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Hooray. If only these numbers weren’t a huge distraction from doing the work on their platforms that truly matters the most. Whoopee! Just before seeing this h

Hooray. If only these numbers weren’t a huge distraction from doing the work on their platforms that truly matters the most. Whoopee! Just before seeing this headline, I was wondering how aware the C suite is of the volume of blog posts about major (statistically provable) regressions in their design. The one about the substantially smaller clic targets for resizing windows on MacOS was only to stories above. Silly me. Of course they aren’t aware of the true scope. They’re too busy feeling great about their new services record.

godzillabrennus 10mo ago
To the management team at Apple, the regressions in design aren't a bug; they are a feature. We are not the intended audience. They want to be the Cadillac of the 2020s and sell a premium experience to a smaller and smaller market over time.
- jen20 10mo ago
  .. what? Apple has a broader market appeal and penetration today than it has ever had. Your proposal _may have_ been true in the 90s, and in the early 2000s.
- glimshe 10mo ago
  Do Cadillac buyers like to deny access to the local network for the same application every week?
- concinds 10mo ago
  Apple keeps discounting their products like crazy through retailers and shows the fastest shipment growth of any OEM.
therein 10mo ago
Can't even disable the internal webcam or make the external webcam you connected the default. Same for picking the primary audio input in a way that sticks. I am still yet to be able to update Tailscale in over a year because it needs some kernel extension update and a notification shows up for me to confirm it, I click on it, nothing happens. I go to System Preferences and it isn't in the silly place that they put it in. Close to zero thought goes into what they do.
- alsetmusic 9mo ago
  Dunno if this will help, it might not be the source of the issue. Try this at the CLI: `xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine </path/to/file>` This is for app quarantine (who'd guess) when apps are newly downloaded or unsigned. Look up the command for more info. There was some chatter here the other day (within the last week, I believe) about overcoming some bug or another that prevents MacOS from prompting when permissions are needed. The solution was modifying an SQLite db on disk. I don't believe the change is documented where the public can verify the whole thing, but I think at least one person verified that it worked for them after the OP. The OP (or replying party) sounded reasonably knowledgeable about why this would work, fwiw. I'd follow their steps if I had the same issue and I wouldn't be nervous. I think the second is more likely. Apparently, permissions in Sys Settings are pretty bad. I'm fortunate not to have had this affect me and my many devices that surely run that workflow.
senderista 10mo ago
I just hit the "transparent lock screen" bug in iOS 26 where TouchID is disabled but it's impossible to see the numbers on the lock screen, so I had to reboot my phone to unlock it. Hooray! Also, my 5-year-old iPhone has never felt laggy or glitchy before this forced upgrade, now it stutters all the time. Guess this is a great way to force me to upgrade to a new phone!
- spwa4 10mo ago
  That's Apple's whole financial plan actually. Force you to upgrade and add an apple services subscription. It's their only growth area too, so expect them to push hard. Very hard.
- FireBeyond 10mo ago
  Right there alongside blurring the clock / signal strength / battery to unreadability while the rest of the screen is fine. Locking and unlocking, all manner of things, don’t work, need to reboot.

godzillabrennus 10mo ago

To the management team at Apple, the regressions in design aren't a bug; they are a feature. We are not the intended audience. They want to be the Cadillac of the 2020s and sell a premium experience to a smaller and smaller market over time.

jen20 10mo ago
.. what? Apple has a broader market appeal and penetration today than it has ever had. Your proposal _may have_ been true in the 90s, and in the early 2000s.
glimshe 10mo ago
Do Cadillac buyers like to deny access to the local network for the same application every week?
concinds 10mo ago
Apple keeps discounting their products like crazy through retailers and shows the fastest shipment growth of any OEM.

therein 10mo ago

Can't even disable the internal webcam or make the external webcam you connected the default. Same for picking the primary audio input in a way that sticks. I am still yet to be able to update Tailscale in over a year because it needs some kernel extension update and a notification shows up for me to confirm it, I click on it, nothing happens. I go to System Preferences and it isn't in the silly place that they put it in. Close to zero thought goes into what they do.

alsetmusic 9mo ago
Dunno if this will help, it might not be the source of the issue. Try this at the CLI: `xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine </path/to/file>` This is for app quarantine (who'd guess) when apps are newly downloaded or unsigned. Look up the command for more info. There was some chatter here the other day (within the last week, I believe) about overcoming some bug or another that prevents MacOS from prompting when permissions are needed. The solution was modifying an SQLite db on disk. I don't believe the change is documented where the public can verify the whole thing, but I think at least one person verified that it worked for them after the OP. The OP (or replying party) sounded reasonably knowledgeable about why this would work, fwiw. I'd follow their steps if I had the same issue and I wouldn't be nervous. I think the second is more likely. Apparently, permissions in Sys Settings are pretty bad. I'm fortunate not to have had this affect me and my many devices that surely run that workflow.

senderista 10mo ago

I just hit the "transparent lock screen" bug in iOS 26 where TouchID is disabled but it's impossible to see the numbers on the lock screen, so I had to reboot my phone to unlock it. Hooray! Also, my 5-year-old iPhone has never felt laggy or glitchy before this forced upgrade, now it stutters all the time. Guess this is a great way to force me to upgrade to a new phone!

spwa4 10mo ago
That's Apple's whole financial plan actually. Force you to upgrade and add an apple services subscription. It's their only growth area too, so expect them to push hard. Very hard.
FireBeyond 10mo ago
Right there alongside blurring the clock / signal strength / battery to unreadability while the rest of the screen is fine. Locking and unlocking, all manner of things, don’t work, need to reboot.