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Better software than windows, though. Every time I go back to a Windows machine I'm traumatized by something that should be trivial within like the first hour.

by ajkjk 4y ago

Better software than windows, though. Every time I go back to a Windows machine I'm traumatized by something that should be trivial within like the first hour. The most recent example was navigating control panel menus while trying to figure out why a microphone wasn't picking up my voice. Somehow every tiny management task like that is an absolute disaster on Windows.

loeg 4y ago
OS X disables volume control if you're playing on an HDMI monitor, for no particular reason. I don't think it's clear that Windows is worse in this area.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
  modern macOS can also semi-silently deny an application access to the mic. It's not a stupid thing to do, but it certainly can confuse the crap out of users who missed the "allow X to use mic" popup in the past.
  - radicality 4y ago
    Another thing that’s confusing to me is similarly with some applications requesting access to folders. I swear I’ve had situations where I download some software, and then I try open with it some file in my Downloads folder. OSX then shows a pop about requesting access. I remember either just ignoring that pop up or clicking cancel, and then still having the software somehow load the file! That seemed like a serious security issue and I don’t really trust those filesystem access protections on osx anymore.
    - kalleboo 4y ago
      macOS will allow access to single files to software without any permissions if the action to open the file was deliberately done by the user (e.g. the file was selected in an OS open file dialog, the file was double-clicked, or dragged onto the app icon, etc). The app gets a runtime-limited lock on that one file and still can't willy-nilly list or read other files. IIRC this is also the only run-mode for sandboxed App Store apps, where all file opens must be user-initiated (and some utility apps work around this by asking you to open the disk root manually)
- ajkjk 4y ago
  In my experience the rate of papercuts on OS X is soooo much lower. Like one a week instead of one every hour. And I've used both for years.

by ajkjk 4y ago

loeg 4y ago

OS X disables volume control if you're playing on an HDMI monitor, for no particular reason. I don't think it's clear that Windows is worse in this area.

PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
modern macOS can also semi-silently deny an application access to the mic. It's not a stupid thing to do, but it certainly can confuse the crap out of users who missed the "allow X to use mic" popup in the past.
- radicality 4y ago
  Another thing that’s confusing to me is similarly with some applications requesting access to folders. I swear I’ve had situations where I download some software, and then I try open with it some file in my Downloads folder. OSX then shows a pop about requesting access. I remember either just ignoring that pop up or clicking cancel, and then still having the software somehow load the file! That seemed like a serious security issue and I don’t really trust those filesystem access protections on osx anymore.
  - kalleboo 4y ago
    macOS will allow access to single files to software without any permissions if the action to open the file was deliberately done by the user (e.g. the file was selected in an OS open file dialog, the file was double-clicked, or dragged onto the app icon, etc). The app gets a runtime-limited lock on that one file and still can't willy-nilly list or read other files. IIRC this is also the only run-mode for sandboxed App Store apps, where all file opens must be user-initiated (and some utility apps work around this by asking you to open the disk root manually)
ajkjk 4y ago
In my experience the rate of papercuts on OS X is soooo much lower. Like one a week instead of one every hour. And I've used both for years.