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Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by cantSpellSober »

jedberg wrote: post #74
sbdaman wrote: post #47

"We've been putting the same 720p webcam in our laptops for 10 years so just go ahead and use your phone instead"

"We could increase the BOM cost putting a bigger camera in but the thickness of the laptop lid is so thin it would never be as good as the phone you most likely already own, so we made it easer for you to use that". It's all a matter of perspective. :) I love the ability to use my phone as a webcam.

It's nice to have the option of buying and using a single brand of smartphone to use as your laptop's webcam; but I'd prefer to use the laptop's webcam as the laptop's webcam, or use my phone as a webcam. It's all a matter of perspective. :)

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by evilduck »

mrtksn wrote: post #41
alin23 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been testing Stage Manager since the first developer beta of Ventura and it did feel awkward, as it had no keyboard control, and I feel slower when pointing and clicking to switch apps. But after adding support for it in my rcmd app ( https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd ), and tuning yabai's grid a bit, I found it quite useful for my workflow. Here's a video on how I use Stage Manager with the keyboard shortcuts in rcm…

I didn't know I needed this but it is surprisingly pleasant to switch apps this way, thanks. ps: I used the YP33H9AP9NFH code, so try the other ones.

Not to diminish the work put into making this workflow easier to use, but you can completely replicate this workflow (and then some) with out of the box macOS tooling by creating an "Open " script in Shortcuts, moving them into the Quick Actions folder and then jumping to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services and then assigning key combinations to launch Shortcuts.app Quick Actions.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by sergiotapia »

howinteresting wrote: post #136
sergiotapia wrote: post #42

I can't help but wonder how Steve Jobs would have flipped out if he saw something like this on his devices. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/product/availability/A...

Given that Steve Jobs actively colluded with Eric Schmidt to depress worker wages, maybe he was just a bad person and should be memory-holed. We can build a better world without him. https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/42322/steve-jobs-chill...

A real prick move but irrelevant to what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Steve's relentless pursuit of design perfection.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by wyuenho »

ngrilly wrote: post #63

To switch to another window, we already had Command-Tab, Mission Control, Expose (now part of Mission Control if I understand correctly), and also clicking on the icons in the Dock. And now we have Stage Manager. I had to use Windows 10 as my main workstation for a few weeks at work, and I'm starting to think windows management is – perhaps – one of the rare things Windows does better than macOS. But of course I shou…

I think you've forgotten about Spaces.

I've been maximizing the windows for every app on the built-in screen since forever. More recently I've been using Rectangle when my MBP is connected to my new 27" screen. It works quite well but the layouts require a bit of nannying, I guess it's just a matter of me familiarizing myself with the keyboard shortcuts.

[1]: https://rectangleapp.com/

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by viktorcode »

zestyping wrote: post #16

Countless person-years of engineering effort, and Spotlight is still mostly useless. All I want is to hit Command-F to quickly search the filenames in the current folder (not start a sluggish scan of my entire hard disk). There used to be workarounds for this, but then they removed "Find by Name..." from Finder just to make our lives harder. Does anyone know a workable alternative?

Just start typing the name. Not in the search field of Finder. You'll get focus on a file or folder that starts with whatever symbols you just typed. Very convenient and fast. Having "sort by name" by default in every folder helps a lot too.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by justinator »

mastercheif wrote: post #124
justinator wrote: post #64

macOS Ventura takes the Mac experience to a whole new level with groundbreaking capabilities that help users achieve more than ever. Now there's a nothing burger sentence to start us off.

Well to be fair the macOS PM's probably didn't give the marketing team anything to work with. Likely told them to just file radars/feedback if they had any questions.

Honestly I have higher standards for Apple telling me why I should upgrade and not just a rehash of ZOMBO.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by wyuenho »

zestyping wrote: post #16

Countless person-years of engineering effort, and Spotlight is still mostly useless. All I want is to hit Command-F to quickly search the filenames in the current folder (not start a sluggish scan of my entire hard disk). There used to be workarounds for this, but then they removed "Find by Name..." from Finder just to make our lives harder. Does anyone know a workable alternative?

You can just start typing in Finder, prefix search will Just Work.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by heavenlyblue »

ngrilly wrote: post #63

To switch to another window, we already had Command-Tab, Mission Control, Expose (now part of Mission Control if I understand correctly), and also clicking on the icons in the Dock. And now we have Stage Manager. I had to use Windows 10 as my main workstation for a few weeks at work, and I'm starting to think windows management is – perhaps – one of the rare things Windows does better than macOS. But of course I shou…

And Linux does even better

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by yboris »

jks wrote: post #91
alin23 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still wish for something like Everything on Windows ( https://www.voidtools.com/ ) I wrote my own solution using fd + sqlite + fzf but it's nowhere as fast as Everything, and it also requires me to focus the Terminal to use it.

Happy user of Finda here: https://keminglabs.com/finda/ Don't know if it works on Ventura, not upgrading until I know.

Thank you for sharing! Neat tool!

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by mcfedr »

zestyping wrote: post #16

Countless person-years of engineering effort, and Spotlight is still mostly useless. All I want is to hit Command-F to quickly search the filenames in the current folder (not start a sluggish scan of my entire hard disk). There used to be workarounds for this, but then they removed "Find by Name..." from Finder just to make our lives harder. Does anyone know a workable alternative?

What's crazy, is that presumably, this is the default because some definition of "most people" just randomly save files all over the place
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