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macOS 15 System Settings to Get Design Overhaul
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macOS settings will be more like iOS? but the settings in iOS are absolutely awful
Yea it was fine the way it was. But
wanted settings to be like iOSThe one change I'm really hoping for is moving Passwords from Settings to an application of its own so we don't have to use a Shortcut. And while they're at it include, fillable credit cards in the same interface.
The analytics probably showed that people clicked 50 times all over the place just to find the setting to adjust the menu bar. LOL
System settings (and the similar print dialog box) is easily the biggest pain point of macOS since Ventura. They could do almost ANYTHING to change it and it couldn't possibly get worse. I'm thrilled to hear Apple are even thinking about it.
Knowing the way Apple has been going lately it with be a total cluster ****. The more they try to change and add crap people don't need (the iphone is a good example) as well as the Mac the more bugs surface and it we will be constantly updating the system.
Moving "General" around is no consolation. The whole idea of "General" is fundamentally bad. What is "General" anyway? It's like boxes/folders which you mark "miscellaneous" or "various" when you are too lazy to think of how to organize things, guaranteeing that you'll never find what is in them ever again.
These are good as they are things that should have been done years ago.
But I would find shared contacts to be extremely useful. They should use the good work done with iCloud Keychain password sharing as a model.
But I would find shared contacts to be extremely useful. They should use the good work done with iCloud Keychain password sharing as a model.
Crazy that macs support the generation of 2 factor codes which change every minute or so, like with Microsoft or google Authenticator, but built in- yet it’s hidden deep inside Password settings and a fiddle to enable.
The current Settings panel continues to be a complete sshow. It cannot get any worse, I hope, Apple, hello, it cannot get any worse right, right? The old style panel was so easy so simple with those nice tutorial animations and proper native Mac UI. The current thing is just complete garbage, with little sub panels and popups and annoying phone style switches and everything is impossible to find other than with that horrible search ui which shows many results and you just have to guess at what you need. Truly truly bad, all because they decided internally to "dogfood" their own sht swift ui or catalyst or other crp that nobody asked for. In second place the crp "New" Podcasts app made with similar crp frameworks that lost a ton of features that will never return because it's "good enough" because nobody uses it because it's crp now and keeps running in the background downloading all the podcasts in the world even when you "quit" it.
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Don't challenge their 'courage' !!
Hot corners are in two separate places in settings. It’s a very windows-like design choice. The search field in settings is the best feature Apple has because finding any setting without it would be a nightmare.
The last version of Tiger is still the most stable version of OS X / macOS ever ❤️ but I kind of like the GUI style of the recent versions more. It’s unobtrusive.
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Revamping the settings/prefs again?
That’s starting to feel a bit Microsofty.
Seriously, though, the way it was before Ventura was just fine. I get that it was meant to look more like iOS/iPadOS, but it still feels unnecessary.
That’s starting to feel a bit Microsofty.
Seriously, though, the way it was before Ventura was just fine. I get that it was meant to look more like iOS/iPadOS, but it still feels unnecessary.
System Settings is a UI and organizational dumpster fire.
Just bring back the old Big Sur & Monterey design. Current one is trash.
Thank goodness. The iOSificastion of it has been terrible. Settings was always not great but now it’s aweful. What iOS settings and Mac settings needs most is improved search. Every time I search for common things never finds them even when that is the exact name of a setting. And of course when searching with any common symnonm etc of course nothing. Vs Google search in the setting of all there apps works far more brilliantly. Hoefully all the new LLLM ai’s will finally resolve this long standing issue. Once search is resolved then fixing the ui for those who prefer to navigate would be great too.
Right???? Why the F is it not right under Mail, same on iOS. Most people I know probably don’t even know this „hidden“ feature exists
YES, PLEASE!
I also think that Apple should 1. Allow multi windows for the settings app, and 2. have a shortcut for Hide My Email to iCloud passwords, and vice-versa. The number of times that I had to navigate between the two, and they are so far away from each other
Whatever Apple does, people here will automatically hate it. A tradition going back many years.
Why isn’t it using AI and simply organized based on what you use the most or whatever?
„General“ is just lazy for „we don’t know where to put it“. I do the same with my desktop folder 😅
„General“ is just lazy for „we don’t know where to put it“. I do the same with my desktop folder 😅