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Computer Habits or Superstitions

charlieegan3

charlieegan3

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Feb 16, 2012
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Any things you know are silly but you do all the same.

e.g. obsessively emptying the trash/recycle bin
or typing Google in to the search bar to get the Google homepage, and then carrying out your search.
 
A lot of people put waaaaay too much stock into Repair Permissions... so much so that I liken it to a superstition...
 
charlieegan3 said:
guess maybe know one else is in a chatty mood:confused:
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I always turn my desktop off when not using it. Until we were an iphone/ipod touch/ipad family I always turned the router off at the wall when not in use to. Guess that will change when I have my 2012 iMac though.
One of my new superstitions is to never buy Dell again. To many PC's to many issues.
 
I always, always, always quit apps that don't quit automatically when I close them (like Calendar or Chrome or Word). For some reason I'm just really OCD about my dock and only have applications on it that I'm currently using (or that I want there for quick access). It's crazy!
 
KylePowers said:
I always, always, always quit apps that don't quit automatically when I close them (like Calendar or Chrome or Word). For some reason I'm just really OCD about my dock and only have applications on it that I'm currently using (or that I want there for quick access). It's crazy!
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mash cmd-Q, cmdQ!

probably because my mac is really slow and doesn't need all the extra apps running.
 
i always quit apps when i know i'm going to let my iMac go to sleep so a rogue app does't keep it awake and running. the good thing about the MBA is i don't have to worry about that when i close it.
 
smithrh said:
A lot of people put waaaaay too much stock into Repair Permissions... so much so that I liken it to a superstition...
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True...I see this all the time. I have never once run "repair permissions", and I use the crap out of my computer, and have been for over 10 years of OSX.

charlieegan3 said:
guess maybe know one else is in a chatty mood:confused:
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How many responses were you expecting within half an hour mid-day during a holiday weekend with beautiful weather covering most of the country (well, at least the US)???

As for me, I can't think of any particular habits, certainly not any superstitions. Nothing other than always keeping windows arranged a certain way, but that's more so keep my workflow moving.
 
I do everything possible by keyboard shortcut to avoid extensively using the trackpad (and external mice always seem more sluggish in OSX).

Command+Tab to toggle apps, Ctrl+Tab to cycle browser tabs or Command+Option and left/right arrows, Command+` to cycle browser windows, Space+Command for Finder search, Command+Up/Down to enter/exit folders, and so on.

Also since my work iMac has meh Lion and if you quit a program with docs open, when you resume they come back up, I find myself chronically hitting Command+W to close docs first before quitting - so much that I start doing this on my Leopard MacBook. Grr.
 
samiwas said:
How many responses were you expecting within half an hour mid-day during a holiday weekend with beautiful weather covering most of the country (well, at least the US)???
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point taken. (he says as it pours with rain in sunny scotland...)
 
-Constantly emptying trash bin
-Have Google toolbar installed yet still type in google in address bar
-Keep telling web browser I don't want it to remember any passwords.....complain everytime I visit site and have to manually put login information in.
-Desktop must be "clean". no random files or folder or anything can be on desktop at any given time.
 
Superstition: On the 3rd Thursday of every 5th month, I delete 128 files at random.

Habit: I'll use mission control to switch between apps even if both are visible on my screen. It's faster to just click on the open app, but I'm so used to mission control (hot corner upper right) that I can't help myself.
 
I have gotten into this annoying habit of freeing my RAM, even though there are no adverse signs of using too much.

It's this dumb [sic] app that tells me how much free RAM I have... I stare at it all day and obsess over it.

:/
 
When I open iTunes, I have to scroll through all my music, movies, TV shows, apps, podcasts and books to get all the artwork loaded (I use grid view).

The download icon in safari has to go once the file's downloaded, and the download list cleared.

Trash must always be emptied.

My dashboard widgets all have to be equally spaced.

All my emails must be read/replied to/filed properly.

:|
 
I'm the resident SuperMacGuy at work (but not in the IT dept). Usually when users have a problem and call me, when I go over to their computer, they can't replicate their problem. Sort of like mechanic's syndrome. But I like to think of it as my good-computer-karma field. I like Macs and they like me, so they behave when I'm around.
 
Habit: Slapping the side of the computer when it acts up.

Superstition: Waving a chicken foot over the computer and chanting.
True story... back when I was a computer repair tech (back in the early 90's), people use to think what we did was black magic.:rolleyes: Well... I started carrying around a fake chicken foot in my tool kit when I did an on-site repair. After fixing the problem, I'd wave the chicken foot over the computer and chant some sort of gibberish. Most saw the humor in it.
 
smithrh said:
A lot of people put waaaaay too much stock into Repair Permissions... so much so that I liken it to a superstition...
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You might want to try a repair permissions.

I try to type this once a day, so I'm done.

Melrose said:
I have gotten into this annoying habit of freeing my RAM, even though there are no adverse signs of using too much.

It's this dumb [sic] app that tells me how much free RAM I have... I stare at it all day and obsess over it.

:/
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I always have Activity Monitor open and it really bothers me if my Green goes to less than half of the circle.

Also, I can't stand my temps going great that 50 or so degrees or my fans running faster than 3000 rpm.:eek:
 
I keep my desktop completely clean. If I can't get to it through spotlight, I don't need to get to it.
 
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