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Apple Releases macOS Mojave With Dark Mode, Stacks, Dynamic Desktop and More
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Installation took roughly 30 minutes on my 2017 TB 13" MBP.
I did a Fresh install from a fast USB-C bootable media. It is kind of slow compared to High Sierra in very few areas like... viewing 'about this mac' or opening 'screen saver' in system preferences. But those are the things that people don't care about anyways, for the most parts. Used this for about 3 hours last night. Seems like it's better than last Public Beta I used (PB5) in few areas like... Safari seemed to open faster, few system preferences app opens faster etc.
Installation was clean, simple. iStat Menus, Hyperdock & Adblock Plus works like charm, right out the box. Recommended.
I did a Fresh install from a fast USB-C bootable media. It is kind of slow compared to High Sierra in very few areas like... viewing 'about this mac' or opening 'screen saver' in system preferences. But those are the things that people don't care about anyways, for the most parts. Used this for about 3 hours last night. Seems like it's better than last Public Beta I used (PB5) in few areas like... Safari seemed to open faster, few system preferences app opens faster etc.
Installation was clean, simple. iStat Menus, Hyperdock & Adblock Plus works like charm, right out the box. Recommended.
Download of Mohave was a complete disaster on my 2017 iMac - downloaded twice and both times lost all connectivity, bluetooth, internet, My Passport, keyboard/wireless mouse completely buggy, keystrokes incredibly slow, random message pop-ups, etc. etc. Finally after working through two Apple techs and a senior advisor, used Command R/Disk Utility - erased my HD and reinstalled High Sierra from Time Machine. SHAME on Apple for releasing this mess. MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP IF YOU’RE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO TRY THE DOWNLOAD LIKE I DID.
I'm very pleased to report that the following issues in Safari which still existed in the GM, as well as the Safari Tech Preview, have been fixed:
1. Audio in BBC iPlayer and TuneIn now play although there's a weird "playing" icon in TuneIn's main window (as opposed to the separate player and controls in the lower portion) which behaves as if it isn't connecting even though it has.
2. Linked content on certain FB groups which would show a blank window unless you reloaded the page without an Ad Blocker now shows the linked content's photo or video.
3. With the latest release of Dark Mode for Safari, FB "like" icons now show the proper "positive" colors. YOUR own like icon, however, still shows as a negative color image.
1. Audio in BBC iPlayer and TuneIn now play although there's a weird "playing" icon in TuneIn's main window (as opposed to the separate player and controls in the lower portion) which behaves as if it isn't connecting even though it has.
2. Linked content on certain FB groups which would show a blank window unless you reloaded the page without an Ad Blocker now shows the linked content's photo or video.
3. With the latest release of Dark Mode for Safari, FB "like" icons now show the proper "positive" colors. YOUR own like icon, however, still shows as a negative color image.
think I might have to sell my 2 motu Ultralite MK3 hybrids and finally get the thunderbolt units. there seems to be issues with mojave. hopefully MOTU will release drivers soon.
They didn’t make them optional because they wanted Siri to not have to act differently depending on whether you installed stocks, etc. Makes their life simpler if they can know for sure the apps are there.
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Mojave on my MacBook Air has no sublimely rendering.
Sorry but no. I had to get Apple Support to walk me through the process of replacing the Encryption PW with a new one. Hopefully you won't even be asked for it. I'm not sure why I was asked for it, neither was the support tech. But that was the upgrade to High Sierra. I had no issues with Mojave, everything went okay.
Given the hype during beta testing, I'm currently a bit disappointed with Mojave. After testing for a couple of days I'm seeing some UI glitches and performance issues that weren't present on High Sierra. Hopefully these will get ironed out in the coming updates.
Thanks. Mine did too, eventually.
The download took easily 10x the time that it did on the rMBP/MBAs in the house. Everything’s on 802.11ac, so chalking it up to the spinning drive.
Still waiting on the sidelines with my 2017 iMac, 16MB RAM and 500GB SSD. It's my everyday machine and I can't afford for it to go all wonkers.
Totally agree. Dark Mode causes my eyes to have the "mini blinds" effect. The contrast control is awful. If you move it even a fraction from the left side toward the right it immediately washes out the entire screen like an overexposed photo. WTH! And the thin system font on my MBP 15" Retina screen is a b..ch to read. I have to strain my eyes to see if text is bolded. I think the programmers at Apple are morons, including the top dog programmer. They proved that with High Sierra and they are still proving it...
Whilst Mojave has mostly been a painless transition, one thing that irks is the loss of the Grab app. The new screenshot app seems to have most of its functionality, but it is clearly meant to be a really transient tool (closer to an advanced apple-shift-3) that closes quickly after you take a screenshot. When I'm putting together a presentation with a lot of screengrabs (as I do often) I actually want the screenshot tool to persist until i tell it to close - kind of like Grab almost did. Happy to report that I was able to restore the Grab app from a time machine backup and it still works fine Mojave, so the underlying API doesn't seem to have changed.
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