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Apple Job Posting Suggests 'Revolutionary' New Mac OS X Feature
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But if I cut and never paste, will my file go to silicon heaven?
Again, every other GUI file manager I've used does nothing on cut except put a reference to the file in the clipboard. Your file doesn't disappear from the filesystem on cut.
That would be insane anyway.
Where did I whine about cut & paste ? I was simply responding to someone that said drag & drop was good enough. I was simply stating that cut & paste and drag & drop can both be present in finder without interfering with each other.
I never claimed or came close to calling cut & paste what this job posting was about.
You need to relax a bit.
You've just dodged the question. Both filesystems treat the move operation in the same manner, by changing the attach point of the file's first inode in the filesystem's meta data. Hence why moving files within the same filesystem is instantaneous on both systems (and many others).
Moving between different filesystems, again, on both systems is a copy followed by an unlink.
I still don't see where you got your claim from. You will have to be more explicit than just "it is, because they are different".
Uh ? Why should we back up companies that decide to profit off packaging an open source project more than we should just encourage the open source project directly ? Again, not much sense. The only reason to not recommend wine directly is because it is not for the fain of heart to build and configure initially.
And you're looking for Codeweavers. They package a Cedega like package for OS X (and for Linux too) called CrossOver Games.
Uh ? You could always right-click "cut" and right-click "copy" if using the keyboard is sooooo passe for you.
It's like an anti-cut&paste religion or something. It's quite baffling.
I think you should fix your "e" key. It broke mid sentence.
All the graphical file managers I've used over the years (including Explorer, Konqueror, efm, Nautilus, Dolphin, name it...) don't do anything when you "cut" a file except change the graphic on its icon to show it is now "cut". If you forget you "cut" it and never paste it anywhere, the next morning, nothing happened to the file at all.
Why would "cutting" a file accidentally cause you to lose it ? It's the pasting that does something with the file, not the "cutting". Are you suggesting Apple would implement it differently in a way to cause such data loss by accident, ignoring about 20 years of GUI developpement in the process ?
Hilarious! The majority of this post where you're WHINING about cut and paste once again.
Maybe YOU need to give it a rest.
This is such a lame argument. Every time we use a computer (software and hardware, but particularly software) we experience thousands of design decisions made by people we will never meet.
Well, having a look at your join date, I have to say that you better bring up some good arguments now - or just stop playing cry-baby.
Otherwise just go back to your Ubuntu/Windows/whatever-machine, because actually, OS X is not for you.
Or be the man and shell out those 40 bucks for Pathfinder, if that implementation is crucial to you.
I'll never understand this attitude. To intentionally omit useful features for no other good reason that to be able to say "it's not windows", "if you don't like it OS X is not for you" is just ridiculous.
Again, I ask, why are you and other people so defensive ? I don't give a flying hoot about cut & paste, I am just pointing out that it doesn't have to take away drag & drop and I am asking someone to tell me why you guys are so defensive about it not being there ?
What a hard concept, "reading comprehension within context".
People end up wanting what they get instead of getting what they want. My friend is 100% fanboy and will come up with all sorts of excuses for some of the negative aspects of owning a Mac and OSX.
But it's not a problem if said computers provide all the features necessary to keep everyone happy. Look at how much time and moaning it took for Apple to add a right click button to their mice.
I don't need to "go back to ubuntu/windows" whoever said that as OSX is the best OS for my needs. Doesn't mean I don't or can't find the omission of certain features annoying.
Defensive much
AFAIK, Nautilus(GNOME) or Dolphin(KDE) don't appear to. I say that as both have seemed to lose data on somebody at work when they've cancelled a cut operation.
user freedom has never been the apple way. you have to be conditioned to their way. if you can't adjust to that, please choose windows/linux.
More revolutionary products from Apple? No way
revolution ain't over yet.
iphone 5's most revolutionary feature - making calls.
it will revo... .
Thanks for this tip! I used the UNIX ftp command, but using the finder is of course much easier.
So what "useful feature" from Windows is next?
Drive letters?
Native NTFS drives?
Application menus?
You didn't even follow the link, did you?
Insulting won't help you further. So just get used to it cry-baby.
Nope.
If something's actually so cool it's like magic, you don't need to keep saying that it is. It's self apparent.
And saying so only raises doubts that it isn't.
No wonder Apple can get away with the levels of control they exert over their products when their userbase so readily accept it.
No, I didn't follow the link. Reason being, I'm already familiar with the program and what it does.
You started the insults. Speaking out against Apple makes you a cry-baby does it ?
Stinks of fanboyism.
You read it here:
Cut&Paste on Filesystem level
Maximize Windows button
Resize windows from every edge
Taskbar
Spider Solitaire
So basically every single thing that I personally feel people need, because they are not ready to move on. You people need to let go and start enjoying OS X.
Just for kicks here you go!
Cut & Paste
PathFinder
Maximize
Cinch
SizeWell
MegaZoomer
Taskbar
Fantasktik
Start Menu
FruitMenu
Spider Solitaire
Solitaire
And the most requested Windows feature and long time classic that is every Window's users heart the BSOD!
xscreensaver
BSOD
There you go! These should help any sentimental Window's users stay warm at night and make a smooth transition!
Its quite amazing what you can find on Google when you are not whining lol
Cut & Paste
PathFinder
Maximize
Cinch
SizeWell
MegaZoomer
Taskbar
Fantasktik
Start Menu
FruitMenu
Spider Solitaire
Solitaire
And the most requested Windows feature and long time classic that is every Window's users heart the BSOD!
xscreensaver
BSOD
There you go! These should help any sentimental Window's users stay warm at night and make a smooth transition!
Its quite amazing what you can find on Google when you are not whining lol
You read it here:
Cut&Paste on Filesystem level
Maximize Windows button
Resize windows from every edge
Taskbar
Spider Solitaire
So basically every single thing that I personally feel people need, because they are not ready to move on. You people need to let go and start enjoying OS X.
Again, I ask, why are you and other people so defensive ? I don't give a flying hoot about cut & paste, I am just pointing out that it doesn't have to take away drag & drop and I am asking someone to tell me why you guys are so defensive about it not being there ?
What a hard concept, "reading comprehension within context".
Again, why are you constantly whining about cut and paste when "you don't give a flying hoot about it?"
As for me, I only care IF Apple does decide to add functionally of cut and past to the Finder, Apple also adds multiple autosave clipboards. Because some of us need to restart or shutdown our computers. Somebody eventually is going to make this mistake. Somebody is going to cut something and for some reason they're going to restart or shutdown their computer before they paste.
I am not whining about it. Why do you keep bringing it up and dodging the question ?
I repeat once more in the vain hope you'll get it : Why are you so defensive against cut & paste ?
And again for the Apple people : Cut on a file does nothing in other file managers. It only marks the file for a move operation. Cutting a file and then rebooting does not result in loss of data. That would be insane.
Every other file manager got it right, are you claiming Apple wouldn't ?