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macOS 15: All The Little Things
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This is already possible in Sonoma... import/export
I have been using it today testing things on a partition. But aside from the new messages & photos features, and the updated apps - did anything change? lol
I remember Sonoma had a huge list of small changes. Things like adding faster encoding etc. But there seems to be very very little with this release - just AI hooks.
I remember Sonoma had a huge list of small changes. Things like adding faster encoding etc. But there seems to be very very little with this release - just AI hooks.
I was hoping for a more fundamental redesign of System Settings than just some minor shuffling. Oh well...😕
The iCloud panel is totally redesigned. It even says Subscriber Edition in the corner which made me laugh. I really don't want the word 'Edition' in an operating system. It reminds me of the way Microsoft had Windows Home, Pro, Ultimate editions.
Can you share a screenshot of that (with all personal information covered up, of course)?
Mine looks almost the same, but as I have the default 5GB plan I don't get the "subscriber edition" badge.
I think it comes with Apple One.
It really needs to remove 'subscriber edition' and just replace it with the name of whichever iCloud plan we signed up to.
Can the system settings' window finally be resized horizontally?
It auto resizes to avoid useless big blank spaces we see in the Windows and Linux settings apps.
This was my same impression. Seems to me they've polished Sonoma a little bit, but the "true OS upgrade" is Apple Intelligence … which isn't even here yet.
I suspect they're a bit behind in releasing AI and/or catching up to expectations that they should have such a thing already. (They say they do things on their own time, and they usually do, but AI is a huge "expectation" they have to live up to. And I do love their approach to Personal Intelligence, so it's worth the wait. But, they feel "behind.")
One hour of the keynote was OS updates, but the OSes are barely updated. Sequoia is truly about AI, and the WWDC was truly about AI. It just isn't ready yet, which is minorly frustrating. Now the OSes will sort of go through a whole second beta/development cycle once AI debuts, which seems very peculiar. Too bad they couldn't just let us have Sonoma for two years, like 10.4 Tiger, and then release Sequoia when it's DONE.
The new calendar UI refinements are nice though. 😆
EDIT: This video is actually a good semi-rebuttal to my own analysis.
Apple just changed everything. Again. – ftp
I forgot about the interview where the two execs "knew something we didn't." Clearly, AI has been in the works for ages.
The only thing they're really behind on, IMO, is their own WWDC schedule. All of AI should've been available now in the OS betas to prevent a "second beta life cycle."
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For those wondering: Apple is indeed running behind on the implementation of Apple Intelligence features on an OS and system applications level. It will be available as a developer beta in US English (change your language if you're using something else) this Summer. Apple has given themselves a bit of leeway here to ensure that the features actually work as expected.
For me, Sequoia still has some nice quality-of-life improvements outside of Apple Intelligence. The new window resizing and positioning is a long overdue and vast improvement compared to the limited options we had until Sonoma. Notes has once again received some substantial updates. Perhaps most importantly, this is a very smooth first beta release. Even my 2018 i3 Mac mini is performing well, which is no small feat given that it is probably the least powerful of all supported Macs.
For me, Sequoia still has some nice quality-of-life improvements outside of Apple Intelligence. The new window resizing and positioning is a long overdue and vast improvement compared to the limited options we had until Sonoma. Notes has once again received some substantial updates. Perhaps most importantly, this is a very smooth first beta release. Even my 2018 i3 Mac mini is performing well, which is no small feat given that it is probably the least powerful of all supported Macs.
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No. I agree that ideally all those "arrow" options (as well as the options buried in additional dialogs) should expand to a third panel on the right, when possible. Most (if not all) screen resolutions have plenty of room for this.
I completely missed Apple Intelligence not being released till the summer during the keynote.
The updates in general are nice “quality of life” updates. Apple Intelligence does seem incredibly useful though.
Indeed. Apple Intelligence, particularly the writing assistant tools, enable me to ditch the OpenAI web app for most of my use cases. I was quite envious of some of the capabilities Microsoft was bringing to Microsoft 365 apps with Copilot (which is a separate $20 per month subscription on top of an Office subscription), but the writing capabilities of Apple Intelligence really combine the best of both things. Of course, it will be an early beta upon release, but I am very curious to see how it can make my own workflow more efficient, particularly on the text redaction side.
Are the download options for files in Desktop new? I can't recall seeing them in this menu in Sonoma and earlier.
What do these options mean? Is this something about controlling the loading of web content inside the pdf?
The files are stored in iCloud. You can choose to remove the local downloaded copy on your drive and prevent macOS from automatically removing the local copy.