I’ve been trying out this new feature using Ventura beta on my M1 MacBook Pro and it certainly seems an intriguing way of organising running apps on your Desktop. Howard Oakley has today provided a good review of what to expect next month when Ventura launches.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2022/09/12/why-venturas-stage-manager-is-so-important/>
On 12 Sep 2022 at 8:43:37 am BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
I’ve been trying out this new feature using Ventura beta on my M1 MacBook >> Pro and it certainly seems an intriguing way of organising running apps on >> your Desktop. Howard Oakley has today provided a good review of what to
expect next month when Ventura launches.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2022/09/12/why-venturas-stage-manager-is-so-important/>
I've just read the Oakley article, and I'm not clear what this offers that Spaces doesn't, apart from prettiness.
For years I've used Spaces (and before that, a couple of third-party implementations of the same idea) to have 12 desktops/spaces, with keyboard shortcuts assigned to them. Mail on one, news on another, a group of windows relating to a project on another, etc etc.
But I suspect I'm missing something..?
On 2022-09-12, TimH <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022 at 8:43:37 am BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
I’ve been trying out this new feature using Ventura beta on my M1 MacBook >>> Pro and it certainly seems an intriguing way of organising running apps on >>> your Desktop. Howard Oakley has today provided a good review of what to
expect next month when Ventura launches.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2022/09/12/why-venturas-stage-manager-is-so-important/>
I've just read the Oakley article, and I'm not clear what this offers that >> Spaces doesn't, apart from prettiness.
For years I've used Spaces (and before that, a couple of third-party
implementations of the same idea) to have 12 desktops/spaces, with keyboard >> shortcuts assigned to them. Mail on one, news on another, a group of windows >> relating to a project on another, etc etc.
But I suspect I'm missing something..?
For whatever reason, I've never used Spaces so this is all new to me. Perhaps I should
have tried Spaces first!!! Anyway I will make time to use Spaces and compare the two
approaches.
On 2022-09-12, TimH <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022 at 8:43:37 am BST, "Alan B" >><[email protected]d> wrote:
I’ve been trying out this new feature using Ventura beta on my M1 MacBook >>> Pro and it certainly seems an intriguing way of organising running apps on >>> your Desktop. Howard Oakley has today provided a good review of what to
expect next month when Ventura launches.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2022/09/12/why-venturas-stage-manager-is-so-important/>
I've just read the Oakley article, and I'm not clear what this offers that >> Spaces doesn't, apart from prettiness.
For years I've used Spaces (and before that, a couple of third-party
implementations of the same idea) to have 12 desktops/spaces, with keyboard >> shortcuts assigned to them. Mail on one, news on another, a group of windows >> relating to a project on another, etc etc.
But I suspect I'm missing something..?
For whatever reason, I've never used Spaces so this is all new to me. Perhaps I should
have tried Spaces first!!! Anyway I will make time to use Spaces and compare the two
approaches.
On 12 Sep 2022 at 11:07:23 BST, Alan B wrote:
On 2022-09-12, TimH <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022 at 8:43:37 am BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
I’ve been trying out this new feature using Ventura beta on my M1 MacBook
Pro and it certainly seems an intriguing way of organising running apps on >>>> your Desktop. Howard Oakley has today provided a good review of what to >>>> expect next month when Ventura launches.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2022/09/12/why-venturas-stage-manager-is-so-important/>
I've just read the Oakley article, and I'm not clear what this offers that >>> Spaces doesn't, apart from prettiness.
For years I've used Spaces (and before that, a couple of third-party
implementations of the same idea) to have 12 desktops/spaces, with keyboard >>> shortcuts assigned to them. Mail on one, news on another, a group of windows
relating to a project on another, etc etc.
But I suspect I'm missing something..?
Having just watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3hUk0zsxc4 (Spaces tutorial) Stage Manager looks like a prettier way of doing Spaces on just one desktop. I think.
For whatever reason, I've never used Spaces so this is all new to me. Perhaps
I should
have tried Spaces first!!! Anyway I will make time to use Spaces and compare >> the two
approaches.
No, me neither, but I think I'll take a look - looks handy.
On 2022-09-12, TimH <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022 at 1:19:56 pm BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
OK I've had a short go with Spaces. I'd say SM looks more elegant in that, >>> e.g. It minimises
Desktop clutter. You can clearly see which apps are open without looking at >>> the Dock,
especially if the latter auto hides.
Isn't that only true if you don't autohide SM, which then takes up space
instead of the Dock?
