Mastodawn

This is some next-level dark pattern shit in System Settings. Click the info button to view the release notes for macOS Sequoia 15.7.1 and the modal window pre-selects the Tahoe upgrade for installation if you aren't paying attention.

João Pavão Sep 27

I've been having to use macOS 26 Tahoe for a few hours a day.

It's freaking exhausting! 😣

It feels like the UI is always screaming at me begging for attention. Everything looks huge on screen and too spaced apart. The extreme roundness makes it all look like a toy, and then there's the myriad of bugs with overlapping text, and things randomly flickering behind glass and visual effect views.

Returning to macOS 15 Sequoia always feels so peaceful and relaxing in comparison. 🧘🏻‍♂️😌

João Pavão Sep 23

Brent Toderian Sep 22

You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.

João Pavão Sep 22

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mrudokas/115248784945984691

My favorite review of macOS so far!

João Pavão Sep 18, 2025

Brent Toderian Sep 18, 2025

I was far from the first to say this, & I definitely won’t be the last, but it isn’t the evil of Trump, MAGA and the GOP that’s been surprising. They made it clear what they were going to do, for everyone who paid attention & didn’t self-delude. The surprise has been the surrendering, the weakness.

João Pavão Sep 18, 2025

Martijn van Exel Sep 18, 2025

If you feel like you need a new Mac but can't afford one, I recommend upgrading to Tahoe, using it for a couple of days, then going back to Sequoia.

João Pavão Sep 17, 2025

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D. Griffin Jones Sep 17, 2025

thank god there’s just so much room for my content, in the phone call screen

João Pavão Sep 16, 2025

Just installed the update I was anticipating the most: flu + covid 26.

Props to California and my provider for brushing off the current CDC guidance and for following science and empirical data instead.

João Pavão Sep 15, 2025

I'd like to thank some of the reviewers that downplay how bad LiquidGlass is to the Mac for doing it right at the beginning of the review. I know I can stop reading it right then and there.

If we're not on the same page on this very fundamental issue, then it's irrelevant to me what they think of any of the rest of the update.

João Pavão Sep 14, 2025

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Nick Lockwood Sep 14, 2025

Even now there will be folks reading this thinking "now hang on a minute, that's a bit unfair…" and "I know a lot of smart, hardworking people at Apple and they care about…"

That's exactly the problem. Every day, smart, hardworking people who care about quality somehow produce things that lower the quality bar for the entire industry, and then other smart, hardworking people who care about quality defend them for doing so

And that's why everything gets worse