Generally, when I am the only one (i.e., I cannot find any trace of it even after meticulously searching the web) who has a specific problem... I tend to think that the problem is mine alone. Annoying, inconvenient, but something to be dealt with.
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Mac OS 26 Is Utter Garbage and Apple Has truly lost its way....
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using an older OS like mojave would just make me realize how old an OS mojave is 🤔
Nah - Im not seeing anything like that TBH. Certainly nothing thats caught my attention......
I'm running Ubuntu on my 2012 Mini and I have Kubuntu on several laptops. Kubuntu is nice but you might want to give Ubuntu a try. You cam have a Dock that looks similar to macOS. The other thing I prefer about Ubuntu and Kubuntu is that they are pretty stable and both offer LTS so the OS is upgraded over time. Therefore no need to reinstall the OS.
In my personal opinion, GNOME (in stuff like Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) looks better, but KDE Plasma does a way better job of functioning looks and functionality. It's a highly subjective thing though!
The best part of the Linux desktop is that you're absolutely spoiled for choice.
I believe it started declining earlier, when Apple started yearly releases. Anyway, not much we can do, except buy a new hardware (with bigger RAM, higher storage and faster cpu) or slowly adopting the new release (at least after .5).
There could be 10 „I don’t have that problem“ comments for every time somebody mentions having a problem on this website. Doesn’t help anyone.
It’s great you don’t have a problem, me, just like Apple, would love for this to be the case for everybody. But it’s not. And like turbinesairplane mentioned, that’s the problem.
KDE (or Plasma for the pedantic) is a very underrated desktop. It has so many options, looks damn good, and its file manager is the best I've ever used. It has somewhat of a Windows look by default, but that doesn't mean anything. You can imagine what you want OSX to look like, and make that happen.
Personally I don't like the Windows look or flow at all, and while gnome can look good in screenshots, it's purely superficial. No way I could actually use it.
Do you post about your problems?
Do you think most people post about their problem? And in a way that’s easily identifiable?
Not finding a post about a single, certain problem says as much as the Feedback app displaying „no similar recent reports“ for well known issues, not much.
The issue still exists.
I don’t say they aren’t honest. I say that they simply don’t notice.
It’s become obvious in the last 10 years that not all issues are reproducible on all devices. That’s why it’s so, IMO, nonsensical to comment that you don’t encounter a or any problems. It doesn’t matter.
But it's also nonsensical to broadly say "X is a bug riddled mess". Remember that generally most users who have positive experiences don't crawl on forums too shout their praises. They go about their day and use the product.
That said, Tahoe (and iOS 26) fixed problems I was experiencing prior to upgrading. My 32" iPad Air was having a battery issue where it would barely last a day and I was having a lot of app crashes on its. M2Pro Mini was having issues losing connections that were plugged into my USB-A ports, and some weird app/driver crashes (especially with my Huion digital tablet), those have since been cleared up.
Plus hey, loving the return of Frutiger Aero with LG.
I installed that on.a external drive many moons ago
I wised that worked as Asahi Linux was a tricky, hardy and limited process.
then they stopped Monterey based M1 support as nothing worked after an update in 202?
on another note, perhaps few days or a week away from computing my clean my tahooed soul.
I stert Tuesday October 15th!
mac support pro (in nyc) for 16 years. i know when i am experiencing a bug. my experience on tahoe isn't perfect, there are quirks. but it's as good or better than any previous mac os (for me).
I wish they published a full log of all the changes. I don’t know if an upgrade will fix numerous long-standing bugs in Mail, for example*, or if are they still going to be there along with a bunch of new irritations.
* Such as empty new email windows that won't close; a case this morning where the option to reply was disabled; how when you drag multiple files to the Dock item they sometimes get spread across two new emails not one; how sometimes it becomes impossible to quit Mail; attachments sometimes turning into just text of the filename
* Such as empty new email windows that won't close; a case this morning where the option to reply was disabled; how when you drag multiple files to the Dock item they sometimes get spread across two new emails not one; how sometimes it becomes impossible to quit Mail; attachments sometimes turning into just text of the filename
those don't sound like common problems (i've never experienced them). perhaps start a thread on the forum, see if people here can help (or, if you're not on a beta, call apple)...
I second this. I have a M1 Mini and a M1 pro Macbook pro with Sequoia. I tried Tahoe on the mini and quickly reverted to Sequoia. OTOH, I have a PowerMac G5 Dual Core with 16GB RAM and a PowerBook G4. I have OS X Leopard on both and I prefer using it for any task that doesn’t require the modern internet.
Yeah, believe you’re right about the timing. When did they switch to yearly releases?
I think there are other options
- Switch to Linux and submit bug reports that may actually be addressed
- Stay on old hardware and old versions that work better
- Keep buying recent hardware but buy used to voice your disapproval
- Switch to Windows (is Windows better than MacOS these days? I don’t think so but I’m not sure)
4. Absolutely not. A colleague of mine and I have a Mac and we work in a shop that does PC maintenance... believe me, our ‘problems’ are trivial.
Jealous! Sounds amazing to have a sweet vintage setup like that! 🙌
serious question: what's the benefit (or purpose) of vintage tech? what apps do you run, what do you do on those macs that makes it preferable?
Yes I post, you can easily check. And yes, I think that most people seeks help. The issue IS indeed real but often the solution lies in our specific setup (electron apps, antivirus, specific hardware, plugins, ...).
To be clear I, personally, don't like that Apple screw up some basic things (ex drivers) without warning but let's be serious... there is still no competition (linux or windows)
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wow I just realized why I don't like Catalina-Tahoe our something bothered me.
GREY TEXT!
Mojave has darker text example Number has the tabs in Black text, not grey.
whew.....I knew there was reason why I'm going back to 2018-19
I CAN SSE!
GREY TEXT!
Mojave has darker text example Number has the tabs in Black text, not grey.
whew.....I knew there was reason why I'm going back to 2018-19
I CAN SSE!
Probably the level of polish. Our experiences are much less polished these days