Daniel Eran Dilger for AppleInsider:
Many of Catalina’s new features have migrated in some form or other from iOS, including new media apps that replace iTunes; focused Tiled Window management similar to iPad; the new iPad Sidecar and Continuity Sketch; the powerful new Voice Control; Screen Time; a new Find My app, richer Reminders and shared Notes; and a whole new world of Catalyst apps from iPad and Apple Arcade gaming. There are also many other Mac-specific features under the hood…
Take a closer look at Catalina and you’ll realize that Apple clearly wants to preserve the unique platform features of “Mac-like” computing rather than trying to merge its platforms into an iOS-Mac hybrid… The only folks who shouldn’t jump into Catalina are those with old hardware, unsupported peripherals, or old software you just can’t surrender. Everybody else can see where Apple’s been, and where it’s going —and should upgrade when they can.
MacDailyNews Take: There’s tons more, with many screenshots, in the full review – recommended – here.
Am I alone in hating dark mode or whatever it’s called?
Much more of a strain on the eyes than good old light mode.
And horrible colours, particularly in Mail.
I’m praying the choice will remain…
I rushed and installed Catalina on my i7 Mac Mini yesterday and it broke quite a few of my working daily apps. Adguard, Carbon Copy Cloner, SMBUp, Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate, etc. It’s likely only a temporary inconvenience, but I have been using SMBUp for years so my Fire TVs could easily see my Mac drives. and now there’s no chance of getting that replaced. For some reason I can’t get Apple’s SMB to work properly with my Fire TVs. At least the Fire TVs see my Time Capsule and I can move files that way. A bunch of my folders on the top level drive folder got relocated and that was a bit annoying because I thought they disappeared. I had my Mojave drive backed up, so it wasn’t that big of a deal.
I think I’m going to like Catalina as soon as more apps get updated. Mojave was perfect but I like to stay up to date.
Many apps that deal with audio or video file exchange, don’t surprised if many of them go away.
I have been testing over two dozen third-party apps in the past two days and Ken report almost everything works perfectly! The only issue I have uncovered so far is Adobe Acrobat Pro asking for Adobe login info but once it sees itself, It works OK. Photoshop file name suffixes are a known issue as well, you just have to type them in manually. Apps that work perfectly include Adobe Indesign 2019, Illustrator 2019, ScreenFlow 8.2.4, DJay Pro 2.0.14, Lightroom Classic 8.4.1, Adobe Bridge 2019, Premiere Pro & After Effects 2018, Affinity 1.7.3 Suite, VLC 3.0.8, Art Text 3.2.6. (FotoMagico 5.6.8 Crashes Every Time.) That’s all for Now.
“Many of Catalina’s new features have migrated in some form or other from iOS”
“Take a closer look at Catalina and you’ll realize that Apple clearly wants to preserve the unique platform features of “Mac-like” computing rather than trying to merge its platforms into an iOS-Mac hybrid… ”
Sounds contradictory to me…
If Catalina looks like iOS (a toy looking ‘for kids’ interface IMO), I’ll never ‘upgrade’ to it. I don’t like the design of iOS and the LAST thing I want is MacOS to transform into iOS.
Best OS X ever was snow leopard. Ever since the iPhone, it’s been creeping towards iOS which from what I see, really limits what you can do with your mac and looks to me to be geared to old people whose mental acuity is limited, millennials, and pre-teens.
I want an OS X (MacOS) for power mac users and with an interface that is professional looking and geared toward adults who use their macs for business and work. Not sending frigging emojies to their friends, etc.
Too bad it won’t run on my older Mac Pro and iMac.
My HW still works fine, with older MacOS.
I don’t like the new security holes that Find My introduces. See the comments in https://macdailynews.com/2019/10/09/hidden-features-of-macos-catalina/#comment-2174634