macOS (10.15) - the little things

[MacGizmo]

Yes, the eject menubar applet has been around for over a decade. It's just not obvious how you enable it. You can do it in apps like Onyx, or manually:

Go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras and double click the Eject.menu icon.
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By the way, the Apple menubar app ejects the first Optical disc or external device it comes across (or whichever one you have selected) ONLY.

A free app called Semulov (volumes spelled backward) offers more control, including the force eject command. It's quite nice in that you can set ignored volumes, add a keyboard shortcut, and more.

 

[chris4565]

I just noticed that when I'm in Safari and then the scheduled Dark Mode activates at first the URL loading indicator's color stays the same but when I completely quit Safari and re-launch it the loading indicator becomes turquoise:

 

[alfon_sico]

I take care that now Photos can import a Live Photo although it was added in the photo stream as a still one

 

[Sciuriware]

A late surprise: programmers who measure free space in a program by the file "/" get the wrong info.
They should change their program in using the file "/Users".
.... assuming that /Users will stay in macOS for a while ....
;JOOP!

 

[adrianlondon]

A late surprise: programmers who measure free space in a program by the file "/" get the wrong info.
They should change their program in using the file "/Users".
.... assuming that /Users will stay in macOS for a while ....
;JOOP!

Catalina split the disk into two volumes. One, read-only, mounted on / and the other, read-write, mounted on /System/Volumes/Data with hard links everywhere (such as /Users). If you do a "df -k" in /Users you'll see what I mean.

The Disk Utility app will show this.

 

[honestone33]

Catalina split the disk into two volumes. One, read-only, mounted on / and the other, read-write, mounted on /System/Volumes/Data with hard links everywhere (such as /Users). If you do a "df -k" in /Users you'll see what I mean.

The Disk Utility app will show this.

Yes it will, as does Tech Tool Pro.

 

[nortonandreev]

The icon is new, isn't it?

 

[casperes1996]

The icon is new, isn't it?

Looks exactly like it’s looked for ages to me

 

[ErikGrim]

The icon is new, isn't it?

What’s new about it?

 

[nortonandreev]

Looks exactly like it’s looked for ages to me

What’s new about it?

My bad then, wasnt sure. The one I’m usually seeing is only the display without the AirPlay symbol.

 

[nortonandreev]

When have they added the turn on wifi button? I don't recall seeing it before.

 

[cool11]

Is there any way, to find quickly all the obsolete 32bit apps, that no longer work in catalina, and then delete them?
I have a long list of apps, in a dozen of folders (not only the official 'Applications' folder), and it is hard a time consuming to discover them.

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Is there any way, to find quickly all the obsolete 32bit apps, that no longer work in catalina, and then delete them?
I have a long list of apps, in a dozen of folders (not only the official 'Applications' folder), and it is hard a time consuming to discover them.

Download 32-bitCheck here: https://eclecticlight.co/32-bitcheck-archichect/. Then just click Scan and pick the folder, and it'll detect any 32-bit applications.

 

[Herpaderpa]

Post screenshots, etc., of the little things that has changed in macOS 10.15 here.

NOTE: As always this is NOT a thread for bugs, questions, or troubleshooting the betas. All posts must present a new feature or function, or new behaviour not mentioned in the keynote. Please screenshot where necessary. Comments on features are welcome, but stay on topic. This is also not a thread for whining about missing features, complaining, in-fighting, or personal agendas. Keep this informative and to the topic at hand.

