For Gravey: 3D Touch app switcher is back! The latest iOS beta brings it back.
It really annoys me that the Wifi and Bluetooth toggles on Control Centre now just disconnect your active connections but leave Wifi/Bluetooth enabled. I primarily use those toggles to manage battery life and stop my phone searching for networks or bluetooth speakers etc, so now I have to go into Settings rather than the one-step I used to have to do. Really stupid and counter-intuitive.
It’s also a security hole in an OS that usually doesn’t have them. It still will connect in the background for things like location services. It’s a really odd move from Apple.
Good point. Doubly annoying.
What's even stupider is that the Control Centre widgets have a third state - if you turn off Bluetooth or Wifi completely, they show up with a slash through them. But you can't put them in this state from the Control Centre screen for... no good reason whatsoever. You could do it with an extra tap if it was enabled.
I'm getting my first Mac tomorrow!
Actually, I'm really not all that excited. It's for work - for only a single application. I'm quite happy with Windows on desktop, but I plan on putting some productivity apps on it to see how it is as a general use laptop also.
Are there any killer apps I need? Chrome will of course be first, and I use Adobe and Microsoft apps as well. I'm curious how well it integrates with iOS, but so many personal apps I use all have web apps so it seems kind of moot.
Lastly, how well does Steam streaming work (if at all) from Windows to macOS?
I really wish they hadn't removed night shift from the control center. I like the feature but if I take pictures at night I really would like to see their true color without going into settings.
Also, what happened to auto brightness?
I really wish they hadn't removed night shift from the control center. I like the feature but if I take pictures at night I really would like to see their true color without going into settings.
If you have a 3D touch device, press and hold anywhere on the brightness slider to bring up a toggle for Night Shift (and True Tone, if you have an iPhone 8). Alternatively, I have my iPhone to automatically turn on Night Shift at sunset and off at sunrise.
Edit: Coincidentally, How-To Geek just posted an article about how to disable auto-brightness. Turns out Apple buried the setting under Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations.
If you have a 3D touch device, press and hold anywhere on the brightness slider to bring up a toggle for Night Shift (and True Tone, if you have an iPhone 8). Alternatively, I have my iPhone to automatically turn on Night Shift at sunset and off at sunrise.
Sweet, thanks! I like having it auto on at sunset but I like the quick way to disable when needed. There are probably a ton of things with the 3D touch that I have no idea exist because I don't think to try.
You don't even need 3D touch to bring up the large brightness + Night Shift controls. Just long press on the brightness slider. Wouldn't it be nice if control center controls were configurable? Hah, I'm dreaming.
Lastly, how well does Steam streaming work (if at all) from Windows to macOS?
Steam doesn't care. It works just the same as it would Windows to Windows, which is pretty surreal on a first generation 12". I'm not sure about the controller support situation for a macOS client.
Also, what happened to auto brightness?
I think it's just "on", now.
You don't even need 3D touch to bring up the large brightness + Night Shift controls. Just long press on the brightness slider. Wouldn't it be nice if control center controls were configurable? Hah, I'm dreaming.
It...is?
BadKen wrote:You don't even need 3D touch to bring up the large brightness + Night Shift controls. Just long press on the brightness slider. Wouldn't it be nice if control center controls were configurable? Hah, I'm dreaming.
It...is?
Okay then, how do I take Night Shift control out of the brightness panel and put it in the top level control panel? (rhetorical question)
I'm not sure about the controller support situation for a macOS client.
Last time I screwed with this about a year and a half ago, I did manage to get a wired 360 controller working on a Macbook, but it wasn't straightforward at all. It took probably an hour or so of googling, installing homebrew drivers and other hackery, and praying I wasn't installing anything malicious, but it worked.
Of course, the problem now is that if you're getting a new Macbook, it's only got USB C ports, which means either a dongle or a bluetooth controller.
xbox controllers are pretty easy via the 360Controller driver & preference pane. Several years ago I was able to get my PS3 controller working pretty easily over bluetooth, but it's not something I've tried with more recent OS versions.
So I've been using this MacBook Pro for a few days and feel like I finally have a handle on it. The hardware itself is really nice. The operating system sucks from a UI standpoint.
Basic things that bother/puzzle me:
- You can't cut and then paste a file to move it using the same keystrokes as pasting text!
- When cmd-tabbing (similar to alt-tabbing) it won't pop up minimized windows from apps that are running even thought it shows their icons while doing so.
- There is no easy 'minimize all' or show desktop shortcut. The keyboard shortcut uses 4 keys: option+command+h+m.
I haven't yet figured how (if at all) to edit Launcher shortcuts and icons.
- I hate how the top title bar always shows the active app, even if it is minimized or it's windows are smaller than full screen and you can see what's behind it. Thankfully the title bar can be hidden.
