary, and a table of contents, and a new Viewer helps users put videos front and center while still giving them full access to system playback controls.’

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by graeme » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:40 PM UTC

aetherspawn wrote: post #260

Well, 1Password must be feeling pretty sour about how Apple Passwords app is a complete 1:1 clone. They don’t do licenses, credit cards or ssh keys yet so we probably won’t switch… yet

1password's biggest clientele use Team accounts. Does Apple support that?

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by egypturnash » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:41 PM UTC

Best new feature: Passwords are a separate app again instead of being a shitty, illegible panel in the inexplicably-unresizable, cramped, tiny-text hell of the iOSified system prefs.

Maybe in a couple more major versions we'll have a re-re-designed system prefs app that actually looks like a desktop app again!

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by graeme » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:42 PM UTC

rahen wrote: post #18

Will Apple Intelligence be available in the EU after all?

No, the DMA very likely bans it. The EU won't say in advance and has been loudly threatening fines of 10% of global revenue.

DMA forbids using your platform's data or position to support a service without giving third parties equal access. Third parties are pretty clearly excluded from screen mirroring or running ai on device, so these seem like things Apple can't legally launch in the EU.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:45 PM UTC

egypturnash wrote: post #305

Best new feature: Passwords are a separate app again instead of being a shitty, illegible panel in the inexplicably-unresizable, cramped, tiny-text hell of the iOSified system prefs. Maybe in a couple more major versions we'll have a re-re-designed system prefs app that actually looks like a desktop app again!

"Again"?

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by graeme » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:45 PM UTC

dkga wrote: post #230

rvz wrote: post #100

Most likely the second last version of macOS supporting Intel Macs. That is what Apple is not telling you with this announcement.

Intel Mac owner here. The writing is on the wall...

I dug into this. Apple's incentives aside, the bulk of intel's chips in macs are no longer supported by Intel or soon won't be. The more time passes the harder it is to keep those machines secure.

This is the best article I found on the topic. Note that once a mac is no longer supported for a new os the old os will get security updates for two years after that.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/with-macos-sonoma-in...

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:45 PM UTC

switch007 wrote: post #180

krelas wrote: post #57

Here’s one for HN readers, you can now find jq in /usr/bin/ in Sequoia.

$ jq '.[] | messages | .thank_you' wait, maybe it's... $ jq '. | .messages.thank_you' darn it! how about $ jq '[].messages.thank_you' !??@@!

Figuring out what garbage to type into jq is the best thing about ChatGPT.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by tpmoney » Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:46 PM UTC

JoBrad wrote: post #159

tpmoney wrote: post #39

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You can also double click the title bar to expand to fill the screen, and double click it again to return to the previous size. One caveat to this is if your application saves window sizes on close and you close with a full screen window and re-open, it won’t shrink again because the “original size” was full screen when the window was opened

Setting the "Double-click a window's title bar" action to Zoom just fills the vertical space. It doesn't adjust the width to fill available space, which is usually what I want. Finder, as an example, almost never sets the width to something usable.

True, it would be more accurate to say that what "zoom" is designed to do is expand the window as much as possible to display all the content, however the application defines that. For many applications, the result is a fully maximized window. On my MBA, Notes, Messages, Calendar, iTerm, Solvspace, and Mail all just fill the screen. For other applications that report specific content area to the OS that can mean something different. A finder window generally reshapes to show all the icons in icon view, or to maximize columns and names in list view.