macOS Ventura - About Mac page redesign

[anshuvorty]

The "About Mac" page has also gotten a redesign in Ventura - more focus on the device, instead of the OS:

in macOS Monterey and earlier:

in macOS Ventura:

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

It's out already? I thought they said 'later this year'. Hmm...

 

[anshuvorty]

It's out already? I thought they said 'later this year'. Hmm...

I am on the developer beta....

 

[rbgaynor]

It's out already? I thought they said 'later this year'. Hmm...

Developer beta now, public beta next month.

 

[theMarble]

Looks like the About this Mac from 10.0 to 10.6.8.

 

[GrumpyCoder]

Developer beta now, public beta next month.

Stable version in late 2025.

 

[elptdbi3lYI]

I used "Storage" tab from time to time, did it get moved somewhere else?

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

The thing is though that sometimes things will be 'roughed in' to a beta release just so they are there but are (hopefully) going to change in the final release. Features are added and sometimes removed in final released products because who knows, but it happens. It would be strange for it to look that much different than prior shipped products, but who knows...

It's beta...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I used "Storage" tab from time to time, did it get moved somewhere else?

'Moving the cheese' is what makes new releases so much fun... 'Where did they move 'x'?' Oh, and my favorite: 'Why did they move 'x'? Because they can? Seeing long lived screens hiding deep in Windows 10 was funny. Why bury it? 'Because they can'(TM).

 

[redheeler]

The "About Mac" page has also gotten a redesign in Ventura - more focus on the device, instead of the OS:

in macOS Monterey and earlier:

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in macOS Ventura:

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Unexpected throwback but alright

 

[Nermal]

Wow, I forgot how stripy 10.2 was!

 

[WebHead]

Wow, I forgot how stripy 10.2 was!

Matched the original iMacs!

 

[Nermal]

Matched the original iMacs!

They had vertical stripes though

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Definitely a nice little throwback to pre-Lion Mac OS X. This is Tiger running in QEMU. The resemblance is uncanny!


As for the storage component, that has been moved to System Settings > General > Storage (mirroring iOS).

 

[planteater]

Are those missing tabbed items now in the System Preferences?

 

[elptdbi3lYI]

Are those missing tabbed items now in the System Preferences?

Yes for storage, did not look for others.

 

[the8thark]

Here is the comparison to OS9.1 and OS7.0.1

As you can see we have been through

• about this Macintosh
• about this computer
• about this Mac
• overview
  nothing at all (now)

 

[Diskutant]

Unexpected throwback but alright
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I will never understand the love for the modern flat non-design. This looks so much better! Just look at that X graphic. It's so beautiful. Also the buttons have a design, not just some rectangle.

 

[the8thark]

I will never understand the love for the modern flat non-design. This looks so much better! Just look at that X graphic. It's so beautiful. Also the buttons have a design, not just some rectangle.

People understand how form and function interrelate with each other on a hardware level, and how Apple hav lost their way on this over the past number of years. I would argue software also has a similar form and function relationship.

The new MacOS delivers (mostly) with function but totally fails with form. I say mostly, because as we all know better form does make for better function.

 

[jgbr]

The "About Mac" page has also gotten a redesign in Ventura - more focus on the device, instead of the OS:

in macOS Monterey and earlier:

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in macOS Ventura:

View attachment 2014675

Yuk. How toned down.

 

[Traverse]

In the “About Finder” does it still say the “Desktop Macintosh Experience?”

 

[thingstoponder]

Can you still see the other info in the top sections like memory and display?

 

[ponzicoinbro]

It’s just so bland. At least put a macOS Ventura logo.

 

[Zorn]

I really don't like how much is missing from the new About interface, hopefully this will be something they continue to iterate on thru the betas.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Why is it in portrait? It doesn't need to be, the Mac's default orientation is landscape.