macOS Ventura is now available
The update is cool but the update process was not.<p><pre><code>  -Update available, wanna install?
  Sure
  -OK don&#x27;t mind me I&#x27;m gonna need a while
  OK
  -HA HA I LIED I&quot;M READY TO TERMINATE EVERYTHING BYEEEE
  WTF
  5 reboots with just an Apple icon and a progress bar
  The progress bar also moves backwards sometimes
  I guess it&#x27;s a metaphor for life, which is how long this seems to be taking
  -OK hello I am back but I need 10 minutes of alone time
  -Here is some unfamiliar wallpaper but you can log in I guess
  -Oh it&#x27;s you again, do you want to share analytics with us
  -OK here is your familiar desktop, I am not telling you what has changed
  Um preferences
  -Oh hai I&#x27;m called Settings now and I reorganized everything
  Yikes but OK this is sorta well laid out I guess
  -Hello I am Stage Manager, I put a desktop on your desktop so you can work while you work
  Sorta neat, can I configure some things differently though
  -No
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Funnily enough I had just started reading the <i>Ars Technica</i> review when the upgrade took place so that helped with navigating the changes but it was an oddly jarring transition. I get that Apple doesn&#x27;t like burdening users with too much technical information (as in &#x27;any&#x27;) but given how significantly the Settings app has changed I&#x27;m surprised there was no Release notes or feature tour of any kind.