MacOS X Mammoth..... you can't ignore the Elephant in the room!
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MacOS X Mammoth..... you can't ignore the Elephant in the room!
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Not so much a feature but waiting for Adobe, Enscape, Revit(+other ArchiCAD rendering, BIM software to get their #$%#$ together. Falls under better support for popular software that people wanna use on MacOS.
Maybe also make it easier to access multiple tabs of software. Mission control is great, desktops also great, but tabs n multiple monitor setups, like a mini dock for tabs... allow for more customisation without breaking everything that is already good.
Have the option to screen capture without going to that additional step. Slows the workflow a lot.
Bring back dashboard and widgets! I use these every day!
Maybe also make it easier to access multiple tabs of software. Mission control is great, desktops also great, but tabs n multiple monitor setups, like a mini dock for tabs... allow for more customisation without breaking everything that is already good.
Have the option to screen capture without going to that additional step. Slows the workflow a lot.
Bring back dashboard and widgets! I use these every day!
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I mean you must have a outdated printer, shouldn’t blame apple for that
My canon printer from 2016 works fine
apple's Vintage/Obsolete policy uses the last date of sale and a 5-7 year countdown clock to dropping the system.
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the MBA Early 2015 was replaced by the MBA 2017 in June. It isn't on the Vintage list at the moment but that could change in the next week or so. Probably a coin-toss on whether it makes it or not. Similar thing for the iMac Late 2015. Replaced in June 2017.
If Apple is using the macOS ship date ( September - October ) and these drop onto the Vintage list in June/July 2022 then they'll probably get skipped. However, if the beta ship date is used then they may 'squeak' by.
MacBook Pro 2015 is decent chance get dropped as it was replaced in 2016 ( but in October. That likely allowed it to 'squeak' by last year but gets more doubtful now ). However, it still hasn't made the vintage list so isn't cutting it off at the 5 year mark. It could go this July/August and fall into same boat as the MBA ( 'vintage before macOS 13 release'). If manages to make cut this year, then a pretty high probability that it will get dropped in 2023.
The Mac Pro 2013 while even older didn't get replaced until 2019 ( 2024 until it can fall into Vintage even though relatively ancient to stuff that will get dropped off this year. ) . Its obsolete countdown clock has barely started relative to most of the rest of the above list which got more regular upgrades. Mini is in a similar boat in that didn't get replaced until 2018 ( 2023 until it can fall into Vintage).
MacBook 2016 was discontinued in 2019 ( minimally 2024 until can kick it to the curb. As the spawn of the butterfly keyboard it probably will go quick. )
There is 'old' stuff here but largely due to fact that Apple went into "Rip van Winkle" mode on those products with comatose upgrade process as to why they are still around and will likely make the 'cut' this year. In 2023 and 2024 there are highly likely the axed products coming off the supported list as some of these comatose upgrade products expire.
Because Intel systems are being phased out the 5-7 vintage windows is highly likely going to trend to 'just 5' as Apple finishes the switch over to M-series/Arm. Not going to cut them short , but also not generally going to give extended time either. [ MBP 15" 2015 has some die hard fans of replaceable drives, but 6 years is probably as far as it goes. If the current 14/16 didn't have substantive backorder problems then it probably would have already been on the Vintage list by now. ]
Or there is another possible result (still unlikely): macOS 13 supports only Apple silicon Macs but macOS 12 will continue receiving security updates beyond 3 years until all Intel-based Macs go vintage.apple's Vintage/Obsolete policy uses the last date of sale and a 5-7 year countdown clock to dropping the system.
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The ability to remove apps that I don't use. That'll be a start.
Well if MacOS13 has mostly M1 enhancements and offers some updated apps/security updates for intel based Macs you could draw a similar conclusion. Thats actually the way I think things are headed. Remember Big Sur when people were comparing what was M1 specific, not available to intel based Macs, that upset a few people.
This is true, and more features in macOS Monterey are for Apple silicon only including the 3D globe in Maps. macOS 13 may be de facto mostly security updates for Intel-based Macs.
That is about as possible as a meteor hitting the Apple campus ring like a bulleye. The "all go vintage n 3 years" isn't even remotely true.
