What do you think of "iOSification" of Mac?

I prefer a consistent design system because it makes continued development much easier.

I don’t think it’s really that “iOS”-Ified

Yes there are some similarities, but I think that’s fine. Makes sense that all their products are alike.

iOSification can come in two forms: aesthetic and functional. The aesthetic changes don’t worry me in the least. It’s the possibility of the eventual removal of macOS features that set it apart from iOS that would be concerning.

The new iOS inspired settings app is horrible. I also don’t use Notification Center and Siri on Mac and other stuff like Game Center

I think it’s a terrible idea and will turn general purpose computing into walled gardens that will kill macs in the long run.

But seriously I think some of the “unification” of the UI is going in the wrong direction. Different devices need different interfaces because they are used for different things. Some of the recent design changes for MacOS have simplified the experience at the expense of functionality and I’m not a big fan.

A good example for me is stage manager. I think as an idea it works for an iPad but is confusing as fuck on my Mac pro. I have two 43 monitors so I don’t lack for screen real estate. Plus the implementation is just wonky trying to figure out how the app groupings work on two monitors. I just don’t like it at all. I understand it’s optional but at some point it may not be.

Another example is Settings. The new interface looks very IOS-like but some functionality was just removed, like network locations …yes I know it sorta came back in 13.2.1, but why did it go away in the first place. I suspect it was either overlooked or they added it back when people complained, likely the latter especially since a very prominent functionality is now hidden under “…” now.

Long story short, stop dumbing down my machine to help me. I’ve been using these machines for a very long time and I sometimes know what I’m doing 😀

I love it. The fact that I can run iPad apps on desktop is reason enough. The continuity features are also great.

Aesthetically I have no issues with it. But there’s something so different about the Mac and iOS devices for me. My phone and iPad feel like personal devices, almost like a diary. The Mac feels like an appliance. I never open the photos app on my Mac, or Apple TV, or Maps. Maybe making MacOS more like iOS will change my behavior to treat my Mac like an iPhone, but for now they feel separate.

Apple has added a lot of stuff from iOS over the years (and vice versa).

Some I like, some I don't.

So far they've never taken away something I like about macOS, so as long as that's the case I'm happy.

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I can see why some people don’t like the new Settings. It’s easier if you use the search function. Even before the change I was using search. There’s just so many of them..

A nice update would be allowing you to rearrange the order and have favourites.

Not a fan. I want macOS to look and work like macOS (a pointer/keyb-first OS) not iPadOS (a touch-first OS).

It started on 10.7 and I didn't like it then nor do I now.

I don’t even like the iOsification of iOs. Its just…boring.

Windows has tried it(Windows 8 Metro), Canonical tried it(with Unity and Ubuntu Touch). Both failed.

Gl to Apple.

Bringing the benefits over is great.

It's mildly a hassle to do file management and some command line stuff, and I don't like that, but I don't think those are really recent changes.