Ask HN: Lesser known features of macOS/iPadOS/iOS/etc. 27

11•lucasoshiro•7h ago

Hi there!

I've just upgraded my Mac and iPad OSes to 27 and found some interesting features that I haven't seen listed elsewhere:

- Screen mirroring to iPad now accepts touchscreen inputs

- iPad menu bar can now be always turned on

- The sidebars aren't floating, just like before Tahoe

- Decreased window border radius

- Increased resize window area

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CottonBuds•6h ago

I enjoy the ethernet status in the menubar in lieu of WiFi. Finally.

malshe•5h ago

How do you do that?

jasonvorhe•4h ago

I think you need to prioritize the Ethernet device in network settings but I'm not at my Mac now to check.

threecheese•7m ago

Ah! That's what that is! I am so pleased, I've maintained a shell script forever to make sure MacOS is prioritizing the Ethernet adapter, I can delete that damn thing now.

malshe•5h ago

> Screen mirroring to iPad now accepts touchscreen inputs

This is a useful feature

The Shortcuts app can now take instructions in English, which seems quite useful too

lucasoshiro•4h ago

Yeah, that's true! I find it very boring to create automations manually, this will help a lot

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