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macOS Sonoma: 50 New Features and Changes Worth Checking Out (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 1 year ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 year 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.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] jkelol111@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can reenable them in the PWA’s settings (Cmd + ,) -> Show navigation controls.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This is really useful! Thank you! Is there a way to access this setting on iOS?

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I hope to make use of this on iOS for YouTube. Will be nice having that the YouTube site in it's own separate "app" instead of having to keep closing tabs.

[–] hanni@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What is PWA?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Progressives With Attitude.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck yeah!

[–] __init__@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Progressive Web App

[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] andisent@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year 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/

[–] __init__@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago
  1. Disable Pointer Acceleration

Finally! Also, RIP LinearMouse

[–] DarienGS@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bighi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] ricecooker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Has Sonoma broken anyone's apps or workflows?