Discussion
Enabling stage manager on macOS has turned my desktop management workflow into a disorganized and slow mess. I imagine the tool is meant to do just the opposite but over the past year, relearning the behaviors of managing my windows/desktops on Mac has been incredibly tedious and unintuitive. And the bugs… windows dismissing themselves when dragging between monitors, unable to multi-view windows on one desktop without enabling kiosk mode, unable to drag windows between monitors, disappearing windows while trying to screen share on Zoom (ok this may be a zoom issue), unable to click left hand screen content because of window preview popups. The only use case I’ve found helpful is viewing all window types in one swipe.
The worst part is that I’ve become completely dependent on the new UI and switching back at this point seems like a time-suck.
My Mac
I've only owned this silky silver apple rectangle for a week now but there's some sort of emotional experience I've never felt in my 25-yr relationship with Windows devices (mostly dell / thinkpads.)
It feels good to touch, the trackpad and gestures are addictive to interact with, the UI has a warmth and humanity to it, and though there's plenty of quirks/limitations with the OS, there's also lot of unique features that just make sense! To have something so quiet and cool and with an eternal battery that I can sleekly lug anywhere completely rethinks my relationship with the outlet-bound work I used to do.
I was admittedly a lifelong cynic, but never realized an emotional relationship was possible with my computing device. But for the love of God, Apple, please figure out your window snapping for large monitors!! Also, scrolling on mouse would be nice to separate from trackpad, and for some reason my mac only sends 30hz to my 75hz ultrawide monitor 😒.
In your comments - what are some different philosophical principles or tips with MacOS I might appreciate discovering with no prior experience on this operating system?
