This^. It's human nature for people to feel everyone's experiences are the same so if OSX sucks for me then it must suck for you too. Sometimes it's just an isolated experience
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Mojave is just iOS inspired garbage. Terrible update
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Tech people are hilarious. They constantly forget they're being paid so regular people can use the things they build.
Tell you what. Next time you have a problem with your car, you go out to your garage and build a better car. Then you can drive that car around, and stop complaining about things you'll never possibly understand. Do you see now what half-assed logic (at best) you're putting out there while you're denigrating another user's experience?
Fact is (and I know geniuses like you hate this) Macs are not only designed for software experts to use -- as a matter of fact, ease of use and intuitive design is why Apple took off in the first place and why it's a trillion-dollar company today.
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Well, even my 2011 mac mini with 6GB of RAM is running with Mojave at least as well as with HS and Sierra before, so this is not common, normal, and correct. Something is wrong with your iMac or with installation. Backup and reinstall - or wipe and install fresh and Migrate data and apps back from backup. In any case, do not blame Mojave in general. I had prior versions of OSX install badly and behave slowly and poorly also. It can be fixed. Its local/rare problem. And if fresh installation of Mojave does not work right, something failed on the iMac. Hard drive (or SSD), cables, something is wrong here.
The point is that Mojave is another step down a one-way street. MacOS isn't the platform that it once was, albeit some improvements under the hood but to what aim - productivity? I'm so annoyed that my workflow has been truly buggered/
ha, hysterical. "albeit some improvements under the hood but to what aim - productivity?". yikes, what kind of OS would be concerned with that??
That's encouraging. I'm starting to build-up a windows box for a bit of gaming but I'm now keen to try linux and migrate to a different work environment.
I don't agree. Perhaps if your computer is used in isolation, sure, there may be native Linux programs that perform very well. However a huge part of using a Mac is how the entire ecosystem works together. It is amazing how well Apple's products work together.
Mojave has been very good. Even works nicely on unsupported machines (I have uptimes over 30 days). Dark Mode is appreciated and only getting better.
Understandably you don't agree. One of the things I used to like about Mac OS was its ability to be flexible and communicate with all kinds of systems. I loathe being boxed into one ecosystem that's getting narrower all the time. I don't think I'm alone in wanting to use my system in isolation (the best kind of security) AND wanting a smart system that understands and caters for my needs. I'd love to be able to enable/disable connectivity as I need it – as I see fit. I do so miss the days of "think different" – Apple has become so terribly ordinary and dismissive of innovation and independence.
How about we calm down and look at the options to resolve it? Was this an upgrade or a fresh install? Try a fresh install, and take note of system snappiness step by step as you go about installing your usual software. Chances are, you will either come out happily surprised or will find the rogue software that is causing some issues with user experience.
What is it about macOS 10.14 limits connectivity? (BTW, thanks for civil response)
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As others have posted, there may indeed be something wrong. Word 2019 starts quickly (about 5 dock bounces or only 2 when loading from RAM) even on my old 2009 MacBook Pro.
works together for Apple's profit!
that is what i was brainwashed to think, I use my MBA everyday since 2010 and i will itunes as an example, the file system on 12.?? had 5 different Jean Sibelius as composers no matter how i edited the symphonies. Itunes ruined over 800 albums that i need to delete dumb added tags with another program, or re-burn the original CDs. By using Quad Libret instead of Itunes solved many problems and the playback sound much better than itunes. Foobar sounds alot better as well. that is just for music which i listen to 5-7 hours per day. im sooooo happy i can alternate better programs!
I beg to disagree.
It is the best Mac OS release in a while.
It is the best Mac OS release in a while.
iTunes reads metadata and tags it appropriately in most cases. Metadata can be easily edited. It is a mystery to me why your library did not take edits. I easily have imported about 5000 tracks and have never had an issue with metadata editing. As for sound... iTunes plays what is there. Maybe somehow the EQ was toggled to undesireable settings?
Anyways, back on topic (iTunes is not macOS 10.14)
This was on topic, iTunes is a big part of mac 10.14.
Thanks for the tag advice tho, i just delete them gradually as i imprt the albums into the newer software.
Despite minor issues, Mojave is now my go to OS version. Do like the dark mode feature, among others.
I find it cute that people will choose this or that macOS versions when they have all been the ****ing same since Lion.
as far as i'm concerned, what happens under the hood has more importance than, say, new features (ie siri on the mac, dark mode, etc). so, yes, they're all updates of previous OSes, but also... improved versions. so (also yes) mojave is mostly great, and another step in the OS timeline... which is a good thing.
AFAIC when it comes to Mac Mini late 2012, there's problems under the hood AND there's not much happening in the "hood" as I'm not finding the solutions to the problems. I suspect that whilst the Mini was eligible for the OS update, it really can't handle it. I would've liked to have known that before going down this path. I've been told that I need to "buy 3rd party applications to replace the Apple bundled apps because they don't work so well".
This is a clean install, 16GB RAM. No disk problems (apart from not being SSD). I've reset NVPRAM, SMC and no 3rd party apps have been installed - YET ( I shudder to think what might happen – I need to reinstall MAMP etc. ANYONE PLEASE tell me if you think I should step backwards to Sierra/HighSierra).
The current issues I haven't resolved:
bluetooth keyboard typing backwards
TextEdit takes 30-secs to perform a cut and paste.
Mail app can't/won't read by previous mailbox database and so I have to buy a 3rd party app to transfer the contents.
After Mojave what I've got is a giant desktop iPad without a touch screen.
This is a clean install, 16GB RAM. No disk problems (apart from not being SSD). I've reset NVPRAM, SMC and no 3rd party apps have been installed - YET ( I shudder to think what might happen – I need to reinstall MAMP etc. ANYONE PLEASE tell me if you think I should step backwards to Sierra/HighSierra).
The current issues I haven't resolved:
bluetooth keyboard typing backwards
TextEdit takes 30-secs to perform a cut and paste.
Mail app can't/won't read by previous mailbox database and so I have to buy a 3rd party app to transfer the contents.
After Mojave what I've got is a giant desktop iPad without a touch screen.