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SW3029

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Just wondering what's on everyone's macOS 10.16 wishlist besides bug fixes and stability improvements?

Mine:

  • Ability to move Facetime audio call pane.
  • Renumbering macOS 10.16 to macOS 14 to match iOS/iPadOS numbering scheme.
  • Bringing iOS's Maps features (collections, favorites, etc) to the macOS Maps app.
  • Ability to right-click to encrypt and password-protect any file or folder.
  • Privacy controls to restrict clipboard contents to certain apps.
  • Force HTTPS connection in Safari.
  • Enable encrypted DNS over HTTPS in Safari.
  • A completely rebuilt spell/grammar checker in macOS.
  • Bring the old iTunes Movie and TV Store to the TV app.
  • Shortcuts app for macOS.
  • Ability to see your in-use iPhone widgets in macOS's control center.

Yours?
 

ruslan120

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I just want a clean and usable operating system with extra functionality added by independent development companies (as needed). Less dependence on parent company functionality and less clutter (daemons).

This might be an unpopular opinion but I miss Snow Leopard (before iCloud). I managed all of my cloud needs with Dropbox and things worked well. Then iCloud rolled around and introduced its own bugs, notes disappearing, inconsistent syncs, etc.

To answer your question: Mac OS (Barebones Edition). Not that it will happen due to how profitable it is to move everything into the closed ecosystem.
 

bogdanw

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Enable encrypted DNS over HTTPS in Safari
Trusting a browser with DNS is a bad ideea, don't fall for Mozilla's hype. It just a matter of time untill it will be exploited in Firefox.
Besides, why use DNS over HTTPS only in browser? What about your e-mail client, App Store or iCloud services?
If you want to try DNS over HTTPS, I posted scripts for easy installation of
cloudflared https://github.com/b0gdanw/cloudflared
and dnscrypt-proxy https://github.com/b0gdanw/dnscrypt-proxy-macos
 

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  • Green plus button expands windows to maximum size without hiding dock and file menu
  • cut/copy/paste shortcut keys in finder (cmd+x, cmd+c, cmd+v)
  • snapping a window to either left or right edge of the screen makes it half the size of the screen. Corner snapping makes windows 1/4th the size. Top edge maximizes screen.
 

SW3029

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• The ability to archive message threads in Messages (this would require iOS 14 support too)
 
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SW3029

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Also:

• Apple Watch app for macOS so I can create and manage my watch faces via my Mac.
• Health app for macOS so I can see my health data on my Mac
• The ability to screenshot full web pages in Safari on macOS (just like you can in iOS)
 
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Stephen.R

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Force HTTPS connection in Safari
Despite the name making it non obvious, Content Blockers can already specify a domain should always be loaded over https.
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A completely rebuilt spell/grammar checker in macOS.
Do you want bugs? Because this is how you get bugs.

"Completely rebuilt" means one (or two) of two things: you're going to lose a lot of functionality for a good while, possibly forever or you're going to get all sorts of new bugs.

What exactly is wrong with the Spelling and Grammar checker in macOS?
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Green plus button expands windows to maximum size without hiding dock and file menu

Hold option (alt) and click the green button. The window will 'zoom' resize to fit the content, in many cases this results in a full-size window.

  • cut/copy/paste shortcut keys in finder (cmd+x, cmd+c, cmd+v)

Is this a joke? I don't think any Finder release ever has not had cut/copy/paste keyboard shortcuts.

  • snapping a window to either left or right edge of the screen makes it half the size of the screen. Corner snapping makes windows 1/4th the size. Top edge maximizes screen.

BetterSnapTool literally does this, and works on 10.7 or higher. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?mt=12
 
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katewes

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My wishlist is to STOP updating macOS every 12 months. Most of the features are of no interest to me.

And, the fact that most of the new features are replicated by third party software, proves that it does not need to be incorporated into the macOS. Apple could very well have created standalone apps.

Why? Because even though macOS is free, I have a number of software that charge money for each new version they update to be compatible with the new macOS. It adds up in total, e.g. Capture One photography software, VMWare, not to mention a host of others that do not charge. Some software like outdated Dragon Dictate no longer update their software. Many software only remain compatible for a few versions back.

It's not that I want to hold back progress - but it would not hurt to cycle the macOS every 2 years, and bring each version to a state of pre-Tim Cook stability.

For instance, I recall that the now-touted Snow Leopard was a disaster at launch. After a near loss of vital data with Leopard, I learned a great lesson not to upgrade to any new OSX until at least version .6 - the trouble is, these days, most versions never get to even version .5.

Who out there is cheering at this annual macOS release cycle? It's nothing but a marketing ploy by Apple's bean counters to entice people with seemingly "new features". It sours my opinion of Apple.

I used to be a Mac evangelist from several, more than a couple of decades ago, but I stopped touting Apple a few years back.

Remember when Bill Gates and Microsoft were charged by unfair monopoly for baking in Explorer into the Windows OS. Hey, isn't that what Apple are doing with Safari, Apple Mail, Photos etc. I'm the same crime that Microsoft did, except that there are now numerous alternative browsers now, so it's not as impactful on the public, but nevertheless it's the same tactic.

