It's even worse: you can not access Mail's settings until you have configured an email account in Mail. Before that the settings options is greyed out.
The true meaning of 'it just works' in Apple-speak is 'no configuration is required to start using it'. Once you realize this, you also realize the following:
In practice, 'it just works' often simply means 'you cannot configure it'.
It's not a claim about simplicity, robustness, compatibility, etc. It's about taking a stance against configuration.
This default mail app thing is just another case of it, on the less extreme side of the spectrum (you cannot configure it for now... first you have to do some stupid bullshit).
But it does not just work. I had a Blender Animation to render over night. On Linux or Windows this literally just means switching the energy profile to one where the computer stays on and hit render.
On MacOS you do that, but it will still interrupt the render. No, you have to install caffeine, a piece of software that tells the OS to stay awake because deactivating sleeping in the system preferences won't work.
Maybe it "just works" if you are using the machine exactly as intended, sure.
pxc|2 years ago
In practice, 'it just works' often simply means 'you cannot configure it'.
It's not a claim about simplicity, robustness, compatibility, etc. It's about taking a stance against configuration.
This default mail app thing is just another case of it, on the less extreme side of the spectrum (you cannot configure it for now... first you have to do some stupid bullshit).
atoav|2 years ago
On MacOS you do that, but it will still interrupt the render. No, you have to install caffeine, a piece of software that tells the OS to stay awake because deactivating sleeping in the system preferences won't work.
Maybe it "just works" if you are using the machine exactly as intended, sure.
CRConrad|2 years ago