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It's 2016 and we still can't disable the acceleration curve for wired / non-trackpad mice.
This drove me insane after switching to an MPB.
The solution was to put the trackpad on the highest pressure setting and hope for the best.
The new smart card support is pretty cool: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12543905
I haven't seen what is needed to make CACKey work on the latest release of the Apple's OS since I don't use it, someone else works on packaging that up.
Doesn't seem to be much of interest there if you're a Mac user without an interest in iOS devices. Of the WSJ's "Top 5" features [1]: - Universal Clipboard: Neat, but iOS only. Doesn't appear there's an open API for it that would make it useful elsewhere, which is too bad, because it could be rather neat. - iCloud Drive: Cloud sync of your document folders. Free space (5GB) is surprisingly limited and the upgrade pri…
There are 3rd party apps that allow you to use the fingerprint scanner but I am not trusting my machine to 1.99$ app from some unknown developer.
Finder is worse than 10.11 and it crashes on multiple moves. At this point I'm just not sure what the heck is the problem. Now it stops being able to do command-drags (moves) after a while.
Doesn't seem to be much of interest there if you're a Mac user without an interest in iOS devices. Of the WSJ's "Top 5" features [1]: - Universal Clipboard: Neat, but iOS only. Doesn't appear there's an open API for it that would make it useful elsewhere, which is too bad, because it could be rather neat. - iCloud Drive: Cloud sync of your document folders. Free space (5GB) is surprisingly limited and the upgrade pri…
This is the first version of Mac OS X that I'm 0% excited about. Literally none of the new features[1] are useful to me, considering: I don't have or want an iPhone I don't have or want an iPad I don't have or want an iWatch I don't have or want an iCloud account I don't have or want an Apple Pay account I don't have or want an iTunes Music account I don't use or need Photos.app I don't use or need Messages.app I don…
Bigger core updates are in the pipeline. A much improved HFS+ replacement is in the works at Apple. Now only if they'd update the OpenGL drivers and support vulkan...
The new smart card support is pretty cool: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12543905
Mac OS X has had smartcard support for a long time. They started removing it a few "updates" ago, but the support was still there. CACKey specifically added missing bits as Apple removed them. This latest release probably features their replacement architecture. I haven't seen what is needed to make CACKey work on the latest release of the Apple's OS since I don't use it, someone else works on packaging that up.
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what's the specific issue?
I was the idiot who made the jump. While on VPN, no less. My work laptop has both GlobalProtect and Cisco installed as VPN clients. The GlobalProtect client broke but the Cisco client works fine - both require two factor authentication. Everything seems to work so the unnecessary risk I took didn't cause too much harm.
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How hard is it to understand, "It used to be interesting but lately it's boring, what's up with them?" feeling? Besides what good is an OS upgrade, if it isn't exciting while it has a risk of breaking things and possibly changing your workflow?
It used to be that every time you get an OS X upgrade, you can expect the OS to be faster, more stable, crash less, and have more actually useful features, both for developers and casual users. Those days ended with Snow Leopard. Of course Apple isn't charging for MacOS née Mac OS X née macOS anymore, because it's not worth the money anymore, and they know it. Now it's just an auxiliary product to their mobile device…
Haha... that is such a wishful thinking these days... Jobs nearly made me feel that's actually possible, but lately, it became a dream again.
iOS is where all the cash is but for people who both use iOS and macOS, both are equally important but Apple is no longer good at keeping mind shares.
Perhaps what Apple did in the last 5 years could've been done in a few years with Jobs with "a few more things" .
Careful if you're a user of Karabiner, it doesn't work in Sierra - there's a rewrite underway to correct.
Was sad to see that karabiner no longer works. I discovered that bettertouchtool can substitute for my purposes (adding media keys to a dasKeyboard)