An unreasonable exaggeration. Nobody should endure the bag of design flaws that come with switching to Android. Just sit the notch era out. Your old iPhone ist fast enough already.
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You confuse sleep/wake with boot-up/shut-down, the latter is a 3 seconds long press on the power button of the iPhone. Precisely because sleep/wake is automated with lid open/close it shouldn't also boot-up when you just open the lid.
Reasons to shut down include OS updates, long time storage, shipment and repairs. You don't want your laptop to accidentally power on, when you're trying to examine if a spilled cup of coffee caused a water damage. AutoBoot is a stupid, useless, awful feature.
That's my experience too. I frequently use OS X 10.2 Jaguar on my G4 and recently used 10.0 Cheetah for the first time. The pedigree to Monterey's Settings is clear, but so is the bloat in the latter with many features shoehorned into odd places just because the grid limits the number of places to put things. The version in Ventura and Sonoma is far from perfect, but I think that a complete rethink of the Systems Settings was necessary at some point and hopefully it will mature into something great.
They reworded and reorganized System Preferences so many times. And every macOS version would have an ever so slightly updated cogwheel icon. This level of refinement can't be matched by the first version of System Settings. Nonetheless they had to finally give up the idea of putting everything on one control panel.
Macintosh Control Panel
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I don’t confuse anything. I’m saying they intentionally did this to discourage shutting the laptop down between uses. People have that nasty habit from an decade+ ago even though it isn’t useful anymore. On the M series it is exactly as useful to shut it down as it is to fully power down an iPhone between uses.
OS Updates: no correlation
Long time storage/shipping/repairs: the lid is magnetized. I have never had it open when I didn’t intend for it to open.
Coffee: power down the laptop without shutting the lid
The problem is not the lid opening unintended, the problem is unintended boot-ups. People open up the lid without the intention to boot up the machine all the time. Apple automating things that didn't need to be automated has always been an annoyance. Like every time AutoCorrect wrongfully corrects my perfectly spelled words. 😫 📲
The old system preferences was the worst designed app on Mac. Absolutely awful design. I’m so glad they stood their ground here instead of reverting like the beautiful safari redesign they scrapped due to blowback a few years ago.
Unless some application (accidentally) prevents the system from sleeping and you are surprised in the morning with an empty battery. Without the indicator light you can't even see when this is happening.
11. The touchpad doesn't have any travel. It's a piece of glass that doesn't move. The feedback is a haptic illusion. Set it to Tap to click for a smoother experience.
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Thanks, I tried every possible solution, even googled for an app that increases the taptic feedback, but without luck. It's totally different and feels odd to me. I tried for several days but I prefer a mechanical trackpad.
The settings menus are so bad I just type in what I'm looking for every time
You should get used to it with time. I much prefer it now
Coming from someone who uses both Windows and Mac, the autoboot feature is strange to me at first, but got used to it, and now, I just shut my Air and go. Open it up and start working.
Funny enough, from what I read, the whole open it up and start working was one of the goals that even Bill Gates wanted for Windows. They couldn't quite get it to work, which if I am to be honest, boils down to x86 being the jury rigged architecture that it is. They still work on it. Heck, just opening Windows update and that thing would politely ask you if it could update the system when you are not using it - a.k.a when it is in sleep mode presumably.
Having used multitude of laptops running Windows, I would say that they needed the shutdown - ten laptops will give you ten different reactions to sleep, that much of my friends who moved to the Mac appreciated the open up and go nature of the M series MacBook. And I believe that going forward that would be the case.
After all, haven't we all conditioned to expect on and go nature from our devices. My generation who started on PC's that took more than a minute may see autoboot as an annoyance.
My daughter would question why the laptop didn't spring to life when opened like her iPhone.
Funny enough, from what I read, the whole open it up and start working was one of the goals that even Bill Gates wanted for Windows. They couldn't quite get it to work, which if I am to be honest, boils down to x86 being the jury rigged architecture that it is. They still work on it. Heck, just opening Windows update and that thing would politely ask you if it could update the system when you are not using it - a.k.a when it is in sleep mode presumably.
Having used multitude of laptops running Windows, I would say that they needed the shutdown - ten laptops will give you ten different reactions to sleep, that much of my friends who moved to the Mac appreciated the open up and go nature of the M series MacBook. And I believe that going forward that would be the case.
After all, haven't we all conditioned to expect on and go nature from our devices. My generation who started on PC's that took more than a minute may see autoboot as an annoyance.
My daughter would question why the laptop didn't spring to life when opened like her iPhone.
That was my experience with the previous one but with the current one I can at least recall some from my iPhone memories. Still plenty of searching though.
Subjectively - the M2 13" Air is the BEST Apple product I have ever owned. Combination of performance, size, display quality/brightness, speakers, and industrial design are fantastic in my eyes. I own a more powerful M2 Max 16" MBP for workstation but find myself leaving that docked to my Studio Display and rarely moving it. My Air, it's just such a joy to use anywhere. The battery lasts plenty long too. So, just throwing my $0.02 in - couldn't be happier with mine.
I could not agree with you more. As it relates to the OP, who is comparing to a 2013 MBA, I would also add to your list: camera, Touch ID, trackpad, processor speed, fanless operation, and many other improvements. I owned a 2014 MBA, which was a great machine in its day, but it is not even close to my M2 MBA. Now, I get that the OP misses the 11.6in form factor, and if there is a market for that size, Apple might resurrect and reimagine the 12 in MBA that they discontinued. For the time being, they seem to be going in the opposite direction with the 15 in model.
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Unfortunately I‘m in the minority that loves the 11“/12“ size for Laptops and uses an iPhone 13 Mini instead of a Pro Max/Plus like seemingly everybody else in the world.
Yes, and that is unfortunate. Of course, Apple can't profitably make products for all possible market segments and consumer preferences, so they need to make business decisions and trade-offs. Apparently, it isn't worthwhile for them to make a smaller MBA at this time. But, take heart. Things may change, and Apple might yet restart the smaller MBA form factor. Alternatively, the iPad Pro 11 inch may evolve into an acceptable substitute for the fan of smaller MBAs. Time will tell.
I just noticed that this is a framed cross stitch and not an actual screenshot. Awesome.
There is a Siri Shortcut that allows you to hide the notch. Would this maybe help your bothersome about the Notch?
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Remove the Notch on any MacBook with (No)tch | Siri Shortcuts Collection
(No)tch lets you get rid of the notch on the new MacBook Pro and Air instantly, and it's a Siri Shortcut, so it's quick, and doesn't take up much storage, you can see what's actually happening, and it doesn't affect your Mac's performance, at all!
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11. This is a new one for me…I’ve never heard anyone complain about the new(er) trackpad design. Newer Macs use Force Touch that simulates the feel of a mechanical trackpad, but honestly I hate the constant sound of trackpad clicks, and on any new Mac I immediately turn on silent click/tap to click instead. For me the newer trackpads’ rich set of multi-touch gestures and butter-smoothness are what make them the best in the business.
I prefer the real thing with real travel and a real click. Force touch is like vegan steak
I use a combination of tap to click (index finger) and regular click (thumb)