{"id":42472,"date":"2024-03-12T15:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=42472"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:25:13","slug":"features-lost-across-versions-of-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/features-lost-across-versions-of-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"Features Lost Across Versions of macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Schmitt<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Article Do You Use It? How TidBITS Readers Install macOS Updates - TidBITS<\/a> says that “Some people even wait until Apple announces or even releases the next macOS version, under the theory that it somehow isn’t fully baked until then.”. I wait until the next major release, but not under that theory.<\/p>

It used to be one reason to wait was that macOS updates have become so time consuming that I’d wait until there were just the faster security updates left. But now with the sealed system volume even the security updates are a pain.<\/p>

So that leaves my primary reason: I used to look forward to classic Mac and OS X updates. That ended with OS X Lion. I think every OS X\/macOS version since Snow Leopard has been worse than the one before. So, I put off the pain of lost functionality as long as possible.<\/p>

You think I’m joking? Just look at what we’ve lost in each upgrade since OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think this is a bit harsh because each version brings improvements, too. I’m more sore about the bugs than most of the lost features. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen them laid out like this before. It’s quite a list.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n