New option Producer this is Apple’s attempt to rethink windowing in the desktop environment. The chip was developed with an eye to working together with a connected iPad, but it can also work independently.
We have already looked at how Stage Manager works on Apple tablets, and now we will deal with the choice on Mac computers.
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Fortunately, Cupertinites have begun not to limit the cycle of sustainable models. The option will work on all Macs that are recommended for installing macOS Ventura.
How to enable Stage Manager in macOS Ventura
For the conclusion and acceptance Producer need to open Control point and use the new setting. In one of the latest versions of the system, the chip was translated as “Director”.
To quickly switch to a new mode and back, you should enable the icon for the menu bar. This is done in the section System Preferences – Control Center.
There you should find the item director and enable the option for it Show in menu bar.
In the future, it will be possible to see a shortcut for quickly activating the Stage Manager.
What are the features of Stage Manager on Mac
one. When you turn on Stage Manager for the first time, everything desktop data is hidden. Most likely, for beautiful image processing, folders, connected drives, screenshots and other data are loaded during the activation of the new desktop mode.
In the first tests of the system version, an error was impossibleSystem Preferences – Desktop & Dock – Director). The developers believe that in such a protocol it is better to take data from the desktop through Seeker.
2. There is a very strange possibility display recently launched applications in the protocol Producer. It will look like small program icons that are simply stuck to the left edge of the screen. This despite the fact that the usual docking panel with the usual icons is found.
Fortunately, the chip can also be opened in the menu System Preferences – Desktop & Dock – Director.
3. The main idea behind the Stage Manager is to link essential app for working in the spotlight, other windows and programs kept close at hand. Perhaps this is an attempt to use focus on the application.
However, this only works when outputting applications one at a time. If you group a couple of programs in one block, create several such blocks, then there can be no question of anything.
The user receives an additional menu that constantly distracts attention.
Stage Manager is not friendly with fullscreen applications
four. Producer turns off when going to full screen mode any applications. If you set the pointer to the left screen, you can only interact with the external environment.
Here you can see the logic of the dock when autohide is closed. But no, to see the Stage Manager again, turn off full screen mode.
Understanding the logic of where the application will hide and which program will disappear from the menu is very difficult
5. The size of the Stage Manager side menu is strictly fixed and depends on the screen size of the Mac. Usually there are five or six group applications. If such detection in iPadOS is dictated by the amount of memory used by tablets and the mechanism for allocating it in the mobile OS, then this limit could be removed on the desktop system.
At the same time, no one forbids you access to new programs or groups of programs. They will simply replace the old ones. And this process is very strange and incomprehensible. It will not be the bottom or top application from the side menu that will disappear, but some kind of random program. All this looks extremely strange and incomprehensible.
6. Everything in the sidebar application windows keep animation. You will see a timer or stopwatch counting down, a video playing in the player, or displayed in a pending animation.
choose the dimensions of the sidebar, consider there what you need exactly do not choose. It would be better to just “freeze” the image while folding.
As a result, when running the Stage Manager consumes a lot of memory. If in normal mode, when minimizing to the Dock, the system intercepts drawing its animation, then everything continues to be played here, albeit in an enlarged form.
It was possible to detect more serious RAM consumption in a special work protocol. for about 10-15% compared to the normal appearance of the system.
7. To find the desired window better to use the good old Mission Control. During testing, I often caught myself thinking that it was inconvenient to look for a window in the side menu of the Scene Manager.
It’s one thing when separate application icons are displayed there, and quite another when 3-4 applications are grouped in each block. It’s faster to either select Mission Control by swiping on a track, or by clicking on the icon in the Dock-panel.
Why you need a Stage Manager in macOS Ventura at all
Apple forgot that some users move the Dock to the left. In this mode, the Stage Manager looks as ridiculous as possible
I thought about the presentation of the uselessness of the new feature during WWDC 2022, the first acquaintance with the beta version only confirmed my fear.
He began to make sudden conclusions and gave the director a chance to discover himself. Two months of work on a test system, I stubbornly reveal the potential of choice, but I still did not understand it.
It is more difficult to search for a window with it, switching between programs is obtained only with predefined tasks, and it is easier to concentrate on one work with the application in full screen mode.
I do not see any reason for the appearance of Stage Manager in macOS Ventura. It is better to use the usual old chips like Mission Control, split view or different desktops.
This Windows 11 option is much more useful than the new macOS Ventura feature.
It seems that the Cupertinians wanted to make a worthy alternative to convenient window management from Windows 10/11but at the same time do not copy the token of the participants.
All users redirected from Windows lack sticking windows to the edge of the screen and quickly scaling applications to part of the monitor.
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Instead of the already familiar and well-established functionality from the world of Windows, Apple came up with a sidebar Producer. But it was not possible to correctly connect it with other variants of diseases of the system.
We are waiting for comments on the usefulness of the choice and explanatory videos with examples of its use from Cupertinians.
Source: Iphones RU
