What does macOS look like moving forward?

[whiteboard]

To me if you are on an older Intel Mac don’t even try to use the new Mac OS! Sure people will on this boards come up with hack to install on an Intel Mac!

Why?

Everyone here has said Big Sur should run fine on my 2015 Retina MBP.

 

[Boyd01]

The "new MacOS" is Monterey...

Apple Announces macOS Monterey With Shortcuts App, Updated Safari Browsing, 'Focus' Do Not Disturb Features, and More

Apple today announced macOS 12, which it's calling macOS Monterey. The new version of macOS is gaining features like Universal Control, AirPlay...

www.macrumors.com

 

[casperes1996]

The "new MacOS" is Monterey...

Apple Announces macOS Monterey With Shortcuts App, Updated Safari Browsing, 'Focus' Do Not Disturb Features, and More

Apple today announced macOS 12, which it's calling macOS Monterey. The new version of macOS is gaining features like Universal Control, AirPlay...

www.macrumors.com

And Monterey works as well on Intel Macs as you'd expect for a beta 1, and probably runs very similarly on Apple Silicon Macs. Using it does not involve "hacks" on Intel Macs; It is officially supported (for a lot of but not all of course) Intel Macs

 

[chabig]

With the move away from Intel and towards Apple Silicon, it makes sense to have Apple merge Mac OS with iOS.

I don't follow your logic here. If that were the case, Apple should have moved to merge the Mac with Windows in 2006. Just because two computing products use the same processor architecture, they don't need to have the same user interface or capabilities.

 

[colocolo]

Looks like everything suddenly starts getting bigger, and maybe a little blurry depending on speed. you might also experience light movement sickness.
I suggest using MacOS while being stationary.

 

[casperes1996]

Looks like everything suddenly starts getting bigger, and maybe a little blurry depending on speed. you might also experience light movement sickness.
I suggest using MacOS while being stationary.

Is this meant to be a joke about special relativity and time travel or something?

 

[Blue Quark]

At least Apple isn't staffed by the people who run the Gnome Project. ? Be grateful for minor miracles.

Big Sur is still just as much a regular desktop operating system as anything Apple's put out. I gather Monterey is going to natively support iOS apps, but I think if Apple was going to turn macOS into iOS, they'd already have done so.

 

[casperes1996]

At least Apple isn't staffed by the people who run the Gnome Project. ? Be grateful for minor miracles.

Big Sur is still just as much a regular desktop operating system as anything Apple's put out. I gather Monterey is going to natively support iOS apps, but I think if Apple was going to turn macOS into iOS, they'd already have done so.

What’s the dig at Gnome for? In many ways Gnome 3 is heavily inspired by macOS and frankly I’m sure Apple has in turn been inspired by Gnome as well. The latest version of Gnome as well adds a more macOS Lion+ like multitasking UI. With an extension I used to run it like the Snow Leopard Spaces though and I have to say I sort of prefer it though the Lion+ method is better for trackpad multi-touch gestures.
Gnome is the best of the common Linux DEs. It looks alright out of the box, unlike KDE which looks horrendous upon first boot. Can be configured to look nice, but so much effort.

As for Monterey supporting iOS apps natively, not sure why you even bring Monterey into the fray on that; Big Sur already does

 

[macOS Lynx]

In an earlier thread of my, @iluvmacs99 stated:



So what exactly is happening to macOS moving forward?

I had heard rumors in the past that it will look and behave like iOS on an iPad, but I'm not sure what that means.

Currently I am running macOS Sierra, and I havene't upgraded because it is straight-forward, and still behaves like a simple, function OS should in my mind.

Based on the comment above, I am fearful that operating systems as i have known them over my lifetime will soon disappear forever!! ?

(When I got an iPhone a few years back, I thought it was so weird that there was no concept as a "file explorer" like in Windows/Linux/macOS. As a business user, that kind of stuff worries me big time!)

Wait, hold on - because they changed from iTunes to a separate Music, video and podcast app, that suddenly macOS is changing from a "simple, function [sic] OS"?

Have you ever used any version of macOS beyond Sierra?

 

[Blue Quark]

What’s the dig at Gnome for? In many ways Gnome 3 is heavily inspired by macOS and frankly I’m sure Apple has in turn been inspired by Gnome as well. The latest version of Gnome as well adds a more macOS Lion+ like multitasking UI. With an extension I used to run it like the Snow Leopard Spaces though and I have to say I sort of prefer it though the Lion+ method is better for trackpad multi-touch gestures.
Gnome is the best of the common Linux DEs. It looks alright out of the box, unlike KDE which looks horrendous upon first boot. Can be configured to look nice, but so much effort.

As for Monterey supporting iOS apps natively, not sure why you even bring Monterey into the fray on that; Big Sur already does

Well, the closest DE to anything like either Aqua or Platinum is at this point probably Cinnamon.

The reason for the crack at Gnome Project is Gnome 3 is a touch-screen UI applied to predominantly non-touch-screen devices (desktops) and it is very much like what Apple's being accused of in turning macOS into iOS. It sure takes up a LOT of screen real estate for its functionality, and even on large desktops (I have a 23" external monitor) it just feels clunky. However, to each their own, which among other things is one of the benefits of having a plurality of desktop environments to choose from.

Back in the day when I first played around with Linux, it was the "classic" Gnome 1.x and then 2.x desktops which I found the nicest and most intuitive. Clement Lefebvre picked up the torch when the Gnome Project re-imagined their desktop with the 3.0 release, and I've been happily running it ever since.

 

[casperes1996]

Well, the closest DE to anything like either Aqua or Platinum is at this point probably Cinnamon.

The reason for the crack at Gnome Project is Gnome 3 is a touch-screen UI applied to predominantly non-touch-screen devices (desktops) and it is very much like what Apple's being accused of in turning macOS into iOS. It sure takes up a LOT of screen real estate for its functionality, and even on large desktops (I have a 23" external monitor) it just feels clunky. However, to each their own, which among other things is one of the benefits of having a plurality of desktop environments to choose from.

Back in the day when I first played around with Linux, it was the "classic" Gnome 1.x and then 2.x desktops which I found the nicest and most intuitive. Clement Lefebvre picked up the torch when the Gnome Project re-imagined their desktop with the 3.0 release, and I've been happily running it ever since.

Cinnamon? Have you tried Pantheon? The ElementaryOS DE. It’s very macOS inspired. Also there’s the Cupertino theme for Mate. Cinnamon feels more Windows-y IMO.

As for Gnome, I don’t think it feels touch-first honestly. But I guess it is a factor that I only run it on Hi-DPI monitors with less scaling than I run macOS

 

[Tech198]

In an earlier thread of my, @iluvmacs99 stated:



So what exactly is happening to macOS moving forward?

I had heard rumors in the past that it will look and behave like iOS on an iPad, but I'm not sure what that means.

Currently I am running macOS Sierra, and I havene't upgraded because it is straight-forward, and still behaves like a simple, function OS should in my mind.

Based on the comment above, I am fearful that operating systems as i have known them over my lifetime will soon disappear forever!! ?

(When I got an iPhone a few years back, I thought it was so weird that there was no concept as a "file explorer" like in Windows/Linux/macOS. As a business user, that kind of stuff worries me big time!)

Its not too bad, once you get used to forgetting "where the hell did my iTunes go", i felt right at home..

There are the issues i hate with security, i prefer my own way... But that's me.

I snuffed it out, and gotten used to it. Lack of 32-bit is a but of a pain, but luckily there are workarounds. by VM, Mainly, just more security options and user requests.