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OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Re: OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Post by mikewhy »

imron wrote: post #107

> if you use multiple macOS machines, Apple will now sync your desktops between them, too Oh No. Please no. If I had to come up with a list of 5 things Apple is really bad at, sync would be one of them. I've basically stopped syncing my phone and desktop because of all the duplicated calendar entries syncing creates. It's something I have absolutely zero trust in them to do properly.

It was under the impression that it's not one desktop being synced across all your computers, but rather your desktop on other machines are accessible anywhere. Akin to iCloud tabs, or Chrome tab syncing.

Basically you open Finder on your MacBook and there's a new sidebar entry: "Desktop on imron's iMac"

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Post by lostlogin »

imron wrote: post #113
harryh wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would settle for fixing the bug where I have to restart Finder to rebuild the connection every time my NAS drive spins down. Also the combination of screensharing to a headless MacMini and then AirPlaying to an Apple TV produces some fairly loathsome results.

How about the bug where you need to force quit coreaudiod to restore sound to the speakers after resuming from sleep?

How about the computer randomly going back to sleep 2 min after opening. Happens on 3x MacBooks. Force restart.

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Post by jarjoura »

oakenclast wrote: post #134

I've been using Apple operating systems for most of my computing, since the Apple IIe. I started using OS X in 2001. Every since the release of 10.7, I have just been disappointed with their releases. Now that they are releasing major updates on a yearly press-release driven schedule, their quality has suffered. And their drive towards making the desktop more like iOS seems to cater more to non-technical consumers th…

What version of Mac OS was ever meant for more technical consumers though? Apple's DNA has always been consumer product focused in everything they build.

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Post by ta_donk_gt »

jyrkesh wrote: post #241
ta_donk_gt wrote: post #214

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Just curious what age range you are in. From what I've personally noticed, younger folks tend to almost all pronounce it "O-S-ecks" and most in my generation (~40) tend to pronounce it "O-S-ten".

24 year old here. I exclusively call it "O-S-ten" and cringe every time someone says "O-S-ecks". Only particular reason I can think of is that we had OS 9 machines in grade school that slowly got replaced by OS X machines. Seemed natural I guess. Plus, "O-S-ecks" gets too close to "O-S-sex". I was a kid...

Yeah, 9->10 seemed natural, and I remember articles when it was first released along the lines of "OS X (pronounced O-S-Ten)". I used to cringe when I heard "ecks", but it's become so common it doesn't have an effect anymore.

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Post by cpeterso »

unit91 wrote: post #47

This will finally alleviate the awkward pronunciation ambiguity. To this day, I'm not sure whether to say "OS ex" or "OS ten".

That's true for macOS Sierra, but will Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and earlier be retroactively rebranded as macOS? Now we will have to listen to people say things like "I upgraded my Mac from Mac OS X 10.10 to macOS Siera". :)

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Post by PascLeRasc »

izacus wrote: post #239
orbitur wrote: post #229

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Hey, one less reason for me to use FB Messenger. In complete honesty, I prefer FB Messenger because it seems a lot more expressive and it's way easier to access your photos. FB is really stomping on iMessage in the chat realm, and I'm sad I have to wait for iOS 10.

To be fair, it's probably stomping iMessage because you can also talk to people who didn't buy the same electronics brand.

I think a bigger reason it's doing so well is because you don't need a phone number to contact someone. I have several friends who I first talked to on FB Messenger before I had their phone number.

Their wifi/data-based group messaging is also far superior to MMS groups.

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Post by giovannibajo1 »

0942v8653 wrote: post #103
jkeler wrote: post #68

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> They can't upgrade to recent GNU tools because of the GPLv3. They can but it is their choice not to use GPLv3 tools.

Doesn't SIP cause issues with the TiVoization clause? I guess I'm not an expert on this, but it's possible Apple wants to leave the possibility open of making SIP mandatory.

The decision of not shipping GPLv3 user space tools predates SIP by several years, far more than I would bet SIP has been in development. I think it's just a legal issue as in lawyers don't want to touch it period

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Post by masklinn »

Grazester wrote: post #211
mayoff wrote: post #175

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To be fair (regarding "closed tech"), Apple was hardly the only one to release a propriety Vulkan alternative (there's also Mantle and DX12) and Apple released Metal to developers almost two years before Vulkan 1.0 was released.

Didn't Mantle give rise to Vulkan?

Yes, Mantle was donated to Khronos in early 2015 (or maybe late 2014) and became the basis for the new glNext effort (after the failure of Long Peaks)
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