macOS 15: All The Little Things

[fisherking]

I understand, but their approach is very non-inclusive and makes a lot of people feel negatively towards them for taking this approach. There is an enormous exodus from CA for many reasons and I know a lot of folks who have left there and have very negative feelings towards the area now, especially in Hispanic communities. I feel like what they're doing is detrimental to their ecosystem generally. Also, I'm basing what I'm saying off of many remarks of "world travelers" who have been to many beautiful places in S. America, Asia, Europe, and even Africa. The sentiment is that there is a beauty that is incredible and incomparable, so I make the remark in case anyone at Apple may ever happen across these comments.

celebrating one's home does not have to mean disparaging others places of residence. and saying 'a lot of people feel negatively towards them for taking this approach' means nothing unless you can back up that statement with actual evidence.

but if you feel strongly about this, go here...

 

[LockOn2B]

I understand, but their approach is very non-inclusive and makes a lot of people feel negatively towards them for taking this approach. There is an enormous exodus from CA for many reasons and I know a lot of folks who have left there and have very negative feelings towards the area now, especially in Hispanic communities. I feel like what they're doing is detrimental to their ecosystem generally. Also, I'm basing what I'm saying off of many remarks of "world travelers" who have been to many beautiful places in S. America, Asia, Europe, and even Africa. The sentiment is that there is a beauty that is incredible and incomparable, so I make the remark in case anyone at Apple may ever happen across these comments.

It’s a computer OS

 

[zevrix]

I find it disappointing they lock into California for wallpapers and themes when it's so ugly. There are such more beautiful places like Appalachia, arguably the most beautiful region on planet Earth

ok. so use a beautiful Appalachian wallpaper instead. there's no need to suffer looking at California landscapes and waiting for favors from Apple.

 

[decafjava]

If only there was a way to add custom wallpapers to MacOS. /s

 

[fisherking]

If only there was a way to add custom wallpapers to MacOS. /s

huh? not sure what you mean. i have been using custom wallpapers on my macs since forever. you can use ANY image you want as wallpaper...

 

[n-evo]

I understand, but their approach is very non-inclusive and makes a lot of people feel negatively towards them for taking this approach. There is an enormous exodus from CA for many reasons and I know a lot of folks who have left there and have very negative feelings towards the area now, especially in Hispanic communities. I feel like what they're doing is detrimental to their ecosystem generally. Also, I'm basing what I'm saying off of many remarks of "world travelers" who have been to many beautiful places in S. America, Asia, Europe, and even Africa. The sentiment is that there is a beauty that is incredible and incomparable, so I make the remark in case anyone at Apple may ever happen across these comments.

Apple’s California-centric mindset can get a bit old at times. I’ve always found their choice to market macOS this way kinda an odd one. Especially coming from the big cats, which was really cool I think. Their operating system is a product used by millions all over the world and they have I don’t know how many people people working for them worldwide. It would be kinda nice to reflect that or at the very least have something more neutral. But then again, it’s also not that big of a deal to me.

 

[decafjava]

huh? not sure what you mean. i have been using custom wallpapers on my macs since forever. you can use ANY image you want as wallpaper...

Apologies if you took it wrong, I was being sarcastic, hence the "/s". I also have added custom wallpapers on my Mac and iPhones.

 

[fisherking]

Apologies if you took it wrong, I was being sarcastic, hence the "/s". I also have added custom wallpapers on my Mac and iPhones.

got it 👍

 

[fisherking]

Apple’s California-centric mindset can get a bit old at times. I’ve always found their choice to market macOS this way kinda an odd one. Especially coming from the big cats, which was really cool I think. Their operating system is a product used by millions all over the world and they have I don’t know how many people people working for them worldwide. It would be kinda nice to reflect that or at the very least have something more neutral. But then again, it’s also not that big of a deal to me.

not a big deal, yet you still posted this 🤔

apple IS in california, and no harm in them celebrating that. and (as has been pointed out already), anyone can change their wallpaper, anytime, to anything.

anyway, (personally), seems like a non-issue....

 

[n-evo]

not a big deal, yet you still posted this 🤔

That's correct. Not everything I have an opinion on or post about has to be a big deal.

apple IS in california, and no harm in them celebrating that. and (as has been pointed out already), anyone can change their wallpaper, anytime, to anything.

There's really no need to keep repeating the same thing. It won't change my opinion on the matter. You have your views, I have mine.

 

[fisherking]

That's correct. Not everything I have an opinion on has to be a big deal.

fair enough.

