Yes, in 2023 I still enjoy visualizers and screensavers when I'm around my laptop which moves around the house with me. If Im not using my computer I just close the lid.
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Every light in my home is LED now. I have my phone set to charge at non-peak hours. I even set my dishwasher on its timer to run very early morning when electrical demand is low. Let me have this one thing. It's pretty to look at and I think we're talking on the order of a few watts here.
I think that's the general problem with a lot of comments here(and at every other forum I read) — "this feature is stupid because I don't need it — instead they should've focused on (choose from list of desired features that were not implemented).
I agree — they do need work and I'm sure they will be improving them, but I'm just happy they are here — like you said — no one is forced to use them.
Not saying this is the reason, but Ventura already had some well-documented issues with network management. You might be experiencing the bastard stepchildren of that bug.
I also have a bunch on my main display, which made me realize that I need to clean up my desktop))) There are third party ones too — as long as you have them on your phone. Some will need work, for instance my BMW widget doesn't seem to be doing anything other than telling me to open the app on my phone — which it is)))
I have no real need for it, but I spent some time training the Personal Voice thing last night so I could play around with it today. I'm genuinely impressed at how accurately it's able to reproduce my voice. I mean, it's not going to get hired to narrate audiobooks, but it definitely sounds like me. A lifeless me, but me nevertheless.
Weird. I have 4-5 Macs in the house that I always update on Day 1 (or day 2 if I get a bit lazy). Never had an issue.
Not sure if it's related, but I typically set up my Macs as "new" and use iCloud, I don't do Time Machine restores.
Same on almost every point. I do use widgets on my iPhone but that's it.
Regarding the Safari profiles, I haven't seen anything to confirm this will be possible. But does anyone know if there's a way to link a Safari profile to a Focus profile? e.g.: If my MacBook and iPhone both switch to Work focus at a certain time of day, it would be nice if Safari would also auto switch to a work profile.
FTFY 😜
After three months of beta testing, macOS Sonoma is finally available to everyone to beta test.
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I wish there was a way to shuffle through the screensavers. They're mesmerising on a long call when the laptop switches to screensaver automatically 😁
There are so many I wish we could have a list of Favorites.
I think it's interesting that many of the places chosen for screensavers/wallpapers are markets Apple is expanding into. In addition to Dubai, there's several China landscapes/scenes, and Hong Kong Harbor...
There's also a weird obsession with Iceland, with no fewer than SEVEN of the screensavers being from that area. I genuinely suspect that a senior exec behind macOS went there on vacation and was much impressed.
Craig Federighi: “We spent months, and our best engineers worked day/night to bring this incredible update to macOS Sonoma; screensavers and widgets. No OS other than MS Vista has done anything this exciting.”.
macOS Soboring could be the weakest upgrade of all time.
The only useful feature here is the Web Apps. Since our "app" experience has flattened into online apps over the years, Cmd-Tab and the Dock have gotten less useful, and Tab-Hell has taken over. Web Apps could fix that, if they did it right.
The only useful feature here is the Web Apps. Since our "app" experience has flattened into online apps over the years, Cmd-Tab and the Dock have gotten less useful, and Tab-Hell has taken over. Web Apps could fix that, if they did it right.
Yep. The menu bar being white is a big no for me. That was the first thing I noticed and couldn’t unnotice.
Apple needs to change name for FaceTime. It doesn’t sound professional.
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Agree 100%. I put four on my desktop. Within two hours they were all four were in the dustbin. They are quite intrusive and visually annoying. Maybe I will change my mind, but I doubt it.
Sonoma OS... As a practical change, I can see one positive sign - OS memory operation became more efficient. From a usability standpoint, what exactly are we looking at? Is the rehashed Widgets feature is indeed Apple's stab at keeping itself at the Technological Progress table? Is making interaction between Apple ecosystem objects always will be so difficult? For instance, no [easy] way to manage your iPad Books between devices. And how about application management on your iPhone? All this folder app grouping? One still has to do it through the clamzy fat-finger small phone screen trick?
Here is a guess. Those multiple Apple teams, they do whatever they are doing during the development cycle, separated by walls, egos, agendas, and their own pressures. And on a D-day, some VP claps his hands, and everybody brings whatever they come up with to some huge table and in a hurry, they try to fit everything together. There are some sparks of brilliant ideas, but coherency and completeness are evaporating.
Here is a guess. Those multiple Apple teams, they do whatever they are doing during the development cycle, separated by walls, egos, agendas, and their own pressures. And on a D-day, some VP claps his hands, and everybody brings whatever they come up with to some huge table and in a hurry, they try to fit everything together. There are some sparks of brilliant ideas, but coherency and completeness are evaporating.