“Trackpad” is… sad, a beautiful thing that’s just been demolished. Ditto for “Control Centre” and “Desktop & Dock”. “General” semes to be more sub-menus while “Appearance” is well laid out. To give credit where due though, once you go into certain items I like how you are able to read more stuff at a shot. It’s not ugly or bad, but it’s definitely not the one I would choose if you showed me both side by side. This new one doesn’t look beautiful at all. I liked the previous System Preferences actually though I know a lot of people hate it… I mostly just searched through it, so all I cared about was it looking pretty when I opened it. The redesigned System Settings is very… what’s the word, spartan? clinical? Not sure. There’s some small touches like notifications when an app adds itself to the login items – I like that. I swear I can do this sometimes (or I’ve done this at least once, with Stage Manager on, am sure!) so either I am imagining this or one of these behaviours is a bug. It feels a bit janky, and what gets to me is 1) not unable to change the wallpaper by right clicking on the desktop and 2) not being able to move windows from one space to another. I haven’t disabled it yet, so that’s a positive I suppose… but I am very much on the fence. I disabled the Contexts sidebar (which is what it’s called) after a while as I didn’t find it “pretty” and I am hoping Stage Manager being an Apple creation I’ll find it prettier. I use multiple Spaces, and it is good to see the apps running in a space on the side… but I can get the same info via something like Contexts (which I already use). I disabled it on the MacBook Air as it was taking up valuable real estate on the screen, but I’ve left it running on the Mac mini. Since I was upgrading both the MacBook Air (with its smaller screen) and the Mac mini (attached to a relatively larger 24″ monitor) I figured this would give me a good idea of whether I’ll actually use the thing.įirst impressions after a week of using is that I am still trying to figure out whether I need it. It looked good in the iPad demo (and after upgrading my old iPad to iPadOS 16 I learnt Stage Manager requires an M1 iPad, so that was a bummer) but I couldn’t figure out if it would be of any use on macOS. Stage ManagerĪpart from the name I also wanted to try Ventura as I was curious about Stage Manager. Plus I am generally bored in life and like to try things out (and am stupid enough to install Beta software… I’ve been trying out macOS Betas since Catalina actually, including during the big jump to Big Sur). I love the name and that’s probably the real reason behind me trying it out. Neither of these are my primary devices, so I figure I could install Ventura just to see how it is. I am stuck in a boring call, I want to write something that isn’t too taxing, I don’t really have anything to say about macOS Ventura… so □□.Įver since WWDC 2022 last week I’ve been running macOS Ventura on my Mac mini and the MacBook Air. macromates.This is a pointless blog post. TextMate - The Missing Editor for Mac OS X. It has enough project management features to keep most users happy, but is otherwise kept lightweight with a clean and minimalistic GUI. TextMate is not an IDE but by using its powerful snippets, macros, and unique scoping system, it can often provide features that even a language specific IDE lacks. TextMate puts you back in control, reduces the mental overhead, and turns manual work into something the computer does.Ĭreated by a closet UNIX geek who was lured to the Mac platform by its ease of use and elegance, TextMate has been referred to as the culmination of Emacs and OS X and has resulted in countless requests for both a Windows and Linux port, but TextMate remains exclusive for the Mac, and that is how we like it! Especially when you are dealing with a lot of files at once - like most projects do. Without an editor dedicated to the task, it is also often cumbersome, overwhelming, and repetitive. Whether you are a programmer or a designer, the production of code and markup is hard work. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike. TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
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