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Finder -> Preferences -> Advanced. When performing a search: Search the current folder
also `mdfind whatever` if you prefer the CLI
If you want by name `mdfind -name whatever`.
macOS Ventura is now available
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Well it only works with Apple phones so
I suspect the Venn diagram of people who use a MacBook and people who use Android has a very small overlap in the circles.
> I suspect the Venn diagram of people who use a MacBook and people who use Android has a very small overlap in the circles.
Why? I'm in the overlap, and I don't think I'm that unusual.
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#194To 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 disagree. Nothing beats macOS's multiple desktops that you can swap between by swiping with three fingers. I know exactly where my windows are, exactly how to get to them from anywhere, and their order is never changed. Leagues better than alt+tab.
Just to add, I don't use a trackpad and I still use multiple desktops using the key shortcut ^ + Arrow Keys.
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#195I ended up skipping Monterey on my 2013 Mac Pro entirely because it wouldn't let me install it because my original SSD broke and I replaced it with a non-Apple SSD. Starting with Monterey, that's not cool anymore because reasons. Supposedly if you install the original SSD it will update some firmware somewhere and you'll be able to use the 3rd party SSD after that. But, like I said, mine's broken. You can supposedly…
Apple's playbook is to use hardware support as a reason to drop software support to encourage (nudge?) customers to buy more hardware. Recently it has been dropping new macOS versions for non-metal GPUs and now (Monterey) not supporting SSDs without T2/Secure Enclave, and there are other examples before those. You get bit by this and decide if you want to stay on that train or get off. I was one-and-done with that ecosystem and my Late 2013 MacBook Pro.
Also you can still update that Mac Pro of yours to Monterey if you use the Open Core bootloader. It just requires going off the beaten path.
Re: macOS Ventura is now available
#196I ended up skipping Monterey on my 2013 Mac Pro entirely because it wouldn't let me install it because my original SSD broke and I replaced it with a non-Apple SSD. Starting with Monterey, that's not cool anymore because reasons. Supposedly if you install the original SSD it will update some firmware somewhere and you'll be able to use the 3rd party SSD after that. But, like I said, mine's broken. You can supposedly…
Fyi, perhaps this is useful to you: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/
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#197"We've been putting the same 720p webcam in our laptops for 10 years so just go ahead and use your phone instead"
Now that we are all on video calls all day, the lower rez the laptop camera the better. Nobody uses their laptop camera for anything else.
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#198Countless 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 do you mean "still mostly useless"? Is there anything more usable on any other OS?
I moved back to Windows a couple of years back. Spotlight is the second thing I miss most from macOS, with the first being Preview.
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#199Did this update add an "archive" feature to Messages? I can't directly tell from this summary ("powerful" isn't all that descriptive, turns out).
Re: macOS Ventura is now available
#200I ended up skipping Monterey on my 2013 Mac Pro entirely because it wouldn't let me install it because my original SSD broke and I replaced it with a non-Apple SSD. Starting with Monterey, that's not cool anymore because reasons. Supposedly if you install the original SSD it will update some firmware somewhere and you'll be able to use the 3rd party SSD after that. But, like I said, mine's broken. You can supposedly…
Apple's playbook is to use hardware support as a reason to drop software support to encourage (nudge?) customers to buy more hardware. Recently it has been dropping new macOS versions for non-metal GPUs and now (Monterey) not supporting SSDs without T2/Secure Enclave, and there are other examples before those. You get bit by this and decide if you want to stay on that train or get off. I was one-and-done with that ec…
> Apple's playbook is to use hardware support as a reason to drop software support to encourage (nudge?) customers to buy more hardware.
I mean, Apple was making new versions of macOS that supported the 2013 Mac Pro until literally today. If that's their playbook, they're not doing great.