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Not who you responded to but I've been looking now after reading this discussion and here are some things I've come up with in the last minute or so.

- Why when I drag the Safari window up to go full screen with the tiling manager does it leave a large gap around the window? When I double click the top bar it aligns the top and bottom with the edges but still leaves a gap on the sides.

- Why does the settings dialog have so much lag? It takes a couple of seconds to launch and then when navigating around there is a roughly one second lag between panels.

- Why can't I uninstall default Mac apps that I have never opened?

- If I open up task view using F3, why is there no option to exit the window or program?

- If I have a Safari window open in a smaller window and double click the task bar, why does it maximize the way it does? Leaving a large section open.




> - Why when I drag the Safari window up to go full screen with the tiling manager does it leave a large gap around the window? When I double click the top bar it aligns the top and bottom with the edges but still leaves a gap on the sides.

It's a feature. System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Tiled windows have margins.

> - Why does the settings dialog have so much lag? It takes a couple of seconds to launch and then when navigating around there is a roughly one second lag between panels.

Each 'panel' is actually an app extension that runs its own process. Similar to extensions and control panels in classic MacOS.

> - Why can't I uninstall default Mac apps that I have never opened?

This is annoying.

> - If I open up task view using F3, why is there no option to exit the window or program?

You mean 'Misson Control'? Dunno, but there is an inexpensive addon that addresses this. https://www.fadel.io/missioncontrolplus

> - If I have a Safari window open in a smaller window and double click the task bar, why does it maximize the way it does? Leaving a large section open.

The modern macOS UX is an amalgamation of Classic MacOS and NeXTSTEP, neither of which really has the concept of "maximised" in the same sense as Windows does. The action you describe "zooms" the window to best fit the content. The parallel to "maximised" is full screen.


> It's a feature. System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Tiled windows have margins.

That corrected it, thank you.

> You mean 'Misson Control'? Dunno, but there is an inexpensive addon that addresses this

Having to pay $9 to solve an issue that every other OS has implemented is wild.




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