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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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Resurfaced independently across 2 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
2
observed span
2020–2022
peak thread · 998 comments
2031 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-09-19
174 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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It seems like there is a lot of confusion here as to whether this is real or not. I've been able to confirm the behavior in the post by: - Using a new, random executable. Even echo $rand_int will work. Edit: What I mean here is generate your rand int beforehand and statically include it in your script. - Using a fresh filename too. Just throw a rand int at the end there. e.g. /tmp/test4329.sh I MITMd myself while recording…

usmannk·2031-point thread·

> I would strongly recommend anyone who thinks their system is sluggish to [disable SIP] I’m very glad this advice has been as niche as it has been. It’s awful advice unless you really know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Anyway, I still run 10.15 daily and the only thing that I’d call slow by design is the thermal design of the laptop it runs on. Even so I think just thoroughly clearing dust out of it…

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
2207

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Total comments
1122

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2020-05-22MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?First breakout · Best threadjrk2031998
2022-05-26macOS 10.15: Slow by Design (2020)behnamoh20
2022-09-19MacOS 10.15: Slow by Design (2020)Latest 20+ point returnbehnamoh174124