I could imagine that the authenticator use case in particular won’t work, especially when using something like Face ID.
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Apple Unveils macOS 15 Sequoia With iPhone Mirroring, Passwords App, More
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Face ID could (and should) work together with Touch ID so you can authenticate with your Mac.
Mac OS System Preferences/Settings. Did they bring it back with some common sense? Or, did Apple just be Apple with their insane arrogance and just ignore all of us users that cannot use the new design since Ventura? Has anyone checked out the latest OS Beta of Sequoia?
Not really. The encrypted data is in a so called secure enclave on the device. Touch ID on your Mac should definitely have no way to access the secure enclave on your phone (and vice versa).
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yeah I dont see this happening either. it will probably be pin/password driven experience and you can just paste it into the window.
Ugh good point. I know you can do the password too sometimes so that may be a work around.
Only the Ice Lake 2020 model is supported. The 2018-2019 model was dropped.
yeah, that's better than it looked in their own documentation you sent before. Doesn't solve the biggest issue—you lose the ability to use other PC hardware. You're locked in if you want the features, but you don't get Apple's ecosystem, you have Huawei's, and I assume you hope Windows doesn't ever bork your connections.
of course, universal control was announced 4 years ago at wwdc, so I still think Apple wins this, but it's nice to see others doing it.
I have the feeling that Sequoia has some exclusive features, such as window snapping or iPhone mirroring or notifications integration, that are absent from iPadOS, and seem to be aimed at increasing the reasons for people to buy a Mac instead (or as well as) an iPad Pro.
I’d like to see continuity features across iPhone, iPad and Mac, not only between iPhone and Mac. And also the window snapping on Stage Manager on the iPad, not only on macOS.
I’d like to see continuity features across iPhone, iPad and Mac, not only between iPhone and Mac. And also the window snapping on Stage Manager on the iPad, not only on macOS.
Long, long, long overdue. Thank goodness we’ve been able to at least somewhat emulate the Windows experience with 3rd party apps like Better Snap Tool, but I’m hoping native macOS window tiling is smoother, more robust, and more responsive the way it (mostly) works on Windows.
I'd really like to get ten years out of mine. We will see.
Yeah but what about the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID? How does that work? It’s wireless and paired to my Mac, and I can authenticate just fine. There’s no reason that Touch ID in the keyboard cannot bind itself to the phone as well.
I let out a very loud “YES” at macOS getting not-Aero Snap
I know it was possible with third party utilities but it’s always been janky (especially if you use spaces)
Shame you can’t resize the windows and have the snapped layout adapt like in Windows 11… maybe next year
Never mind, it's actually a thing in macOS 15 (only for two apps side-by side but it's there)! I'm so happy
Oh and the iPhone mirroring stuff! Absolute peak
Can’t wait to stop reaching for my iPhone while it’s charging
I know it was possible with third party utilities but it’s always been janky (especially if you use spaces)
Never mind, it's actually a thing in macOS 15 (only for two apps side-by side but it's there)! I'm so happy
Oh and the iPhone mirroring stuff! Absolute peak
Can’t wait to stop reaching for my iPhone while it’s charging
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The Magic Keyboard basically acts as a „remote“ fingerprint sensor for the secure enclave in your Mac. Theoretically, that could also be enabled for iPhones I guess. But the keyboard would then probably have to be paired to the iPhone, not the Mac.
The largest and most majestic tree on earth and not even a Mac OS Sequoia wallpaper, just a color palette? What the hell Apple?
Isn't this exactly what they said in the keynote that you would be able to do?
I see three possible reasons here:
- distraction/false leads campaign to keep true feature announcements secret until The Big Reveal.
- leaker/NDA violator campaign, especially considering ChatGPT integrations
- WWDC keynote is about The Wow Factor. That One More Thing mantra. 105 minutes focused on big exciting things. A new layout for system menu options isn't exciting.
That makes me sad. On day one of owning a new Apple device, I devote hours of time setting things up just so.
4 consecutive vowels! Reminds me of how British English spells "manoeuvre" - utter chaos.