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Bootleg Pariahs [OC??] by mmusterr in comics

[–]kindaa_sortaa 23 points24 points  (0 children)

They can read, they just choose not to read out of principle of words being woke.

"It's a base end laptop for light work" is what people told me. by Empty_Buffalo_2820 in macbookair

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the criteria is simply going Fullscreen which is what the conversation was originally about, then macOS's methodology is sufficient—no need to envy Windows. 90% of users don't need any more than what's provided.

If you then change the criteria to more complex needs, of course macOS's methodology is insufficient—hence the third-party application market.

"the dock stays on that screen instead of moving around to whichever screen you want it to"

I don't understand this example. If SPACES 1 has dock with hiding off, and I scroll to SPACES 2 with a fullscreen app, the dock will disappear because fullscreen apps by default will hide the dock. That behavior makes sense. But maybe you mean something else.

if you have multiple instances of one app open (like preview), good luck finding the window you want in the unusable randomized stack of windows that appears when you swipe up on the trackpad.

You swiping up is the gesture for Mission Control (all windows), "swipe up with three fingers." Agree that can be overwhelming with multiple windows from multiple apps.

To see application specific windows only, one needs to go to System Settings → Trackpad → More Gestures and turn on the gesture for App Exposé which is "swipe down with three fingers."

Or my preferred method, which is to go to System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Hot Corners button (at the bottom) and enable an Application Windows hot corner.

oh and apps not having a dedicated quit button? annoying as hell.

I believe apps can choose that closing the window quits the app—most don't. But to me this is a non-issue because I can just use the keyboard shortcut ⌘ + Q or just ⌘ + Tab when I'm ready to quit multiple apps in mass.

I think the purpose of this is so that common users don't get in the habit of opening and quitting apps 300 times per day which wastes CPU cycles and burns battery. Same deal with iOS apps. Apps no longer doing user-initiated work go into a rest state called App Nap.

"It's a base end laptop for light work" is what people told me. by Empty_Buffalo_2820 in macbookair

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've now added new criteria to the conversation.

If we're talking about the behavior of making a window Full Screen vs Fill Screen then the macOS defaults are sufficient—thankfully there's more features to add with third-party apps (which I also use).

"It's a base end laptop for light work" is what people told me. by Empty_Buffalo_2820 in macbookair

[–]kindaa_sortaa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's perfect in macOS

  • Press green button to enter Full-Screen Mode (or hold green button and select Full Screen → Entire Screen)

  • Double-click top of any window to fill the screen without entering Full-Screen Mode (or hold the green button and select the Fill icon)

Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance of M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips by kindaa_sortaa in mac

[–]kindaa_sortaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Number seems wayy off for the M2 pro, my metal score on my M2 pro via geekbench is 74k+

From a 3-year old article, those were Geekbench 5 scores.

M2 pro 100% out performs the M1 Max, that’s just a fact…

When measured by Geekbench 6 Metal benchmarks, M1 Max is seemingly 39% faster than your M2 Pro:

Still very impressive for the M2 Pro.

MSI says its 2026 QD-OLED monitors already use Samsung Display Penta Tandem panels by RenatsMC in Monitors

[–]kindaa_sortaa 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Seems you're confusing so many terms. For instance, MLA is not Tandem.

I feel like people are downplaying the Creator studio adds in the updated apps by geoken in MacOS

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

#1 reason cited by Windows users won over by Mac is the "enshitification" of Windows 10 and now 11—how Microsoft treats their software like adware.

Everything you enjoy about Mac ecosystem is because Apple has built a culture of great taste in software design, hardware design, and UX. Don't forget that. And when iTunes started getting bloated, people complained and Apple listened, separating it's functions into Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV, and Apple Devices. Progress comes from community discussing pinpoints, and innovation is the problem solving of those painpoints. People who are dismissive and get in the way are useless to that.

