Mac OS X Mojave First Impressions

[bookemdano]

It does wake up quicker from sleep. Overall I'm really liking it. The dark theme is cool. I'm excited to see more of the iPhone x macBook mixing together what did they call it again, something with a "C". When the iPhone was sending a picture directly to the macbook.

Continuity

 

[TBoneMac]

Continuity is cool. I noticed one thing that is strange about 10.14 My Macbook Pro 15'' 2017 is always using the high performance graphics. I wonder why? Either way, everything looks really nice, I almost feel like it's using the graphics card better than it used to? Someone please reply with more info!

 

[Cinder6]

It does wake up quicker from sleep. Overall I'm really liking it. The dark theme is cool. I'm excited to see more of the iPhone x macBook mixing together what did they call it again, something with a "C". When the iPhone was sending a picture directly to the macbook.

Continuity.

 

[TBoneMac]

Does anyone know why my Macbook Pro 2017 is now using the high performance graphics all the time while using 10.14

 

[Yamcha]

There's a divider that automatically shows up on the dock. I didn't watch the whole keynote but I assume this is for "Recent apps".

 

[Steve121178]

I just installed Mojave and it seems just as quick as High Sierra. I don't see any discernible performance improvement but it's running just as well as the previous release. The dark theme looks alright, I actually still find that Microsoft did a better job on their dark theme. Maybe it just takes getting used to but I think overall it's a great release.

I already love the privacy feature in Safari, the privacy settings are website specific. So you can adjust it where it's needed.

Do your Safari privacy settings sync between devices or do you have to set Safari up from scratch on each Mac you have?

 

[revs]

Running it on a spare Mid 2012 MacBook Air.

Opted for Dark Mode but ended up going back to the light mode. Dark mode is fine, but im not used to it and seems to
make it more difficult to see the difference in apps/windows/etc

I dont use the MBA much, so hard to tell about performance. Definitely didn't feel any slower, probably is faster.

Stability wise - everything worked and i haven't had a problem in the short time ive used it.

 

[bobbie424242]

Right? It just looks...cobbled together. Maybe it's because we're not used to it... I dunno.

Dark mode OS wide will usually look worse than app with specific dark mode turned on and not really
a substitute for proper app specific dark mode.

 

[csurfr]

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There's a divider that automatically shows up on the dock. I didn't watch the whole keynote but I assume this is for "Recent apps".

Yep. Just like on the iPad. you can also drag items out of there like other apps in the dock.

 

[762999]

I prefer Windows 10's dark mode over OSX!

 

[Crunch]

What!?? Mojave is as stable or better than High Sierra?? Shocker!!!

 

[762999]

I've posted pics in this thread

 

[Cougarcat]

It does wake up quicker from sleep. Overall I'm really liking it. The dark theme is cool. I'm excited to see more of the iPhone x macBook mixing together what did they call it again, something with a "C". When the iPhone was sending a picture directly to the macbook.

It’s a nice feature but during the demo I was rolling my eyes and thinking, “You know, Craig, this wouldn’t be necessary if you didn’t put ancient FaceTime cameras in Macs.”

 

[Partron22]

What happened to MacOS 10.14 Bumpass Hell?
They could have at least settled for Furnace Creek, or Pinnacles.
Mojave is like naming the OS over 3 counties in western Nebraska.
It's a place to get THROUGH, not a place to stay.
Heck, Name it Lake Mono. That's where all the seabirds come from.

 

[damant]

my MBP 2017 seems to run a bit hotter....

 

[leman]

Quick Actions and Finder improvements are a big thing, also make Touch Bar more useful. Dark mode is interesting and will get more so as more devs embrace the APIs. APFS makes installing a test system alongside your main production one a breeze, since the disk space is shared. I could get Xcode to install unfortunately, and there are some weird slowdowns here and there so I will wait for Beta 2

 

[Crunch]

Quick Actions and Finder improvements are a big thing, also make Touch Bar more useful. Dark mode is interesting and will get more so as more devs embrace the APIs. APFS makes installing a test system alongside your main production one a breeze, since the disk space is shared. I could get Xcode to install unfortunately, and there are some weird slowdowns here and there so I will wait for Beta 2

Ahh, you have Dark Mode! OK, I'm annoying with it now. Thanks for the quick review. I'd love to hear more. No kernel panics I take it, no other crashes? Does the Mac App Store and iCloud work ok? Thanks again!

 

[leman]

Ahh, you have Dark Mode! OK, I'm annoying with it now. Thanks for the quick review. I'd love to hear more. No kernel panics I take it, no other crashes? Does the Mac App Store and iCloud work ok? Thanks again!

Well, stuff works but other doesn't really. For example, I didn't manage to get TouchBar working properly. I'd wait for the second beta before proceeding I guess. The dev documentation is still very fragmented and I guess that many features are not yet properly implemented. Haven't experienced any crash though, just some weirdness (like actions not happening when pressing a button).

 

[dogslobber]

Yes!! Dark Mode! How stable is RC1?

Can I move my production systems to it yet? Or should I wait for beta 2?

 

[leman]

Can I move my production systems to it yet? Or should I wait for beta 2?

I’d recommend you to try it out first. Again, with APFS installing a secondary OS is super quick and as painless as it gets.

For my purposes, I found the first beta too buggy atm.

 

[mszilard]

I just installed it on a 2013 27” imac, non retina. It seems to me a little bit slower than high sierra, some fonts with dark mode on are a pita to read. Dark mode seems unpolished, and too dark
It automatically formated my fusion drive to apfs.

 

[goodbad]

I just installed it on a 2013 27” imac, non retina. It seems to me a little bit slower than high sierra, some fonts with dark mode on are a pita to read. Dark mode seems unpolished, and too dark
It automatically formated my fusion drive to apfs.

Have you "clean installed" it or just updated from high sierra?

 

[mszilard]

updated from high sierra

 

[MacsRgr8]

I made a 2nd APFS partiton (so, shared space with my default High Sierrra partition) om my 2017 iMac / 32 GB RAM / Radeon 580 8 GB / 1 TB SSD, and installed this first beta "clean".
Tried the dark-mode immediately as the setup assistant gave you the choice (see pic)

At first glance I liked dark-mode. Finder, System Prefs, etc. all looks pretty cool IMHO.... until you open Safari and go to macrumors.com (or any other site..) as the web page is full white. The contrast annoys me hugely.

Unless all "white" pages can be turned into dark mode, this dark-mode is just a simple useless "theme" at the edges of the application.

Speed seems the same as 10.13.5 (only tried X-Plane 11 so far) and no immediate issues with stability, but haven't tried it enough for good testing.

 

[Crunch]

Ahhhhh...I can't take it anymore. I have gotten hold of beta 1 and I'm ready to rock and roll.

Before I do, one last time: After 4 days, is it running well more or less ?