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2026-09-17 20:02 UTC

Well, I made the jump from macOS 15.8 directly to 27.0 (Golden Gate). Version 26 (Tahoe) was painful enough to my eyes that I didn't even consider it. Things I've noticed: It looks a touch different.There's seemingly more AI shoehorned into the OS.Some of my auto-start apps no longer auto-started when I logged in. This was resolved by twiddling with settings and/or re-installing said apps.Somehow a Time Machine backup was running, yet the menu that pops up from the icon at the top didn't indicate that anything was currently being backed up.Microsoft Remote Desktop no longer connects to a host with a double-click. It requires a right-click and a click of Connect. Things that I have not noticed: A single thing that makes me think "This was worth upgrading for." I've noticed macOS Sequoia (15) doesn't seem to get the update love that 26 and later get. For example, on August 17 Apple released Tahoe 26.6.2, which fixes 34 CVEs. Six of the CVE's were listed in the September 14 release of 15.8. That's close to a month of known fixes having been released for 26, but 15 had no updates. What are we to think of the other 28 CVEs, though? Anyway, macOS 27 isn't bad. Given the unclear pseudo-support of Sequoia 15.x these days, running 27 makes me feel a touch more comfortable that the OS will get the attention that it needs from Apple. But at the same time, I haven't (yet?) encountered a thing that I enjoy about the new OS, compared to the two-major-releases ago version. 🤷‍♂️

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