Re:Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month
by antipaul on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:53PM
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In Catalina, I see the move towards these macOS & iOS compatible apps ("Catalyst") as making it easier to develop apps for both. It's a service for developers, if you will (I am not an app developer!)
I don't necessarily see it as trying to create a single OS for both desktop and mobile.
Re:Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month
by darrmit on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:59PM
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To be clear: I’m not saying they’re trying to create a single OS. I’m saying the “Apple knows best” concepts they’re applying to macOS that are seemingly inspired by iOS are very hostile to a large part of their user base.
Re:Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month
by antipaul on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @06:36PM
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Fair, thanks for clarifying!
I, in fact, find the catalyst apps on macOS still needing work. And I’m talking the Apple ones: Music, News
Re:Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month
by salutis on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @07:53PM
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Music is not a Catalyst app. Did you mean the new Podcasts app? Music is a trimmed down version of iTunes which is a Cocoa app.
Re:Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month
by zapzupnz on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:15PM
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Trimmed down in some respects, buggier and slower in others. It may seem to be a Catalyst to some because many aspects of the UI severely regressed to custom implementations of standard Cocoa controls that iTunes 12 used.
Will they, though? Because Catalina seems like a giant step in the wrong direction if you’re thinking they’re acknowledging the developer - or even power user - need. Seems to me they’ve doubled down on the iOS approach to macOS.