Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if you can use the arrow keys to navigate around in that screen. With the boot manager on Intel macs, you could use the left and right arrows to select a start up disk and then press enter. > On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:10 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: > > No way can it be accessible because

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Steve Matzura
No way can it be accessible because there's no operating system at that point. The reason for this is probably because all the M1 stuff pre-supposes you're using a Bluetooth keyboard. How the Bluetooth subsystem is working at that stage of the boot process I haven't the first clue. Maybe there

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
OK, that’s a bit different using german voices. But most annoying to me is that I’m not able to set sleep mode longer than 2 minutes in Systempreferences > Battery. Actually I can set it longer but Systempreferences forget about it after closing it. Hopefully this is a bug and Apple will fix

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I know with the M1 macs, there is a new way of selecting a start up disk, you hold the power button for a few seconds. With the Intel macs, you would hold the option key but apparently with the M1 macs you can do a bit more from the menu that appears if you hold the power button. Do you know

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Steve Matzura
Haven't had the won't-stop-speaking problem, although, M1 notwithstanding, sometimes it's a bit slow to respond when CTRL is pressed, but I've never had it fail to shut the thing up. On 12/21/2020 4:18 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Yes, and there are some more issues: Try to add a keyboard

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Steve Matzura
You certainly said a mouthful about Messages. I've found workarounds, and the 11.1 update definitely improved things, but not enough to the point where I'd say it was as usable as it was on Catalina. The way message conversations are selected for posting new messages or even deleting the

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I understand you totally. Bit Sur is a bit of a disappointment in some cases. I wont give it up yet but its totally different from Catalina and other Os for Mac to me. /A > 21 dec. 2020 kl. 01:25 skrev Mike Arrigo : > > I decided to give Big Sur a try on one of my macs, and honestly, I'm

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Yes, and there are some more issues: Try to add a keyboard shortcut to a menu using Systempreferences > Keyboard >Shortcuts. On my MacBook Air 2020 with M1 chip Mac OS after a while forgets all added shortcuts. CTRL doesn’t work relaiably anymore to stop VO from speaking. At least in all german

Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
I decided to give Big Sur a try on one of my macs, and honestly, I'm thinking about going back to Catalina. Since I became a Mac user back in 2008, I think this is the first time that I've considered going back to a previous version of Mac OS, but for me at least, there are some major issues.