macOS 10.14 Mojave: All The Little Things

[Brad9893]

On the Mac, the System Preferences app only really contains settings for the system itself, and the settings for each app will be found in that individual app for the most part.

The name "System preferences" on the other end is indicative of the fact that this is not where you find the app settings in and that you have to look for them in the app itself.

So, how do third-party preference panes in System Preferences fit in then? Any Mac app can put its own preference pane into System Preferences to store settings if it wants, just like iOS. Admittedly, I don't think this is extremely common anymore (if it ever was).

 

[dan9700]

is throttle mix included in beta 5 macOS 10.14

 

[MrGunnyPT]

• Search fields are no longer centered when unselected. Dunno if it's a bug or not since it would match iOS.

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• Menu shadows are less defined.
• Activity Monitor CPU usage is now working. The new icon:

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It's a bug. I have it sporadically appear on other aqua controls.



Still not working for me. :/

Any chance to set those monitors on the upper bar instead of the dock? I usually hide the dock and use iStats menu to see the stats.

 

[AnonMac50]

So, how do third-party preference panes in System Preferences fit in then? Any Mac app can put its own preference pane into System Preferences to store settings if it wants, just like iOS. Admittedly, I don't think this is extremely common anymore (if it ever was).

I think they are usually preference panes that affect the whole system or at least your user account. Settings that affect just the app are usually in the so itself I think.

 

[TheralSadurns]

It's crossed my mind once or twice before, but then this is a Mac we are talking about and we should NEVER think of doing anything similar to iOS. We don't want to make people assume this is proof macOS and iOS are being merged .

I agree they should rename it. A bit of nostalgia is lost but it makes sense. Microsoft did this with the Settings app on Windows 10, which replaces most of the common functions of the Control Panel – and hopefully enough in the future so that it can be discontinued.

What MS is doing... Idk where to start. They are a bunch of idiots... frankly. And just rebrand stuff for the sake of... rebranding with no real concept.

Example:
Windows had PROGRAMS, hence the Program Files folders
Macs had APPLICATIONS, hence the Applications folder

Apple releases the iPhone... which is like a small Mac and has small applications, hence Apps.
Microsoft keeps ALL THE STUFF, Program Files folder etc. but starts rebranding it to "Apps" which is simply wrong.
If you do it. Do it correctly and consistently. They don't.

 

[thingstoponder]

It's crossed my mind once or twice before, but then this is a Mac we are talking about and we should NEVER think of doing anything similar to iOS. We don't want to make people assume this is proof macOS and iOS are being merged .

I agree they should rename it. A bit of nostalgia is lost but it makes sense. Microsoft did this with the Settings app on Windows 10, which replaces most of the common functions of the Control Panel – and hopefully enough in the future so that it can be discontinued.

People will always complain about that despite Apple repeatedly stating how stupid it would be. Remember when Lion came out and people said a merge was around the corner? All because of trackpad gestures and launchpad. People love to complain.

 

[thingstoponder]

Just installed the latest beta again. I think it may be ready for prime-time, they fixed the scrolling in Marzipan apps. The new wallpapers are just fantastic btw. I actually have it set to shuffle through them every 5 minutes now because enough of them are good that I don't find it annoying.

Dark mode it growing on me too. It will be fun to turn it on every one once a while.

 

[nortonandreev]

There is still some inconsistency with the light and dark blue colour in beta 6.

 

[dan9700]

Does beta 6 improve the issues with 2018 macbooks

 

[defn]

Does beta 6 improve the issues with 2018 macbooks

no issues

 

[alexprib]

Some issues that are still occurring in beta six (for me at least) that some said were fixed:
- Checkboxes, radio buttons and the like still have no animation (removed)
- The accent colour is too bright in some areas of the UI
- The slowly pulsing insertion point has been removed for me (now it is as it has been for every previous version of macOS)
Are these issues just for me, or is this the go now? Shall file a report

 

[Frantisekj]

In the keynote, when he first showed dark mode for the first time, he triggered it with a keyboard shortcut. I have no clue what the shortcut would be, however.

Question is whether you can set up your shortcut, whether is there command to attach it to. Or whether you can ask Siri to switch. Can not test it now.

