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Apple has a silly default enabled that causes that issue—the best thing is to disable it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102064 https://support.apple.com/en-us

Apple has a silly default enabled that causes that issue—the best thing is to disable it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102064 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102064

wetpaws 3y ago
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talldayo 3y ago
Silly defaults are why I got rid of my Macbook. I just can't tread the water. Put on your headphones... Apple Music launches. Save files to a certain directory, and it's a tacit request to put it in iCloud. Mouse acceleration is default, disabling it is as easy as a terminal command though (or a third-party tweaking tool). Safari will send nag notifications, but only if you don't disable it. Leaving iCloud alone will add a bright red (1) balloon to your Settings app for no reason; probably for the best. Disable Crash Reporter, disable telemetry, disable the program terminator, disable the sleep image, disable OCSP and Gatekeeper... on top of all that, I still disable automatic updates since Apple cannot be trusted to maintain basic functionality between minor updates. In all my time on MacOS, the only piece of compelling software I found was iTerm2. Which is a shame, since I don't use MacOS for terminal stuff besides SSH anyways.
- VHRanger 3y ago
  Boy if iCloud defaults annoy you, wait until you see recent versions of Windows. By default they put your entire desktop folder, documents folder, etc. as children folders of the OneDrive folder now. It's absolutely infuriating
  - JoBrad 3y ago
    That’s a feature, though. My parents, our CEo, etc. never lose a file. And if they get a new device everything just shows up on the new device. It’s sort of magical, actually.
  - talldayo 3y ago
    Yep - I dropped Windows 10 like the hot garbage it was. I suffered through Windows 8 expecting that things might turn around, and even on the insider builds it consistently felt like Windows was an ad delivery platform. I was disappointed to watch Apple fumble their opportunity to make OSX the true Windows-killer. Now that I daily-drive Linux, I don't log-on to Windows or Mac systems without a deposit for the troubles. I truly feel bad looking out at the modern landscape of mainstream operating systems. It's no wonder most people feel trapped by modern technology.

Apple has a silly default enabled that causes that issue—the best thing is to disable it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102064 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102064

wetpaws 3y ago

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talldayo 3y ago

Silly defaults are why I got rid of my Macbook. I just can't tread the water. Put on your headphones... Apple Music launches. Save files to a certain directory, and it's a tacit request to put it in iCloud. Mouse acceleration is default, disabling it is as easy as a terminal command though (or a third-party tweaking tool). Safari will send nag notifications, but only if you don't disable it. Leaving iCloud alone will add a bright red (1) balloon to your Settings app for no reason; probably for the best. Disable Crash Reporter, disable telemetry, disable the program terminator, disable the sleep image, disable OCSP and Gatekeeper... on top of all that, I still disable automatic updates since Apple cannot be trusted to maintain basic functionality between minor updates. In all my time on MacOS, the only piece of compelling software I found was iTerm2. Which is a shame, since I don't use MacOS for terminal stuff besides SSH anyways.

VHRanger 3y ago
Boy if iCloud defaults annoy you, wait until you see recent versions of Windows. By default they put your entire desktop folder, documents folder, etc. as children folders of the OneDrive folder now. It's absolutely infuriating
- JoBrad 3y ago
  That’s a feature, though. My parents, our CEo, etc. never lose a file. And if they get a new device everything just shows up on the new device. It’s sort of magical, actually.
- talldayo 3y ago
  Yep - I dropped Windows 10 like the hot garbage it was. I suffered through Windows 8 expecting that things might turn around, and even on the insider builds it consistently felt like Windows was an ad delivery platform. I was disappointed to watch Apple fumble their opportunity to make OSX the true Windows-killer. Now that I daily-drive Linux, I don't log-on to Windows or Mac systems without a deposit for the troubles. I truly feel bad looking out at the modern landscape of mainstream operating systems. It's no wonder most people feel trapped by modern technology.