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One thing I really want in a new Mac OS X version is...

I want a contextual menu command where I can set a folder as a Target, then with another command, move files there.

I want another contextual menu commend that's smart enough to know what I've selected, then offer "Move to Applications Folder" if it's an application or "Move to Documents Folder" if it's a document, etc.

I want a third command that will take all the selected files and move them into an enclosing folder.
 
namethisfile said:
this is a pretty simple answer for me. powerpc support. and not just powerpc support, but allow the powerpc to delegate tasks to the gpu or vice-versa. is that too much to ask for? or, is this just not possible with "older" hardware?
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the whole point of snow leopard is getting rid of powerpc code (Hense the smaller footprint).
i wonder how long programs will have support for ppc
 
namethisfile said:
this is a pretty simple answer for me. powerpc support. and not just powerpc support, but allow the powerpc to delegate tasks to the gpu or vice-versa. is that too much to ask for? or, is this just not possible with "older" hardware?
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You are so outa luck on that one, anyways has anyone actually sent their requests to Apple ? or is this going to turn into a giant wish list just like the rest of them
 
i sincerely doubt that wish would even make to the list :) it defeats the purpose of 10.6 itself. :)
 
Ploki said:
the whole point of snow leopard is getting rid of powerpc code (Hense the smaller footprint).
i wonder how long programs will have support for ppc
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it's not the whole entire point. there is also grand central and open cl. even though my powerbook is stuck w/ one cpu, there are other multi-powerpc configurations out there that could benefit from this. it's just hard to fathom not implementing powerpc support in the snow leopard to "save code." as if saving code which only takes up hdd space (if i am correct) will speed up the computer process. in this logic, the more songs you have in itunes, the slower your computer will be, which is not true at all.

i have avoided upgrading my powerbook from tiger to leopard even though it meets the tech specs because 1) i didn't need it and 2) i was skeptical that it might be too demanding for my aging hardware. i know it's counter-productive to make old hardware new again especially through "code" with "snow leopard," but i thought that if anyone can do it, apple can.

i will probably end up buying snow leopard when it is released anyway for my intel imac. but, if it has powerpc support, then i might end up getting the family pack license which is a bit more than the single license and i am sure there are tons of other people in my shoes, too, who will do the same. hence, more sales for apple. everyone wins.
 
I want the Page Setup ... and Print ... dialog boxes combined. I've never understood why they're separated and that goes back to Finder 1.1g.

mt
 
messedkid said:
The one thing I liked about Vista when I used my buddies laptop a few weeks ago, is the fading in and fading out of windows.

In OSX, it just kinda...appears. Sure I can have the genie effect, but it's just not the same.


:apple:
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how about "scale" effect? thats the one vista have, the one they ripped off of mac osx :)
 
I'd really like to see the Find (Cmnd + F) function from Panther re-implemented.

It was by far the best implementation Apple ever produced.

Spotlight fails me so regularly, especially attempting to locate Folders or files with long names, that I seldom use it, except for finding content. I'm forced to use CDFinder, and updating local Volumes regularly.

EasyFind, while reliable, will search only one partition at a time, belying its name.
 
Neil321 said:
You are so outa luck on that one, anyways has anyone actually sent their requests to Apple ? or is this going to turn into a giant wish list just like the rest of them
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I personally gave up on PPC when Leopard released (after reading about all the intel dual core optimizations), got the MBP. If I still only had a PPC, at this point I would probably wait for Snow Leopard, then upgrade to the latest hardware.

Btw, for a while my PPC was an experimental Linux machine. Its too bad, PPC sucks as a Linux machine (well I didn't try Yellow Dog maybe its better than Ubuntu on PPC), and it will be really sucking when Snow Leopard releases. Resale value is really low on PPCs. I put mine online and ended up just keeping it after seeing ridiculously low offers. I paid more to fix it once. Maybe it will be a collector's item one day...
 
I just want my translucent menus back--the ones from 10.5.1 (or even slightly more translucent). It is a shame the translucent menu hack no longer works. However, what Apple should really do is just give users an option of how much translucency they want in the UI--menus and menubar. Also, some consistency in the scrollbars would be nice. Why is iTunes the only application that uses different ones?

But if we are also talking about general OS things, then I would really appreciate native AVCHD file support (those annoying .mts files) and higher performance AVC decoding/encoding in general. What the hell, how about a new way of making QuickTime codec plug-ins and some broad-spectrum codecs that don't suck and aren't just more of the same mediocre ffmpeg ports. Also, more GPU-oriented optimizations and better graphics drivers across the board (particularly for NVIDIA cards). Perhaps if GPU companies would help Apple in designing OpenGL drivers, the performance would be a little bit higher and the feature set a little more complete. I'm not saying that the drivers need to be as complicated as the Windows versions, where there is a new graphics driver from NVIDIA every other day, but it would be nice to have things both modernized a bit and made less obtuse.
 
I hope never implements these cheap color theme changes like they have on windows, they were seriously one of the worst things about windows.
 
I want, that when i move my files from Folder A to Folder B (that has already some files in it, but with different names than in Folder A), that my files in Folder B will be keeped (so, not deleted).

Why does this function in Windows work so great?
 
I want the OS to keep track of the last several folders I've used, the way it tracks files and applications. It would make it a lot easier to put files away.


mt
 
@opeter yeah, that would be nice too. Or even better vista has a feature now, when you copy/move an image and one of the same name exists in the destination folder, it shows you a windows comparing the two images complete with metadata (I think) and a small preview of both, and then asks you which one to keep. That would be really nice.
 
mysterytramp said:
I want the OS to keep track of the last several folders I've used, the way it tracks files and applications. It would make it a lot easier to put files away.


mt
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Put Finder in focus, Go > Recent Folders, then you'll get the list of your most recently visited folders.
 
When my dad was in school I used to sit next to him while he worked on a Mac II in the lab. I couldn't believe how awesome a computer it was, I wanted one so badly. I loved the little color Apple logo on the menu bar, I'd like to have that as an option in OSX rather than just a black logo.

As an aside, this is so crazy - The base price of a Macintosh II, just the CPU, was _$4000_. That's in 1988-1989 dollars, too. It's amazing how much cheaper even the high end Macs have become over time.
 
simplicity

I am by no means a programer, but like anything else, I will gladly give up customization features over simplicity. I am not sure if custom touches slow down a computer, but either way most of those types of things are non value added imo. Why waste resources (be it cpu or just apple engineering) on something like that? If they were cranking out butt ugly UIs then I may care more, but Apple obviously tends to get it right the majority of the time style wise. Most of the time those UI tweaks look tacky or if nothing else the same as the original - just different to be different.

These are my opinions, for what they are worth. I am just really happy Apple is going back and sort of rebuilding the foundation of OSX. Like a brand new house rather than an old one with several room additions. I am optimistic this will significantly enrich the OSX experience beyond multi-colored menus or user defined opacities.
 
FTP write access from the Finder.

Native NTFS support.

Better photo management from the Finder. (Coverflow is nice but I'd rather something like in Windows XP where you can see a list of photos and a large preview).

A script button in the Finder displaying list of actions you have made - why doesn't the gear button have the "more" submenu whereas the right-click contextual menu does? The script menu is too high up on the menu bar, I want something in a Finder window.
 
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