--- title: Welcome (back) to Macintosh | daily.dev description: A long-time Mac user catalogs persistent, unfixed macOS bugs spanning years — including Time Machine failures, broken Spotlight tag indexing, Finder not... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/welcome-back-to-macintosh-gchkaywjy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Welcome (back) to Macintosh | daily.dev og:description: A long-time Mac user catalogs persistent, unfixed macOS bugs spanning years — including Time Machine failures, broken Spotlight tag indexing, Finder not... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/welcome-back-to-macintosh-gchkaywjy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gchkaywjY.png og:image:alt: Welcome (back) to Macintosh og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Welcome (back) to Macintosh **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 7 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A long-time Mac user catalogs persistent, unfixed macOS bugs spanning years — including Time Machine failures, broken Spotlight tag indexing, Finder not reflecting file system changes, AirPods audio glitches, and full-screen window focus issues. The author argues these are all Apple's responsibility and have survived multiple major OS releases. Against this backdrop, Apple's focus on a controversial visual redesign in macOS Tahoe (and instability introduced there) feels misaligned with user needs. The post questions whether Apple has the organizational will to prioritize quality and stability, expresses concern about Rosetta 2 being phased out, and ends with a hopeful but uncertain plea for Apple to rediscover its software craftsmanship roots. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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