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lepidotós

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I've never used anything past Snow Leopard, but for it and prior I really wish hiding your dock let you use every pixel of screen space. It doesn't, and that's annoying (picture done in Tiger).
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Reggaenald

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That’s why I use the cloud. All my files available anywhere and on any device. No drivers required
By the mercy of Apple.
I’ve had so many problems with iCloud and still do, I often question why I’m still a paying costumer. Oh yeah, because they don’t allow anyone else to offer first party integration like that.
 
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Reggaenald

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I thought of another one. This one is huge. Let me command-tab between windows of the same app. If I have four Chrome windows open, or two Word windows, put them in the command-tab row. I know you can switch to command-~ for same-app windows, but that's an extra cognitive hop. This is something Windows has had over macOS since the dawn of time.

May as well make it optional for people who like the current arrangement.
There is a keyboard shortcut for that present in syspref, but you need to enable (and remember) it.

Edit: irrelevant reply.
 

mk313

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I wish that when you maximized a window to take up the left (or right) side of your monitor, that you could leave the other side free. It works like that in Windows. On Mac, you have to select an app to take up the other side of the monitor, or else the app you selected will go full screen. There are plenty of times that I want one app to take up the whole left side, but like to be able to click between apps on the right side. Not the end of the world, but definitely a nice-to-have.
 
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eyoungren

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But the Mercy of Apple.
If had so many problems with iCloud and still do, I often question why I’m still a paying costumer. Oh yeah, because they don’t allow anyone else to offer first party integration like that.
The 'cloud' does not necessarily mean iCloud only or specifically.

Dropbox integrates directly into the Finder. With Camera Uploads on and an iOS device you get your pictures directly into Dropbox (Camera Uploads folder). Google Photos does the same, as well as Box and One Drive. All of those services can be accessed with a web browser from a device that does not have them installed. These are just a few of the bigger 'cloud' services out there.

Everyone talks about Apple putting iCloud Drive on the Mac, but the other services were there before Apple. Particularly Dropbox which has been around since 2008.
 

mmphosis

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I wish that when you maximized a window to take up the left (or right) side of your monitor, that you could leave the other side free. It works like that in Windows. On Mac, you have to select an app to take up the other side of the monitor, or else the app you selected will go full screen. There are plenty of times that I want one app to take up the whole left side, but like to be able to click between apps on the right side. Not the end of the world, but definitely a nice-to-have.
When I click Maximize in Windows, the window fills the monitor and I can only see that app and it covers everything else. I wish "Zoom" was better implemented in Applications to resize the window to just fit the contents to the smallest size at the point where scroll bars do not appear.
 
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mk313

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When I click Maximize in Windows, the window fills the monitor and I can only see that app and it covers everything else. I wish "Zoom" was better implemented in Applications to resize the window to just fit the contents to the smallest size at the point where scroll bars do not appear.

If you click the windows key and the left or right arrow key, it will only fill up half the screen. It allows you to pick an app to cover the other half, but if you click on a blank Screen, then it lets you use any size/number of apps on the other half that you want. At least on windows 10 it works that way.
 
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Reggaenald

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The 'cloud' does not necessarily mean iCloud only or specifically.

Dropbox integrates directly into the Finder. With Camera Uploads on and an iOS device you get your pictures directly into Dropbox (Camera Uploads folder). Google Photos does the same, as well as Box and One Drive. All of those services can be accessed with a web browser from a device that does not have them installed. These are just a few of the bigger 'cloud' services out there.

Everyone talks about Apple putting iCloud Drive on the Mac, but the other services were there before Apple. Particularly Dropbox which has been around since 2008.
Appreciate that heads up, but I was just talking about my experiences with a cloud service.
Also, for Calendar, Note, Keychain, Backups, Tab and Search History, Health(!) and other stuff iCloud is (unfortunately) the only service to sync the data of the first party apps. If it would only be about Files and Photos I wouldn’t care much, but it’s the entire package that eventually made and still does make me opt for iCloud. Sure I could switch to third parties for basically in some form all of that, but how much would I pay then and how much confidence could I have in my service provider(s) to handle my data with care?
This may sound naive but I trust Apple with my data. They know that people do (the Executives and devs probably all use iCloud for their stuff, too) and I believe they are aware that Apple is simply not in a position to be caught slipping (much (again)). That can’t be said for smaller corporations.
 

