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Post by pxc »

thiht wrote: post #124
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

FINALLY! I really didn’t it to come to Mac, ever. Now so just need a clipboard history manager, a way to make cmd+tab behave like Windows alt+tab, a way to mute the mic in the status bar, and a different setting for the trackpad/mouse wheel direction, and I won’t need to install random apps for basic features anymore.

don't forget per-app volume control, linear scroll wheel speed, some reasonable way to manage menu bar icons and ensure all can actually be accesses and used, a way to prevent the system from going to sleep (the built-in `caffeinate` command hasn't worked for years!), and searching through open windows by typing!

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by thfuran »

xyst wrote: post #46
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

the tiling is very basic though. reminds me of windows. i3/sway is superior, especially once you get it customized to your workflow.

Really basic tiling would be a vast improvement over the pathetic current built-in window management.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

dmitshur wrote: post #49
xenospn wrote: post #26

I’ve been wishing for iPhone notifications on my Mac for the longest time!

I wonder if it’ll do anything about duplicate notifications. As a basic example, the Weather app exists both on iOS (and iPadOS) and macOS, so if it’s enabled, would you get duplicate notifications on macOS?

I really need to unfuck my notifications; I'm getting them from Chrome (Google Calendar), Office (work calendar), and MacOS calendar (where I have a copy of all of them). Should unify that stuff.

Oh, and I get more notifications on my other laptop which has some similar calendars.

And my phone, too.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by mmcnl »

wiseowise wrote: post #73
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

Finally Windows and Linux fanatics will shut up.

Why the fanboyism? It's not a tournament. Let's embrace competition and enjoy that it brings the best out of each OS.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by goosedragons »

mostlysimilar wrote: post #109
doublepg23 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that’ll require the crackpot team that made Calculator on iPad possible.

To be fair the new calculator app with its magic math writing is pretty dang cool.

Nebo has had essentially that for years, OneNote too.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by nottorp »

EricE wrote: post #132
nottorp wrote: post #114

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Neither do I. And I've been using macs and iOS devices for a while. You're saying that if i select AirDrop I can send photos from my phone directly to my mac's file system? No Photos app or iCloud drive shenanigans?

Yup. Just try it!

I always thought it's some Nintendo like thing for exchanging emojis and little computer people :)

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by k3nx »

nostrademons wrote: post #125
lucianbr wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean from Android to Windows? How exactly can that happen? I have an android phone in my hand now and a windows desktop in front, and no clue how to even begin this drag and drop operation. Where would I even start dragging in Android?

Plug it in via USB, and then most Android devices show up as USB sticks within Windows Explorer. You can access the filesystem the same way you'd access any external media, and drag & drop photos over. Apple, however, in their infinite wisdom made MacOS pop open iTunes when you connect an iPhone as a USB device. You can "import" them into Photos (another Apple walled garden), but they don't show up as a filesystem, a…

I know it's not ideal, but if you have iCloud disabled in Photos.app, use that to download photos from your phone to Photos.app, then in Photos.app, select all, and export to your chosen location, then delete from Photos.app. I know it's a few more steps, but this might make it easier than selecting 10+ files to AirDrop. There might be a way to automate that with the shortcuts app. I haven't looked yet. I hope this doesn't come across as "you're holding it wrong", that wasn't my intent.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by mvanbaak »

freediver wrote: post #22
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

I use BetterSnapTool for ages and love it. Wondering if this will be good enough to replace it natively.

This was exactly what I was thinking as well. Let's see!

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by ssbash »

akagr wrote: post #34
adamors wrote: post #24

Should have called it Sherlock as they seem to be Sherlocking a lot of apps. For instance I only use Fantastical because I can see my reminders with my events, I assume many people will also switch from a paid password manager to this as well.

I don’t see myself switching from 1password simply because I don’t think Apple passwords autofill will work natively with non-safari browsers or Linux, both of which I also use. Also, I find the handy 1password mini source pretty convenient.

Other browsers could add support for the native macOS password autofill apis (introduced back in 2020 in macOS Big Sur). So far both Chrome[1] and Firefox[2] have refused to add support.

[1] https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40744291#comment15

[2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1650212

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