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I hope it can do DisplayPort Multi Stream Transport. Currently I have to connect one screen through TB4, and the other one through HDMI despite the TB4 screen being able to daisy chain through DisplayPort.

One screen is a 32 inch UHD 60Hz monitor and the other one is a 24 inch 2560x1440 90Hz screen which is rotated by 90 degrees.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Please, for the love of god, add native window snapping. macOS has had built-in “window snapping” since 2015. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948 And if/when you need more advanced window management, there’s a plethora of free and paid options.

That is not remotely as powerful as actual window snapping and feels more like what a tablet OS would need rather than a desktop OS.

> That is not remotely as powerful as actual window snapping…

I assume because that type of advanced window management is a poor default for a mainstream audience.

Happily, there are great options for this. My preference right now is Raycast's Window Management extension. https://www.raycast.com/extensions/window-management

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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post #102

I still don't understand why Apple is so bent on coupling application updates together with OS updates. I just want the new changes to Safari and Notes while I don't care about the other changes, why not have Safari be a normal application downloaded from the App Store, like the rest of us pleebs have to do when publishing apps?

macOS is a BSD; the whole point of BSDs is that the OS and "base system" are vertically integrated (and, usually, living in a monorepo together) so that a dev can one day decide to add a new API to replace one currently used by first-party apps, by just adding the code and then doing a big Search+Replace to fix all first-party apps to use it, all in a single commit.

macOS is a BSD in the same way that Linux is a Unix.

i.e. they may have started out that way, but almost nothing is gained thinking about this history today, despite it being factually correct.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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What is this: * Screen Sharing: A new high performance mode in the Screen Sharing app delivers incredibly responsive remote access over high-bandwidth connections — enabling creative professionals to accomplish their work remotely.*

See "Better screen sharing": https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/five-cool-features-a...

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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> Keyboard: Autocorrect receives a comprehensive update with a transformer language model, a state-of-the-art on-device machine learning language model that improves accuracy. A refreshed design makes corrections easier to fix and inline predictions quickly finish sentences. Dictation brings next-level speech recognition and the ability to move fluidly between voice and typing.

duck

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is not remotely as powerful as actual window snapping and feels more like what a tablet OS would need rather than a desktop OS.

> That is not remotely as powerful as actual window snapping… I assume because that type of advanced window management is a poor default for a mainstream audience. Happily, there are great options for this. My preference right now is Raycast's Window Management extension. https://www.raycast.com/extensions/window-management

I agree to a certain extent, but I see people regularly using the 4 corner window snapping in Windows. Especially as 1440p and 4k monitors gain adoption.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

#120

I’ve used Nativefier for years and am excited for this new feature described in the release notes: > Web apps let you use any website like an app, complete with an icon in the Dock for faster access and a simplified toolbar for easier browsing.

Are these separate instances/containers with regards to cache and cookies and such? I would love to have this because I have multiple Atlassian accounts I need to juggle and it is a pain today.
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