eyoungren

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Appreciate that heads up, but I was just talking about my experiences with a cloud service.
Also, for Calendar, Note, Keychain, Backups, Tab and Search History, Health(!) and other stuff iCloud is (unfortunately) the only service to sync the data of the first party apps. If it would only be about Files and Photos I wouldn’t care much, but it’s the entire package that eventually made and still does make me opt for iCloud. Sure I could switch to third parties for basically in some form all of that, but how much would I pay then and how much confidence could I have in my service provider(s) to handle my data with care?
This may sound naive but I trust Apple with my data. They know that people do (the Executives and devs probably all use iCloud for their stuff, too) and I believe they are aware that Apple is simply not in a position to be caught slipping (much (again)). That can’t be said for smaller corporations.
Well…

I use Google for Notes and Calendars, IMAP for email (not just Google). On my Macs I use Carbon Copy Cloner to a NAS daily and Dropbox weekly. That's a whole backup, at least five or six Macs and a PC. Nothing important is stored on my phones (long term).

I don't use Health and I don't like accumulating Search History so it's disabled in my primary browser (Vivaldi). I do not use Safari on any device, Mac or iPhone. Any tabs important enough to keep are bookmarked. The only data I backup on my iPhones is app data for a few apps. I could lose everything on my iPhone today and anything important is already somewhere else between Dropbox, my Macs and my NAS. I don't care about conversations (iMessage or SMS) because any photos I classify as important have already been sent to my version of the cloud (Dropbox) and any important conversations are handled in person or via a phone call.

Googles services work on any platform. So does Yahoo's services. Apple's does not. I'm willing to give Google only the minimum required to achieve that utility because I am unwilling to be 'trapped' by Apple in their services and ecosystem. I do not believe in putting all my eggs in one basket.

But that's just me.
 
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TheShortTimer

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Blu-ray? That is still a thing.

Yep - it's still a thing. A strange attitude to have when you're posting in a thread within a forum which is dedicated for hardware which has now been superseded by two successive generations of CPU families.

I grabbed an app years ago to use Blu-ray, but that is way retro now.

Good for you. :)

Game controllers- but everyone says you can’t game on a Mac. Must be a typo. And lordyB have to check if something works when compatibility is listed right on the box, scandalous

Ok, that's childish, passive-aggressive behaviour which is completely unnecessary. Also, your reply is a hyperbolic misrepresentation of my original post.

Android and a Mac, now there is a minority.

What on earth?

Have you tried those android virtualizations that let you run android software?

No. However this software solves my problem. Hopefully something similar will be implemented by Apple as standard sooner rather than later.

Personally, the reason to go apple is the integration so why?

Yes but those are your reasons.

QT works for me - don’t have legacy stuff hanging around. It’s pretty easy to transcode and using handbrake with video toolbox. Really quick. I will admit that I would like to see enhancements like iMovie added to QT. THATS WHY I ALSO HAVE INFUSE, admittedly I don’t use it much, but it is great even intelligently upscales

You completely missed the point of my original post regarding QT.

Have you tried? My Saitek X52 Pro is better supported under macOS in X-Plane, War Thunder, and Elite Dangerous (while the Mac version still existed) than under Windows: while there without specific drivers only the most basic functions and a few buttons work, every single control element works under macOS without any additional software. The only thing not properly supported under macOS is the LC display.

The X52 Pro is listed on Logitech's website as Windows compatible only - and this has been reiterated by Logitech when Mac owners have contacted them. One potential purchaser was informed by Apple staff that they shouldn't purchase the X52 pro because it's not supported, which underscores the problem. If the LCD isn't working out of the box then it's not fully supported by the OS.

I'm going to opt for the Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS 4. It's pretty affordable and as is consistent with what I've outlined, the manufacturer has billed it as a PS4/PS5/PC device but a nice and easy tip to enable Mac compatibility has been shared here. I look forward to enjoying Afterburner II and Thunderblade under MAME as Sega had intended. :)

…and one which hasn't been produced or sold for half a decade.

You missed the point (or perhaps you chose to ignore it) regarding the Xbox 360 controller that at the height of its popularity and during its lengthy life, Apple failed to provide a driver for it in their operating system. It was hardly an obscure product.

