For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Books has also set reading goals. I've turned that off gods knoe how many times, but it keeps comingback. Sigh.

--
... most SF writers are small blokes; they spent a lot of time grubbing around on the floor for old SF mags, not stretching up to the top shelf for pornography ... As an aside Douglas Adams is quite tall ...
-- Terry Pratchett, Warwick Uni (10.11.94)

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On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Thanks for that. It's not something I'd ever have found by poking through the new Settings panel, or even known what it's for. A piss-poor bit of UI, IMO.

--
Tim

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On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Hurray!

Books has also set reading goals. I've turned that off gods knoe how many times, but it keeps comingback. Sigh.

Sounds awful.

Cheers - Jaimie

--
If you mean 'am I serious about what I do', the answer is yes.
If you mean 'am I serious about how I do it', the answer is no.

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On 7 May 2024 at 10:07:41 PM BST, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After
hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Thanks for that. It's not something I'd ever have found by poking through the new Settings panel, or even known what it's for. A piss-poor bit of UI, IMO.

Yep. I find myself typing in the search box nearly every time I use Settings.
I don't ever remember needing to do that before.
--
TimH
pull tooth to reply by email

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On 7 May 2024 21:07:41 GMT, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After
hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

My Sonoma MBP started going dark when watching videos. After poking
about, I found that the little bugger had set itself to "adjust
brightness automatically".

*I* didn't do that. I found the setting in "Settings" after a good
routing about. Turning it off sufficed to stop the behaviour.

Thanks for that. It's not something I'd ever have found by poking through the >new Settings panel, or even known what it's for. A piss-poor bit of UI, IMO.

Well, I think Apple don't *want* us to poke about much. They do seem
to make everything less easy with each OS iteration.

Or maybe that's just me getting lazier?

J.

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On 7 May 2024 at 22:13:25 BST, "Jaimie Vandenbergh" <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After
hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Hurray!

Books has also set reading goals. I've turned that off gods knoe how many
times, but it keeps comingback. Sigh.

Sounds awful.

Cheers - Jaimie

I'm sure all these things could be useful to someone, but if it's a new
'thing' I'd prefer to choose whether/how I want to use it.
--
"If you're not able to ask questions and deal with the answers without feeling that someone has called your intelligence or competence into question, don't ask questions on Usenet where the answers won't be carefully tailored to avoid tripping your hair-trigger insecurities." - D M Procida, UCSM

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On 08.05.24 00:18, John wrote:

On 7 May 2024 21:07:41 GMT, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After >>> hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

My Sonoma MBP started going dark when watching videos. After poking
about, I found that the little bugger had set itself to "adjust
brightness automatically".

*I* didn't do that. I found the setting in "Settings" after a good
routing about. Turning it off sufficed to stop the behaviour.

Thanks for that. It's not something I'd ever have found by poking through the
new Settings panel, or even known what it's for. A piss-poor bit of UI, IMO.

Well, I think Apple don't *want* us to poke about much. They do seem
to make everything less easy with each OS iteration.

Or maybe that's just me getting lazier?

I think Apple delivers all the tools to handle the increasing power and flexibility of macOS.

It is a fact that *we* get older and more unflexible every day.

If we are honest to ourselves: *Never teach an old dog new tricks*! or *PEBKAC*.

Enjoy macOS 14! It can do incredible things!


--
"Alea iacta est." (Julius Caesar)

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Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 08.05.24 00:18, John wrote:

On 7 May 2024 21:07:41 GMT, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After >>>> hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

My Sonoma MBP started going dark when watching videos. After poking
about, I found that the little bugger had set itself to "adjust
brightness automatically".

*I* didn't do that. I found the setting in "Settings" after a good
routing about. Turning it off sufficed to stop the behaviour.

Thanks for that. It's not something I'd ever have found by poking through the
new Settings panel, or even known what it's for. A piss-poor bit of UI, IMO.

Well, I think Apple don't *want* us to poke about much. They do seem
to make everything less easy with each OS iteration.

Or maybe that's just me getting lazier?

I think Apple delivers all the tools to handle the increasing power and flexibility of macOS.

It is a fact that *we* get older and more unflexible every day.

If we are honest to ourselves: *Never teach an old dog new tricks*! or *PEBKAC*.

At my age, I prefer to turn that on its head and say “You’re not an old dog until you can’t learn new tricks”!

Enjoy macOS 14! It can do incredible things!

Old John.

--
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

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On 8 May 2024 at 11:56:00 BST, "John Hill" <[email protected]> wrote:

Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 08.05.24 00:18, John wrote:

On 7 May 2024 21:07:41 GMT, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After >>>>> hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

My Sonoma MBP started going dark when watching videos. After poking
about, I found that the little bugger had set itself to "adjust
brightness automatically".

*I* didn't do that. I found the setting in "Settings" after a good
routing about. Turning it off sufficed to stop the behaviour.

Thanks for that. It's not something I'd ever have found by poking through the
new Settings panel, or even known what it's for. A piss-poor bit of UI, IMO.

Well, I think Apple don't *want* us to poke about much. They do seem
to make everything less easy with each OS iteration.

Or maybe that's just me getting lazier?

I think Apple delivers all the tools to handle the increasing power and
flexibility of macOS.

What increasing power and flexibility?

--
Tim

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On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Books has also set reading goals. I've turned that off gods knoe how many times, but it keeps comingback. Sigh.

And it's gone grey again, without so much as a by-your-leave. Luckily it can
be toggled without opening Settings.

--
Tim

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On 8 May 2024 at 17:55:17 BST, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7 May 2024 at 19:57:53 BST, "Sara Merriman" <[email protected]> wrote:

For some reason my machine had set itself a do not disturb status. After
hunting round for how to turn it off, all is now lovely black.

Books has also set reading goals. I've turned that off gods knoe how many
times, but it keeps comingback. Sigh.

And it's gone grey again, without so much as a by-your-leave. Luckily it can be toggled without opening Settings.

And it's grey again this morning. This is getting to be a pain in the dong.

--
Tim

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