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Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by cuddlyogre »

nprateem wrote: post #205

Macs have numerous weird issues that seem to be beyond Apple to fix. My pet hate is that there's no easy way to just create a new file in Finder. On any sane operating system you'd just right-click and select "create new text file", etc and it'd create one. Macs give you nothing. And that's before we get into WTF is going on when you hold shift and the cursor keys in a text editor. Sometimes it selects forwards like…

Text input on Apple devices as a whole seems to have been programmed by extraterrestrials that use completely alien sentence structures.

Specifically, the iOS keyboard borders on unusable most days. But when I have to use a Mac, it's a pain too.

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by drekipus »

j45 wrote: post #185
drekipus wrote: post #146

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Why is that? I'm a gnome/Linux user who had to switch to Mac M3 for work. Macos feels.... Half baked. I don't understand why apps should run after I close the window. I'm also annoyed that I can't type the window I want when viewing all windows. If I open mission control, it takes 3 clicks on the dock to run the app. (Un-do mission control, focus the dock, run the app.) That being said, I do like stage manager, I try…

If you want to type the window, something like alfred / raycast / spotlight search invoked by keyboard can help.

My gnome workflow was: * I have many windows open * I press a key (super) to get the misson-control like overview. I type in "Firefox" * It will run the app if it's not already running, or switch to it.

If there's something that can emulate that, and... Not be a hacky work around.. then I'm all ears

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by samcat116 »

ritzaco wrote: post #207

Doesn't even mention that MacOS will silently downgrade you from 60hz to 30hz, and then when you notice you'll need to unplug and replug everything, change HDMI cables, try a different adaptor, etc etc and then once you finally figure it out and fix it, it will happen again a few days later.

I've only experienced this with low quality or frayed HDMI cables. When I've hit this and swapped the cables its always stopped happening.

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by Rinzler89 »

hu3 wrote: post #187
fx1994 wrote: post #183

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Windows are not bad if you have control over them. But in corp env, you don't and the force updates, AV, FW, extra AV scans and other monitoring shit so even with 32 GB of RAM, fast SSD and latest i7 PC would start to act like it's Win98. That's why I switch to Mac M2, zero corporate shit and total control so it works great.

About FW and AV scans, doesn't macOS phone home when you execute programs? I remember some problem with programs hanging and/or slow to start because the phoning home functionality was having issues. edit: yep, it does https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/391379/does-macos-...

It does phone home yes, but people pretend it doesn't and only Windows is evil when it does so. At least it doesn't have ads.

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by yareal »

whynotminot wrote: post #213
baq wrote: post #210

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I blame this on trying to use non-Apple hardware with the MacBook. I'm sure if I had an Apple Display instead of a g-sync 165Hz-capable monitor and closed the lid when hooked up everything would be... perhaps not fine, but good enough. The macbook is amazing when considered in isolation. Trying to use it in a workstation setting is definitely 'holding it wrong', which drives me nuts. Wasted potential and definitely u…

I use it in a workstation setting. Two workstation settings in fact. I dock at home into a dual monitor setup. I go to work and dock into a dual monitor setup. I keep my MacBook open, not closed. Pretty much all my coworkers do the same. All with Apple silicon MacBook pros. No idea what you’re talking about. I believe you — I just think you need to do a deeper dive into your kit instead of assuming the rest of the wo…

Huge plus one. I too bounce between environments with my MacBook. Never experienced any of the issues the gp describes, which to me sounds like something wrong with that device. Is it a Corp managed device?

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by Capricorn2481 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #201
joshstrange wrote: post #88

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> It's particularly frustrating since Apple's most popular Mac product is their Macbooks, which have a rich docking and display ecosystem, so you'd think dynamically changing the desktop configuration would be solidly handled! But no. I hear what you’re saying, but the vast majority of MacBook pros are probably never plugged into an external display. I know on Hacker News it’s a very different story, but for the gene…

In my case, I almost never use the MBP as a standalone. My replacement for it will be a Studio, whenever the M4 version comes out. I'll keep my current laptop as an "on the road" computer.

I just swipe with three fingers. I find that less annoying than dragging my mouse across displays and moving my head.

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by MikeAmelung »

drekipus wrote: post #222
j45 wrote: post #185

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If you want to type the window, something like alfred / raycast / spotlight search invoked by keyboard can help.

My gnome workflow was: * I have many windows open * I press a key (super) to get the misson-control like overview. I type in "Firefox" * It will run the app if it's not already running, or switch to it. If there's something that can emulate that, and... Not be a hacky work around.. then I'm all ears

Cmd + spacebar opens the Spotlight Search

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by gregors »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #29

> The Mac operating system still Just. Fucking. Sucks. at remembering where windows were, when relaunching apps. I agree and it's confounding. For me it's even worse: when plugging back into my home office after some work on the road, it doesn't remember the window positions associated with that setup, and I have to reorganize my dozens of windows away from the laptop screen again. I've solved this through a 3rd-part…

yes, yes, yes. Losing window positions is my MAIN gripe! Thanks for the link you might have saved my sanity!

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by sofixa »

fx1994 wrote: post #183
monsieurbanana wrote: post #162

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> General OS slowness and instability and clunky design not so much. I can't tell whether you're talking about Windows or Mac here

Windows are not bad if you have control over them. But in corp env, you don't and the force updates, AV, FW, extra AV scans and other monitoring shit so even with 32 GB of RAM, fast SSD and latest i7 PC would start to act like it's Win98. That's why I switch to Mac M2, zero corporate shit and total control so it works great.

> That's why I switch to Mac M2, zero corporate shit and total control so it works great.

Unless you work at an org that has all this stuff, like pretty much any org at scale that has compliance or security requirements. My work-issued MacBook has an AV that slows opening everything, forces updates and restarts and all that jazz.

Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

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Post by diffeomorphism »

resource_waste wrote: post #123
tuyiown wrote: post #27

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Well I have them all the time

Debian-family? Don't use outdated/old Linux Distros. I almost always find out someone is using a variant of Conical's Ubuntu CD marketing and it explains why they have some terrible experience. Updated distros usually have everything working with modern hardware working together with software. Look into Fedora. Ubuntu/Debian/Mint need to be avoided and we need to warn people.

Where "outdated" means like 1-2 years at maximum. The horror.

If you want to plug "new" at least go for silver blue or nix os, where it makes a difference.

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