Re:Ask HN: New on macOS, what should I try/look into?
by jtotheh on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:33AM
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the two best things for me about the MacOS are the integration with other apple devices/services and that things "just work". When I first started using it after using Linux for years I installed Thunderbird and the like. Now I use the Apple programs (Safari, Mail, etc). There are a lot of little niceties in things like Preview. I don't generally use Siri though.
The way it integrates with my other Apple devices, that it does point in time backups automatically, how well it suspends/resumes, long battery life - these are the killer features for me. For instance if my iPhone is in my pocket and I visit a site with SMS based 2FA the computer gets the code from the phone and offers to paste it into the prompt. There are a lot of little small things like that. A lot of them would involve using the Apple ecosystem, like Apple Music, iCloud, other apple devices, etc. Just my .02.
The way it integrates with my other Apple devices, that it does point in time backups automatically, how well it suspends/resumes, long battery life - these are the killer features for me. For instance if my iPhone is in my pocket and I visit a site with SMS based 2FA the computer gets the code from the phone and offers to paste it into the prompt. There are a lot of little small things like that. A lot of them would involve using the Apple ecosystem, like Apple Music, iCloud, other apple devices, etc. Just my .02.