I wish they'd go back to their brief pattern of alternating feature releases with stability & performance releases. Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion were rock solid releases.
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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And don’t forget Mac OS X was on two-year release cycles at that time. They spent two full years on bug fixes only, no features!
So was Tiger before that
MacOS 14 didn't really add any new features. There are widgets on the desktop and... that's about it. You don't have to use widgets if you're worried they might be buggy.
Safari and some other system apps added some stuff, but those aren't really part of the operating system.
Good. This has been badly needed for a while now. They've been pumping out OS versions and feature updates too quickly and not stopping to address problems. Some MacOS releases have been in outright dire shape on launch.
According to the article, this pause is only some weeks, and will not delay the release of new versions. So unfortunately I think your hopes are in vain. Even if I agree with you.
I could be wrong, but that’s not been my impression at all. The last few releases of all their operating systems have been pretty light on whiz-bang features, but fairly stable. I haven’t noticed any problems, much less anything “dire”. I hate their new settings app on Mac, but that’s more of a design decision, not a bug.
I’ve been pleading for a Snow Leopard pass on every thing since forever, let’s gooooo