Apple has added simplified options to macOS/OS X whose mere presence leads some people to panic that these simplified options become mandatory (eg, Mac App Store, Launchpad) even though that hasn't really happened in the 15+ years of OS X. Occasionally Apple does a big overhaul of some apps to rethink their UI that take away some options (eg, iPhoto/Photos, iMovie, Final Cut Pro X, iWork, Disk Utility, AirPort Utility) but most of those missing options get re-added over time, though some features might be gone forever (RAID creation in Disk Utility, a host of options in AirPort Utility). However, it is extremely rare that any command line UNIX tools are removed (RAID creation is still possible via the command line).
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Apple Reveals First Public Sign of macOS 10.13
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I understand it better now, thanks. I still maintain the iPhoto app on iOS 6 and although I don't use it much, I think it has more functions than the current Photos app. I cannot comment extensively on which functions have been removed and if those functions are helpful of not, though.
I didn't read all the posts here so sorry if this has already been asked - but what are the units of the Y-axis on the visits graph?
As the graph shows people from Apple visits Macrumors, I hope they'll read my following wishlist:
1. Call it MacOS Fortune Cookie
2. Faster and more reliable Safari (it's a shame Chrome is better as of now and more stable than Apple's own Safari, same for Maps and Google Maps)
3. Make better integration with Windows server and sharepoint possible
4. Make it possible to do Time machine backups on a Windows server
5. Make it possible to mirror your computer screen on an iPad. Would be awesome I could use my iPad as a drawing board in Photoshop
6. Make it possible to do unlimited photo uploads in iCloud when buying a Mac, iPad or iPhone (like google does with the pixel)
7. File management between MacOS and iOS.
8. Force applications (Adobe CC) to make use of MacOS specific features (what's the benefit of using Mac when applications don't support MacOS specific tools
9. When opening a finder window fromout a program, it's nice to have some more options (same options as opening a finder window in the finder)
10. Having lots of extensions loaded the icons are a mess in the upper right screen (with some applications with lots of menus, you get overlap)
11. Make MacOS touch aware or remove the launchpad. (What's the use of all the program icons shown iPad style when you still have to point and click the old fashioned way).
12. Make MacOS touch aware so it's ready to work on the iPad when the A-series of processors are fast enough.
And if you've read this as an Apple programmer: show us the love and passion you once had in developing for Mac!
Thank you!
1. Call it MacOS Fortune Cookie
2. Faster and more reliable Safari (it's a shame Chrome is better as of now and more stable than Apple's own Safari, same for Maps and Google Maps)
3. Make better integration with Windows server and sharepoint possible
4. Make it possible to do Time machine backups on a Windows server
5. Make it possible to mirror your computer screen on an iPad. Would be awesome I could use my iPad as a drawing board in Photoshop
6. Make it possible to do unlimited photo uploads in iCloud when buying a Mac, iPad or iPhone (like google does with the pixel)
7. File management between MacOS and iOS.
8. Force applications (Adobe CC) to make use of MacOS specific features (what's the benefit of using Mac when applications don't support MacOS specific tools
9. When opening a finder window fromout a program, it's nice to have some more options (same options as opening a finder window in the finder)
10. Having lots of extensions loaded the icons are a mess in the upper right screen (with some applications with lots of menus, you get overlap)
11. Make MacOS touch aware or remove the launchpad. (What's the use of all the program icons shown iPad style when you still have to point and click the old fashioned way).
12. Make MacOS touch aware so it's ready to work on the iPad when the A-series of processors are fast enough.
And if you've read this as an Apple programmer: show us the love and passion you once had in developing for Mac!
Thank you!
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I appreciate Launchpap, helps me keep things organized so I can find apps quickly
I have a bunch of bugs especially regarding safari and also custom keyboard shortcuts
Safari is unreliable on my Mac and iPad. It suddenly freezes can't open web pages. Restarting it resolves the problems. It doesn't work properly with our sharepoint server anymore and I'm forced to use Chrome now. It's a shame Chrome (based on WebKit) is faster and more reliable on Hardware from Apple than Safari.
Since macOS is totally free, there is no need for a selling point anymore
I'll install Safari technology preview tomorrow at work... see if it's better. Thank you for suggesting it
I'm quite happy with the in between releases. Every bug solved is a bug less
. That said, I would love to see bigger releases. Microsoft is doing two big releases this year. Apple needs to stay on top because it's MacOS making me stay using Apple, not the hardware.
Maybe Surplusmeter is the one you're looking for, it hasn't been updated for a while but it still seems to work.
I have used it extensively a couple of years ago, worked flawlessly.
I really hope Apple expands their emoji support in MacOS, I just feel so limited by the thousands of mostly useless icons I have at my disposal today. I mean what else will I use my touch bar for other then swiping through a richer collection of hieroglyphs that are so very important to professional modern communication.
We generally do not share the exact numbers, as we prefer to keep internal traffic data private for competitive reasons, but the number of visits we've received from systems identifying themselves as running 10.13 is in the thousands. A few may be faked, but many are from Apple IP addresses and these types of data have generally been reliable indicators when you're talking about more than just a handful of data points.
I think the most urgent touches would be to fix the highly primitive finder and task bar, as well as revive the mail app. Macs used to be well ahead of windows, now it's the opposite. But I'm afraid that the next versions will probably focus more on Siri, Apple Music, and new smileys
I don't understand why everyone complains about the Finder. The only thing that annoys me is the fact that the back button doesn't take you back through the file hierarchy, but instead takes you to whatever previous directory you were at.
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I type that comment in like one minute, and Disk Utility was one of the first things that popped into my head, but as others have noted Photos is significantly worse than iPhoto. That's a pretty big one. There are just a bunch of small things Apple is doing to alienate pros with Mac OS. They're small, but they're there. For example, accessing expert display calibration settings is now hidden, and can only be found by holding alt and then pressing the calibrate button. When before it was just a simple checkbox visible to all.
You are correct that it is the responsibility of third party developers to keep their software updated with new OS releases. However, annual OS updates with significant changes (for example PDFKit, which caused a number of well-documented issues) creates difficulties when third parties are also trying to create new versions and offer new features; against a moving target.
I was more referring to the argument on these forums of whether the iPad Pro can be a PC replacement or not...
Personally I love my iPad Pro; got my cute Apple Pencil too!
I'll install Safari technology preview tomorrow at work... see if it's better. Thank you for suggesting it
Its not