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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

For me the best new feature on macOS is the ability to natively put the temperature in the menu bar. You click on it, and it gives you some more info and from there can launch the full weather app.

It's a small addition and could have been there for a decade, but I like it a lot.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

MacOS didn't have that before? That's impressive. Windows has had it for a long time, and KDE obviously does too, and with KDE you can put it anywhere. I can't understand why people still act like Apple products are premium.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Yep. Apple was trying to get things OUT of the menu bar for a long time. I dunno why current leadership has changed their tune.

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[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

As the owner of a 13 Mini; what’s that?

We didn’t get anything at all from 18.1. There is literally nothing on my phone to tell me that it exists.

However, I do have it on both of my Macs, and have yet to do anything with it. I’m not in any hurry to bother either.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I just recently moved from 13 mini to 16, other than screen size you’re not missing much.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago

I have a mini specifically because I didn’t want a surfboard for a phone.

[–] Chr0nos1@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

18.1 has some minor things, but the big ones are in 18.2. You will probably still not use them, but until you update, you probably won't see them.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, Apple Intelligence simply does not exist on any iPhone below a 15 Pro.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago

Good to see Apple or continuing in their vein of having the worst implementation of an assistant product.

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

EU: you guise tell me when you’ve got something decent

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I really don’t get the advantage. It just feels like Siri with less.

My ex’s last name was pronounced worse after the upgrade too. It used to enunciate the T in the last name and then after spoke it like there was no T. Always bothered me when I would ask Siri to make a call to her.

It looks pretty? But beyond that, I’m not feeling any advantages like what ChatGPT or Copilot have.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m not feeling any advantages like what ChatGPT or Copilot have.

Unless you explicitly tell it to use ChatGPT, everything is done on device. That's an advantage for me.

Oh really? I didn’t know that was a thing.

So you tell Siri “Use ChatGPT” and then it switches over?

I had asked Siri what it could do after the update and didn’t get much information on what new features there were or how to access them.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I’m pretty smart myself, and I’m treated the same way. 😏

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Get it off! Get it off!!

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