I just want it to work without headaches. I don’t want workarounds and “turn off all of the extra nonsense” sliders. Call me an old or a Karen. But this is one reason why I picked Mac for 12+ years, and I am increasingly switching my workload to Linux. It’s not a fashion accessory for me.
I am willing to learn the new features. But half-assed widgets that get in the way, menu bar quirkiness, losing finder menu settings, and more are increasingly common.
I agree it’s bloated but disagree I need workarounds or hassle to get it working. None of their stuff is without bugs but overall, their stuff is actually surprisingly sturdy.
And not for nothing, but if you want to talk about headache, that’s Linux. Needing to always mess with config files, or search for some specific error or package. There’s always some hurdle because waves arm reasons.
Apple OSes definitely need a Snow Leopard pass, but on a whole, I feel it’s steadily been improving.
At least from a disk usage standpoint, I’m finding Sonoma is using less storage than its predecessors. This is a big deal for me, since I’ve been close to the limit on my boot drive.
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I remember when macOS rolled out spotlight and spaces and said “Redmond, start your photo copiers”, but I’ve Cook it’s been “people still use Windows and they get treated like cattle”
Fully agree. Starting to feel like Windows. I’m used to Windows’ bullshit and have a lot of ways around it, but in exchange I can fully customized my OS.
I’d prefer Mac not act the same though. I use it for programming and work; I don’t want to fuck with it.
Thank goodness I am not alone. Not only is everything bloated now, but the UX has become terrible. Home is a mess and it’s very difficult to achieve what you want, not to mention “new” Siri fails about 40% of the time. And I just found out yesterday about Shortcuts. Cool idea, but I am completely intimidated by the UI, and I have been using Macs for over 16 years. Everything has become difficult and unintuitive, which is the opposite of what used to make Apple great. It sounds like I’m describing enshitification and I hope I’m not.
