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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 7 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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soraminazuki ◴[22 May 20 17:36 UTC] No.23274749[source]▶
Up until the release of Catalina, I've always upgraded to the latest version of macOS within a month or two. But some of the changes this time is really stopping me from upgrading.

As of Catalina, there's no sane way to install the Nix package manager without losing functionality because macOS now disallows creating new files in the root directory[1]. Nix stores its packages in the /nix directory and it's not possible to migrate without causing major disruptions for existing NixOS and other Linux users. This is too bad, since apart from Nix being a nice package manager, it also provides a sane binary package for Emacs. The Homebrew core/cask versions only provides a limited feature set[2][3].

[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925

[2]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/31510

[3]: https://github.com/caldwell/build-emacs/search?q=support+is%...

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1. skohan ◴[22 May 20 17:47 UTC] No.23274876[source]▶
For me it's aperture. I like the interface better than lightroom, and I don't want to pay a monthly fee to have access to my photo library which I only add to once in a while. It's a shame because it's a great piece of software, and even the UI doesn't feel dated, but I just won't be able to run it if I upgrade.
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2. DanCarvajal ◴[22 May 20 17:59 UTC] No.23275020[source]▶
Might want to look at Capture1 at this point.
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3. xoa ◴[22 May 20 18:24 UTC] No.23275271[source]▶
For what it's worth, Aperture, iPhoto and iTunes can be made to run in Catalina. People figured out last year what hacks were needed and there is a tool called Retroactive that will automate the steps:

https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/Retroactive

Got some discussion on HN [1] about 3 months ago amongst other places, cool bit of sleuthing in the vein of efforts to get versions of macOS running on Macs older than officially supported. Personally I'm somewhat resigned to needing VMs to run certain older software, with a big one for me being Creative Suite CS6. Like you I have no interesting in buying into Adobe's subscription lock-in. But it's nice that some stuff can keep running without that layer for a while longer. Hopefully it'll still be possible in 10.16.

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1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22454069

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4. jimsmart ◴[22 May 20 18:47 UTC] No.23275500[source]▶
There's a fix tool/hack to run Aperture on Catalina, called Retroactive.

https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/Retroactive

It also works for iTunes and iPhoto. Sadly it won't fix any of the other known Catalina issues, of course! ;)

5. adwww ◴[22 May 20 18:54 UTC] No.23275566[source]▶
The UI is way worse than either Aperture or Lightroom, but the editing is powerful, and you can download the full version for free if you have a Fuji or Sony camera, IIRC.
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6. SSLy ◴[22 May 20 19:24 UTC] No.23275909[source]▶
For a modern, subscription-less alternative to CS6 look at serif's affinity suite (no direct lightroom equivalent there though)
7. joking ◴[22 May 20 20:29 UTC] No.23276574{3}[source]▶
It’s a capped version with some missing functionality (like layers), but it’s still a great piece of software.