macOS Unpopular opinion: I love the new Safari design.

Unpopular opinion: I love the new Safari design.
Mission Control Small Apps?
I don't really like what Apple is doing with macOS.
Would You Prefer App Library over Launchpad?
[Safari 15.0] Compact tab mode seems to be broken here. There's actually a 2nd tab, but doesn't show on the list. This space is like a blank space - clicking on it does not bring up the 2nd tab. CMD-2 is my only way to access it.
How to automatically place desktop icons on a specific display
"Update password?" Pop-up at every log-in (info in comments)
Big Sur market share? Or: How many older macOS systems are still in use? (I want to ignore old Safari without WebP support.)
Hover info like in Windows?
Does Apple expect users to use tabs instead of bookmarks in the new Safari?
MacBook Pro 15" 2019 TouchBar won't charge
TimeMachine via router (MBP/Big Sur) - TM is requesting credentials
Looking For An App. Clipboard Manager/ Templates
Can the iPhone screen share with Macs?
Does anyone use the Microsoft Arc Mouse?
Trying to get some old hardware working on Big Sur - could use some helping vetting an install process!
When using Mail to reply to emails, is it possible to attach your signature at the end of the reply, rather than at the end of the email?
Paint equivalent?
After installing Big Sur I get this when I restart?
Mojave and Catalina RAM usage?
Does anyone have the Mac OS X Mavericks installer app that got downloaded from the AppStore?
Can someone tell me what happend i have never dropped my computer i turned it on one day and this is what my screen looked like
Why is MacOS High Sierra taking up up 66GB on my macbook pro ? How can I reduce it ?
Is it just me or has Safari become worse after the update?
Apple's Photogrammetry with Highly Reflective Surfaces (hard drive disk and water!)

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 07:03 AM PDT

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Mission Control Small Apps?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 11:30 PM PDT

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I don't really like what Apple is doing with macOS.

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:21 AM PDT

Like, it so obvious that they're making things like iOS! The Big Sur redesign, the new iWork icons, the new Safari update, and even the wallpapers are now like iOS wallpapers. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007, he said, "Putting OS X on a phone" now it's basically putting iOS on a Mac, and I really don't like it. What are you guys' thoughts on this?

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Would You Prefer App Library over Launchpad?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 11:20 PM PDT

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[Safari 15.0] Compact tab mode seems to be broken here. There's actually a 2nd tab, but doesn't show on the list. This space is like a blank space - clicking on it does not bring up the 2nd tab. CMD-2 is my only way to access it.

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 12:28 AM PDT

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How to automatically place desktop icons on a specific display

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 01:55 AM PDT

Any ideas on whether it is possible to automatically default a specific display to store folders/icons *without* that display being the primary display?

Example: I have two external displays connected to my MBP and would like all folders, shortcuts, icons, other Desktop objects/clutter to appear by default on the internal MBP display (unless otherwise moved manually to another display), even though, while connected, one of my external displays is configured to be the primary.

Not really anything important, just something I would personally like to see.

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"Update password?" Pop-up at every log-in (info in comments)

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 01:43 AM PDT

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Big Sur market share? Or: How many older macOS systems are still in use? (I want to ignore old Safari without WebP support.)

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 01:31 AM PDT

Seems like all web browser statistics don't really know about Big Sur because of the old User-Agent string.

Are there any real numbers out there regarding the use of pre Big Sur systems?

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Hover info like in Windows?

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 01:08 AM PDT

I use and love Macs for 15 years but what I like in Windows are the information popups that, well, pop up when hovering over a Finder item. Is there a way to have that in MacOS? Like an open-source app? Probably not, right?

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Does Apple expect users to use tabs instead of bookmarks in the new Safari?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 04:35 PM PDT

I've been using bookmarks for as long as I've been using Safari, and I have them organized into folders. I also use the reading list occasionally. Both these features are found in the sidebar. In the newest version of Safari they changed the sidebar to require an annoying extra click to access either of them, and there is now a list of tab groups, and I'm wondering what I would use them for.

I've heard people say that they have hundreds of tabs open at once, but my personal style is to open the tabs I need at work, then close them all at the end of the day when I'm going home. When I want to open a website, I type the address into the address bar, or look it up in my bookmarks if I can't remember the URL.

This change to Safari seems like a subtle encouragement to keep all the tabs you need open all the time, but to me that seems sloppy and disorganized. Am I thinking about this wrong? Also, doesn't having dozens of tabs open eat up a massive amount of computing resources? Or are modern browsers good enough at putting tabs to sleep that it isn't an issue?

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MacBook Pro 15" 2019 TouchBar won't charge

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 04:05 AM PDT

I already lost my temper thrice about this in the last 5 Minutes. I ran bootcamp as usual and connected a USB mouse using a USB-C adapter - suddenly the screen goes dark and it shows me the "Please charge symbol" without warning. I held down the on/off key and it rebooted telling me in boot camp that it's charging and has 50% battery left. After starting Diablo 2 Ressurrected the same happened again - I thought it's the mouse or the adapter, I disconnected it and the issue was gone. I used a USB-C hub that I use since half a year w/o issue and the same happens again.