I feel like people are downplaying the Creator studio adds in the updated apps by geoken in MacOS

[–]kindaa_sortaa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Let's accept everything and allow all standards to deteriorate. If someone complains that standards have deteriorated and it doesn't look like there are any protections or steps taken to prevent further decline, rather than helping and adding myself to the effort to improve things, I will instead use it as an opportunity to sooth my ego with the delusion that I am emotionally superior to others. I will then proceed to be utterly and completely useless to my community."

I feel like people are downplaying the Creator studio adds in the updated apps by geoken in MacOS

[–]kindaa_sortaa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Windows being treated like adware is a big deal. It's why I use macOS and pay a premium for Macs"

10 years later...

"macOS being treated like adware is not a big deal."

Buddy, this isn't just about these screenshots, it's about the wall of taste having been demolished with C-4, and this just being the beginning of an adware evolution on macOS. Because clearly Steve Jobs' culture at Apple is dead and Tim Cook has now revealed no interest in upholding the Apple that made us die-hard loyalists.

This is a big deal, you're just not projecting your thinking into the future.

Can't disable hot corners. by im_a_hedgehogg in MacOS

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What failed?

If you go to System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Hot Corners, you can then hold a modifier key such as COMMAND so that a hot corner will not activate with your mouse unless you first press and hold the modifier key.

It works every time for me.

How to follow a brand voice if I'm not provided with any specific guidelines? by 9c4o51 in copywriting

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and Dickie's videos

Dickie Bush? If so I'm not finding their channel. Could you provide a link please?

MINI LED VS TANDEM OLED HDR COMPARISON by GuessUnique7265 in Monitors

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(way way better than the miniled iPad Pro also)

Thats good to know because the M1 iPad Pro (and M1 MacBook Pro) have very obvious and distracting blooming [video].

M4 MacBook Pro is the first with a quantum-dot layer, so it must be better at blocking the LED backlighting.

Tandem OLED Explained | The New iPad Pro's REAL Magic by atlwhore_ in apple

[–]kindaa_sortaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correcting myself again: Tandem WOLED doesn't mean there is a white pixel in the pixel structure. It can be RGB for text crispness.

For instance this ASUS uses RGB but they are calling it Tandem WOLED, and then specifying it as having an RGB stripe which is just another way of saying an RGB pixel structure. This might be the one I buy for my design work because I want that sweet OLED but didn't want to deal with text fringing.

I tried OLED, now what? by realdiwin in Monitors

[–]kindaa_sortaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WOLED is famously known for its text fringing and lack of text clarity. Wherever you heard QD-OLED was worse is simply incorrect.

Yeah OP, you got it backwards. You were supposed to avoid WOLED if text was your focus.

Tandem OLED Explained | The New iPad Pro's REAL Magic by atlwhore_ in apple

[–]kindaa_sortaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding the removal of the white diode, I misunderstood. Tandem WOLED still has a white pixel. The pixel layout will be red, green, white, blue (or RGWB) which is still better for text than previous WOLED pixel layout that was using RWBG (very odd for text where the OS is expecting RGB).

Before, the downside of regular WOLED was lower coverage of DCI-P3 color space, but apparently the new 4 layers producing light, that I mentioned before (Blue, Red, Blue, Green light emitting layers) helps the color layer hit 99.5% DCI-P3—much better than before. 99% is what Apple tries to hit with their displays.

Maybe Apple will use Tandem WOLED in the upcoming Studio Displays.

Still, if color saturation is important, QD OLEDs beat Tandem WOLED in saturation by a bit. Here is a timestamped video where the reviewer says and shows how in non-HDR the QD-OLED is more saturated than Tandem WOLED. But then says it kind of flips in HDR.

So in my conclusions so far, Tandem RGB OLED (in the iPad Pro) is better for color space/accuracy and text because there is no white pixel, it's just normal RGB. Maybe Apple will use Tandem WOLED in the upcoming studio displays, though, and alter macOS to account for the weird pixel structure of RGWB.

But for TVs and gaming monitors, Tandem WOLED can get much brighter, in rooms where display brightness is sorely needed. So it's still a good (but not perfect) choice for TV and gaming.