Pretty much every Xbox controller released after that, save for the first version of the Xbox One controller with its weird propietary wireless protocol, work without any additional driver under macOS.

And even while it still was relevant, was the Xbox 360 controller pretty much the only controller requiring specific drivers. The vast majority of other gamepads from other manufacturers did not.

Still missing the point or maybe just ignoring it.

You can still use it in every game using macOS's built-in controller support. Under Windows, there is only an extremely small number of games which specifically have been written to support the DualSense 5.

You claimed that the controllers of the big three console manufacturers are fully supported. If functionality is lacking for the feature of a product within an operating system then that's an inaccurate statement. I understand the need that many people feel to "win" during online exchanges but doing so at the cost of being selectively truthful is not helpful.
 

Janichsan

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The X52 Pro is listed on Logitech's website as Windows compatible only - and this has been reiterated by Logitech when Mac owners have contacted them. One potential purchaser was informed by Apple staff that they shouldn't purchase the X52 pro because it's not supported, which underscores the problem. If the LCD isn't working out of the box then it's not fully supported by the OS.
That's something you have to discuss with Logitech. Their "not supported on Macs" is probably based on their (or Thrustmaster's) laziness to provide extra software for the stick, which is pretty much unnecessary under macOS.

Fact is that the stick works absolutely fine without any additional software under macOS. Every button, every axis, every slider. You plug it in on a Windows PC, and only a handful of axes and buttons work without additional software.

And the LCD is probably one of the least necessary features of the stick. It's not even supported by the majority of games under Windows.

You claimed that the controllers of the big three console manufacturers are fully supported. If functionality is lacking for the feature of a product within an operating system then that's an inaccurate statement. I understand the need that many people feel to "win" during online exchanges but doing so at the cost of being selectively truthful is not helpful.
You can take any Playstation controller, connect it via Bluetooth or USB with a Mac and can use it in any game using the operating system's controller APIs. That's a fact. You can't do that under Windows. Which is also a fact.

By your definition, Windows is functionally lacking in that area as well, by far more so than macOS.
 

orionquest

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So something I do quiet often is create or expand zip files. I hate the fact that MacOS opens a new window when you do either of these actions.

I would like an option to turn off that new window.

There was a fix for this a few versions ago, but it hasn't worked since. I'm on Mojave, not sure if the behaviour is different in newer versions.
 

eyoungren

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So something I do quiet often is create or expand zip files. I hate the fact that MacOS opens a new window when you do either of these actions.

I would like an option to turn off that new window.

There was a fix for this a few versions ago, but it hasn't worked since. I'm on Mojave, not sure if the behaviour is different in newer versions.
Same old same old…

Install Onyx for Mojave, go to the Parameters section>Misc> and install the 'Archives Preference pane'.

Note, if you did this previously Onyx may have the section greyed out. Just uninstall, then reinstall.

There you go…

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srbNYC

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Color-coding on Mail accounts in the combined inbox. I created account-based rules years ago, but they don't appear consistently and never "stick." I wish I could simply choose colors in the accounts-setup.
 
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lepidotós

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Now slated for macOS Imperial Beach -- the trash can has been removed entirely. Apple recommends just throwing files on the corners and edges of your desktop.

Does Apple have color themes for whatever the current macOS design scheme is called? They used to let you pick between Aqua and Graphite, I feel like they should have color themes for the AS iMacs.
Speaking of color, I feel like a pinkish MacBook would sell decently well. I wish those M2 MBA rumors that they'd have white bezels with iMac colored-bodies panned out, but at least they've released a black one. Or... navy blue? I honestly can't tell, which makes it a perfect followup to Graphite.​
 
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lepidotós

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Better yet, the trash can is gone and instead syncs to iCloud and slowly fills up your storage until you have to pay for more storage. Trash as a subscription service.
For the real Imperial Beach experience, if someone's storage is too full and they don't pay for more, you might just end up with 20GB of their deleted files.​
 

lepidotós

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@Jack Neill As someone who lives in the area, IB is also pretty littered on its own merits (though considering it's like 10 miles from the border, that kinda gets fuzzy), the I-5 offramp to Palm Avenue is basically the city's trash can from the looks of it and has been since the 2000s at least, probably before then too.​
 
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