macOS 10.13 All The Little Things!

[Cougarcat]

Siri Personal DJ, but still can't make a simple timer?

 

[peymayesh]

Is "Type to Siri" available in High Sierra?

 

[unobtainium]

I guess there's no sign of a News app for Mac?

 

[applCore]

I welcome stability and performance centric updates that don't really introduce new features, but focus on making the kernel superior and more efficient. Heaven knows how badly Apple needs to work on memory and task management! 10.12.x is ABYSMAL for heavy users who push multitasking and multiple monitors to the limit. The kernel team has been sitting on it's thumbs for far too long and the fantastic work going on with porting macOS to the Linux kernel is very, very appealing right now.

How are normal apps like Mailplane, Unibox, Messages, Chrome, Newsflow, etc. etc. doing? I hear you that Outlook breaks, but are we seeing other app breakage right now? I suspect we'll be seeing this list fleshed out here as we go.

 

[Blue Sun]

WindowServer, the software which displays the Graphical User Interface (GUI) uses now Metal 2. AFAIK, Metal 2 is a software improvement 100 times faster than "comparable" OpenGL APIs. Metal version 1 was already 10 times faster than OpenGL, now Metal 2 is again 10 times faster than Metal version 1. Because Metal 2 is a software improvement, Metal 2 should run on all machines which support Metal version 1 (the Mac mini 2012 for example).

Safari can now block autoplay videos (ads) and macOS High Sierra has system wide H.265 support (hardware acceleration requires at least a Skylake processor).

Does that include MacBook Pro models with dual GPUs? Specifically, the late 2013 15" rMBP? I remember reading that Netkas found that Metal wasn't supported in MacBook Pros with both the integrated and dedicated chips.

 

[redheeler]

There is now an option in the Apple menu to lock the screen.

 

[AustinIllini]

Well, it's that time of year again! High Sierra... what a wonderful name lol.

This needs to be a wiki post.

 

[KALLT]

There is now an option in the Apple menu to lock the screen.
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Geesh, people requested this for years. I remember this from the Leopard days. This used to be only possible by enabling a separate status item in Keychain Access.

 

[Peace]

Safari's new per website preferences :

 

[evrard]

Is "Type to Siri" available in High Sierra?

Sadly, no.

I guess there's no sign of a News app for Mac?

Sadly, no.

That is basically how I feel about everything I wanted.... sadly, no.

 

[Ace2617]

Sorry if this is a dumb question. The iOS app store will be redesigned, but does the Mac app store in High Sierra remain the same?

 

[redheeler]

Sorry if this is a dumb question. The iOS app store will be redesigned, but does the Mac app store in High Sierra remain the same?

Looks the same to me, at least in the beta, and a redesigned App Store for MacOS was never mentioned at WWDC so probably yes.

 

[Ace2617]

Looks the same to me, at least in the beta, and a redesigned App Store for MacOS was never mentioned at WWDC so probably yes.

Ok thanks for your response I appreciate it.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Is there anything in there for users who use mobile broadband networks similar to Trip Mode?

 

[ErikGrim]

Yes.

Not working for me.
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Sadly, no.

Siri begs to differ.

[doublepost=1496728058][/doublepost]Can the OP please turn this into a Wiki thread? We are already going off tangents.

 

[thingstoponder]

Yup.

Shame.

 

[vmachiel]

I'm confused.

I have a Time Capsule. Will upgrading to macOS 10.13 and APFS mean I can still backup to Time Machine?

Yeah, it's just that time machine backup volumes can't be formatted as APFS for now.

 

[macintoshmac]

Is Touch ID working for unlocking the Mac? I seem to have issues with it. Deleted the fingerprint, now can't set up new fingerprint. Fun-to-try beta, this. Feisty!

 

[Jaw3000]

From the developer docs, it seems that APFS doesn’t support Time Machine, so your Time Machine volume must remain HFS+ for now. You can back up your data from an APFS disk to an HFS+ Time Machine though.

This surprises me. A new FS with snapshot supports should allow for a brand new, much faster Time Machine routine. No more symlinks, just snapshots. But it seems Apple hasn't touched TimeMachine with High Sierra, even to the point it doesn't even support APFS. This could have/should have been the showpiece for what APFS snapshots can do. Makes me wonder either Apple really doesn't care about the Mac and isn't putting in the development effort, or they don't care about local backups (instead going all in with iCloud in the future). Either one is not good.

 

[Janichsan]

This time around, the entire update is the "Little Thing".

The under-the-hood improvements with APFS and Metal 2 are pretty massive, they just don't add too many new things for you to play with on the surface.

 

[ifrit05]

Is "Type to Siri" available in High Sierra?

Yup

 

[leman]

AFAIK, Metal 2 is a software improvement 100 times faster than "comparable" OpenGL APIs. Metal version 1 was already 10 times faster than OpenGL, now Metal 2 is again 10 times faster than Metal version 1.

I think it would be better if people stopped repeating this marketing speak. The truth is that that Metal 2 can reduce the command scheduling overhead dramatically compared to OpenGL. Does it make it 100x faster than OpenGL? Maybe, if the OpenGL application was written by an incompetent chimp and the Metal app by a seasoned pro who really understand the hardware.

 

[briquet42]

Is it possible to control your HomeKit accessories via Siri from macOs420Sierra?

 

[Lukeit]

Have you noticed the spinning wheel has a different color?
[doublepost=1496747230][/doublepost]It's not possible anymore to have the "padlock" from keychain access in the menu bar: Keychain access has a nearly non existent preference menu! Only way (I have found ) to lock screen is through the apple menu

 

[Gudi]

Safari's new per website preferences :

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Praise Steve for a fixed page zoom! This saves me a thousand clicks.