I can see the other open app icons on the Desktop whether the Dock is hidden or not, if
that was what you meant?
On 12 Sep 2022 at 1:19:56 pm BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
OK I've had a short go with Spaces. I'd say SM looks more elegant in that, >> e.g. It minimises
Desktop clutter. You can clearly see which apps are open without looking at >> the Dock,
especially if the latter auto hides.
Isn't that only true if you don't autohide SM, which then takes up space instead of the Dock?
OK I've had a short go with Spaces. I'd say SM looks more elegant in that, e.g. It minimises
Desktop clutter. You can clearly see which apps are open without looking at the Dock,
especially if the latter auto hides.
On 12 Sep 2022 at 11:07:23 BST, Alan B wrote:
On 2022-09-12, TimH <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022 at 8:43:37 am BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
I’ve been trying out this new feature using Ventura beta on my M1 MacBook
Pro and it certainly seems an intriguing way of organising running apps on >>>> your Desktop. Howard Oakley has today provided a good review of what to >>>> expect next month when Ventura launches.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2022/09/12/why-venturas-stage-manager-is-so-important/>
I've just read the Oakley article, and I'm not clear what this offers that >>> Spaces doesn't, apart from prettiness.
For years I've used Spaces (and before that, a couple of third-party
implementations of the same idea) to have 12 desktops/spaces, with keyboard >>> shortcuts assigned to them. Mail on one, news on another, a group of windows
relating to a project on another, etc etc.
But I suspect I'm missing something..?
Having just watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3hUk0zsxc4 (Spaces tutorial) Stage Manager looks like a prettier way of doing Spaces on just one desktop. I think.
On 2022-09-12, TimH <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022 at 1:19:56 pm BST, "Alan B"
<[email protected]d> wrote:
OK I've had a short go with Spaces. I'd say SM looks more elegant in that, >>> e.g. It minimises
Desktop clutter. You can clearly see which apps are open without looking at >>> the Dock,
especially if the latter auto hides.
Isn't that only true if you don't autohide SM, which then takes up space
instead of the Dock?
I can see the other open app icons on the Desktop whether the Dock is hidden or not, if
that was what you meant?
On 12 Sep 2022, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
I had a play with it over the weekend, and yes - but I've already
settled into Spaces and fullscreen apps, so it's a retrograde sort of
prettiness.
I imagine it'll be helpful for people switching between a MacBook and an
iPad Pro a lot, unifying the UI a little.
I'm trying it out, but the damn thing is so inconsistent, like many new features introduced by Apple.
I have Final Cut Pro constantly running in a separate space, and Stage Manager is entirely inconsistent with whether it appears in the 'Cast List' or not. Likewise inconsistent whether clicking on an app with more than one window will bring up all the windows or just one.
In principle I like it, but there's so much that I'm amazed wasn't ironed out in beta testing.
I had a play with it over the weekend, and yes - but I've already
settled into Spaces and fullscreen apps, so it's a retrograde sort of prettiness.
I imagine it'll be helpful for people switching between a MacBook and an
iPad Pro a lot, unifying the UI a little.
On 12 Sep 2022, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
I had a play with it over the weekend, and yes - but I've already
settled into Spaces and fullscreen apps, so it's a retrograde sort of
prettiness.
I imagine it'll be helpful for people switching between a MacBook and an
iPad Pro a lot, unifying the UI a little.
I'm trying it out, but the damn thing is so inconsistent, like many new features introduced by Apple.
I have Final Cut Pro constantly running in a separate space, and Stage Manager is entirely inconsistent with whether it appears in the 'Cast List' or not. Likewise inconsistent whether clicking on an app with more than one window will bring up all the windows or just one.
In principle I like it, but there's so much that I'm amazed wasn't ironed out in beta testing.
Martin S Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
On 12 Sep 2022, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
I had a play with it over the weekend, and yes - but I've already
settled into Spaces and fullscreen apps, so it's a retrograde sort of
prettiness.
I imagine it'll be helpful for people switching between a MacBook and an >>> iPad Pro a lot, unifying the UI a little.
I'm trying it out, but the damn thing is so inconsistent, like many new
features introduced by Apple.
I have Final Cut Pro constantly running in a separate space, and Stage
Manager is entirely inconsistent with whether it appears in the 'Cast List' >> or not. Likewise inconsistent whether clicking on an app with more than one >> window will bring up all the windows or just one.
In principle I like it, but there's so much that I'm amazed wasn't ironed out
in beta testing.
Hmm, yes, I’m not liking it much here too, on my 202 12.9” iPad Pro.
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