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This is a mandatory install on macOS for me (one of many). The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous, but I'm glad to see open source maintainers working to keep my mouse working.
> This is a mandatory install on macOS for me Would you mind expanding on that? I'm not sure what I'd improve about my touchpad experience on my Mac.
This is a mandatory install on macOS for me (one of many). The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous, but I'm glad to see open source maintainers working to keep my mouse working.
what are your other mandatory installs?
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Windows isn't Unix, which is one of macOS's biggest selling points for developers and hackers (remember which website you're on). Recommending it as the solution whenever someone complains about macOS is counterproductive, because in many cases it's not a suitable substitute for macOS. WSL isn't a solution to this problem, especially ever since they gave up adding support to the actual Windows kernel and just used a…
It's tiring to read almost everyday on HN: “the amount of work required to make this circle into a square is ridiculous”. Some of us enjoy circles. Use whatever you like, but complaining A is not B is annoying.
In other words, it only sounds "annoying" because you seem to not understand why people would use a Unix operating system, and why Windows is not a suitable substitute.
(This is assuming they use macOS for its Unixness, but enough people use it for that reason that you probably shouldn't be telling people to just use Windows and "have fun". To your credit, you did also list Linux.)
The lack of mouse acceleration in Windows is what make it feel, to me, clunky and slow. I know it’s a function of what you grew up with/are used to but it’s interesting to see. Personally I like being able to flick my mouse across the screen without having to pick up my mouse—enables faster work.
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Windows isn't Unix, which is one of macOS's biggest selling points for developers and hackers (remember which website you're on). Recommending it as the solution whenever someone complains about macOS is counterproductive, because in many cases it's not a suitable substitute for macOS. WSL isn't a solution to this problem, especially ever since they gave up adding support to the actual Windows kernel and just used a…
It's tiring to read almost everyday on HN: “the amount of work required to make this circle into a square is ridiculous”. Some of us enjoy circles. Use whatever you like, but complaining A is not B is annoying.
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It's tiring to read almost everyday on HN: “the amount of work required to make this circle into a square is ridiculous”. Some of us enjoy circles. Use whatever you like, but complaining A is not B is annoying.
No one is complaining A is not B. Everyone is complaining that macOS lacks some fairly basic UX options and is being neglected by Apple which corrects these flaws at a glacial pace.
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what are your other mandatory installs?
- BetterTouchTool - Folder Peek
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Not the parent, but one of the first things I usually install on new Mac is Karabiner-Elements. Absolutely needed if you're using a non-mac keyboard.
What do you use it for? I use a non-Apple keyboard and just switched the options / command key in System Settings.
[1] When I hold caps lock, the computer responds as if I’m holding Command + Option + Control + Shift.
(In the “Complex modifications” tab, choose “Add rule” and enable “Change caps_lock to command+control+option+shift.”)
LinearMouse seems great, nice that it’s being offered through homebrew as well as a dmg.
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what are your other mandatory installs?
Rectangle for window management