Very minor, but Apple please free up ability to change the login window wallpaper to anything or ones selected desktop wallpaper...There isn't even a hack available anymore since Apple locked this down.
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Bug fixes and stability.
But also a finder column view that auto resizes width based on the contents. Not to invoke this with a right click on every..new..window….
As it’s been 20 years of OSX / macOS, I’ll keep holding my breath forever for this one.
Stage Manager needs a bit more time in the oven too. I bought into it, but there is some weird window behaviour that persists.
But also a finder column view that auto resizes width based on the contents. Not to invoke this with a right click on every..new..window….
As it’s been 20 years of OSX / macOS, I’ll keep holding my breath forever for this one.
Stage Manager needs a bit more time in the oven too. I bought into it, but there is some weird window behaviour that persists.
Apple did an amazing job with this mindset when they released Snow Leopard. Wish they'd do the same today.
I think there are some options out there, SwitchResX should let you revert to 8 bit mode which will disable dithering, etc. Unfortunate this isn't in Accessibility out of the box, but you should have options I believe.
I would like to see Apple stop discontinuing perfectly good hardware. Offer a paid upgrade version if need be, like when Jobs was running things. Do you really think I'm ever going to buy a single piece of Apple hardware ever again, when they might just drop it, arbitrarily next year, with no upgrade path? Can't even run linux, or whatever alt OS? Supposed to toss into the trash, instead of pass along to the younger and poorer, like we used to?
Do you think I'm the only one who feels this way? Many, many millions of former Apple fans, rightfully feel completely shafted by Apple for this BS behavior. THERE IS A REASON APPLE SALES ARE DOWN 40%. WE ARE MAD.
Apple is the new Microsoft. Microsoft is the new Apple. Never buying any new Apple hardware ever again, until they stop being asses.
Do you think I'm the only one who feels this way? Many, many millions of former Apple fans, rightfully feel completely shafted by Apple for this BS behavior. THERE IS A REASON APPLE SALES ARE DOWN 40%. WE ARE MAD.
Apple is the new Microsoft. Microsoft is the new Apple. Never buying any new Apple hardware ever again, until they stop being asses.
I would really like to see the now defunct Hyperdock App integrated into OS X. It no longer works after the last update, & have not found anything that can replicate it's main function. I often have multiple windows of the same app open, and I could quickly switch or close windows with a preview and a single click just by rolling my cursor over the apps dock Icon. Now I need to right click the Icon &* choose from a titled list. Too cumbersome.
If the pain of switching (not just myself, but my family) and the current investment in HomePods, Watch, etc wasn't so high, I'd switch to a mix of Linux and Windows immediately (Linux for certain work tasks and Windows for productivity/family/photo stuff - OMFG - the window management stuff on Windows is just so far ahead of macos Mission Control/Spaces, it's just laughable). Which is funny, because I have been a vehement anti-MS guy for decades but you are right, MS is where Apple was a few decades ago and Apple is squarely MS of the late 90s.
The upgrade pay wall is insane...for a company that wants to tout its supposed eco-chops, they force you to throw away hardware not just to fix it, but will artificially limit previous revs of hardware so you throw it away and buy more/new (really, the digitizer on the M1 iPad doesn't support hover? That's patently false: the M1 iPad Pro's digitizer supports exactly what is required to accomplish this)
I will not invest further in the Apple ecosystem (and I'm not buying PC hardware/kit either, though). Going to let the investments depreciate and see where the technology and ecosystems are.
MS is doing some neat things with Surface that Apple is stuck in the Jobsian idea of "thou shalt not touch the screen of your computer" and that somehow, in some bizzaro world, sticking an M1 or an M2 inside an iPad somehow makes it a "computer" (hilarious). If MS continues to innovate and is able to approach more vertical integration (although their ARM Surfaces are horrible, stay away, even the new ones) they may be able to give Apple a run for their "this stack just works well" money (because that stack is not working as well, despite being almost entirely vertically integrated, which fascinates me, that is such an advantage, and the are managing to squander it).
For monitors you guys keep forgetting about the Samsung Viewfinity s9 starts to be sold as an alternative to Studio Display . 27" 5K HDR600 Thunderbolt capable. Suppose to show up about the middle of 2023.
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And you get plenty of I/O around back: I count one Thunderbolt 4 port, three USB-C ports, and DisplayPort. The ViewFinity S9 can charge laptops at up to 96 watts.
Samsung says the 27-inch display covers 99 percent of the DCI-P3 wide color gamut. As best I could tell by eyeing the screen, there’s no local dimming here. That’s not terribly surprising since it’s not present on the Studio Display or LG’s 5K monitors either, and this could potentially be using the same LG Display panel. We have not been able to confirm if it is or if it’s using something from Samsung Display, however.
Samsung ViewFinity S9 first look: a sleek alternative to Apple’s Studio Display
It looks the part of a high-end 5K monitor, but what will it cost?