I went to MacOS to do a BC update and saw that the Mac isn't charging at all there, I tried 2 different power plugs, 2 different cables and two different outlets, all of which worked in the past - it just won't charge. The battery status tells me that it needs service after just 380 cycles - I took a screenshot at around 330 cycles for eBay and the status was good. I run on 10.15.6, but I'm about to install Big Sur to see if that fixes it, but it seems like a hardware issue - on the other hand it charges in bootcamp so it might still be software related, any ideas?

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TimeMachine via router (MBP/Big Sur) - TM is requesting credentials

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:21 PM PDT

My router supports TimeMachine via the router admin menu, so I enabled it and selected the drive partition which I've been using for TM backups.

Here's the sticking point. After selecting the TM partition in the TM setup, I'm getting the message:

"Connecting to Archer AX21.Local" …

followed by a prompt to enter

name: password:

The router manual provides no help about what to enter. Is this some version of my MBP login credentials? If so, I don't know what format it's looking for.

I'd be grateful for any pointers. Thanks!

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Looking For An App. Clipboard Manager/ Templates

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 08:45 PM PDT

Hi!

I'm looking for an app that can live in the menu bar ( or right click menu) that allows me to paste in pre-defined templates. All of the "clipboard managers" I have found seem to have clipboard history as the main focus, and not templates.

Would love some advice.

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Can the iPhone screen share with Macs?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 04:49 PM PDT

I'm thinking about getting an iPhone and if it had this feature I think it'd tip me over the edge. I have a Mac Mini I use as a media server and I currently screen share it with my Macbook Pro so I don't have to be in the same room to use it. Sometimes I like to use my phone so I currently use AnyDesk on my Mac Mini and Galaxy s20 for that but would prefer a native version if possible. Just wondering if that feature exists?

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Does anyone use the Microsoft Arc Mouse?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:50 AM PDT

Is it possible to enable gesture support on this mouse on a Mac? Like desktop swipes and things like that?

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Trying to get some old hardware working on Big Sur - could use some helping vetting an install process!

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 07:41 PM PDT

I'm on a mac laptop form 2011 - intel chip, on Big Sur 11.5.2. I'm trying to get a DJ MIDI controller (native instruments s4 mk I, if yr familiar) up and running for a gig this Sunday, buuuut surprise, it's not compatible with Big Sur. Company has discontinued support, and claims it's they're very very incompatible.

I found this blog post claiming to get the older DJ hardware working for a new computer - https://www.paulchabot.ca/traktor-kontrol-s4-and-x1-catalina-setup/

I'm a little sketched out - a lot of the instructions involve disabling or modifying some security utilities that I'm not very familiar with. could be harmless! I'm doing some digging on my own, but i could some perspective on how common/secure some of these steps are.

So - the steps:

boot machine in recovery mode, and add the company's developer id

/usr/sbin/spctl kext-consent add 83K5EG6Z9V

reboot and log in
download the driver for the device from the NI website
using Suspicious Package (allows you to view .pkg files before installing), manually move every file from the driver's .dmg to where it needs to be on the computer
run this in terminal

cd /Library/Extensionssudo chown -R root:wheel ./NIUSBTraktorKontrolS4.kextsudo kmutil load -p NIUSBTraktorKontrolS4.kext

check sys preferences -> privacy, allow the company ("native instruments")

and after that, you should be able to use the older MIDI controller.

my questions -

does this look trustworthy?

is there any way that i can verify that the developer id does in fact belong to native instruments?

some of the files being moved from the driver dmg onto the system are kernel extensions (kext files). is this normally how drivers are implemented for Mac? and do they usually need the permissions granted in the terminal command?

haha iiiits a bit of an emergency - I need this controller for a gig coming up very soon. any advice or insight would be very helpful.

many thanks!

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When using Mail to reply to emails, is it possible to attach your signature at the end of the reply, rather than at the end of the email?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 07:10 AM PDT

Hi all, I just got my first Mac. I've previously used Gmail via Chrome, which has an option that reads:

"insert signature before quoted text in replies and remove the "--" line that proceeds it"

Is there a similar option in Mail?

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Paint equivalent?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 01:34 PM PDT

Anything on the App Store? I'm wary of downloading stuff elsewhere.

Thanks!

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After installing Big Sur I get this when I restart?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 06:31 AM PDT

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Mojave and Catalina RAM usage?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 06:51 PM PDT

im using a macbook pro mid 2012 with 4GB RAM and currently on Mojave. Will Catalina perform better on this macbook?

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Does anyone have the Mac OS X Mavericks installer app that got downloaded from the AppStore?

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 06:03 PM PDT

I'm specifically looking for the mavericks installer you downloaded straight off the appstore, but if you happen to have any kind of mavericks download that I could perhaps have, that'll be amazing! As I cannot find it anywhere!!!

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Can someone tell me what happend i have never dropped my computer i turned it on one day and this is what my screen looked like

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 05:50 PM PDT