OS X 10.11 All The Little Things!

[Mischaa]

The option for double-clicking the menu bar does work. Just tried it.

It works for me after a reboot.. :/

 

[wankey]

Here's halfway through a swipe. It uses a less pronounced shadow and just darkens and lightens the page underneath. It's annoying because the change from dark to light looks like a flicker when swiping fast. I can see the reason for it, but i'd rather for both pages to just be the same brightness.

The flicker is probably due to DP1, send them feedback to fix for the rest of us!

 

[dmj102]

Yes, I'd like to know too. Please do tell.

Hmm, my quotes didn't work. I'm talking about the screenshot secret on Page 11 by redheeler.

 

[batting1000]

Not sure if this was mentioned or not (didn't go through the thread), but you can rename files now by right-clicking. So much more convenient, not sure why it took so long for that.

 

[Jax44]

Image capture/iphoto used to automatically open when I plugged my devices in, can't remember exactly how to disable it but I'm sure it'll be similar for Photos

I think it's in iTunes when your iPhone is plugged in

 

[Zach Nathan]

So does anyone plan on running El Cap on the Early 2015 12 inch MacBook? I'd like to see how much of an improvement in both operation and battery life 10.11 has on a supposedly handicapped device.

Perhaps that's why Apple would release a Mac with An underpowered processor and shorter battery life (they knew El Cap would dramatically improve it)...

 

[lint2015]

Has anyone tested whether this photo screensaver bug has finally been fixed?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6609228

 

[iamMacPerson]

I really dislike the changes they've made to the buttons on the top bar of apps like safari and pages. They've made them less flat and it looks bad. It's a regression from Yosemite. It's hard to tell exactly what they did but it looks like they made them more gray/less white and they added a slight gradient.

Really? I actually think it looks really slick. It adds a touch of realness to the OS like drop shadows but doesn't overdo it like Mountain Lion and earlier did.

 

[nikmatt]

The whole "Rootless" shenanigan is pretty foreboding. If they make this feature difficult to disable (which requires an NVRAM boot argument even in a release specifically targeted at developers), it won't be long until we can't disable it at all and, quite frankly, it would kill OS X.

 

[KALLT]

The whole "Rootless" shenanigan is pretty foreboding. If they make this feature difficult to disable (which requires an NVRAM boot argument even in a release specifically targeted at developers), it won't be long until we can't disable it at all and, quite frankly, it would kill OS X.

I doubt it. It didn't kill the iPhone either and by far most users do not have a reason to mess with the system folder anyway. Trim Enabler is thus far the only reason I would actually care about this.

 

[hachre]

There is no skeuomorphism in El Capitan.

The new color picker sure is...

 

[Galaxas0]

The new color picker sure is...

That color picker has been around since the Mac OS X 10.0 Public Beta or so. Nothing new, just redesigned. Honestly, half the things on that slide of features aren't really features -- which is a great thing, and we're seeing the performance benefits already.

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

I doubt it. It didn't kill the iPhone either and by far most users do not have a reason to mess with the system folder anyway. Trim Enabler is thus far the only reason I would actually care about this.

I think the point he was trying to make is that the whole rootless issue kind of has a negative harbinger to less user control in OS X, and a more locked down environment like iOS.

 

[brosenz]

Where can I get the Developer Preview 1, Build 15A179w, I have only the 15A178w, thanks

 

[xxjrsmith3xx]

So far 2015 MBPR running a lot faster then 10.10.3 Also i did a fresh install once they do beta 2 beta 3 then once its Final release i can just keep updating with out losing my files or once its Final release i have to re install 10.11 office build thanks!

 

[53kyle]

Where can I get the Developer Preview 1, Build 15A179w, I have only the 15A178w, thanks

Umm, 15A179w doesn't exist...you have the latest build

 

[TMRJIJ]

No. It looks really good.

No. It looks really bad.

 

[djtech42]

The whole "Rootless" shenanigan is pretty foreboding. If they make this feature difficult to disable (which requires an NVRAM boot argument even in a release specifically targeted at developers), it won't be long until we can't disable it at all and, quite frankly, it would kill OS X.

I wasn't even able to disable it with that command.

 

[Takuro]

Some more screenshots:

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Disk Utility

New UI for adjusting partitions:

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Notes

Thought this was interesting. If you update notes, you may lose access to other devices connected to iCloud running anything below OS 10.11 and iOS 9. I hit "not now." I'm not sure if this would cause unsupported devices to stop syncing all-together, or just selectively not sync any notes containing bullets, drawings, and the other features of the new notes app.

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Mail

It turns out swipe gestures are supported even with a Magic Mouse for those of us not using a trackpad. Nice touch.

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Find My Friends (Widget)

Not much to say here. I don't personally have anyone on my contact list that uses this feature, so I could not test it. Enabling the widget gave me an empty box with a "learn more" link in the center which, when clicked, tries to open a help document that has yet to be written.

 

[w0lf]

I wasn't even able to disable it with that command.

You need to reboot afterwards.

sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0";osascript -e 'tell app "loginwindow" to «event aevtrrst»'

 

[djtech42]

You need to reboot afterwards.

sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1 rootless 0";sleep 1;sudo reboot

Yes, I have done that. It still doesn't actually change the behavior of it, but it does show rootless 0 in the parameters. When I look in Disk Utility, it shows rootless is still enabled.

 

[w0lf]

Yes, I have done that. It still doesn't actually change the behavior of it, but it does show rootless 0 in the parameters. When I look in Disk Utility, it shows rootless is still enabled.

The command will not change what Disk Utility shows but it does disable the Rootless protection.

 

[djtech42]

The command will not change what Disk Utility shows but it does disable the Rootless protection.

Then why doesn't it let me edit/remove/do anything with system files?

 

[KALLT]

I think the point he was trying to make is that the whole rootless issue kind of has a negative harbinger to less user control in OS X, and a more locked down environment like iOS.

I know what they meant and I stand by my point. I don't think the result will be all that dramatic. The writing has been on the wall for some time now and Apple has never been truly supportive of third-party system-level modifications. Most users will probably appreciate the continued level of security that they have enjoyed for years, as well as the elimination of one more problem area (changed permissions of system files and folders). Overall, it just doesn't really concern me, even though I'm one of those users that has no access to native Trim support because of it.

Then why doesn't it let me edit/remove/do anything with system files?

Have you tried it with sudo?

 

[djtech42]

I know what they meant and I stand by my point. I don't think the result will be all that dramatic. The writing has been on the wall for some time now and Apple has never been truly supportive of third-party system-level modifications. Most users will probably appreciate the continued level of security that they have enjoyed for years, as well as the elimination of one more problem area (changed permissions of system files and folders). Overall, it just doesn't really concern me, even though I'm one of those users that has no access to native Trim support because of it.

I don't consider my Mac a computer anymore if I can't do something at the root level, which is the highest level of permission you can have on a UNIX system.