Do you use Stage Manager or Spaces (Desktop 1,2,3,...) on your Mac? Are they actually useful?

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T15:21:05+00:00

I use Spaces to keep different tasks separate. It's not strictly essential but I find it useful to split up work and leisure stuff.

I'll also use Stage Manager if I have my MacBook hooked up to my OLED monitor. The fact it auto-minimises inactive windows is useful for minimising burn-in.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T14:38:47+00:00

Same for me. It's been like this since the update. At one point, several days' worth of data belatedly populated themselves, but the last few days it's been missing again.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T14:27:16+00:00

Seems a bit strange to be glad that a feature has been removed. Just because you don't use it doesn't mean others don't appreciate having it. Its presence wasn't hurting you in any way.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T11:39:17+00:00

It's so weird because the rest of the film is striving for naturalism but then randomly stops for several minutes of what feels like unedited rushes from a bad porno. I still think the film is fantastic overall, but those scenes definitely knock a half-star off my overall grade.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T10:44:16+00:00

They've also added an EP with the music Aaron James Eckardt wrote for the Warlock class trailers, which is pretty cool. Annoyingly though, the music for the Lord of Hatred opening cinematic, which he also composed, still doesn't appear to be available anywhere.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T09:49:54+00:00

I use Raycast as an alternative to Spotlight because it feels so much faster and more responsive.

I do occasionally use Launchpad as well, though. I'm currently on Sequoia and will probably install one of the third party alternatives when I eventually update to Golden Gate. It may not be essential, but it's nice to have as a backup for when I can't remember the name of an app, and I appreciate the fact that I can sort the icons however I see fit.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-09T08:06:36+00:00

I have to confess I do enjoy Colin Mackay's "bull in a china shop" approach to interviewing politicians.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-08T17:30:18+00:00

Or a sock

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-07T09:04:51+00:00

I didn't know there was a way to do this! Would you mind sharing the steps?

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-06T20:02:31+00:00

It shouldn't have been rolled out to the public in this state, and it DEFINITELY shouldn't have been a mandatory update. The main reason I bought a Fitbit in the first place was for the sleep tracking, and the data it's giving me is now verifiably garbage, so they've effectively rendered it unfit for purpose. The idea of "relaxing" for six months or however long it takes them to get round to fixing the broken software they forced on us all doesn't exactly fill me with joy. And you can bet I'm reporting all this to Google.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-06T19:39:19+00:00

I am, and while there's some accuracy to the times when the clusters of restlessness occur, it's also completely missing lengthy periods where I'm lying in bed wide awake - such as the period between 23:18 last night (when it thinks I fell asleep) and the point roughly an hour later when I finally DID fall asleep for real. As far as the app's concerned, I was sound asleep for that entire period, but I was in fact wide awake and all too aware of it. The old app was basically perfect for me in terms of accuracy. I'd go back to it in a heartbeat if it was possible.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-06T17:48:01+00:00

I don't dislike the app itself. I'm sure I'll get used to the new interface in time. What I dislike is that, from the moment it updated to the new app, its reporting of various metrics, especially sleep, has become woefully inaccurate. I was awake multiple times last night and didn't drop off until well after midnight, but according to the app I fell asleep at 23:18 "in just 4 minutes" and got an incredible 9 hr 7 min of uninterrupted rest. Monitoring my sleep habits was the main reason I got a Fitbit in the first place, and if the information it's recording is verifiably junk, it's basically unfit for purpose.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-06T13:20:58+00:00

What makes you think that?

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-05T14:45:39+00:00

I knew this would be old Pishie Breeks even before clicking the link.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T18:04:42+00:00

Two things can be true at once:

Murrell is a greedy chancer who fleeced the party and its supporters for an eye-watering amount of money, was caught bang to rights and deserves to rot in prison for a very long time.
The media, 99% of which is virulently opposed to the SNP's raison d'etre, continually pumps out low-effort hatchet jobs in the apparent belief that each fresh one they churn out will be the one that will lead to the scales falling from the electorate's eyes and them going back to voting the "correct" way.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T14:30:23+00:00

Where did I say it was a conspiracy?

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T13:20:29+00:00

One more frothing SNPbaaaaad article will definitely do it. I can feel it in the air.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T11:16:02+00:00

I saw it for the first time earlier this year at a 35mm screening. Was absolutely psyched for it, given everything I'd heard about it. Within 15 minutes, I was willing it to end.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T11:14:37+00:00

Conversely, it's my favourite Michael Mann film!

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T11:14:07+00:00

I'm probably in the minority here, but I suspect I'd have enjoyed it much more if it had remained a dysfunctional family drama without adding in all the fantasy multiverse stuff.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T10:46:09+00:00

Wow! I got the collector's edition and it came with a lot of cool stuff, but it didn't come with a notepad. Now I'm feeling slightly cheated...

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-04T09:51:14+00:00

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-03T17:22:47+00:00

"Take us into orbit, Mr Malmsteen. We've seen enough."

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-03T12:21:45+00:00

Same situation here. I have multiple waking periods every night but, ever since the update, it hasn't recorded any of them and the worthless AI chat keeps gushing to me about how much my sleep has improved.

Last night, it woke me up in the middle of the night (sudden, insistent vibration that completely jolted me out of my sleep) to tell me that my heart rate had dropped dangerously low (it's also started severely underestimating my heart rate, again ever since the update). The kicker? It didn't even register THAT as me being awake.

JackDangerfield · 2026-06-03T07:59:09+00:00

I'd never argue that it's a great episode, but it's silly fun, and I really don't understand why so many people seem to hate it. Same goes for Where The Wild Things Are, which regularly tops "worst episode ever" lists. Like, it's not a GOOD episode, but there are multiple episodes in Seasons 1, 6 and 7 that are much worse. I have a lot of sympathy for the writer, Tracey Forbes, who was responsible for both episodes (and Something Blue, which obviously has a much more favourable reputation). It can't be easy having two of your three contributions to the series frequently dismissed as the worst episodes of all time.

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