Adam Kos Apple released macOS Ventura, which in turn brings the world of mobile platforms closer to desktop ones. Gone are the days when we had a mature and mobile operating system here, because even though macOS functions are still rising in terms of their volume, they are clearly overshadowed by the entire iPhone iOS, from which they transition to it and which they resemble. Of course, Apple does this on purpose with its most successful product – the iPhone.
But is it necessarily bad? It certainly doesn't have to be that way. The current assumption is that Apple will entice you to buy an iPhone, if you already have an iPhone, it's a good idea to add an Apple Watch, but of course also a Mac computer. Then when you start your Mac for the first time, the vast majority of what you see actually looks like iOS, and if not, at least like iPadOS (Stage Manager). The Messages icon is the same, Music, Photos, Notes, Reminders, Safari, etc.
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Not only do the icons look identical, the interface of the applications is the same, including their functions. Currently, for example, in iOS we have added options to edit or cancel sent messages, the same has now come to macOS Ventura. The same news also flows across Notes or Safari. Thus, a new user can be really excited, because even if it is the first time in macOS, he will actually feel at home here. And that's even if it lets go of Settings, which Apple, by the way, openly admits it redesigned to look more like the one on the iPhone.
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If one party, i.e. rather new and less experienced users, is enthusiastic, the other must naturally be upset. An old Mac user who doesn't use an iPhone probably won't understand why Apple had to redo the Settings after so many years, or why it adds additional multitasking options in the form of Stage Manager, which only replaces Mission Control, the Dock and working with multiple windows.
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So it is clear from the pattern of this behavior that Apple wants to bring the desktop world closer to the mobile one, because it has extreme success with it and hopes that it will attract more iPhone users to the Mac world. That's not to say it's bad, but of course it depends on where you are and whether you're an iPhone user or a Mac user.
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The new user is at home here
I recently passed on my old MacBook to an older user who had only ever owned an iPhone, albeit somewhat belatedly considering the always-up-to-date line since the iPhone 4. And even though he's over 60 and only used a Windows PC, he enthusiastic. He immediately knew what to click, immediately knew what to expect from the application. Paradoxically, the biggest problem was not with the system, but rather with the command keys, the functionality of enter and the trackpad with its gestures. MacOS may be a mature operating system, but it's extremely newcomer-friendly, which is probably what Apple is all about.
