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Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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So it goes... Warning: You are using macOS 11. We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version. It is expected behaviour that some formulae will fail to build in this old version. It is expected behaviour that Homebrew will be buggy and slow. Do not create any issues about this on Homebrew's GitHub repositories. Do not create any issues even if you think this message is unrelated. Any opened issues will be…

  export HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS=1

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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post #188

So it goes... Warning: You are using macOS 11. We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version. It is expected behaviour that some formulae will fail to build in this old version. It is expected behaviour that Homebrew will be buggy and slow. Do not create any issues about this on Homebrew's GitHub repositories. Do not create any issues even if you think this message is unrelated. Any opened issues will be…

Time to move to MacPorts.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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post #156

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It seems like the only two types of drivers are generic USB device drivers and HID input drivers, though. There needs to be some OS-side FUSE-like kernel interface for userspace drivers like this to be able to actually mount them in the VFS.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/fileprovider perhaps?

File Providers are useful in some scenarios, but they are also not really a FUSE equivalent.

They're more geared towards Dropbox-like synchronizing use cases. Some developers have made it work for SSHFS too, but even that's already a bit of a stretch; for more custom solutions it definitely falls short: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/681325

The only option currently seems to be to implement a network file server such as SMB (which is what Google Drive used to do before File Providers existed!) or NFS, for which there even is a FUSE bridge available: https://github.com/macos-fuse-t/fuse-t

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Have been using macOS Sonoma since DB1, this is probably the most favorite update of the OS that I had in a while:

1. Safari Profiles. I used this browser as my primary browser for a long time, but had to use another browser (Chrome) for work, to be able to separate sessions, etc. Since DB1 I use only Safari. And it works great.

2. Widgets. I have two monitors, and love that in one of them I can see widgets with some useful information. Just wish more apps were ready with widgets.

And a quick self-promotion. I am developer of the application OpenIn, and for macOS Sonoma I have added support for Safari Profiles https://loshadki.app/blog/2023-08-23-openin-4-1-beta/, this is the only (as far as I know) app that will let you redirect links to a specific Safari Profile based on various configurations you make.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Complete list of new features in macOS Sonoma: https://www.apple.com/macos/sonoma/pdf/macOS_All_New_Feature...

The number of 'system' features for an OS update is small. The most interesting one to me is the AirPods variable noise cancellation which is more along the lines of hardware accessory support. There's something not quite right when an OS update mainly updates web browser, apps, widgets, etc.

Is there another set of notes that has all the underlying API changes supported that 3rd parties can use?

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Have been using macOS Sonoma since DB1, this is probably the most favorite update of the OS that I had in a while: 1. Safari Profiles. I used this browser as my primary browser for a long time, but had to use another browser (Chrome) for work, to be able to separate sessions, etc. Since DB1 I use only Safari. And it works great. 2. Widgets. I have two monitors, and love that in one of them I can see widgets with some…

I am pretty happy with how my M1 mac performs on Monterey. Would you share your opinion/guess on if I will feel a difference going from Monterey to Sonoma? I will go look through the details later. However, you are in the trenches so perhaps you have thoughts?

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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post #188

So it goes... Warning: You are using macOS 11. We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version. It is expected behaviour that some formulae will fail to build in this old version. It is expected behaviour that Homebrew will be buggy and slow. Do not create any issues about this on Homebrew's GitHub repositories. Do not create any issues even if you think this message is unrelated. Any opened issues will be…

https://nixos.org/download.html#nix-install-macos

The homebrew team seems incredibly burnt-out, to the point of hostility. I've really enjoyed the nixpkgs community so far and encourage others to check it out; it hasn't replaced homebrew entirely for me (yet), but it's getting closer every day.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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post #127

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Chrome has supported those PWA shortcuts in macOS at least several years...

But every time you opened one it would also open a separate Chrome window that you had to keep open, which made them kind of useless.

How so?

I can close Chrome and any PWA application independently.

None of them have to be kept open. Even for notifications, if I allow.

And I just found out I can even cast the entire window to my TV, which is cool https://i.imgur.com/efF1moy.png

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Have been using macOS Sonoma since DB1, this is probably the most favorite update of the OS that I had in a while: 1. Safari Profiles. I used this browser as my primary browser for a long time, but had to use another browser (Chrome) for work, to be able to separate sessions, etc. Since DB1 I use only Safari. And it works great. 2. Widgets. I have two monitors, and love that in one of them I can see widgets with some…

I am pretty happy with how my M1 mac performs on Monterey. Would you share your opinion/guess on if I will feel a difference going from Monterey to Sonoma? I will go look through the details later. However, you are in the trenches so perhaps you have thoughts?

To be honest I am always on the latest versions of the OS. One of the reasons because I have a lot of pet projects built mostly with SwiftUI. And each release adds some nice new features. And unfortunately to use those new features you have to use latest versions of macOS/iOS.

Ventura overall did not really had any OS features that would force me to upgrade. Just a little more annoying like new Settings app, that was unusable so many times. Freeform I have never used, Weather app is nice, but there were always alternatives.

Sonoma gave really good upgrade for me, those two features like Safari Profiles and Widgets.

With two OS versions upgrade what you will like/hate:

- new Settings application. You get used to it. But would take a while to be able to find things.

+ new dynamic wallpapers. This will be mostly for people who use external monitors/always connected monitors.

+ Notes/Reminders - if you use it a lot, you can use tags and links between notes.

+ If you use Docker and similar software, Virtualization framework is getting a lot of upgrades, so you might see them to work better.

+ Safari Profiles and Tab Groups. If you are Safari user.

+ Widgets might be good only on monitors, you probably would not see them on laptop screen.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am pretty happy with how my M1 mac performs on Monterey. Would you share your opinion/guess on if I will feel a difference going from Monterey to Sonoma? I will go look through the details later. However, you are in the trenches so perhaps you have thoughts?

To be honest I am always on the latest versions of the OS. One of the reasons because I have a lot of pet projects built mostly with SwiftUI. And each release adds some nice new features. And unfortunately to use those new features you have to use latest versions of macOS/iOS. Ventura overall did not really had any OS features that would force me to upgrade. Just a little more annoying like new Settings app, that was…

Ah yes, and the webapps is a nice feature as well in macOS Sonoma. There were some other apps trying to do the same, but I just like when it is built-in feature.
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