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Akim Kas

macOS Catalina - The brand new OS for Mac

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macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and expand your creativity with iPad and Apple Pencil.

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Alex Goncharov
Nothing special. As always. After 5 years on Mac switched to Windows. And feel the freedom.
Andrei
@alexgoncharov you're kidding, right? The support for iPad apps is huge. MacOS has just become 10x more useful.
Ronald Langeveld
@alexgoncharov Not sure if I'd go for Mac again.. Definitely not Windows though... I'm very interested in Linux though.
Arihant Daga
@andrei_nedelcu i think this new os is not supporting the ipad apps, but it's a new sort of Third. OS for both ipad and macis.. The existing apps aren't going to work, instead developers have to build new apps targeting this new OS system...
Andreas Duess
@alexgoncharov @ronald as the old saying goes, Linux is free for as long as your time has no value...
Stephanie McDonald
@alexgoncharov @ronald I dropped Windows for a Chromebook and love it. Chrome OS is tiny and nimble. I haven't missed a thing since the switch.
Raphael
new background image is nice
Akim Kas
Hunter
Would you like to try it now?
Baptiste Bohelay
When my computer is 3 years old, I stop doing updates. All my previous Macs and iPhones stopped working properly when reaching 3 years old, after an update. My mid-2015 Macbook is still doing great but I got to stick to Sierra. Then you learn Apple actually does programmed obsolescence. Just wanted to share my hate for that company.
Kevin Reevers
@baptiste_bohelay all companies have planned obsolescence it’s why we have new models. I have a 10 year Mac and it’s chugging a long fine with upgrades. Some is just the value of diminishing returns.
Anna Filou
@baptiste_bohelay I have an early-2015 MacBook Air. Working great on Mojave, zero issues. Should I be afraid to update it to Catalina??..
Kevin Reevers
@anna_0x your mileage may vary. I’ve had MacBooks that crap out just because my workflows AND the os were just too intensive where the board failed and the device was no longer hardware supported. I have a device now that handles the betas with ease. Know if your device is still supported by apple (it should be) and find out if the app upgrades (usually the killer) will have an effect on your computer.
Anna Filou
Thanks for the insight. I’m pretty sure I’ll update it since I have no issues at the moment... but perhaps I’ll have to stop updating in the future. @kreevers
Maxim Leonovich
Does it fix the mbpr keyboard? Or maybe a crappy camera? Or a dongle hell?
Sterner
Planning to buy this!
Raphael
@mikesterner_ How are you going to buy it? I sadly got it for free sir.
G G
Such a boring update, I guess they have reached the plateau of new features.
Arihant Daga
Another joke by Apple.. Bravo people... Its a brand new OS, it has 3 new apps, music, tv and podcasts... This is what apple do... They uncover a potato kept under a big black cloak and tell look.. Look people, look this a perfectly round potato, you can not only make curries with it... You can make mash potatoes with it too... Its brand new... I always fantasized about mac, but i think in terms of innovation, now they are just a sinking boat. It takes them an year to release a dark theme. Nothing big, all hype crap...
Joao Carvalho
Had Mojave on my MBPro before when it came out. Had issues to login after the update. Rolled back to High Sierra. Think I will stick with High Sierra until it can
glennii
I would like to try it.
Alisa
I must try this one !
Muhammad Jabeer
Very soon going to have this.
Kendra Ratulangi
Cant wait to Have this !
Peter György
Surely Going to have this one!
Bob Lucore
Seems like they are trying to make it even harder to use apps they don't develop. Time for an antitrust investigation.
Kevin Reevers
@boblucore how? You can still download online.
Bob Lucore
@kreevers My understanding, which is perhaps a misimpression, is that even apps downloaded online will have to pass a "vetting" from Apple before they will be able to run in Catalina. If you download a non-AppStore app that has not passed the appropriate tests, it won't run.
Kevin Reevers
@boblucore it’s similar to the current settings just beefier in security. If you go in your system preferences an remove the strict validations you just get the warning prompts.
Berkalp B. Metehan
What’s all the disappointed fuzz about?
Arihant Daga
I dont know maybe tim Cook is high on some stuff because everytime they launch a small feature, they seem to be so happy as if its a total disrupting feature nobody has ever seen before...
Raphael
@arihantdaga Their goal is adding a bunch of features to make it intuitive not just a bunch of features that "exist". Big difference
Ramy Wafaa
i can't wait to use the ipad and pen to draw on illustrator this is a huge value just got added!
Raphael
update: don't get the beta, I get ~2 hours of battery life on my 15inch mbp and it jumped from 14%-->7% to off lol... I like playing with the dictation interaction though
Minh Anh Lê
they killed the dashboard! an alternatives yet? :)