Apple still sells expensive "Pro" computers with just 8GB of RAM and charges a fortune for more.

Apple has a memory problem and we’re all paying for it::Apple still sells expensive “Pro” computers with just 8GB of RAM and charges a fortune for more.

  • bmarinov@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    1 year ago

    MacOS is extremely barebones. Almost two years ago I got a MacBook to work on a customer project. Until then I’ve only been on Linux and Windows 10. And boy was I in for a surprise. I kind of got used to it, but let me give you a few examples.

    You want to tab between windows and not apps? Better pay for an app. You want to snap your windows left or right? An app. You want to control which app outputs to which audio device? You guessed it - an app. Clipboard? App. Configure mouse acceleration? An app (linear mouse).

    I mean, the OS is polished and looks great. And if all you do is swoosh windows left and right in Starbucks, that’s all you need. But for anyone else it’s just sad how little it supports out of the box.

    • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Jesus Christ it has most of those things. What are you even talking about?

      PEBCAK

      • bmarinov@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Can you point me at the right settings? I googled around and that’s what I found. Maybe I came up with old results which aren’t up to date?

        • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I will answer any specific questions you want to know about macOS. You mentioned a number of things above, so what would you like assistance with?

          • bmarinov@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Alight, thanks. Let’s see if I can explain this.

            I couldn’t find native support for the following:

            • snap windows left and right with keyboard shortcuts (Win Key + Arrows on Windows)
            • set a default output device (eg speakers), but select apps (Spotify for example) should output through my USB DAC.
            • I can tab between applications, but the only way to tab between all active Windows was with a third party app. It mostly works fine, but has a few quirks.
    • June@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yyyeeeeaaaaa…… those all exist within MacOS natively.

      • bmarinov@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        So maybe I missed it or we are talking about the same things. Can you point me at the right thing to look for? Since you seem to be aware how these work natively.

        • snapping windows by keyboard shortcuts (Win Key + Arrows on Windows)
        • I want to have one output device by default (eg speakers), but select apps (Spotify for example) should output through my USB DAC.
        • I can tab between applications no problem, but when I looked up how to change between windows of the same app (eg text editors), I came up with nothing. How is the shortcut called?

        Cheers

    • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Tab between windows: Alt+~

      All the other stuff is available for free so why does it matter that it doesn’t come with it if 99.9% of people don’t need it?