• Terminal
  • zsh is now the default command line shell. (#37)
  • Perl, Ruby, Python deprecated (Use homebrew or MacPorts to get latest versions)
• Security
  • Apps now need permission to capture the screen. (#5)
  • Authentication dialogs can be authenticated with a double click on WatchOS 6
  • Activation Lock for Macs with T2 chip
• Preferences
  • Appearance
    • Auto switch between dark and light mode (#5)
  • iCloud
    • Settings now a bar on top (#62)
    • Buttons for account settings and family on preference pane (#62)
    • New sidebar with account options and linked devices
• Window management
  • Menu when hovering over green button for full screen / split screen (#9) or option hover for arranging windows similarly (#17)
• Safari
  • Siri Suggestion
  • 'Switch to tab in url field (#5)
• QT
  • Some missing QT7 functions have been added (#5)
• Internationalisation
  • All: The default HD name on fresh install is now 'macOS' (#44)
  • UK: Trash is now Bin (as it was in Australia in 10.14) (#5)
• Home
  • Multi-function devices are now grouped
• Music
  • Still iTunes app, renamed with features removed
  • Column browser is gone
  • Internet radio is gone
  • iTunes Store still present (activate in View menu)
  • Smart Playlists/ Library management / ID3 tagging / CD ripping / visualisers still present
  • For You / Explore missing
  • Library can take a long time to load
  • Home Sharing has now moved to the sharing Preference pane
  • Device syncing has now moved to Finder
  • Home videos are still there
  • Scrobbling to last.fm no longer works
• Podcasts
  • Multi-speed playback available
• Preview
  • Sign documents using iOS device
• iCloud Drive
  • Right clicking on a file or folder in Finder shows option to "Download Now", or "Remove Download" on your local Mac, saving local storage space.
• Misc UI changes
  • Volume HUD lacks wells for indicators (#58)
• Sidecar
  • Apparently only supported for ~2016 Mac models up
    • Late 2015 27" iMac or newer
    • 2017 iMac Pro
    • Mid 2016 MacBook Pro or newer
    • Late 2018 Mac mini or newer
    • Late 2018 MacBook Air or newer
    • Early 2016 MacBook or newer
    • 2019 Mac Pro
  • Supports Touch Bar display for non Touch Bar Macs
  • Faster than third party solutions
  • Native iPad resolution
  • Runs as app on iPad, can be switched between
  • Only pencil input and select multitouch gestures are possible (pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scrolling, three-finger undo/redo and copy/cut/paste), no single-finger input (#104)
  • May support file sharing in the future

Just a heads up that many games on Steam won't work when you update to Catalina at all for 32 bit games.

 

[MacGizmo]

It's incredibly annoying that you can't hide the Time/Date menubar item anymore (since it's tied to Control Center. All those 3rd Party Time/Date/Calendar apps now have to reside further to the left and if they don't allow you to hide the time, you have duplicate clocks in the menubar.

 

[Tech198]

Now i'm on Catalina (...it only took 5 releases to get there)... i can sweat over how bad the little things are.

When you lock a file in Get Info pane on a file it's only visually locked in the pane.. Finder does not show a lock, on the icon(s)

I tried deleting finder.plist, but that didn't seem to work,

You wouldn't know it otherwise, unless you opened up the file(s) i.e combination of RTF/TXT files., the 'lock' would appear in title bar.

 

[Rastafabi]

Hi @Tech198,

this can be considered a bug for sure but there's more behind it. Actually the Lock icon does show in Finder, but only for files that do not offer a icon preview like .zip files and similar. The issue you observe thus is also true for most common photo files and so on. I will fill a bug with the Feedback Assistant (applefeedback://) and you should, too.

 

[zkap]

Can you arrange the width of the sidebar in Mail in settings somewhere? Whenever I open Mail and go full screen, I have to make the sidebar with the mailboxes wider in order to see the full names of the mailboxes. It would be great if I could set the width of the sidebar and it remains fixed, that would save me time and alleviate a lot of annoyance. If anyone knows a way, thanks.
And sorry if this has been asnwered somewhere.

 

[adrianlondon]

Can you arrange the width of the sidebar in Mail in settings somewhere? Whenever I open Mail and go full screen, I have to make the sidebar with the mailboxes wider in order to see the full names of the mailboxes. It would be great if I could set the width of the sidebar and it remains fixed, that would save me time and alleviate a lot of annoyance. If anyone knows a way, thanks.
And sorry if this has been asnwered somewhere.

My sidebar stays at whatever width I drag it to when in fullscreen, or zoomed, or just as a normal window. I'm running Big Sur, so at least you know a fix is coming if you wanted to upgrade. Otherwise, you could try deleting the preferences file (well, renaming it, so you can rename it back in case that makes things worse).

 

[zkap]

My sidebar stays at whatever width I drag it to when in fullscreen, or zoomed, or just as a normal window. I'm running Big Sur, so at least you know a fix is coming if you wanted to upgrade. Otherwise, you could try deleting the preferences file (well, renaming it, so you can rename it back in case that makes things worse).

Thanks, I'll be upgrading to Big Sur, hopefully it's intended behavior and the sidebar is fixed in width on the official release, as well.

 

[Tech198]

Probably not specific, but i hate how the view options in Finder Window (aka. Show path bar, show status bar" does not always stick to external drives..

eg.. It you show these on "Macintosh HD", then pull up a new Finder window to USB external drive they will be gone, however if you stay in that same window, but just change views, status and/or path bars appear fine.

I think show view options (where you enable "Shw item Info" and those view settings in this popup, are also per-window based.