 

[Internet Enzyme]

Question is whether you can set up your shortcut, whether is there command to attach it to. Or whether you can ask Siri to switch. Can not test it now.

I believe the way the keynote was set up was that he triggered some kind of premade transistion or script or something solely for the keynote, as in the earliest betas of Mojave, the dark mode transistion was very jerky and segmented. in newer betas it now transitions seamlessly. And no, sadly none of those options are available as far as I know. It seems as if the only way to trigger dark mode in mojave is by opening system preferences

 

[fisherking]

Question is whether you can set up your shortcut, whether is there command to attach it to. Or whether you can ask Siri to switch. Can not test it now.

use this: https://nightowl.kramser.xyz

 

[nostodnayr]

Question is whether you can set up your shortcut, whether is there command to attach it to. Or whether you can ask Siri to switch. Can not test it now.

You can toggle light/dark mode with an AppleScript which you could trigger any number of ways (Keyboard Maestro, FastScripts, etc.).

Here's a quick and dirty one that I use:

```
tell application "System Events"

tell appearance preferences

set dark mode to (not dark mode)​

end tell​

end tell
```

One advantage of this over the Night Owl app mentioned is that Google Analytics is not involved.

 

[tehabe]

I have a weird question about Mojave, macOS's font can't properly display the capital ß in German texts, it is rare letter but it comes sometimes. Maybe a Mojave user can tell me, how this looks like in the screenshot or different: GROẞES

 

[steveaburns]

I have a weird question about Mojave, macOS's font can't properly display the capital ß in German texts, it is rare letter but it comes sometimes. Maybe a Mojave user can tell me, how this looks like in the screenshot or different: GROẞES

looks the same to me in Mojave DB6

 

[thingstoponder]

- They made the title bar in Dark Mode Safari private browsing a darker- black color instead of white.

- They added more flower wallpapers to match the ones from iOS. Before there was only 2/5.

 

[Nero Wolfe]

In the latest Public Beta, (Build #18A353d), when I change the Accent color to 'Graphite' in Dark Mode this happens to the title bar area of certain Apps (Finder, Safari, Mail, Photos AFAIK):

Anyone else have this, or is it just my install?

 

[Appleak]

Same here on latest dp6 build 18A353d, i guessed it was only a bug or glitch on my unsupported imac 11.2 until i see your post confirming the glitch even on supported ones or some.

In the latest Public Beta, (Build #18A353d), when I change the Accent color to 'Graphite' in Dark Mode this happens to the title bar area of certain Apps (Finder, Safari, Mail, Photos AFAIK):

Anyone else have this, or is it just my install?

 

[nortonandreev]

The icons for brightness and sound volume are in look like being in an inactive state on the touch bar, but they're still working...

 

[WinterWolf90]

Does everyone like Mojave so far? I want to try it but only have one main computer so dont want to risk it

 

[nortonandreev]

Does everyone like Mojave so far? I want to try it but only have one main computer so dont want to risk it

Me. It’s been quite stable since the first beta, but, as you know, it’s never recommended to install beta software on a main computer.

 

[TheralSadurns]

Does everyone like Mojave so far? I want to try it but only have one main computer so dont want to risk it

Main machine is fine... just use an external drive. I haven't tested this with Mojave, but generally you can install and run macOS from external drives just fine!

 

[whg]

I didn't read through everything, but I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro 15" (2015, no dGPU) from High Sierra to Mojave (latest Developer Beta 6). I had several glitches in High Sierra and would have to reinstall anyway, therefore I gave Mojave a test. Everything works just fine, beside the little detail that iTunes completely scrambled my audio books library. There was only one or two audiobooks from the Apple store, the rest was from Audible or from scanned in CDs.

When I select an individual author, like e.g. Suzanne Collins, I just see the three volumes read in from CDs. The same holds true for all other authors, but when I select "all authors", I see most audiobooks multiple times (10 to sometimes more than 20 times).

Music and movies seem all right. The audiobook files in the iTunes library have not multiplied at all, but all files from the three volumes of Suzanne Collins (as an example) are lumped together in one folder. I don't know how this was before upgrading to Mojave because I never looked there before.

The file system used for High Sierra was HPFS+, now it is APFS. I don't know if this could be the root cause of this mess.