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Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by ExoticPearTree »

sod wrote: post #66

An SDR content brightness slider for a non-apple HDR monitor/projector would be nice. Anyone knows if Sonoma has changes for this in stock? Edit: Updated now and it seems like nothing changed :(. External monitor still becomes dim for SDR content if I flick on HDR, and no slider in sight to boost the intensity. There is a projector setting as a color profile, but that only changes the contrast and colors, but not the…

If I'm not mistaken, I think you can change the brightness from the projector itself.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by nodesocket »

sbuk wrote: post #538
nodesocket wrote: post #418

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does the built-in Apple firewall allow blocking of specific applications sending outbound traffic? I know you can block inbound traffic per application.

Depends on what you mean by builtin. The one in settings? No. pf does, however, allow you to do this. Murus is what you need if you want/need a frontend for pf.

Sweet, thanks for sharing Murus (https://murusfirewall.com/murus/)

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by jd3 »

nasretdinov wrote: post #501
jd3 wrote: post #498

Sonoma UI feels great. I'm also excited that they finally fixed Quartz Debug — the "Enable Vertical Sync" option finally works again when disabled. My mouse feels snappier and there's noticeably less delay when moving windows around.

You mean there is less delay when VSync is off, right?

Yep!

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by MilaM »

tzs wrote: post #606
MilaM wrote: post #514

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely agree. I have two perfectly good but now unsupported 5K iMacs from 2015 and 2017 in my household, both don't get any more upgrades. Heck, I would even pay up to 100 EUR/USD for longer support. But that's probably not a viable business case for Apple anymore.

By upgrades you mean upgrades that change the major OS version, right? Those both should still be getting security updates. Ventura just updated to 13.6 this morning, Monterey updated to 12.7 a few days ago, and Big Sur updated to 11.17.10 a little over two weeks ago. Big Sur is expected to stop getting security updates in a couple months. Monterey will probably get them until sometime in the last quarter of 2024, wh…

Indeed, and I hope Ventura will get at least two years of security fixes.

It's still my impression, that the 2017 Macs (sold by Apple well into 2018), should have made the cut for Sonoma. I don't even care about any of the new features. I'm more interested in bug and security fixes. So hopefully I have more time to hunt for the perfect display that can adequately replace the 5K 27" of my current setup. And I know there is the Studio Display. But that one is too expensive for me.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by jereees »

behnamoh wrote: post #308
spicybright wrote: post #16

FINALLY we've come full circle and can have widgets on the desktop again! It's not like a revolutionary killer feature for me, but I just always preferred having information always in my "peripheral" instead of having to actively check a separate menu.

Next thing I'm waiting for: Apple removes the useless Stage Manager "feature" (it's not a feature, it's a bug).

Ah. Such a good thing to be devoid of any disabilities! A bug is not a bug if you can turn it off after you explicitly turned it on ;-)

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by prof_hibschman »

robbiet480 wrote: post #116

FWIW it took 30 minutes for the update on my M2 Max MacBook Pro.

cmd+f'd this... I wish we had more of the simple need-to-know in one place like

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30 min average upgrade time on M1/M2 macs

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+ New features

- Removed features

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Fixed:

- Bugs

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Broke:

- Old feature

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Third Party Breaking Changes:

- Old software, feedback from dev with ETA

.1 update ETA: 6 weeks

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by Lio »

First thing I notice is that the notch is now highly visible.

Even with a dark wallpaper or no transparency everything is the wrong shade to hide it.

I'll bet some MBA at Apple thinks it's really import to get that notch into everyone's face. :(

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by pxc »

pxc wrote: post #454
bshacklett wrote: post #240

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My issue with Nix is that you are forced to install packages in a global location. Why is it that every package manager assumes I’m an administrator on my machine? Even if I am, how does it make sense to take over a global directory as a single user?

Nix leverages hardcoded paths inside the binaries and other outputs it builds in order to ensure determinacy. Nix packages are not always trivially relocatable. Consequently, reliance on the binary caches means different users have to rely on the same path to the Nix store, since it's part of all those outputs. You can build Nix with a custom store prefix and run it that way if you're willing to build from source. In…

I have a bad habit of writing user-mode when I mean 'unprivileged' in the sense of 'not as root' and I don't think the word really works that way. I did it again here! Whoops.

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by Geekette »

Not all can be upgraded to Sonoma. These pages help identify your Mac model and the newest compatible operating system it can be upgraded to:

MacBook Pro https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201300

MacBook Air https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201862

iMac/iMac Pro https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201634

Mac Pro https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202888

Mac Studio https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/

Mac Mini https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201894

Re: macOS Sonoma is available today

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Post by catlover76 »

toyg wrote: post #607
Klonoar wrote: post #506

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I mean, I’m sympathetic to OSS being hell but you don’t get this vibe from MacPorts. The tone with which they write that stuff actually makes me not use it - not because it’s not good (it generally is), I just get annoyed reading it.

That's probably because MacPorts was built by (and for) actual Apple employees, whereas Homebrew was built by someone unrelated who even had to start his own company because FAANGs wouldn't hire him.

> had to start his own company because FAANGs wouldn't hire him.

LOL dude...

"FAANG" is not the only place to work

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