Right now Apple is still selling Intel Mini's brand new. That probably is not going to stop at WWDC 2022 and continue into at least the Summer. There is no way Apple can kill of upgrades to those systems given they have pragmatically made folks pay for upgrades for those systems. Mac Pro same still being sold new boat. ( I would be very surprised if they get a new Mac Pro out the door before November if not December. Won't be surprised if it has slid into 2023. ) it is impossible for them to go Vintage in 3 years if they are still under active sale. The Vintage countdown clock hasn't even started! Cannot use up 5 years if not even counting. Let alone do it in 3 years.
Apple has explicitly said they are going to support Intel MacOS for a substantive amount of time. ( e.g., the current Marketing Director bought his child a Intel MacBook Pro for college back in 2020. If they were going to throw upgrade support into the trash can in less than 4 years you think he would have done that? No. ) it isn't going to die that quickly. didn't on the 68K-> PPC transition. Didn't on the PPC -> x86 transition. It does very little good for Apple to piss off tons of users.
There is still 80-100 million Intel Macs out there. Apple isn't going to abandon them quickly. It makes zero business sense. Apple killed off 32-bit apps and put lots of older APIs on deprecated list ( no new features and may get dropped in future years). So the macOS on Intel got put on a 'lean' diet before the transition happened. That cuts long term support costs. Second the Rosetta system means there are translated intel libraries still being used. Again, if already paying for it , not too much money to keep it going for several years.
Unlike the previous transition, Apple makes money off of macOS Intel customer viable via mac app subscription money. Not as much as selling a new system but regular , re-occurring and largely predictable revenue. If piss off those folks and many of them go to Windows then that is a drop in revenue. Apple trying to drive down revenues why? If just leave those folks alone eventually most of them will buy new M-series Macs. Pulling them into making an upgrade with a better product offering is better than short term herding them into something they don't want to do. Apple doesn't do "10 years of support" to there is some 'push' to move along. But really zero need to push too hard here.
Apple charges for upgrades upfront (in the base price). They already have the money to do the vast majority of the work. Charging for something and then not delivering is a fast path to getting sued. Apple is already under government scrutiny. That would just make that situation worse also.
I really hope they'll fix the finder (speaking of all rhe bugs with the finder) and they'll keep improving the music app.
After years and years Apple finally fixed one of the most annoying bugs (songs stopping playback when you add them to playlists), but there's still much to be done.
After years and years Apple finally fixed one of the most annoying bugs (songs stopping playback when you add them to playlists), but there's still much to be done.
At least macOS comes with no relevant bloatware, unlike Windows 10. I just formatted a windows laptop and it was filled to the brim with junk, includind Tiktok, Instagram and a few candy crush clones...
Windows 11 seems to fair a little better.
Eh, one would wish...
I'd give everything for a simple service pack of sorts, instead of a new release each year.
The UI scaling hits too close to home.
I use a 4K display and experience all sorts of weird behaviours.
Everything's fixed if I enable actual 4K scale, but the UI becomes impossibly tiny; when I use 1440p/5K everything works as it should, however I'm extorted into buying the studio display.
Enterprises with intel based Macs don't necessarily need MacOS to add new features, only to maintain application compatibility with kernel revisions/security updates for next few years. As long MacOS evolves without effecting licensed software there is nothing preventing Apple from further expanding upon M1 functionality over intel. Companies usually recycle older computers every 3-4 years and use new ones to replace them.
I would really like to see a virtualization tool that allows me to work again with .net coding (full visual studio 2022 working) and sql server 2019. At the moment this is what stops me from switching to a Mac Studio from my 2016 Intel iMac 27K, not the OS.
A MacOS uninstaller that keeps track of everything that an app installs, so everything can be removed when it's uninstalled, would be a great idea!
Nope. Just dragging the app to trash is often insufficient. Apps can install stuff in all sorts of places beside the Applications folder. That's why apps that do this, and are from the most responsible vendors, come with their own uninstallers. E.g., my Kindle app isn't working right since I upgraded to Monterey, an AZ doesn't provide an uninstaller, so I have do a complete uninstall and reinstall (just trashing the app wasn't sufficient, since other files associated with the app are corrupted).
