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Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time, and iMessage Screen Effects Coming to macOS This Year
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Oh I agree. It's bizarre to me that options for shortcuts are in so many different locations. And the library should have support for user submitted shortcuts as well so you don't have to go looking around elsewhere.
You are entitled to your opinion. Not all share it.
I hope this is a completely new version of iMessage on macOS, the actual version always has issue and sync bad while it is perfect on iPad and iPhone
I prefer additional features rather than just listing ones that are already there... but yes, there's nothing more useless than an automation suite that has cross compatibility with my mobile devices. Nope, nothing useful there
I prefer additional features rather than just listing ones that are already there... but yes, there's nothing more useless than an automation suite that has cross compatibility with my mobile devices. Nope, nothing useful there
Also not useful is the ability for app developers to provide hooks into Siri so that, for example, with an app I wrote I can find out what my daughter’s next event is at swim meets and get her heat and lane assignments. Completely pointless.
imessage on the mac syncs perfect for me though it used to not until I found the correct setting. This guide may help: http://imessagepcguide.com/imessage-not-syncing-on-mac/
The Shortcuts app sounds fun I guess, but automation on the Mac side has been there for decades through Automator and AppleScript -- it's iOS that has been playing catch-up. The idea that the Mac is getting some huge enhancement by getting a sloppy-seconds port of iOS Shortcuts is frankly a bit sad, and speaks volumes about the pecking order these days between the two OSes.
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You missed his point entirely. Just because people don't use QuickTime 7 anymore doesn't mean the frameworks it supports aren't important. Loss of support for legacy video codecs (along with QuickTime 7) is no joke and will be biting people in the ass if they have older media around. More here: https://eclecticlight.co/2019/03/23...ktime-7-in-macos-10-15-convert-old-media-now/
I wish there was a simple, reliable way to shut Mac spell check off entirely system-wide.
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You missed his point entirely. Just because people don't use QuickTime 7 anymore doesn't mean the frameworks it supports aren't important. Loss of support for legacy video codecs (along with QuickTime 7) is no joke and will be biting people in the ass if they have older media around. More here: https://eclecticlight.co/2019/03/23...ktime-7-in-macos-10-15-convert-old-media-now/
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The 5400RPM harddrives are there for education. Account of students are stored on the server. As students login there profile will be loaded from server to the Mac.
Because this is done multiple times a day for multiple GB per time the SSD would wear out within a year.
SSDs have limited writing operations. Which for normal users is like 4+ years. But for schools it’s a lot shorter because of the many rewrites a day.
Where are you getting your information? An SSD does not wear out in "4 years" of normal use. And since people are using them for all manner of data-intensive work, I rather doubt a Mac that loads multiple students' accounts is going wear out in a year.
agreed with everything but i just have one little correction, if i may, a hackintosh can also run mac os, a hackintosh is not a real mac, but it can run macos so you don’t need a mac to run mac os, but i agreed with everything else
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Prior art, heh.
The best. Can’t say why but they were. Maybe it was the sound effect or just the visual incongruity.
Wow. You must be fun at parties.
i’m not nitpicking like you said, you are mixing 2 different things, i only mentioned that you don’t need a mac to be able to run mac os, many mac users don’t know about hackintosh, well maybe because they already have a mac with mac os, so they don’t have to look anywhere else, legally yes you are correct but the comment was that only a mac can run mac os, a hackintosh can also run mac os, is it legal? maybe not, so you are correct in your comment about the legal part, the same way i was right about my comment that a hackintosh can also run mac os, but i wasn’t nitpicking like you said, but maybe you are
Mac Pro....anyone....anyone....Bueller?
As my companies Marketing and corporate communications departments are walking away from Mac's (98% done).
As my companies Marketing and corporate communications departments are walking away from Mac's (98% done).
You know, I don't get the shortcuts thing either. It might save time to string stuff together, but honestly, there's nothing I do on the phone that requires more than a few clicks, and so it all seems like so much effort for little return. Maybe I'm not the target audience, I guess. The ONE time I had a shortcut that I thought was worth it, it stopped working in a month and that was that. Gave up after that. I don't see why I'd use it on the mac. Besides, haven't we had automator forever?
In all fairness, I think the iMacs still come with non-SSDs to keep the price down. Price is another huge criticism of Apple. I think it's good that they offer both depending on the customer's needs.
[doublepost=1555696790][/doublepost]Meh... be patient. The Mac Pro is undergoing a serious design change. That takes time. I think it's more important to have it working properly rather than having it rushed out in haste.
You have old information. Current SSD's (Samsung 970 EVO) have 600-1200TB of writes for their lifespan. Spinning drives in any Mac at the price Apple charges is nothing but straight up greed/theft.
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Takes time? Yeah while the PC industry rolls out 3-4 generations of computers that are as powerful or more powerful than the 2013 Mac Pro and professionals are walking/running away from the Mac, Apple is not rushing that perfection.
Honestly if I had to bet my paycheck on it, I would say one day Apple announces they are done with the Mac Pro/modular Mac because the iMac Pro is powerful enough. The next day they rollout a iOS touch screen Mac.
I don't mind these additions, but would like a better balance that includes productivity features also.
I know it seems like MacOS has been getting a lot of iOS designs. Maybe iOS should receive more MacOS designs: the ability to use a wireless mouse on an iPad, or desktop apps to name a couple.
I think the core of MacOS and iOS should be the same and the apps should be consolidated across the devices.
Imagine docking your phone and using it like a mac with a BT mouse, keyboard plus a full sized screen. At this point Apple, I'd be willing to pay over $1000 for a phone.
I know it seems like MacOS has been getting a lot of iOS designs. Maybe iOS should receive more MacOS designs: the ability to use a wireless mouse on an iPad, or desktop apps to name a couple.
I think the core of MacOS and iOS should be the same and the apps should be consolidated across the devices.
Imagine docking your phone and using it like a mac with a BT mouse, keyboard plus a full sized screen. At this point Apple, I'd be willing to pay over $1000 for a phone.
i understand what you saying and you are correct but the problem
is apple ridiculous price, today sata SSD drivers are very cheap, thanks to pci-e m.2 drivers, while you can get a 128 gigs SSD drive for 30 dollars , apple charges probably like 300 or probably even more for a similar drive, if they use sata m.2 or pci-e m.2 , yes there are expensive ones but there are also good cheap ones, not because they are cheap or should i say more affordable it doesn’t mean that they are bad, they are simply slower when you compared them to the more expensive model, like the samsung 970 evo vs the samsung 970 pro, but the problem is that apple charges double or triple the price for those drives, with the same capacity, well if apple also let you upgrade your system, then the person can add the drive later on, another apple marketing strategy is that they only let you upgrade certain parts when you first buy the computer, so you can’t upgrade later, i don’t know if they are still soldering parts, which is also very bad for upgrading components
just because they add a SSD they don't have to add 500 dollars to the price tag
when you can get a very good SSD for way less than that
they add a 5400 rpm drive because they want you to upgrade to an SSD to then charge triple
mr cook as his best
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