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Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by illiac786 »

clumsysmurf wrote: post #268
sunny_sigara wrote: post #209

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.

Doesn’t optimised charging ensure it’s not always at 100% natively?

Additionally, AlDente is even better than the native battery management.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by portpecos »

ArlenBales wrote: post #355

It's been awhile since I've done a clean install, and my MacBook feels a little crusty/bloated with stuff so I think it's about time. What's the recommended process these days for a direct clean install? If I factory reset my MacBook Pro M1 it'll go back to Ventura, then I have to manually upgrade to Sequoia. I asked ChatGPT and it suggested I create a bootable USB drive install media for Sequoia instead (after downl…

If you really really want to clean it all out, you’ll want to do a DFU wipe and install. Basically you plug a USB-C cable from one MacBook to another and then you upgrade the recoveryOS from the second MacBook which lets you bypass all that resetting to Ventura and then upgrading.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by NotPractical »

subjectsigma wrote: post #74
andrewstuart wrote: post #25

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

What does "retina" mean exactly? From what I can tell it's a general Apple marketing term rather than something concrete. Are 4K monitors unsupported by macOS? I've been using one with my MacBook for a while and I haven't noticed blurriness.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by threeseed »

Nextgrid wrote: post #461
threeseed wrote: post #340

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you articulate where in the DMA where it says that all Apple has to do "is promise not to sue anyone" to be in compliance. Or where it talks about protocol publication. Hint: it doesn't.

The DMA is about preventing gatekeepers from using arbitrary restrictions to prevent competition. It does not try to predict and anticipate every possible example nor solution. The existence of competitor would by itself be enough proof to the fact that Apple is not restricting competition. But for such a competitor to exist, they would require enough assurance that the business will be viable and they won't get sued…

Please provide evidence of any of your comment.

Especially given you are so quick to criticise me for gobbling up said bullshit.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by Nextgrid »

threeseed wrote: post #584
Nextgrid wrote: post #461

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The DMA is about preventing gatekeepers from using arbitrary restrictions to prevent competition. It does not try to predict and anticipate every possible example nor solution. The existence of competitor would by itself be enough proof to the fact that Apple is not restricting competition. But for such a competitor to exist, they would require enough assurance that the business will be viable and they won't get sued…

Please provide evidence of any of your comment. Especially given you are so quick to criticise me for gobbling up said bullshit.

Evidence could be that Microsoft isn't in trouble for shipping Windows with RDP servers/clients in Europe, which is equivalent to this iPhone mirroring feature.

Why is Microsoft able to do it just fine (without running afoul of the DMA) while Apple supposedly can't, despite MS having an ever larger marketshare of its field than Apple and this would warrant even more scrutiny?

The multitude of third-party RDP clients (and nobody being threatened with legal action for implementing one) out there may be at least part of the answer.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by bartvk »

skzv wrote: post #43
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…

I've been happily using Magnet for a long time for this purpose. Good window tiling is critical when working on a 57" monitor...

Did you mistype or are you actually somehow using a 57 inch monitor?

If really 57”, are these multiple separate screens?

I went up from 32 to 40 and regret it, to be honest. It’s m nice for Xcode, but for any other use, it’s too big for me. For instance, I miss notifications that pop up in the top right corner, it’s just out of my field of vision.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by fredoliveira »

Hamuko wrote: post #579
adastra22 wrote: post #528

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Defaults to. You can tell it to compile yourself, if that matters to you. I don’t see what the issue is here. Why is it a problem that it defaults to binary distribution?

The biggest problem is that the defaulting to binary distribution also means that building from source is unsupported. > Building from source takes a long time, is prone to failure, and is not supported. Having issues building your Homebrew packages from source? Well, you better not take it to the bug tracker.

> The biggest problem is that the defaulting to binary distribution also means that building from source is unsupported.

I don't think it means that at all. They're both clearly supported by homebrew — one just happens to be the default. You can always use -s or --build-from-source to build whatever package you are installing.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by subjectsigma »

NotPractical wrote: post #583
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

What does "retina" mean exactly? From what I can tell it's a general Apple marketing term rather than something concrete. Are 4K monitors unsupported by macOS? I've been using one with my MacBook for a while and I haven't noticed blurriness.

AFAICT “Retina” is a marketing term used by Apple to refer to their first party displays with high pixel density. I use a QHD display with much lower pixel density and get blurry icons. Since writing the comment I realized I was using a very specific term in a general way, which is technically incorrect, but I thought that’s what the problem was.

From reading the comments in these threads and some additional resources, it does seem that the problem is not whether or not the display is “retina” per say, but that macOS is designed to run on high density displays and can have problems with low density ones. My mistake I guess.

I think the point that Apple should have better support for a wider range of displays still stands. It is not unreasonable to want your general purpose, professional-grade computer which costs thousands to work correctly with a variety of displays and resolutions, especially when lesser machines do it better.

At this point I’m just whinging bitterly though, the blurry icons are not the end of the world and buying new displays or a new computer just to fix them would be silly.

Re: macOS Sequoia is available today

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Post by pxc »

raxxorraxor wrote: post #514
simonask wrote: post #345

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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…

> This is one of those features where the benefits seem to very obviously outweigh the drawbacks That has never been true. Neither for pro- nor casual users. This might be good for the bottom line of Apple, but I doubt that too, since they squander their reputation. This is non-engineers calling the shots, just like Jobs warned us about. I do run quite a few unsigned apps and I don't even use a mac that often. This i…

> This is non-engineers calling the shots, just like Jobs warned us about.

Link to the talk or interview or whatever where he talks about this?

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