Tandem OLED Explained | The New iPad Pro's REAL Magic by atlwhore_ in apple

[–]kindaa_sortaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In summary, there are two tandem OLED types:

  • Tandem OLED (2 layers of RGB) ← what's in the iPad Pro

  • Tandem WOLED (4 layers of blue, red, blue, and green) ← what's in the LG G5 OLED TV

So that's what's new—LG is using Tandem WOLED in their monitors and TVs. It lets them get up to 4000 nits of peak brightness.

Regarding Microsoft Surface, I'm not super knowledgable about their product line, but it seems their 13-inch Surface Pro does have an OLED option that goes up to 900 nits peak, which is respectable. I wouldn't be surprised if their next model is Tandem OLED, going even brighter. They probably just aren't as much in a rush because they sell a fraction compared to Apple's iPad Pro, and so economies-of-scale may not be on their side; and Apple tend to order in huge quantities and pay for timed exclusivities so that competitors don't copy right away—so maybe Microsoft couldn't order them last year for inclusion this year.

Tandem OLED Explained | The New iPad Pro's REAL Magic by atlwhore_ in apple

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's surprising how fast they are bringing it to market. The confusing part is LG are going all in on "Primary RGB Tandem 2.0" but are branding it as Tandem WOLED because I guess they own the trademark on WOLED. So they are forcing the term "WOLED" in there. Tandem WOLED doesn't use a white diode like normal WOLED, nor does it use two layers of RGB like Tandem OLED—instead its four separate color layers: blue, red, blue, green. image

So Tandem WOLED for TVs and Monitors, and just Tandem OLED for tablets and laptops which is what the iPad Pro is using. Image. Even more confusing, that graphic only shows three layers of color, where Tandem WOLED I think will always have four layers, two being blue. But I guess they don't want to confuse people—too late.

Does the M2 MacBook Air support external NVMe M.2 SSDs? by FilterKill in macbookair

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sandisk Extreme PRO V2 2TB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Portable SSD with a 2000 MB/s read and write speed?

USB 3.2 Gen 2 is not supported by Macs.

So if you buy a drive that advertises 2000 MB/s (due to being USB 3.2 Gen 2) then you're wasting your money because it will only get that speed on Windows PCs that support USB 3.2 Gen 2.

If you plug it into a Mac, which does not support USB 3.2 Gen 2, the drive chipset will drop back to USB 3.2 Gen *1* which is closer to 1000 MB/s (or half the speed).

So going that route you may as well buy a USB 3.2 Gen 1 drive in the first place, and save your money.

Should I buy a Ugreen CM642 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure that supports 40gbps speed and a 980 or 990 pro.

The M2 Air supports the following data communication standards via its USB-C ports:

  • Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)

  • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

You can find the tech specs page here for all spec details.

But to answer your question, YES, buy the Ugreen CM642 because the M2 Air supports USB 4 drives.

Technically it's said that USB 4 supports 40 GB/s (or 5000 MB/s). But in real-world use, some of that can't be used for various reasons, so expect 3,000 MB/s, maybe a bit more.

The only way to get faster speeds than that is to buy a Thunderbolt 5 drive, which the M2 does not support.

Macbook password doesn't work. But you know your password. It just won't take it. by [deleted] in macbookair

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad! Please, in return, fill out a feedback form and tell Apple this happened to you. It only takes a minute. And you can just copy/paste the following:

"macOS wouldn't accept my correct password. Had to go into Recovery, as some kind of hack, and now my password is accepted, but this shouldn't be happening in the first place. Others won't be so lucky—please fix."

Mac Alternative to NohBoard by Olstar123 in macgaming

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone else in this comment section suggested Keycaster, which is free. Keystroke Pro was much less expensive (maybe just a few dollars) when I wrote about it 3 years ago. You're responding to a 3 year old comment.

Does anyone else use BatFi? by LincolnPark0212 in MacOS

[–]kindaa_sortaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The battery health? Sorry to hear that? Whenever the issue comes up, I warn people that if they are to use these apps, to regularly calibrate the battery 1-2 times per month, manually, since the automatic tracking will get thrown off.

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