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Buying a m2 Air base model...

The point and shoot pro

The point and shoot pro

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I am buying a base m2 Air to see if I like macos or not. I want the tight integration with the rest of my apple products, but I don't like how macos does some things. I know there are apps to fix some of the annoyances, so they will be first to be installed, and then go from there. I do love the midnight color way to match my iPhone, watch etc as well. If I get into using Mac, I will move the base model air to my son when I get a maxed spec air for myself then for doing photo and video editing.

I will give reports as I go along in my 4th attempt at moving to macos. Ha ha.
 
What are the "annoyances" you're referring to, and how long have you given yourself to try to get used to them (to see if they are truly annoyances or just "eww, it's different" reactions)? I would suggest simply using macOS "stock" for at least a month or two before going around tinkering with things.
 
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The main things are when you hit the red circle apps do not close it's just a second minimize button. Snapping apps to certain parts of the screen/s, is another item that I love with my windows systems that do not work as well. I am going to give MacOS another shot this week. I am purchasing the new mac air tomorrow morning.
 
Peter Franks said:
4th attempt?
I'm curious, what were the other 3, bought and returned??
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2007, 2010 and again in 2013...Bought all new gear, only to dislike the OS and some of apples practices (like discontinuing aperture and not even letting me download the software I paid good money for). Then sold off again at a loss.

As for the closing of apps, that is way to many steps just to close a program. There is an app for that though, and snapping as far as I know, so this time maybe different, I don't know. That's why I am buying the base model, and I have a 30 day return policy at the local store. I can try it for a few weeks and see if I like it.
 
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The point and shoot pro said:
2007, 2010 and again in 2013...Bought all new gear, only to dislike the OS and some of apples practices (like discontinuing aperture and not even letting me download the software I paid good money for). Then sold off again at a loss.

As for the closing of apps, that is way to many steps just to close a program. There is an app for that though, and snapping as far as I know, so this time maybe different, I don't know. That's why I am buying the base model, and I have a 30 day return policy at the local store. I can try it for a few weeks and see if I like it.
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You just have remember in the current Mac OS the keyboard shortcuts are little different! You have to use the Command button+C=copy, command button+v is paste! Also bookmark the apple support document Mac Keyboard shortcuts to use your right hand on keyboard to do things quickly!
 
The point and shoot pro said:
2007, 2010 and again in 2013...Bought all new gear, only to dislike the OS and some of apples practices (like discontinuing aperture and not even letting me download the software I paid good money for). Then sold off again at a loss.

As for the closing of apps, that is way to many steps just to close a program. There is an app for that though, and snapping as far as I know, so this time maybe different, I don't know. That's why I am buying the base model, and I have a 30 day return policy at the local store. I can try it for a few weeks and see if I like it.
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I don't even remember how to use Windows, I only ask because when I moved to Mac 13 odd years ago, there were loads of things that got to me, but it was worth sticking with it. Let us know how you get on. I may be on an older system, but the red circle you mention closes them for me
 
satcomer said:
You just have remember in the current Mac OS the keyboard shortcuts are little different! You have to use the Command button+C=copy, command button+v is paste!
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I like how you're using 30-year-old shortcuts as examples of shortcuts being a little different in the current macOS.
 
The point and shoot pro said:
The main things are when you hit the red circle apps do not close it's just a second minimize button.
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That is only for multi-window applications. Single-window applications quit, at least if they follow Apples HIG. And honestly that is the most logical thing to happen, since it isn’t a Quit button, and some apps reserves RAM when in the background, for speed reasons, when needed.
 
T'hain Esh Kelch said:
That is only for multi-window applications. Single-window applications quit . . .
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Huh? I've never seen a single-window macOS app quit when you press the red "x" button at the top left of the window. All that does is close that window. You'll still see the white dot below the app on the dock indicating it's running and also shown in the list of open apps when you go to Apple > Force Quit. You have to press command-q or quit the app from it's menu.
 
chrfr said:
Try System Settings/System Preferences, Contacts, Calculator, FaceTime, et al.
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Weird! I guess I just never noticed before (I guess I'm just so used to always using command-q that I never thought to even try clicking the red x on those apps)? But why does TextEdit, for instance, not do this (even when only one document is open)? Very strange. Mail also doesn't quit when you click the red "x" nor does Music, Podcasts, Notes, etc. Seems very inconsistent.

EDIT: Ok, I think I see what you mean now by "single-window" macOS apps. You're not saying that it's an app that only has one window open, but an app that ONLY ever can have one window open. That makes more sense now.
 
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