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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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ronyfadel ◴[] No.23273550[source]
I hope Apple currently has a team focused on macOS perf.

I worked on the team in charge of improving iOS (13) perf at Apple and IIRC there was no dedicated macOS “task force” like the one on iOS.

Luckily some iOS changes permeated into macOS thanks to some shared codebases.

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pier25 ◴[] No.23273626[source]
> IIRC there was no dedicated macOS “task force” like the one on iOS

It's not surprising. Macs are less than 10% of Apple's revenue.

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/30/apple-2q-2020-earnings/

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qppo ◴[] No.23273776[source]
It's surprising that they don't improve the developer experience for their own developers using their own tools, including hardware.
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1. pier25 ◴[] No.23273796[source]
Maybe internally they are using a different version of macOS?
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2. azinman2 ◴[] No.23273937[source]
Nope
3. saagarjha ◴[] No.23274007[source]
It’s basically the same ones you’re running, possibly a couple builds ahead and with all the security features turned off.