At least Chrome more-or-less works the same as it does on windows.
Why would you need to see your desktop? Why are you minimizing apps? 
Also, why are you using Launcher? Download Alfred instead and launch apps (and do a bunch of other stuff)with a few keystrokes.
On windows I use the desktop for files or folders I’m working on.
I’ll check out Alfred. Thanks.
You can cut and paste files in the Finder with Cmd+C and Cmd+Opt+V. Not quite the same, but there's the keyboard shortcut. F11, or Fn+F11, should show the desktop. All the window management stuff is handled by Mission Control, and you can set your own shortcuts in System Preferences.
By Launcher, do you mean Launchpad? If so, ignore it. I think it exists to help new users who are coming from the iPhone. Personally I don't need my desktop computer that has a mouse and keyboard to act like a phone. I use Spotlight for launching apps (and a bunch of other stuff).
- There is no easy 'minimize all' or show desktop shortcut. The keyboard shortcut uses 4 keys: option+command+h+m.
I haven't yet figured how (if at all) to edit Launcher shortcuts and icons.
- Check the Trackpad settings for More Gestures, specifically the one for Show Desktop.
- Do you mean the Dock or Launchpad?
Also, why are you using Launcher? Download Alfred instead and launch apps (and do a bunch of other stuff)with a few keystrokes.
What does Alfred give (wrt to launching apps) that Spotlight doesn't? I invoke Spotlight search with cmd-space type a few letters of anything and it pops up pretty much immediately.
Show desktop is easiest with hot corner from trackpad, I've setup one to immediately lock the screen as well.
I'm kinda digging running apps full screen and then three-finger swiping between them. I work in a Windows shop and Microsoft's Remote Desktop works great on this MacBook. I can have two different Windows sessions going plus local Chrome and then iMessage on the main desktop.
It's amazing how little local software I use nowadays. So much of my productivity is in the cloud via Chrome. It's also very nice having iMessage on a desktop while I'm working so I don't have to keep pulling out my phone.
I've been playing around with the beta for Geforce Now, and it's surprisingly great. I generally use bootcamp for Windows gaming, and it works well enough. In The Witcher 3, for example, I get a stable 30fps on a mix of high and ultra settings (no hairworks). Using Geforce Now I play with everything set on ultra, including hairworks, and get a stable 60fps.
As an aside here, The Witcher 3 scales surprisingly well, even when playing on an iMac from late 2013. Everything is smoother at 60fps, but I don't really notice much of a difference visually between how I normally play it and how I'm playing it at the moment.
Anyway, I'm unlikely to continue with it once it costs money, as I find bootcamp performance acceptable for gaming, but for the time being it's nice to be able to play stuff on max settings at 60fps.
That is BRILLIANT. I never knew about GeForce Now. Boot Camp is great, but there are some things my late 2013 iMac can't do, like play Dishonored 2 on lower-than-low at higher than 25 fps. I'll check it out this weekend, and see if I can't enjoy some 60 fps stealthy-stabbing. I might not be able to resist Prey during the Steam winter sale now. I'm very curious what the pay-as-you-go rate is going to be like. But this could be worth it.
iOS 11.1 is out. Go update if you're on 11
11.2 is already in dev beta.
Thanks! Heard it does wonder for the battery life issues.
Jeebus, the Steam app for macOS is hot garbage!
It doesn't support full screen. If I minimize it it doesn't restore. And then I can't exit the app, I have to force-quit it.
Every time I've run it so far.
Jeebus, the Steam app for macOS is hot garbage!
It doesn't support full screen. If I minimize it it doesn't restore. And then I can't exit the app, I have to force-quit it.
Every time I've run it so far.
Yeah, it needs some work. I don't have the minimize and exit issues, but when I hide it, it re-appears if I Cmd+Tab back to it.
I don't have those problems...
I don't have those problems...
I’m the same. I have yet to have any problems with the steam client.
I tried restarting in offline mode, and it worked. It then shut down correctly while offline. I then re-ran it and went online at the prompt, shut it down again and it worked!
LeapingGnome wrote:I don't have those problems...
I’m the same. I have yet to have any problems with the steam client.
Same here. Don't have it yet installed on my new MBP with High Sierra, but worked just fine previously on Sierra.
I'm thinking I'm going bootcamp with this, it's this years 15" with 16G RAM, 2.8Ghz i7 and Radeon Pro 555. Anyone played any games on these, what can I expect performance-wise?
Checked out Boot Camp this weekend. Couldn't have been easier to set up. Really impressed so far. Windows absolutely screams on a Macbook Pro. The touch bar even works perfectly!
The only thing that's weird is the battery meter is all over the place with time remaining. Not a biggie as I'll only be using Windows for some occasional couch gaming.
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