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And you get plenty of I/O around back: I count one Thunderbolt 4 port, three USB-C ports, and DisplayPort. The ViewFinity S9 can charge laptops at up to 96 watts.
Samsung says the 27-inch display covers 99 percent of the DCI-P3 wide color gamut. As best I could tell by eyeing the screen, there’s no local dimming here. That’s not terribly surprising since it’s not present on the Studio Display or LG’s 5K monitors either, and this could potentially be using the same LG Display panel. We have not been able to confirm if it is or if it’s using something from Samsung Display, however.
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You'll find that even if people complain about macOS, it doesn't mean other options (Windows 11 or Linux, for example) are better.
For instance, I'd love to see Apple Music Classical be ported to macOS, but I wouldn't switch away from Apple if I don't get it because the other options are still worse overall.
For instance, I'd love to see Apple Music Classical be ported to macOS, but I wouldn't switch away from Apple if I don't get it because the other options are still worse overall.
Exactly where I am too. Sitting on what I have and watching where this is going. I'm looking for the way forward, and the path is not clear. Apple is obviously fading for the real tech community, most normal people just can't see that yet.
I want to be able to pin files on iCloud drive so I don't have to redownload them please and thank you.
Also Moom features are so great for window management! I love it so much! It's $10, but so worth it until these "standard" features are implemented into macOS.
Given macos is not a revenue stream for Apple (and the profit margins on mac hardware aren't that great especially when you consider the upgrade cycle is longer typically and the opportunity cost is quite large for them to focus on it), "speaking with our dollars" and "leaving" the platform is unlikely to improve it (and there aren't many, if any, clearly better options for most users out there save for a few niches). Instead, if an engaged, vocal user community exists and Apple can see the relation and importance of the mac and macos beyond the balance sheet I suspect it will see improvement and investment it deserves. A vocal, and even sometimes "salty", user community is critical to this.
I'd love to see:
1. Bug fixes (icloud is insanely bad, memory leaks, slow spotlight search, random freezing on brand new hardware)
2. Function/Key Combos have become a bit of a mess. I would love to see a dedicated rethinking of keyboard shortcuts that could bring MacOS up to par with windows. This is particularly bad on the M1 Macbooks, which ditched the keyboard brightness toggle for some unknown reason. Why isn't there a shortcut I can use instead of clicking through control centre?
3. Speaking of, deal with control centre. The concept is nice enough in theory, but IMO it's either filled with things I don't need quick access to, or things I wish were on the main bar like Wifi and brightness (see #2)
4. FIX THE PLAY BUTTON. Seriously this should have been done years ago. It's absurd how many times hitting F7 will either start playing a totally irrelevant youtube video in the background or launch apple music.
5. Fix the touchid key. Holding your finger without pressing down is weirdly counterintuitive, so I constantly open my mac to the power down. A better option would to have it be a power button when the machine is off, but a programmable hot key in other instances.
As for people saying to just leave macos? No, and I will not be elaborating.
1. Bug fixes (icloud is insanely bad, memory leaks, slow spotlight search, random freezing on brand new hardware)
2. Function/Key Combos have become a bit of a mess. I would love to see a dedicated rethinking of keyboard shortcuts that could bring MacOS up to par with windows. This is particularly bad on the M1 Macbooks, which ditched the keyboard brightness toggle for some unknown reason. Why isn't there a shortcut I can use instead of clicking through control centre?
3. Speaking of, deal with control centre. The concept is nice enough in theory, but IMO it's either filled with things I don't need quick access to, or things I wish were on the main bar like Wifi and brightness (see #2)
4. FIX THE PLAY BUTTON. Seriously this should have been done years ago. It's absurd how many times hitting F7 will either start playing a totally irrelevant youtube video in the background or launch apple music.
5. Fix the touchid key. Holding your finger without pressing down is weirdly counterintuitive, so I constantly open my mac to the power down. A better option would to have it be a power button when the machine is off, but a programmable hot key in other instances.
As for people saying to just leave macos? No, and I will not be elaborating.
It's a given you get that some time later then the initial OS classical app. Both iPads and MacOS apps would use much larger interface than what you see on a iPhone classical music app.
Even if not asked for as an opinion by OP, I'd still want to revert this, and say as an opinion, that I would not want to see all or the most of the intel Macs discontinued and put out like off support status this quickly. It hurts. I've been there before, couple of times actually. This would be the third time to me transitioning. 68K to PPC. PPC to Intel. Intel to ASi.
I agree, it would be very refreshing if they stopped being so hostile toward their own (older) hardware in order to force upgrades/sales. Honestly, that capitalistic behavior should be illegal, but I doubt it ever will be.
If you look at the iOS 17 thread -- based on the OP leak, it seems iOS 17 WILL support older devices, which is a total shock coming from apple, so with macOS 14, maybe that will also be true? (highly highly highly doubtful though)
I agree. And window management, window management, window management.
The whole thing needs a rethink.
