Ren: I go back and forth on Continuity being my favorite thing or just something I happen to use on occasion. If I'm at my Mac, I almost never pick up my iPhone or iPad any more, because I don't have to, thanks to Continuity. And then there's apps like Pixelmator that let me pass what I'm doing off from my iPhone or iPad to my Mac, and vice versa.
Os x yosemite for dummies review Pc#
I'm not quite sure what people without a built-in messaging solution do, and yes, I'm looking at all the PC people in the room. Before, it just broke up my workflow too much to stop what I was doing and respond to a regular text message. I've said it many times and I'll say it again, if you own a non-iOS phone, we can be friends again my green bubble freak friends. ContinuityĪlly: I use Continuity constantly, whether it be for calling or messaging.
Perhaps that's because OS X has always been a less controlled, more functional environment, or perhaps it's because developers have better engaged with extensibility on iOS than OS X. The combination of Touch ID and action extension on iOS, for example, makes 1Password a better experience now on the iPhone or iPad than the Mac. I agree with my colleagues, however, that right now it's far more impactful on iOS than it is on OS X. Decoupling interface and unbundling apps so that functionality no longer has to be hunted down but can be pushed up is fundamentally transformative. Rene: We're going to look back and see extensibility as one of the biggest changes in computing technology in recent years if not decades. The same library for sharing extensions just doesn't exist on OS X yet, though I hope developers address that this year. Ren: I use Extensibility all the time on my iPhone and iPad, but rarely on my Mac. Peter: Still not as much of a feature smorgasbord as I would like to see, though where it's been applied has made my worfklow a lot more seamless. Here's to hoping developers will continue to try and find even more unique and useful ways to take advantage of extensions on OS X, because we aren't quite there yet. But whenever I try and use a share or action extension that isn't available in OS X that is on OS X, it makes my heart sad.
The app that have implemented it have made my life even easier. Sadly, a lot of that same love hasn't yet been given to the Mac. On iOS I can create workflows through extensions, add deliveries, view source code, unzip files, and do tons of other neat things. ExtensibilityĪlly: This is one area I'd really like to see developers do more with. I like it so much I'm even more interested in seeing how, if at all, Apple will tweak it for OS X 10.11 this year.
Os x yosemite for dummies review upgrade#
I mentioned during the 3 month later review that, unlike previous generations where I've waiting a year or so to upgrade my podcast studio Mac, the new interface had me upgrading almost immediately. Rene: Yosemite is the first version of OS X for me where it's almost painful to go back to an older version based on looks alone.
I must say it looks especially nice on the new MacBook. It's also Retina-optimized, which means it doesn't look quite as nice on the MacBook Air and older Macs. Peter: It didn't take me long to get used to the visual changes to Yosemite, producing more consistency with iOS 7 and 8.