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Personally, I feel it’s actually the other way around.
macOS is mature and familiar. Sure it gets a new splash of paint every couple years but since at least Mavericks, when updates started to become free and yearly, it’s just been changing very little, but steadily adding nice things to have.
iPad OS it’s truly the one having an identity crisis. It’s multitasking interface seems to get redesigned every year, and every year it seems to not be able to keep up with either of its older brothers.
It’s still far far away from a Mac, but also, you can’t even call it “iOS on steroids” anymore because it’s not, it still doesn’t have several of the features introduced in recent versions of iOS.
It doesn’t have the new lock screen, it doesn’t have any battery management, it doesn’t have certain camera features, it can’t even be used as a home hub anymore, it doesn’t have a proper Wallet app, it doesn’t have Apple Watch compatibility… it doesn’t know what it wants to be.
- Settings App
- Stage Manager

Those are significant interface changes, confusing ones.
 
"we"? Sorry to tell you this, but it's only a small percentage of mac users who care about this. You may speak for them, but certainly not for me and so many others.
And it's more sad than weird that some are over the moon about new emojis.
"more than sad"

Perhaps you shouldn't worry about things that have nothing to do with you? Is it really sad people enjoy something that you don't? This kind of opinion baffles me.

Let people enjoy things.
 
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Has anyone experienced this issue on the MBP M1 after upgrading?:
• Unable to Mirror or Extend Display to iPad Pro M2 (But it extends to the Intel MBP.
• Unable to Link keyboard and mouse to iPad Pro M2 and Intel MBP.
• Using iPhone as Continuity Camera doesn't work (it works on the Intel MBP).

UPDATE: Everything points to the MBP M1 as the source of the problem. Any suggestions?

UPDATE 2: Yay! Problem solved: Open terminal and run this command: sudo pkill bluetoothd
 
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I can't seem to install this update. Whenever I try to install it and restart the computer, it says "some updates failed to install." Any thoughts?
 
Nothing for Safari? Figures
I documented what Safari 16.4 added, but it’s all experimental still when MacOS 13.3 was released today it’s original additional abilities buried to some time in the future. But this new codec, both software and hardware decoding requested by YouTube and Netflix isn’t supported by API. Maybe we will see it in 13.4 or later on.
 
I can't seem to install this update. Whenever I try to install it and restart the computer, it says "some updates failed to install." Any thoughts?
Reset PRAM and SMC (Intel Macs only):

Reset PRAM:
Hold Command () + Option () + 'p' + 'r' during startup. This zaps the PRAM (Parameter RAM), an option that long-time Mac users will remember. Press and hold the key combination until you hear the second set of chimes.

Reset SMC:
Portable Macs with removable batteries

  • Shut down the Mac, unplug and remove the battery.
  • Press and hold the power button for five seconds before releasing.
  • Replace the battery (just put it back in), plug in the Mac and turn it back on.
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On Apple Silicon Macs, all you can do is a full Shutdown (will power Off), then power On and try again.
 
Reset PRAM and SMC (Intel Macs only):

Reset PRAM:
Hold Command () + Option () + 'p' + 'r' during startup. This zaps the PRAM (Parameter RAM), an option that long-time Mac users will remember. Press and hold the key combination until you hear the second set of chimes.

Reset SMC:
Portable Macs with removable batteries

  • Shut down the Mac, unplug and remove the battery.
  • Press and hold the power button for five seconds before releasing.
  • Replace the battery (just put it back in), plug in the Mac and turn it back on.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=

On Apple Silicon Macs, all you can do is a full Shutdown (will power Off), then power On and try again.
Thanks. This is happening on my brand new M2 13-inch MacBook Pro. I tried restarting over and over, at least 5 times, and it didn’t work. I will try tomorrow. It could just be a demand issue, with the servers possibly serving up a faulty update and the update isn’t getting verified successfully.
 
Doesn't even get to a .4 release before getting replaced by an entirely new version, and the headline feature is ****ing emojis

macOS is in such a sad state.
It's looking more and more like I'm gonna skip Ventura altogether. IIRC, I skipped Yosemite back in it's time, and moved directly to El Cap from Mavericks.
 
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The thing is, if you really want optimum OS stability, you should move from one .5-.6 versions to the next, so basically upgrading the OS in the summer just before the year’s new OS is released. That way the code has time to settle and all the subtle bugs can be worked out before the release schedule shifts to a new OS with new bugs.
 
"we"? Sorry to tell you this, but it's only a small percentage of mac users who care about this. You may speak for them, but certainly not for me and so many others.
And it's more sad than weird that some are over the moon about new emojis.
Well you know, bots apparently love their emojis… Makes them seem more human I guess.

The thing is, if you really want optimum OS stability, you should move from one .5-.6 versions to the next, so basically upgrading the OS in the summer just before the year’s new OS is released. That way the code has time to settle and all the subtle bugs can be worked out before the release schedule shifts to a new OS with new bugs.
That is my strategy as well… except that the bugs rarely get sorted.
 
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(I know I´m wrong but) i have the impression Apple only thinks in new Emojis. Maybe Apple thinks Mac OS is only used by teenagers. :p
 
Just updated. I was expecting bugfix in using Safari, Stage Manager, and other small things but nothing... I still have the same annoying bugs... What's the point, uff...
 
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Did they finally fix the laggy mouse and keyboard (sometimes repeating multiple characters and spaces) in Universal Control? I tried all of the tricks in support forums to fix it, and after a couple of minutes (sometimes an hour) it will just start lagging, mouse moving like it's connected to a VNC on a 1200 baud modem.
 
Any chance the battery drain issues have been fixed? My laptop can’t last even a day sleeping without running out of battery.
Ok this drives me insane on my 14”. I’ve tried to disable anything that would stop it from sleeping, but it’s totally awake in my bag all night or while I’m travelling.
 
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