There's really no need to keep repeating the same thing. It won't change my opinion on the matter.

i don't expect you to change your opinion, anymore than you'd expect to change mine based on your own observations. but the fact remains; apple can do what they want, and we can do what we want... ie change our wallpaper. everyone wins 👍

 

[n-evo]

but the fact remains; apple can do what they want, and we can do what we want... ie change our wallpaper.

I wasn't disputing that to begin with.

 

[fisherking]

I wasn't disputing that to begin with.

"Apple’s California-centric mindset can get a bit old at times"...

what else are you referring to? the OS names and wallpaper are the most obvious indicators of a 'california mindset'. anyway, will let it go; there are more important things for this thread to cover.

 

[n-evo]

anyway, will let it go; there are more important things for this thread to cover.

👍

 

[Feek]

I understand, but their approach is very non-inclusive and makes a lot of people feel negatively towards them for taking this approach.

lolwut

 

[maswriter]

All the little things and changes here and there, changes from Sonoma, and more — post them here! Let's keep this fun and positive!

I can't think about macOS Sequoia without remembering the junior high school I attended. Here's the story of Sequoia Junior High School and being a young teenager in the 1970s. https://www.matthewarnoldstern.com/reseda/junior-high-school-in-the-1970s.html

 

[cool11]

So, just a few days before the update?
Lets keep each other informed here.

 

[ps3zocker]

For the last few betas the Books app icon switched to the iOS look for whatever reason, without the inset shadow like Music, Podcasts, etc.

 

[macrumors3131]

Safari now seems to not autofocus on some form fields. For example if I visit google.com Safari focuses on the browser Show sidebar button on top instead of the text box on the page. I checked this on Chrome and Firefox and both correctly focus on the text box.

 

[godorowski]

I can not stand how the new tiles feature to re-size windows doesn't extend them all the way to the edge of the screen.

you can change this in settings

 

[skiabox]

I just installed Mac OS Sequoia on my Macbook Pro M2 Max 32gb ram and the performance just skyrocketed.
For example I just cannot believe how fast Parallels starts now!
Wow!

 

[ylluminate]

Sounds like there are some problems with the initial release from Apple, I'd hold of a bit until we see a dot release that fixes the screenshotting issue(s) as reported by Clop's developer that I noted here:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834133192279781734

I looked into this a bit more and I think I misread this initially as it not allowing settings of higher than that width, but in reality its the actual settings window itself that has an issue / bug. So this is not as serious an issue as I had initially supposed in terms of functionality of screenshot capturing.

 

[Sptzz]

I just installed Mac OS Sequoia on my Macbook Pro M2 Max 32gb ram and the performance just skyrocketed.
For example I just cannot believe how fast Parallels starts now!
Wow!

Yeah no. lol

M3 Max here. Sequoia takes much longer to boot from shutdown. If you try to use double click to "Fill", double click, it maximizes the window, then you have to actually drag the window instead of double clicking again (which is a NATURAL to do... Apple again) and the frame drops are out of this world when the window resizes to the original size.

Overall performance is exactly the same as in Sonoma. Aka, it doesn't feel like 120hz feels on a Windows machine. There's jittery / frame drops on animations at random times or events.

 

[The.Outsider]

So, I'm using Express VPN for work, when that's activated, I can no longer use my messages app on my Mac. It fails and doesn't send or receive messages. I cannot tell you how frustrating THAT IS!

Besides more restrictions and EU not even allowing something like Phone screen mirroring is something I've been wishing for, nearly a decade now. And of course it's not available in my country. Why? I have no idea. I get the AI issue with the EU, but this? Why is it not available? I feel screwed by Apple with all the things suddenly being geo locked. Yet I pay the same amount for a Laptop and iPhone as before, only I and many others now can't enjoy the so call featured boosting the promotion of new devices because Apple couldn't strike a deal or make it available in all countries. I'm really starting to wish I could just switch to a PC and be happy with that.

Too bad I spent years working for apple and have my entire eco system stuck in it, my entire workflow is through it...

Absolutely BS time to be an Apple user

 

[skiabox]

Yeah no. lol

M3 Max here. Sequoia takes much longer to boot from shutdown. If you try to use double click to "Fill", double click, it maximizes the window, then you have to actually drag the window instead of double clicking again (which is a NATURAL to do... Apple again) and the frame drops are out of this world when the window resizes to the original size.

Overall performance is exactly the same as in Sonoma. Aka, it doesn't feel like 120hz feels on a Windows machine. There's jittery / frame drops on animations at random times or events.

I didn't know about that double click event.
I just tried it on a chrome window and it resizes the browser window to fill the screen.
Double clicking it again, it returns it to the original size before the clicks.
On the performance debate I insist that everything seems a lot snapier.