The biggest feature that most people want is the long obsoleted "It just works". I demand a return of "It just works".
 
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unfair monopoly for baking in Explorer into the Windows OS
... I mean there's a little more to it than that - namely the monopoly part.


My wishlist is to STOP updating macOS every 12 months.
I would actually generally agree with this. I think the ~2 year cycle was a reasonable time frame. The major factor there though is that the "10.x.y" releases would then likely start to include bigger 'changes' (which has been done a little already over the last few years) to accomodate new hardware/features. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I don't think we can assume that a longer cycle between "major" releases would have only-positive changes. The "minor" releases would potentially have a larger change surface than they do now, and thus would potentially introduce more "problems".
 

Falhófnir

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Something similar to Windows' window management/ snap features, having to click and drag a window to resize it is very cumbersome. Split screen isn't a perfect solution to this, either.
 
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SW3029

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My wishlist is to STOP updating macOS every 12 months. Most of the features are of no interest to me....

It's not that I want to hold back progress - but it would not hurt to cycle the macOS every 2 years, and bring each version to a state of pre-Tim Cook stability.

This will never happen. Apple will never go back to a non-annual cycle of macOS updates. The reason for this is because macOS and iOS are becoming so interoperable, a new feature in one (iOS) necessitates the corresponding feature in macOS.

For example: the multiple Continuity features Apple has added to both OSes over the last several years. Or Sidecar. Or the upcoming iCloud folder sharing. You can't add a feature like Sidecar to iOS devices, without doing a pretty big update on the macOS side. And the interoperability of the operating systems going forwards via the Catalyst architecture just means that if you're going to update one OS every year – iOS – you have to update the other. You need to update them both.
 
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Absolutely no new features, except...

Update Afterburner to support all Raw-formats, Apple lost the patent dispute with Red, and won't be able to "force" ProRes-raw as a new standard on digital cinema cameras. (This should happen before the next OS)

Fix/update Time Machine, to support reconstruction of Volumes. And make sure that Time Machine is a professional solution for Mac Pro users and small studios.
 
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bidwellian

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Dashboard, Quicktime Update (restore the features from 7), Restore the nice interface(ie skeuomorphism) or at least have themes and include classic looks, Restore the dock to the 3D style...I don't like the flat look at all : )
 

NESboi

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  • support for managing iOS backups on external HDDs.
  • support for selecting what parts of an iOS device to backup to an HDD. (now the only choice is everything)
  • support for browsing the contents of an iOS backup and extracting, adding, / removing items (think similar features to working with compressed files like .zip)
  • support for unsyncing an app from iCloud and leaving a copy of that software's documents on the device.
  • proper drivers for using a trackpad in windows. The current implametnation thinks a trackpad is a mouse and doens't elegantly support many guestures, making working in windows a bit painful.
 
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firelighter487

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support for my android phone, for some reason it does nothing if I plug it in, I can't move files from it over usb.

ability to set my own time for auto dark mode.

ability to set animated wallpapers.

ability to use gif's as icons for applications.

ability to run VM's without third party software.
 

Hastings101

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Agreed with some of the other people above: I'd like 10.16 to come out a year+ from now instead. If the yearly updates thing is such a big deal I'd rather 10.16 just be a focus on tightening the OS up. Basically have the next OS be 10.15 in all but name, as 10.15 had so many under the hood the changes and really needed to bake a good year more before it was released.
 
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vmachiel

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Just take some apps, and fine tune them. Make them really more make like (catalyst apps), make them fast and stable. Spend time one the boring stuff, no flashy new features. Just a release or two that's pure optimization and bug fixing.

The main thing is of course their testing and release schedule. We know all that, so Apple knows that too. I hope it just gets the priority it really needs.
 
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hwojtek

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I wonder if Apple is ever going to fix the dual/triple monitor setup situation. It's a joke compared to Windows, especially if you use AMD Eyefinity in Bootcamp on a Mac.
 
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vmachiel

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Dashboard, Quicktime Update (restore the features from 7), Restore the nice interface(ie skeuomorphism) or at least have themes and include classic looks, Restore the dock to the 3D style...I don't like the flat look at all : )

Quicktime could happen maybe. A feature here and there. But I don't see the rest happening at all..
 

hwojtek

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...? Can you elaborate?
My MP randomly decides on which monitor it will display the boot menu and login icons (since the background is identical on all monitors until logged on, I can not trace any actual logic in this). Surprisingly, it remembers the arrangement of the monitors once logged in.
No way to make use of displays in their combined resolution. I can remember there was an app for virtual resolution ages ago, perhaps back in PowerPC years. Anyway I can not set the displays to a combined resolution of 7680 x 1600 and yes, I need it. No problem with such a setup in Windows, though. The full screen apps do not go well with "separate spaces for each display" setting, turning the other display(s) off in extreme cases. The OS should detect (or allow for precise adjustment by) user preferences in terms of total resolution, spaces usage, full-screen-apps behaviour and more.
 
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