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This is somewhat handy. Im currently traveling and relying tethering LTE witb a 1GB/day limit. Let me tell you on MacOS that is VERY easy to burn through in 15

This is somewhat handy. Im currently traveling and relying tethering LTE witb a 1GB/day limit. Let me tell you on MacOS that is VERY easy to burn through in 15 minutes. Ultimately i have been using my personal laptop with ubuntu to stay under the limit. MacOS even with low data mode seems to use a lot of extraneous data for some reason. I havent had time to really see what its doing but its been heavy. The first couple days i burned through my allocation in a out 5 minutes.

skinnymuch 4y ago
You can get apps like Roadtrip to help with data usage
- croutonwagon 4y ago
  Thats my own pet peeve. Everything, even some of the post basic functionality needs apps. Three finger middle click…need an app Want natural scrolling settings separate between a mouse and touchpad, need an app Want to dock to hide and reappear faster, need an app Want to control what data leaves your computer/makes call homes…app Want to use a non apple keyboard with keybinds…most likely gonna need usb overdrive or something.
  - TheNewsIsHere 4y ago
    > Want to use a non apple keyboard with keybinds…most likely gonna need usb overdrive or something. What keybindings are you using that requires an application to support using a third party keyboard? I’ve been using third party keyboards with macOS for years and have never had need of any third party app.
    - croutonwagon 4y ago
      Volume controls and media buttons (stop/play/pause/next etc). Generally i have had to USB overdrive since catalina for basic functionality on even old keyboards (ie: dell multimedia keyboard) But that brings its own caveats. And doing it through a dock is problematic though (it requires a reboot to function) it works fine on a mac mini. In general ive just given up on maintaining the functionality.

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This is somewhat handy. Im currently traveling and relying tethering LTE witb a 1GB/day limit. Let me tell you on MacOS that is VERY easy to burn through in 15

by croutonwagon 4y ago

skinnymuch 4y ago
You can get apps like Roadtrip to help with data usage
- croutonwagon 4y ago
  Thats my own pet peeve. Everything, even some of the post basic functionality needs apps. Three finger middle click…need an app Want natural scrolling settings separate between a mouse and touchpad, need an app Want to dock to hide and reappear faster, need an app Want to control what data leaves your computer/makes call homes…app Want to use a non apple keyboard with keybinds…most likely gonna need usb overdrive or something.
  - TheNewsIsHere 4y ago
    > Want to use a non apple keyboard with keybinds…most likely gonna need usb overdrive or something. What keybindings are you using that requires an application to support using a third party keyboard? I’ve been using third party keyboards with macOS for years and have never had need of any third party app.
    - croutonwagon 4y ago
      Volume controls and media buttons (stop/play/pause/next etc). Generally i have had to USB overdrive since catalina for basic functionality on even old keyboards (ie: dell multimedia keyboard) But that brings its own caveats. And doing it through a dock is problematic though (it requires a reboot to function) it works fine on a mac mini. In general ive just given up on maintaining the functionality.