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As a person who switched from windows to mac (while linux being an all-time constant) for other reasons, it still feels like a weird migration because windows i

As a person who switched from windows to mac (while linux being an all-time constant) for other reasons, it still feels like a weird migration because windows is a system full of glaring bugs that everyone experiences but knows how to work around while mac is (feels like) a system absent of huge flaws but there are many more smaller bugs that very small number of users experience that are seemingly impossible to work around. One thing that's driving me crazy: So for example you have 5 virtual desktops on Mac, and you use a keyboard shortcut to move left and right. So, if you start from the 1st and go to the 3rd and then immediately try to go back to the 2nd (1->3->2), animations need to complete on the 3rd until you can change direction. Doesn't happen if you start from the 2nd and go to the 4th then change direction to move to the 3rd(2->4->3). Same when beginning from the 5th to the 3rd then back to 4th (5->3->4). Doesn't happen with 4->2->3. Also, the windows which are visible on all desktops are shown until the animation is complete then the last focused windows on that desktop will be shown. And even with reduced motion, some fade animation is still there. Infuriating stuff for otherwise a magical experience.

itopaloglu83 1y ago
Yeah, this is also true when switching applications, the keyboard events are sent to the previous application until the animations are completed. The result? If you switch to an app to close it and use the Cmd + Q to quit it, but if you didn’t wait for the animations to finish, then you just quit the app you came from. I think this bug was introduced like 2-3 years ago.
vdfs 1y ago
> you have 5 virtual desktops on Mac The easiest workaround that come to mind is to not use 5 virtual desktops
overcyn 1y ago
You can set hotkeys to go directly to a specific virtual desktop. I have ctrl-1 though ctrl-9 setup for the reason you called out.
commandersaki 1y ago
I've been using Tahoe since the beta and Clipboard Search / History a new feature showcased in one of the Apple events and never worked. I finally gave in and contacted Apple support which is not an option during beta, and after a bit of back and forth and getting nowhere they were going to set me up with a specialist call; I asked to schedule it in 30 mins. I decided to do a last ditch effort to see if anyone was out there having the problem, and lo and behold the solution is Spotlight needs to index Documents which I had toggled off because I normally don't want to see those. Tahoe has so many signs of rushed engineering and lack or attention to detail; at least have some state machine notification thing between toggling Documents / Clipboard Search to inform the user they need both. But it is a heaps handy feature now that it is working.

itopaloglu83 1y ago

Yeah, this is also true when switching applications, the keyboard events are sent to the previous application until the animations are completed. The result? If you switch to an app to close it and use the Cmd + Q to quit it, but if you didn’t wait for the animations to finish, then you just quit the app you came from. I think this bug was introduced like 2-3 years ago.

vdfs 1y ago

> you have 5 virtual desktops on Mac The easiest workaround that come to mind is to not use 5 virtual desktops

overcyn 1y ago

You can set hotkeys to go directly to a specific virtual desktop. I have ctrl-1 though ctrl-9 setup for the reason you called out.

commandersaki 1y ago

I've been using Tahoe since the beta and Clipboard Search / History a new feature showcased in one of the Apple events and never worked. I finally gave in and contacted Apple support which is not an option during beta, and after a bit of back and forth and getting nowhere they were going to set me up with a specialist call; I asked to schedule it in 30 mins. I decided to do a last ditch effort to see if anyone was out there having the problem, and lo and behold the solution is Spotlight needs to index Documents which I had toggled off because I normally don't want to see those. Tahoe has so many signs of rushed engineering and lack or attention to detail; at least have some state machine notification thing between toggling Documents / Clipboard Search to inform the user they need both. But it is a heaps handy feature now that it is working.