Still waiting for Apple to fix the abomination of System Settings, vertical alert panes, and notifications without buttons.
And the app launcher. Moving apps in there is a nightmare.
It’s a really annoying piece of software. I felt like they made the iOS home screen swap for when you had like 15 apps, but they never changed it and they went “well I guess people like it”, then the put it on mac and each year it somehow gets just a tiny bit weirder.
Resetting the settings used to alphabetize it, but now it just scrambles it. I also don’t know why they didn’t add any hotkeys for it on the keyboard (by default).
On the bright side, spotlight is and has always been quite good.
I for one really appreciate the new systems settings app. Grids are bad when they’re more than a dozen or so items, it’s much easier for me to find and remember things in a list.
I wonder why MacOS often is referred to as their name instead of version numbers like every other OS? Seems pretty confusing for new users (myself) or someone who doesn’t use MacOS.
When people compare macos like “bigsur” or “Ventura” or “Monterey” I have no idea what’s older and what’s newer. If someone says “iOS 17 is better than iOS 15” I can immediately understand which one is newer.
Apple just loves to make their stuff seem special by giving it names. Those names are often ridiculous but somehow it looks like they get the job done. I mean come on, dynamic island? I cringe every time I hear that name.
But on the other hand take a look at the chip names. While their competitors use chips like “something mtux64-828qwerty”, Apple releases a new A15 ✨bionic✨ which sounds like something that will literally change the world. I mean, it’s bionic, that has to be incredible, right?
I agree. I still cringe after their event last night. Wtf is “super retina XDR”? It’s a damn OLED, just call it that.
And their brag about supporting repair right and “repairability” make my blood boil.
Microsoft tried “name” branding instead of numerical-based names, too. On the home side, e.g: XP, Vista, ME (but ME flows east from 98).
I sometimes use my wife’s old Mac, and I realise how great it is to have a UI where the tops of windows and their widgets are clearly delineated from the windows contents.
On Ventura I’m constantly selecting the top of a window only to find I’ve selected the window behind or something. Infuriating
I’m still on Big Sur. Haven’t really seen a reason to upgrade.
You can at least go to Monterey and still forgo any of the settings redesign silliness
Sure, but why bother?
Just for the extra year or two of security patches you’ll get after Big Sewer is dropped
Catalina here
