The MacOS Thread - For unix users with disposable income.

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Is MacOS for queers

  • No

    Votes: 23 63.9%

  • Yes (I'm a covid cautious queer lesbian)

    Votes: 13 36.1%
  • Total voters
    36
Organized Derailment said:
Yup me too

I got it on my iPhone 16 pro and MacBook Air M3 and it’s STUNNING. rocking the default wallpaper on both because it’s so beautiful
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I got my MBP, iPad Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple TV all running the 26 OSes yesterday, and it is awesome.

The interface on Apple TV on a 4k screen is really slick.
 
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Herman Throwaway said:
I got my MBP, iPad Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple TV all running the 26 OSes yesterday, and it is awesome.

The interface on Apple TV on a 4k screen is really slick.
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I can't get over how clean iOS 26 is.. like my god it's made customization fun again. I came from a Pixel and I feel like I can do almost as much in terms of homescreen customization, and in some cases even more! And Tahoe is also fantastic.. so many cool wallpaper ideas come to mind, can't wait for it to become more stable (it's a little shakey on my mac)
 
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I installed Tahoe on my MBP M4 Pro. Was a little hesitant because I use this and nothing else for work, and I'm new to Macs so haven't experienced their betas.

But it's silly how chuffed I am to see some drop shadows and edge lighting by default again on a UI.
 
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Jerk Sausage said:
I installed Tahoe on my MBP M4 Pro. Was a little hesitant because I use this and nothing else for work, and I'm new to Macs so haven't experienced their betas.

But it's silly how chuffed I am to see some drop shadows and edge lighting by default again on a UI.
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One cool thing I noticed is that the dimensional effects get applied to icons. The Microsoft Office application icons actually look pretty cool now!
 
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Herman Throwaway said:
One cool thing I noticed is that the dimensional effects get applied to icons. The Microsoft Office application icons actually look pretty cool now!
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I agree. This is definitely one of the more exciting releases I can recall in recent memory. I just hope they eventually nail apple intelligence as there’s so much potential there and they’re so far behind as of right now.
 
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Jerk Sausage said:
I installed Tahoe on my MBP M4 Pro. Was a little hesitant because I use this and nothing else for work, and I'm new to Macs so haven't experienced their betas.

But it's silly how chuffed I am to see some drop shadows and edge lighting by default again on a UI.
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Damn that’s a risky upgrade haha. Just for future references their developers betas can be pretty rough so be careful next time.
 
Have been using an older version, but as recommended by IntelTechniques/Michael Bazzell, essentially "de-Apple'd," with Little Snitch installed via USB and set up to block Apple connections before ever connecting to the internet. For me it's ideal.
 
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Organized Derailment said:
Damn that’s a risky upgrade haha. Just for future references their developers betas can be pretty rough so be careful next time.
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Everything I do for work is backed up or version controlled, and I'm using daily time machines. Not a tragic loss if my laptop exploded, more of a temporary inconvenience. But yea I'm aware I'm taking a risk for some shiny bubbly edges. They bring me joy so it's worth it.
 
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Looking for some tips to uncuck and desoy OSX.
First and foremost of course, installed brew. iterm2, changed out zsh for bash. Emacs-plus up and going with native compilation. Fullscreen all applications, navigating between the workspaces with keyboard or gestures. I'd like to never have to look at Finder or the desktop ever again.
Making ntfs and ext4 read/write with 3rd party software is important.
It's actually way less a PITA than dealing with linux jank and looks about the same.
 
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Just saw they're changed iOS version numbers to the year, like cars.

In the sense that a Toyota Highlander released in Q4 2025 will be the "2026" Highlander, what would have been iOS 19 is now iOS 26.

Cannot help but cringe at this.
 
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Hemlock Latte said:
Just saw they're changed iOS version numbers to the year, like cars.

In the sense that a Toyota Highlander released in Q4 2025 will be the "2026" Highlander, what would have been iOS 19 is now iOS 26.

Cannot help but cringe at this.
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This year we're getting Chevy Tahoe '26
 
Hemlock Latte said:
Just saw they're changed iOS version numbers to the year, like cars.

In the sense that a Toyota Highlander released in Q4 2025 will be the "2026" Highlander, what would have been iOS 19 is now iOS 26.

Cannot help but cringe at this.
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Why is that cringey though? I get it's not standard, but I don't think it's cringe.
 
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Hemlock Latte said:
Just saw they're changed iOS version numbers to the year, like cars.

In the sense that a Toyota Highlander released in Q4 2025 will be the "2026" Highlander, what would have been iOS 19 is now iOS 26.

Cannot help but cringe at this.
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They are co-ordinating OS version numbers across 6 platforms, so picking a year as the number makes perfect sense, and considering their OS release hit toward the final quarter of the calendar year, going with the next year as the number makes sense, since the majority of the availability period will fall in that year.

But go ahead and "cringe" instead of thinking for a second.
 
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Oh, fine, apologies. I guess I'm just very used to software having the version number as the primary identifier.

I was being reactionary, sue me.
 
Hemlock Latte said:
Okay so... why isn't it 19? Or 15?

Am I just really stupid? It's possible.
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You are.

I explained it earlier. They are putting all their operating systems on the same version number going forward, and they chose the year as that number. Currently, they are on iOS 18, MacOS 15, iPadOS 18, WatchOS 10, tvOS 8 and visionOS 2.

It is easier and simpler to jump the numbers in between and just make the new version OS 26 across the board. This makes it simpler to know if your device is able to use the current OS and make sure everything is current across multiple devices.
 
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