Safari + sponsorblock to airplay YouTube videos to the TV without needing some third party app like smarttubenext on the TV or logging into YouTube premium.

No ads and skipping sponsors with just no extra steps and no need for any other apps is nice. Especially since I don’t even have the YouTube app installed.

I would miss the ability to multitask by split screening apps or doing floating app with my S23U. I would miss my spen which I use to take quick notes, and then can slot back into the phone which even the iPad Pros can’t do. I would miss having a non Safari browser like Firefox and its addons. I would miss the easy access to foss apps like NewPipe, and apps not allowed on the Apple store like tachiyomi, emulators, and torrent clients. I would miss that syncthing type apps don’t properly work for syncing across different platforms. I would miss the launcher, since I’m not a fan of Apple launcher and app library aesthetics. I would miss the Android folder system’s easy access to everything in there compared to the iPhone. I would miss one hand operation+ method of navigating over Apple gestures.

I would like the long term updates of the iPhone though. Using the iPad though made me never want to get an iPhone.

Really refreshing to see Apple fans who have not forgotten they are consumers who have features they want as opposed to accepting whatever decision is made for them.

Other site was a weird mix of people who seemed less Apple consumers and shared more in common with Apple shareholders with the lengths they’d go to defend things from Apple’s financial point of view.

Ads I get, but the admob with the “unique device identifiers” is not something I like. That means even people who are willing to pay for a subscription will be exposed to them when they first open the app to purchase the subscription.

Thanks for the recommendation. Seems like a good powered one.

That means any hub you wanna get is probably fine.

Seen reviews for some where interference occurred. Like this hub for instance doesn’t seem good despite reviews for wireless use based on keyword search https://www.amazon.com/uni-Aluminum-Adapter-Ultra-Slim-Compatible/dp/B08M3ZY8SZ

Seems to be when there isn’t proper shielding for usb 3.0 which is why I asked for recommendations, since would prefer to be able to stick in the 2.4 ghz dongles without needing an additional extension to the hub.

https://www.rshtech.com/blog/how-to-avoid-the-usb30-and-24-ghz-devices-interference-2

Was why I was wondering if people had specific recommendations for products that worked for them, since some reviews have mentioned in comments that it gave them issues with their wireless peripherals, so instead of just picking some random one was just asking community for ones that had worked for them.

Did get some suggestions of actual used products here, so will check those out.

Aware of it. I’m just seeking usb dongle recommendations people have had success with, since there are varying qualities where I’ve seen in some reviews people have issues with wireless peripherals while other models didn’t. The one in my monitor has been reliable, but I need more ports.

If plugging in directly causes interference, but using your monitors USB hub doesn’t that’s contradictory to your theory of hubs introducing lag,

I never said my usb hub was introducing lag. Nomenclature may be incorrect, but it’s just some words people have used to basically say interference. I was asking for recommendations on usb dongles people use that have been reliable, since some product reviews have shown issues with wireless peripherals.

I don’t know if this is relevant, but might explain why not all usb hubs will be problem free.

https://superuser.com/questions/1282590/why-does-usb-3-0-interfere-with-2-4ghz-devices

It would help if there was unique animations each time, but it’s the same exact movement that makes it get tiresome.

I got a zero weight mod so I wouldn’t need to bother with inventory management.

Games that give you rapid and fun ways to travel have been ones that I’ve actually not found tedious to get from point a to point b. Methods I’ve like have been blink (teleporting short distances), grapple hook, super speed, flying, etc.

But, just old fashioned running or driving gets stale fast.

Comments seem kind of mixed for both when it comes to wireless with some saying it is working and some saying it doesn’t. I’ll probably have to order test it.

I thought so too, but plugging in my logitech 2.4 ghz dongle directly into my macmini led to bunch of skipping until I used my monitor USB. So led me to wondering if that was something to look out for when picking up a dongle hub too.

And sure enough searching for the keyword wireless for this product led to people saying they got lag with their peripherals.
https://www.amazon.com/uni-Aluminum-Adapter-Ultra-Slim-Compatible/dp/B08M3ZY8SZ

I don’t see them saying they don’t tip, but arguing against the system in place. Which are two separate things.

No responses but did find this thread that’s gone years back.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/98310/focus-follows-mouse-plus-auto-raise-on-mac-os-x

Haven’t tried it yet, but solution someone posted there was

I’ve been coming back to this question periodically for about 10 years and I finally found a simple solution: AutoRaise https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise

By default it enables focus-follows-mouse AND autoraise. You can delay the autoraise with a config option.

It also has what they call “warp” function that centers the mouse pointer in a window when you Command-Tab to the window. I never knew I needed this until I tried it, but once I tried it, I can’t live without it!

There is also a fork I found through Macports
https://github.com/lhaeger/AutoRaise

While AutoRaise is concerned with GUI window and mouse behaviour, as a command line application it lacks a GUI itself.

Here’s where the Launcher app bundle comes into play: a menubar application that allows to control and configure the AutoRaise binary. A mouse click on it’s menubar icon will start/stop AutoRaise, preferences can be configured from it’s context menu and will be saved between sessions.

Current issue seems to be that it doesn’t work on MacOS 14 yet, which I’m not on.

I was kind surprised how kind of hacky the experience of MacOS has felt having to search out so many different apps just to try to get the OS to behave how I’d like compared to Linux where I’m pretty happy with the out the box experience, and can just stick more to the app store just to find programs like firefox as opposed to trying to find a bunch of different apps to “fix” the desktop behavior for something as simple as display scaling.

Like one I hope there is a solution to is double click being required when Multitasking with a browser where the windows needs to be activated before it accepts user input. Has led to things feeling unresponsive, since not even split screen or floating app multitasking on phones require that. But, I’m sure I’ll get used to it, and it’ll be fun in the future to try out Linux on the powerful and very great value MacMini when Asahi Linux makes progress.

If you haven’t already I recommend one hand gesture plus. It’s replaced gestures for me, and something I wish was standard, since I can perform various navigations actions and shortcuts without having to reach down. Very helpful on large phones when one handing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvc-H3jve40

I posted on the firefox community too hoping someone has a solution whether it is about:config or an addon to change the behavior, since the active interaction requirement doesn’t apply to the address bar. So at least changing the behavior of Firefox would be huge, since returning to the browser is such a huge part of my multitasking.

Yeah, I’ve used MacOS before but now getting one I intend to use personally after having last used a mac laptop years back it’s been a lot of apps I’ve had to retrieve from outside the official app store compared to Linux. I’ve been pretty happy with the default Linux and Windows desktop behavior out the box, but with MacOS have had to look for bunch of apps to modify the desktop experience.

At least there’s apps and programs for most of the simplification or functions I’ve been looking for. Was the reason for my title of Linux and Windows users, since they might be the ones more likely to go against the grain.

Still Apple is absolutely unrivaled when it comes to the price category the macmini falls into. Not going to get better hardware than what the macmini line goes for and overall very pretty UI and a sleep function that actually works.

And yeah the profile Pic you mentioned seems like an issue that would eventually have popped up haha. I’ve been putting photos I want synced to icloud separate from those I want to actually save, since got annoying deleting photos I just needed temporarily from iCloud after the storage started filling up from the iPad uploading everything with no exclusion seeming to be built in.

Hidden bar looks awesome to clean up the menu bar.