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    [–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    But it would be a stretch to say that support is the result of current macOS. The Mac has always been popular with creatives, since way before it was UNIX-based.

    I'd argue the popularity with creatives is largely from being marketed to creatives since its earliest days.

    [–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 days ago

    For sure the commenter was just asking what space MacOS owns

    [–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

    I don't think it's just marketing, the early Macs got a lot of performance out of their graphics routines, and then Mac OS had tight integrations with postscript which made it good for graphical design.

    I think these days yes a powerful graphics card will get you very far, but overall macOS feels much less hostile to me than windows. I think Linux is kind of a mess for graphics stuff, there are a few good open source tools, but the major design suites aren't well supported.

    [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

    Ecosystem capture and youth indoctrination into the walled garden. Mac is great as long as you never push on Tim Cook's boundaries.

    [–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 days ago

    but overall macOS feels much less hostile to me than windows.

    Sure, but this is a purely subjective measure. Same with Linux.

    And the fact is, the Mac has been consistently marketed to creatives since its inception. It is, at the very least, difficult to see how it would have fared without that approach.