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I’m curious about the name. Since the move from cats to California regions, they’ve seemed to be regionally or biom grouped. We were in sierra regions for a while (10.10-10.13) then beach regions (10.13-13). 14 was Sonoma so I would’ve expect Napa, but seems we’re back to sierra mountain regions.

I wonder what goes into the product discussions over the name. Is there a rhyme or reason or is it just want sounds best to the PMs and marketers?

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at least it's still possible (and maybe more accessible) if not a bit more inconvenient. the ctrl-click thing was kinda a hidden feature.

lets stop pretending this is anything other than trying to make apps that don't pay $100 a year feel scary.

Are you suggesting that Apple is making it less convenient for users to run unsigned binaries, because they want to increase developer program revenue?

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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I updated, and my whole Elixir/JS setup works like before. I like that they _finally_ added window snapping to the window manager, but keyboard shortcuts are still missing from what I can see. Edit: it is possible! take a look at this Reddit post for a workaround https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1dcy6l2/comment/lax9...

I have been using a little app called Rectangle[1] for years now, and it solves every possible window positioning need I have ever had. No ads, no cost. As far as the conversation goes, 1st party implementation by Apple would be nice and all, but 3rd party doesn't bother me in the slightest. (at least in this case) [1] https://rectangleapp.com/

I mean I use rectangle, and used spectacle before it, and I’m very grateful to the developers for maintaining it and making it available for free, but this really should be part of the OS and I will be very happy to get rid of that app after updating to Sequoia.

I also use an app that reverses the scroll direction of an attached USB mouse, without affecting the (natural) trackpad scroll direction, because MacOS does not allow changing them independently (looks like they are separate options for mouse and trackpad but they are in fact the same).

The App is called Scroll Reverser [1] it is free and works flawlessly, but it really should not have to exist, it’s ridiculous.

[1] https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

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Really? This is _huge_ to you? How many unsigned apps are you downloading and running? This is one of those features where the benefits seem to very obviously outweigh the drawbacks. 99.9% of users just aren't running unsigned software, so the moment that happens, it is most certainly malware. If you're developing software yourself, this isn't an issue either, since all the relevant toolchains, debuggers, etc., work…

> How many unsigned apps are you downloading and running? For me, quite a few? Internal tools at work, open source projects which publish builds on their github, that sort of stuff. (And no, paying Apple a yearly subscription for the privilege of letting users run an app is not a reasonable expectation of small open source projects)

Just tell these advanced users to compile it themselves.

Problem solved.

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Imagine a game that's supposed to played with a landscape orientation. Your left hand control (up/down/left/right) is located on the lower left corner. Your right hand control (A/B/X/Y) is located on the lower right corner. You are expected to touch two controls simultaneously.

Why would you use iPhone Mirroring for this

I don't even like Apple as a company but I have high expectations of their products and I assume their product is meticulously designed for a variety of use cases. Why should I as a consumer expect half-assed implementations? Just because all software are half-assed these days?

Apple says "With iPhone Mirroring, users can now fully access and engage with their iPhone right from Mac while iPhone remains locked nearby." And nowhere does Apple say this feature doesn't work for games.

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Most annoying problems so far.. 1. Screen-recording permission once every week ? 2. No more sudo spctl —master-disable. Alternative way is bit complicated. 2. No more control+ click to bypass gatekeeper. 3. Why tcutil reset Accessibility not working for a specific app? It works for “All” . 4. Script to convert NSURL node ref url to posix url not working. 5. Normal usb Mouse pointer acceleration is not smooth. May be…

Seems that bclm no longer works https://github.com/zackelia/bclm/issues/49 I had to start using it because macOS insisted on keeping my battery charged to 100% no matter what I did, and that can damage the battery.

Edit: Seems like its also broken on 14.7 now, battery went straight to 100%.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Looks like the new security has made it very difficult to use third-party QuickLook plugins. I'm messing with qlmanage and xattr now but so far no luck. A starting point: https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins

Some background on an API change: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1f00bbx/comment/lj...
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