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macOS Ventura is now available

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Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by btgeekboy »

skohan wrote: post #359
Maarius wrote: post #312

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Alfred ( https://www.alfredapp.com/ ) and BetterTouchTool ( https://folivora.ai/ ) really are two of the must-haves for every mac.

> BetterTouchTool Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

BTT does work with the TouchBar, but the "Touch" in the name comes from "touchpad" since it originally was used to add various macros/gestures to the touchpad and mouse. TouchBar support was added later.

Most new Macs come with full-size function keys, including a massive escape key the same size as the tab key. (At least on the en-US layout; can't speak to others.)

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by [deleted] »

bradgessler wrote: post #390
anigbrowl wrote: post #167

The update is cool but the update process was not. -Update available, wanna install? Sure -OK don't mind me I'm gonna need a while OK -HA HA I LIED I"M READY TO TERMINATE EVERYTHING BYEEEE WTF 5 reboots with just an Apple icon and a progress bar The progress bar also moves backwards sometimes I guess it's a metaphor for life, which is how long this seems to be taking -OK hello I am back but I need 10 minutes of alone…

You forgot the part where macOS "restores all the windows", which it never gets right, so you get pop-ups from Notes, Maps, Music, etc. telling you at the same time "Here's what's new".

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Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by dzhiurgis »

Maarius wrote: post #312
insane_dreamer wrote: post #118

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Agreed. Its an embarrasment. Use Alfred; I've been using it for years (10 maybe?) -- solves this problem and is extremely useful in general

Alfred ( https://www.alfredapp.com/ ) and BetterTouchTool ( https://folivora.ai/ ) really are two of the must-haves for every mac.

TipTap mapped to ctrl+tab oh lordy

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by perryizgr8 »

cschmatzler wrote: post #362
perryizgr8 wrote: post #323

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Now I have to rewrite my automator script for dealing with the bug where macos keeps forgetting to put my external monitor into 144 Hz mode.

Would you be so kind to share that script?

I haven't got around to re-writing it yet. Here's the version that used to work in Monterey: https://gist.github.com/perryizgr8/d3fdb67f0c0884ecd713ddd41...

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by dzhiurgis »

galoisscobi wrote: post #9

I’m usually excited about macOS releases but this one is an underwhelming update and don’t see any reason to update any time soon. Stage manager seems like a half measure to introduce better window management in macOS and it doesn’t help that it doesn’t support a keyboard only workflow, from what I can tell from the demos. Coming from i3wm, I found Yabai to be an excellent keyboard-first window manager. I do wish som…

Window management gurus, is there alternatives to mission control? I’d love something that doesn’t waste space and is faster than default.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

warvariuc wrote: post #350
sjg wrote: post #232

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Look up dotfiles on GitHub - for example https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/main/.macos

Oh, my! # Trackpad: enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen # Trackpad: map bottom right corner to right-click # Disable “natural” (Lion-style) scrolling

Tap to click is an abomination. I have no love left for Apple, but their trackpads are orders of magnitude better than anyone else's in the industry.

Have you tried using the trackpad at its default settings? They actually make a ton of sense.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

skohan wrote: post #359
Maarius wrote: post #312

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alfred ( https://www.alfredapp.com/ ) and BetterTouchTool ( https://folivora.ai/ ) really are two of the must-haves for every mac.

> BetterTouchTool Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

> > BetterTouchTool

> Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

While it wasn't the case for a while, they all do now.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by savoytruffle »

bradgessler wrote: post #390
anigbrowl wrote: post #167

The update is cool but the update process was not. -Update available, wanna install? Sure -OK don't mind me I'm gonna need a while OK -HA HA I LIED I"M READY TO TERMINATE EVERYTHING BYEEEE WTF 5 reboots with just an Apple icon and a progress bar The progress bar also moves backwards sometimes I guess it's a metaphor for life, which is how long this seems to be taking -OK hello I am back but I need 10 minutes of alone…

You forgot the part where macOS "restores all the windows", which it never gets right, so you get pop-ups from Notes, Maps, Music, etc. telling you at the same time "Here's what's new".

Plus if any audio was playing, it attempts to resume it during the final restart even though you can't mute it for several minutes since it is finally into the user login.

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by JoachimS »

sbuk wrote: post #252
behnamoh wrote: post #109

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This. It's unacceptable that macOS still doesn't support basic window management and users have to install Tiles/Spectacles/Magnet/etc.

Is it? I mean really "unacceptable"? Inconvenient, perhaps, but "unacceptable"? Sounds pretty first-worldy to me...

And very much a personal preference too.
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