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macOS Sonoma: 50 New Features and Changes Worth Checking Out (www.macrumors.com)
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

My favourite is one is being able to create PWAs in Safari. It's nice not having to rely on a chromium browser for it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Finally, I get Kbin on desktop! I just wish there were dedicated back buttons. (command+[ works, though.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have this issue as well, but on iOS as a normal Safari tab. I thought it was some login token invalidation because of IP change (due to mobile connection) but a couple days ago it happened to me while I was in the same network so I'm not sure anymore.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, I've certainly only had it happen in Lemmy so far. It can be pretty bad, had to log in multiple times within minutes while I was actively browsing at one point. If I catch it happen on my Mac I might put in the effort to report a bug, if I can figure out a way to debug it since it's seemingly random.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    What is PWA?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    It stands for progressive web app. For websites that support it you can create an app out of the website by going to share and add to dock. Gmail, WhatsApp, and Lemmy are good examples of websites that support it.

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    • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    One of my favorite features of enabling sudo with touch id that survives updates: https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/08/in-macos-sonoma-touch-id-for-sudo-can-survive-updates/

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago
    1. Disable Pointer Acceleration

    Finally! Also, RIP LinearMouse

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not going to complain too much about a free update, but it does seem that Sonoma is mostly about updates to Apple's bundled apps (which I don't use), and doesn't do a lot for the OS itself.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
    • interactive widgets
    • widgets on the desktop
    • option to disable mouse acceleration (finally!!)
    • support for hearing aids (I’ve been waiting for this one for years)
    • can now change text size per app
    • other apps can access passwords, so you can finally use your Safari passwords on chrome

    And these are only the OS changes that I care about. I’m sure there are more.

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    • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Has Sonoma broken anyone's apps or workflows?

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