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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 jron »

Lockdown mode looks very usable despite the messaging that it is "designed for the very few individuals." Users can even exclude applications from Lockdown mode.

When Lockdown Mode is enabled, some apps and features will function differently, including:

Messages - Most message attachment types are blocked, other than certain images, video, and audio. Some features, such as links and link previews, are unavailable.

Web browsing - Certain complex web technologies are blocked, which might cause some websites to load more slowly or not operate correctly. In addition, web fonts might not be displayed, and images might be replaced with a missing image icon.

FaceTime - Incoming FaceTime calls are blocked unless you have previously called that person or contact.

Apple Services - Incoming invitations for Apple Services, such as invitations to manage a home in the Home app, are blocked unless you have previously invited that person.

Shared albums - Shared albums are removed from the Photos app, and new Shared Album invitations are blocked. You can still view these shared albums on other devices that don’t have Lockdown Mode enabled.

USB accessories - To connect your device to a USB accessory or another computer, the device needs to be unlocked. Configuration profiles - Configuration profiles can’t be installed, and the device can’t be enrolled in Mobile Device Management or device supervision while in Lockdown Mode.

Phone calls and plain text messages continue to work while Lockdown Mode is enabled. Emergency features, such as SOS emergency calls, are not affected.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212650

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by crummy »

ajkjk wrote: post #4

What's the best place to read technical details about new Mac releases? This has a bit, as do other sites like https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macos-13/ , but I wonder if there's something with a more exhaustive list -- something that reads like actual "patch notes".

The answer is undoubtedly https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/macos-13-ventura-the...

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by cstuder »

ajkjk wrote: post #4

What's the best place to read technical details about new Mac releases? This has a bit, as do other sites like https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macos-13/ , but I wonder if there's something with a more exhaustive list -- something that reads like actual "patch notes".

The Ars Technica reviews are always pretty thorough: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/macos-13-ventura-the...

Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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jron wrote: post #5

Lockdown mode looks very usable despite the messaging that it is "designed for the very few individuals." Users can even exclude applications from Lockdown mode. When Lockdown Mode is enabled, some apps and features will function differently, including: Messages - Most message attachment types are blocked, other than certain images, video, and audio. Some features, such as links and link previews, are unavailable. We…

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Re: macOS Ventura is now available

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Post by galoisscobi »

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 something like Yabai was built into macOS.

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