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Apple Pro Application Support 1.1

There is no reason to cmplain about this, if you guys are troubled by the conveinece of software update, besides its "faults", just go back to manualy updating programs via downloading them from apple's website. Software update is great, just check the apps and hit go. So before you call apple programers lazy, think of how many other things in the OS can be optimized, I'd rather have them spend time on those. Laziness is not a factor, it's priority.
 
Originally posted by Laslo Panaflex
There is no reason to cmplain about this,
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Don't get me wrong, I think SU is great! (I just wish it was open to third party software!!! Heheh. Now THAT would be killer feature for users and developers alike!)

I just find it a tad annoying that with just a little bit of effort, it could be a whole lot better. But, everyone has their own gripes about OSX, this is just (one of) mine...

Mike.
 
MarksEvilTwin:

I understand the urge to arrange apps as you describe, but revisit my iTunes playlist analogy (or why not iPhoto album analogy?) - the Applications folder is like the Music/Photo library and you are completely free to create and place multiple new groups of application aliases however you please. Replace the Application folder in your dock with the app alias group folders of your choice. You can even customize hierarchical menus (just like the good old Apple menu) using third-party software. That would seem to me to be more flexible and powerful than the system that you are describing.
 
Aliases, aliases aliases.

Apple, please don't put any more resources into bloating the software update.

Keep working on the updates to the programs instead.

Folks, use your aliases! Let software update do it's job.

But, I'll add one thing. While Windows doesn't appreciate you moving your programs either - at least it yells at you when you try to move an app from the programs folder. Maybe this would be the easy mac solution. When installing or moving an app to a folder other than the app folder, a warning could simply show... "Software update may not fuction properly if you do this..."

Simple.
 
aren't any of you guys suspicious as to whether this update is actually a program that monitors serialization and reports back to apple? They could easily use this strategy to reduce piracy, i think.
 
Originally posted by bretm
But, I'll add one thing. While Windows doesn't appreciate you moving your programs either - at least it yells at you when you try to move an app from the programs folder. Maybe this would be the easy mac solution. When installing or moving an app to a folder other than the app folder, a warning could simply show... "Software update may not fuction properly if you do this..."

Simple.
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It would be just as quick and simple to fix the Software Update inflexibility in the first place! ;-)

Mike.
 
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