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Post by windowsrookie »

EricE wrote: post #133
ryandrake wrote: post #106

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I've got so much perfectly-working e-waste from Apple. It's so sad. I'm on a Late 2014 Mac mini that's stuck on Monterey macOS 12 and a Late 2014 retina iMac that's stuck on Big Sur macOS 11(!!) An iPhone7 that's stuck on iOS15. The display on that iMac is still IMO second to none. These computers do everything I need, yet their software support is stuck back in time. And 3rd party developers are terrible about suppo…

Your not stuck (the Mac's at least) https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/

I am using open core on several Apple devices from 2008-2010. A Metal capable GPU makes a huge difference in performance. After upgrading my 2010 iMac to a Firepro M4000, it runs the current version of macOS Sonoma better than the 2018-2019 MacBook airs do.

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Post by hcarvalhoalves »

setopt wrote: post #278
hcarvalhoalves wrote: post #178

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Apple is now imposing the same iOS obsolescence program to MacBook/iMac. That’s how you make easy money nowadays.

iPhone XR was released in 2018, and I got mine in 2019. It will still be supported by iOS 18, which is being released in 2024. 5-6 years of fully functioning hardware with official OS updates is much better than the Android phones I had before it.

Apple never advertised how long they would support updates, but recently published a 5 years policy [1]. It’s still bad since the device is well made and would easily outlast 5 years with battery replacement.

https://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-software-support-com...

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Post by bsimpson »

aikinai wrote: post #295
bsimpson wrote: post #98

My corp desktop is an iMac Pro (2018). For a long time, it was the best way to get a Retina-quality desktop without getting into VFX budgets. It was also in that weird period in Apple's product calendar when the one-and-done trash can was obsolete, but its replacement hadn't been released. Work usually issues whatever panels they can buy in bulk from overseas, but for a magical window, we could get a nice screen with…

I also really appreciated that magical window with my 2018 iMac Pro at work! Never going to be able to justify a Studio Display…

It's insane that it costs as much as an iMac, but it's also insane that it effectively _is_ an iMac (with nerfed software).

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Post by nozzlegear »

Reason077 wrote: post #222

I hate the notification centre on macOS. Don't see why I need to have notifications appear both on my iPhone and Mac, it's just an annoyance. I'd rather have the notification centre widgets (weather, clock, calendar, etc) always appear without notifications. (Also, I miss the old widget Dashboard from old versions of macOS. Wish they'd bring that back with the new widgets tech).

> I'd rather have the notification centre widgets (weather, clock, calendar, etc) always appear without notifications.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding you, but did you know you can pin widgets to your desktop in Sonoma? They don’t have to be tucked away in the Notification Center anymore; the entire bottom half of my second monitor is a big widget dashboard.

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Post by lycopodiopsida »

jairuhme wrote: post #224
thenaturalist wrote: post #188

Might seem like a small one, but finally: a passwords app. That one really makes me happy. 1Password was a bliss until they went all in on subscriptions, and Bitwarden, for all its benefits is, I gotta say, rather abysmal when it comes to GUI and UX of their native app. The Passwords app looks like the best of both worlds in terms of UX and functionality.

I didn't see any details, but I'm hoping that you can easily import password lists. I just set up 1Password, I'd hate to have to input each individual password again

I would worry more about export in the long run, since lock-in is a thing and re-typing 100 login entries is not fun, I've been there...

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Post by posselt »

LogHouse wrote: post #202
sunshowers wrote: post #119

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Not GP, but macOS doesn't have fractional scaling, which means that running at non-integer scales is inefficient. For example: A 3840x2160 monitor run at 1x means a framebuffer of 3840x2160. At 2x, the effective resolution is 1920x1080, and this also uses a framebuffer of 3840x2160. At 1.5x, the effective resolution is 2560x1440. This is implemented by rendering at 4x (5160x2880) and then downscaling that. At 1.25x,…

The worst part is that third party solutions (eg BetterDisplay) work. So Apple could find this if they wanted with ease. No clue why they’re so stubborn on it

Are you sure it works in a different way? I always thought Betterdisplay still showed you fractional scaling by downscaling from a much higher resolution. Well, I'd say I can still see the blurriness in the display when I pick a custom high dpi resolutnion from the list.

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Post by 1over137 »

setopt wrote: post #278
hcarvalhoalves wrote: post #178

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Apple is now imposing the same iOS obsolescence program to MacBook/iMac. That’s how you make easy money nowadays.

iPhone XR was released in 2018, and I got mine in 2019. It will still be supported by iOS 18, which is being released in 2024. 5-6 years of fully functioning hardware with official OS updates is much better than the Android phones I had before it.

You shouldn't measure by the release date of the hardware, but by the last sale date of the hardware. In Apple's list of supported Macs, the "iMac Pro (2017)" is the oldest year. But that computer was sold until 2021! Makes Apple look more generous putting 2017 in that list instead of 2021!

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

attendant3446 wrote: post #287
TylerE wrote: post #183

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You can solve that easily with the free rectangle app today.

The last time I tried Rectangle it didn't have any customization, just those predefined areas and nothing else. I really like how window management is done in KDE Plasma.

BetterTouchTool is not free but has the customization you seek. I’ve used it for about a decade now

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Post by dangus »

karmakaze wrote: post #151
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

I never really understood the appeal of tiling window managers. I've gotten used to having overlapping windows with appropriate parts peek out out behind others. e.g. tail of a log behind an editor running a program, and I can bring it to the foreground to see older lines and/or scroll. To do the same with a tiling manager, I would zoom the logging pane. I suppose I just prefer less layout changes. Same for Slack, I…

I don't know how one can't see the appeal. Once I installed Rectangle on macOS I can quickly put windows side-by-side with a couple of keystrokes, and change which windows I want side-by-side extremely quickly

Fiddling with the mouse to resize windows manually or having windows overlapping and covering up information on each other is not really a great way to interface with them. Maybe it's helpful to locate the windows and bring them into focus, but once they're in focus and in use, I want to be maximizing their screen real estate and making sure they're 100% readable.

And, really, it's something the OS should have had at the very least as an optional feature for over a decade now. Windows introduced this feature in Windows 7. It's been a sore spot of a missing feature and it's especially detracting for the Windows users that Apple wants to have switch over to the Mac platform.

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