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Re: MacOS High Sierra

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post #185

I still haven't updated to Sierra because I depend on Karabiner. Just tried the newest version of Karabiner-Elements and it still doesn't do everything I need.

I had the same issue, but I switched from Karabiner to https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/ and I couldn't be happier.

It did take a bit of extra time to replicate my Karabiner setup, however controllermate is much more capable and the overall result has been worth the effort.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

#192
post #120

When installing a major OS update it's often worthwhile to do a clean install. As a shameless plug of some free software I made, Install Disk Creator will make you a bootable USB installer out of any USB disk you have laying around made from the macOS installer that you download from Apple.

While I think Disk Creator is awesome for certain I’ve never found that a fresh install is needed for macOS upgrades. They have maybe the best upgrade process in the biz right now.

Honestly, I haven’t even bothered doing that with Windows in a pretty long time—maybe since the 7 to 8 transition, after which they’ve had a pretty robust upgrade path. About the only place I do do that regular is on Linux, but that’s because it’s stupidly easy to do so due to the packet managers, not because I actually have to.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Though I appreciate the effort they're putting into GPGTools, issues preventing one from using it on Sierra went on for more than half a year after Sierra went public. I deem that unusable.

How is that unusable? If you just don't upgrade it still works.

Except for those, who upgraded their machine and the old OS release doesn't run on it. Or myriad other reasons.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

#194
post #111

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I have never seen YYYY-DD-MM format, on the other hand, both DD/MM/YY and MM/DD/YY are equally common, that's why I always prefer YYYY-MM-DD format as it is the least ambiguous and most useful (sorting files etc., as other comments have mentioned). Feel free to prove me wrong though.

Have you ever been to any of Kazakhstan, Latvia, Nepal or Turkmenistan? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date#Gregorian.2C_yea...

I can assure you that Latvia does not use YYYY-DD-MM. Officially Latvia is using ISO 8601. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Usage

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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post #61
post #55

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Not aware of those issues, what exactly are the limitations?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202299 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202786 Some highlights: > When shared, photos taken with standard point-and-shoot cameras, SLR cameras, or iOS devices have up to 2048 pixels on the long edge. > Videos can be up to five minutes in length and are delivered at up to 720p resolution. > Maximum shared albums an owner can share: 100 > Maximum shared albums a user can subscribe to:…

> When shared, photos taken with standard point-and-shoot cameras, SLR cameras, or iOS devices have up to 2048 pixels on the long edge.

Wow, what a deal breaker. I always felt like something was off quality-wise but never took the time to delve into that.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

#196
post #150

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Any chance you have this script on GitHub/somewhere public?

You can take a look at mine: https://github.com/memco/dotfiles . A number of other people have theirs online as well. Review default preferences and the brewfile before you run install.sh. Not updated for 10.13 yet, but most of it should remain unchanged. Having your config setup this way will save you a lot of hassle if you do find yourself having to rebuild your system. Took me about a week after having to rebuild…

Thanks!

Re: MacOS High Sierra

#197
post #44

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Not yet. I assume it won't appear until this evening for me. I like to think ahead :)

I can confirm that – I also don't yet get the update

Yep nothing exciting happening here yet. I'll wait until this evening.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

#198
post #57

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Yes, American dates are confusing and illogical at the best of times, I wish America would standardise on the international ascending order date style of 25/09/2017.

Or just use an unambiguous format especially when writing normal copy . It would only take a few extra characters to write it as "25th Sep" or "Sep 25".

+1, I'm not sure why people make their dates needlessly ambiguous. Writing out an abbreviated month removes any potential confusion.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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post #188

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> Microsoft has a monopoly How so anymore? There are clear paths to NOT use anything Microsoft if you want to. Microsoft even now has Linux offerings its a new era.

> Microsoft even now has Linux offerings its a new era. If they made a Linux version of Office and ported Direct3D to Linux, I'd be impressed. As such it's just embrace, extend extinguish again.

You mean the monopoly is due to Office and DirectX?

There are plenty of alternatives still. I only use Outlook due to work but I could also get around that through several ways.

Maybe we just have a different definition of monopoly?

Definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monopoly

1 :exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action

2 :exclusive possession or control

    no country has a monopoly on morality or truth —Helen M. Lynd 
3 :a commodity controlled by one party

    had a monopoly on flint from their quarries —Barbara A. Leitch 
4 :one that has a monopoly

    The government passed laws intended to break up monopolies.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

#200
post #120

When installing a major OS update it's often worthwhile to do a clean install. As a shameless plug of some free software I made, Install Disk Creator will make you a bootable USB installer out of any USB disk you have laying around made from the macOS installer that you download from Apple.

Now all I need is a type-c usb drive :(

Or a USB_A-to-USB_C adapter.

It looks like the USB-C sticks already exist.

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias...

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