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FWIW I don't have the same experience at all — I mostly find each release, MacOS gets a bit better. I don't see lots of bugs. The weight of commenters here is

FWIW I don't have the same experience at all — I mostly find each release, MacOS gets a bit better. I don't see lots of bugs. The weight of commenters here is clearly not in the favor of my experience! Maybe that's because I don't notice things? Or I don't use many of Mac apps, like Mail / Finder / Mission Control / etc (thanks to Alacritty + VSCode + Contexts + Amethyst)? But I have to use Windows & Linux machines for other things, and I vastly prefer using a Mac.

willyt 4y ago
I’ve not noticed any of the issues either. Could it be crappy third party mouse or keyboard customisation software? I’ve noticed that Logitech software has sometimes has sometimes caused wierd issues over the years.
- KerrAvon 4y ago
  Logitech’s drivers are awful and you don’t need them for basic mouse functionality. Do without if you can.
  - blacksmith_tb 4y ago
    I recommend using Karabiner-Elements[1] if you need to customize USB HID devices of any make or model (instead of installing flakey Logi sw). 1: https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements
  - willyt 4y ago
    Yep it’s crap. I use ‘USB overdrive’ and a cheap generic 5 button wired mouse off amazon. I find this gets the best latency and customisability for graphics work. My Logitech Bluetooth mouse that I used for travel doesn’t work on Apple silicon and I found the Microsoft mice with thier own wireless dongle a bit laggy and the wheels break after a year or so.
  - liminalsunset 4y ago
    There is an open source application called Mac Mouse Fix that replaces Logitech Options to a limited extent, which could be useful.
flandish 4y ago
Same here. I tend to use my Mac as a consistently “crisp” way of getting to a shell prompt. I use iterm2, while I’m in love with alacritty, etc … (and rust) - I just haven’t switched. Combined with a pretty consistent decades old dotfile repo, good apps like Obsidian, vscode, and the crap corporate makes me use… I could really do fine with a Linux machine, but I always feel like the windowing envs are one “ctrl+alt+backspace” from me waking up in 1997’s days slackware and video res/driver hell.
haginile 4y ago
Here’s one I don’t see mentioned: launch App Store, go to its settings, uncheck In-app ratings and reviews. Now restart the OS and notice how it’s checked again. I can reproduce on every Ventura machine I own and I’m constantly bombarded with all rating prompts, but I can’t submit a rating because the submit button doesn’t work…
themadturk 4y ago
I just don't see any of this. Though the Ventura beta was pretty rough for me (M1 MBA), the only issues I've seen day to day is the frequent failure to eject an external drive from Finder. I often have to go in Disk Utility to eject a USB drive. Annoying, but not even something I do every day. Other than that, smooth sailing. And its still my favorite ever laptop.
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willyt 4y ago

I’ve not noticed any of the issues either. Could it be crappy third party mouse or keyboard customisation software? I’ve noticed that Logitech software has sometimes has sometimes caused wierd issues over the years.

KerrAvon 4y ago
Logitech’s drivers are awful and you don’t need them for basic mouse functionality. Do without if you can.
- blacksmith_tb 4y ago
  I recommend using Karabiner-Elements[1] if you need to customize USB HID devices of any make or model (instead of installing flakey Logi sw). 1: https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements
- willyt 4y ago
  Yep it’s crap. I use ‘USB overdrive’ and a cheap generic 5 button wired mouse off amazon. I find this gets the best latency and customisability for graphics work. My Logitech Bluetooth mouse that I used for travel doesn’t work on Apple silicon and I found the Microsoft mice with thier own wireless dongle a bit laggy and the wheels break after a year or so.
- liminalsunset 4y ago
  There is an open source application called Mac Mouse Fix that replaces Logitech Options to a limited extent, which could be useful.

flandish 4y ago

Same here. I tend to use my Mac as a consistently “crisp” way of getting to a shell prompt. I use iterm2, while I’m in love with alacritty, etc … (and rust) - I just haven’t switched. Combined with a pretty consistent decades old dotfile repo, good apps like Obsidian, vscode, and the crap corporate makes me use… I could really do fine with a Linux machine, but I always feel like the windowing envs are one “ctrl+alt+backspace” from me waking up in 1997’s days slackware and video res/driver hell.

haginile 4y ago

Here’s one I don’t see mentioned: launch App Store, go to its settings, uncheck In-app ratings and reviews. Now restart the OS and notice how it’s checked again. I can reproduce on every Ventura machine I own and I’m constantly bombarded with all rating prompts, but I can’t submit a rating because the submit button doesn’t work…

themadturk 4y ago

I just don't see any of this. Though the Ventura beta was pretty rough for me (M1 MBA), the only issues I've seen day to day is the frequent failure to eject an external drive from Finder. I often have to go in Disk Utility to eject a USB drive. Annoying, but not even something I do every day. Other than that, smooth sailing. And its still my favorite ever laptop.

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