Apple previously announced that macOS Sonoma will be released this Tuesday, September 26. The free software update includes many new features and...

TL;DR: macOS Sonoma launching on September 26 brings desktop widgets, Game Mode for gaming performance, web apps in the Dock, new screen savers, Safari profiles, and more features to compatible Macs.

  • meseek #2982@lemmy.ca
    234·
    10 months ago

    macOS has no games. Apple: “here’s gaming mode!”

    /s

    There is actually so much in Sonoma and tied to its release. Apple’s GPTK makes 90% of PC games playable. Sonoma also brings a slew of improvements to general rendering.

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Apple’s GPTK makes 90% of PC games playable.

      Using GPTK through Whiskey enabled me to play the Portal games again, games I’ve been unable to play since Apple ditched all 32 bit support and Steam didn’t see the value in updating them. It’s wonderful.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
    9·
    10 months ago

    Grocery Lists in Reminders automatically group related items into sections as you add them

    Unless it groups them by aisle, it better not touch my grocery list…

  • Psythik@lemm.ee
    1317·
    10 months ago

    Hey Apple, how about you start putting proper GPUs in your computers first, before wasting time on this “Game Mode” nonsense. Software tricks are no replacement for silicon.

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      I have a 15" MacBook Air, which has the basic M2 chip. As of this weekend I’ve put just over 40 hours into No Man’s Sky, running it at full native resolution on Ultra. An older game now, sure, but it’s still pretty heavy.

      My Mac has no fan, and still barely breaks a sweat. I’ve been blown away by what it can do.

    • johnthedoe@lemmy.ml
      335·
      10 months ago

      I hope Apple haters realise they sound just as annoying as die hard Apple fans.

      • hansl@lemmy.world
        222·
        10 months ago

        Moreso even. They just come to your community to display their hatred, as if there’s nothing better to do.

        How many Apple enthusiasts go to Linux communities and laugh at their OS unprompted?

      • bigdog_00@lemmy.world
        8·
        10 months ago

        Admittedly, NixOS fixes this with a single config file that can rebuild your system in minutes, then the built-in backup tool can restore your files. So yes, absolutely. That being said, that’s limited to a few declarative distros

    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      183·
      10 months ago

      Sure. Now get grandma to buy a Linux machine and deploy a distro. Or even any creatives that don’t want to bother with sudo everything. Each ecosystem fad their pros and cons.