To do this, I'll need to search ~/Library for anything containing "Kindle", and delete those files. And sometimes that's not enough, since an app can install configuration files outside of ~/Library (e.g.., kexts, which are typically in /System/Library/Extensions), and/or that don't contain its name. Plus you need to be careful to not accidentally delete something you think is for the app in question but it's not. It would be so much easier if MacOS had an automatic tracker function for this (and in cases where the app manages your own content, Apple should require it only store that in Documents, so you don't accidentally delete that when uninstalling the app) (e.g., when you delete an email client, you don't want to delete the email database).
I'd like to see:
1) The return of subpixel text rendering (never going to happen).
2) The ability to lock out other desktops, so you don't accidentally send a window to another desktop when moving things around, which seems to happen to me all the time.
3) The default UI scaling on Retina displays is 2X. I like bigger UI elements (they're easier to clck on when I'm trying to work quickly), so I'd like to see a 3x integer scaling option. Right now MacOS offers about 3X, but it's blurry because it's non-integer. [3X is bigger than I'd like— ~2.5X would be ideal—but if it's integer it would at least be sharp.] They could offer 3X even when the resolutions aren't divisible by 3, by simply throwing out the one or two remaining rows or columns of pixels that won't fit on the display after doing the 3X scaling (essentially, they'd be doing an overscan). Each row or column is only about 100 microns thick on a Retina display, so discarding them wouldn't be detectable.
4) The option to not gray out/blur the dock elements of inactive Windows, at least when High Contrast is chosen in Accessibility.
5) A modification to the list of Bookmarks in Safari's dock that allows you to pin any X elements (you pick what X is, and what they are) to the top, and then adds any new bookmarks below this. That way you'd have your Favorites plus your most recents in one list, without having to open up separate folders.
6) The option to make scroll bars wider so they're easier to grab. If they're at the far right of the display, I find the cursor has to be placed very precisely.
1) The return of subpixel text rendering (never going to happen).
2) The ability to lock out other desktops, so you don't accidentally send a window to another desktop when moving things around, which seems to happen to me all the time.
3) The default UI scaling on Retina displays is 2X. I like bigger UI elements (they're easier to clck on when I'm trying to work quickly), so I'd like to see a 3x integer scaling option. Right now MacOS offers about 3X, but it's blurry because it's non-integer. [3X is bigger than I'd like— ~2.5X would be ideal—but if it's integer it would at least be sharp.] They could offer 3X even when the resolutions aren't divisible by 3, by simply throwing out the one or two remaining rows or columns of pixels that won't fit on the display after doing the 3X scaling (essentially, they'd be doing an overscan). Each row or column is only about 100 microns thick on a Retina display, so discarding them wouldn't be detectable.
4) The option to not gray out/blur the dock elements of inactive Windows, at least when High Contrast is chosen in Accessibility.
5) A modification to the list of Bookmarks in Safari's dock that allows you to pin any X elements (you pick what X is, and what they are) to the top, and then adds any new bookmarks below this. That way you'd have your Favorites plus your most recents in one list, without having to open up separate folders.
6) The option to make scroll bars wider so they're easier to grab. If they're at the far right of the display, I find the cursor has to be placed very precisely.
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I'd like to see it fix all the USB problems with the Mac Studio (hopefully it's not a hardware problem), but I really hope we get a 12.x update that does that.
Apple should focus on usability when working with multiple monitors. For example, activate the monitor/desktop where the mouse is, without having to click first. And open an Application on the monitor you actually start it, or remember the monitor it was closed in, and start there again. Maybe a feature where the dock only displays the active applications on that particular monitor.
As it is today, it sucks.
As it is today, it sucks.
I’d like to see windows tiling properly done
A long time ago I had ClarisWorks and it had an amazing tile function where You could fill the screen with separate tiles of each window , really miss that feature
A long time ago I had ClarisWorks and it had an amazing tile function where You could fill the screen with separate tiles of each window , really miss that feature
I feel your pain, however this is an article about the next MacOS not iPadOS...