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10+ macOS Tahoe Features You Might Have Missed
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I mean, keyboard shortcuts are unintuitive. Yet we use them every day.
For me the biggest downgrades are the removal of Launchpad and that Ice doesn’t work in the menu bar anymore. I like the other spotlight changes.
Unfortunately Launchpad is still missing.
And for the benefit of anyone thinking of responding that they never used it, please don't bother as I am not interested in what parts of macOS you don't use. 😊
The point is that many millions of the estimated 100 million macOS users did/do use Launchpad and there was no good reason for removing it and replacing it with a crippled Spotlight clone.
But it's not missing, it's just been 'refashioned'. If you use the same touchpad gesture you'll get a similar version (or use the list version, by clicking the dots in the right hand corner of that window).
There is a thread on this. Look for it, and you'll find it.
You can also add the 'applications folder' to the dock, and create the same effect.
You indicated that many millions used it (so as many, is more than several, which is commonly referred to as 4, then 5 or more), which is a fascination stat, which when sat alongside, referring to the new spotlight being a 'clone', which of course is defined as, 'identical as', is not useful, or factual in this discussion.
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Odd they clear the clipboard after eight hours but not spotlight search history. Remember that spotlight search is shared with Apple unless you disable this option.
UI now looks clunky and ugly - silly rounded corners make no sense in most apps - think weedy lines splattered everywhere - buttons vanishing - UI text unreadable - inconsistency - are these the features ?
I'm surprised that they listed so few features.
Doesn't Apple marketing often consider bugs as undiscovered features
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Doesn't Apple marketing often consider bugs as undiscovered features
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By grouping similar apps into Launchpad folders such as 'Drawing', 'Finance', 'Performance' and so forth, all the apps on my various macs fitted on a single Launchpad window with all folders immediately visible.
Now I have to remember the name of the app as there's no way of getting a list of, for example, drawing apps. If I try to rearrange the system Applications folder into subfolders, the link between file suffixes and apps is broken.
This may not matter to you, but it does to me, and undoubtedly also to a vast number of macOS users out there. You write "refashioned", I write "crippled".
Sticking with Sequoia due to the awful rounded corner disaster. The only decent addition to Tahoe is Containerization enhancements so I run it on a server only.
Really, on a server? I'd say it's much safer to run it on a client, as you can simply dump an image over it if anything happens. But on a server, clients depend on a stable OS.
No you don't, but as you clearly haven't bothered to search the threat I suggested, nor use the trackpad gesture, you won't have seen that everything you have said, is incorrect. Launchpad does matter to me, but it used to frustrate me, that I had to reorder it to make sense. I have grown to like it, and when using the launchpad trackpad gesture, it basically does the same thing for me. No company, whatever or whoever they are, make everyone happy with what they do. The computer world comes up with software solutions to fit peoples use case scenarios, so maybe find something that works for you, or make an app.
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Some spiffy baubles.
I'm not entirely sure that "One OS to Unite Them All" filled with scope creep features and sys pref bloat akin to a Windows regedit is what users really want - at least this one.
I'm not entirely sure that "One OS to Unite Them All" filled with scope creep features and sys pref bloat akin to a Windows regedit is what users really want - at least this one.
@maxdefcon
Hi - Do you happen to know the answer to the question in my post?
I don't know what you are disagreeing with via a "thumb down emoji", as I asked a question, nothing more.
Hi - Do you happen to know the answer to the question in my post?
I don't know what you are disagreeing with via a "thumb down emoji", as I asked a question, nothing more.
Preview toolbar looks like this with Reduce Transparency ON:
.... though, interestingly Preview's Settings has an option to set the background colour for the window, which affects the toolbar. I rather think that the buttons look quite nice with a stronger background, regardless of whether Transparency is reduced or not:
... though I'm not wild about the sidebar shape.
I'd love to have that option for Finder windows, and other apps generally. Some colours work quite well:
I just don't understand what we are gaining with everything being trapped in a capsule shape.
Feels much more visually "busy" to me.
Sequoia Finder below
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Good to see all the oversized bubbles eating of space and shrinking your usable display just like on the iphone.Does anyone have third-party apps displayed as an option in the Control Center?
Mine are not showing. I tried a probable fix from Macstories, but didn't worked for me.
Mystery Solved: Why Third-Party Apps Vanished From the Mac’s Control Center
As I explained in my macOS Tahoe review, one of the biggest disappointments was how few third-party Control Center controls I had access to at launch. That was surprising to me given how many developers support Control Center on the iPhone and iPad. So, I spent a lot of time investigating the...www.macstories.net
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No way an iPhone mini or 11” Macbook could even function with this interface. It’s so bubbly and amateurish it’s sad that Apple has fallen this far.
Does Tim cook even VISIT the people working on these things? Jobs had a reputation for riding the staff and making sure things worked and made sense. Nothing makes sense anymore and so much is broken it’s just sad.
Once you've updated to macOS Tahoe you immediately find out, how intuitive, clear structured and professional macOS Sequoia was. Tahoe is one of the worst upgrades I've ever seen from Apple. Unbelievable lots of bugs ...
Microsoft tried to release their version of macOS Launchpad through Windows 8.x Start Screen and even I hated it. With macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple is ditching Launchpad and replacing it with a mix of Windows 11 Start menu and iOS/iPadOS Springboard.
One good thing about Mac and macOS is you can downgrade anytime unlike iOS and iPadOS that once you upgrade, you only have a little amount of time to downgrade.
One good thing about Mac and macOS is you can downgrade anytime unlike iOS and iPadOS that once you upgrade, you only have a little amount of time to downgrade.
I've been enjoying the MacOS and iOS updates. They're already the best operating systems in their categories, and the glass theme is fun.
Tim Cook has been directly overseeing Apple’s design of Tahoe https://www.theverge.com/news/701705/apple-tim-cook-design-team-report
Oh ..
Now it all makes sense.
The financial & OPs guy is giving UI/UX input.
First commenter knew how this would shake out
Not liking the way the Clipboard History is implemented by Apple.
If it’s stored locally on the device, then what’s the reason for erasing it every eight hours? Isn’t local storage supposed to be private and secure by default? Shouldn’t this be an option?
Also it takes too many clicks to get to it and paste the selection.
That’s one thing that Windows does a lot better.
Maccy isn’t going away from my system anytime soon.
If it’s stored locally on the device, then what’s the reason for erasing it every eight hours? Isn’t local storage supposed to be private and secure by default? Shouldn’t this be an option?
Also it takes too many clicks to get to it and paste the selection.
That’s one thing that Windows does a lot better.
Maccy isn’t going away from my system anytime soon.