Things you HATE about Macs...

[joefinan]

Find a file via spotlight and 'enter' will open the file.

Find a file via Finder and 'enter' will rename the file.

That's an annoying inconsistency.

 

[atsang]

Find a file via spotlight and 'enter' will open the file.

Find a file via Finder and 'enter' will rename the file.

That's an annoying inconsistency.

True, but i think most people's intention when they use spotlight is to find and open a file/program, not to rename. hence its a feature.

 

[mpw]

True, but i think most people's intention when they use spotlight is to find and open a file/program, not to rename. hence its a feature.

Most people using Finder probably want to use rather than re-name a file too though. Hence it's an inconsistency.

 

[andiwm2003]

i would love to be able to label apps with certain colors (just some light shades of colors). then when you open an app all its windows have that shade of color. would be so much easier to click the right window on a cramped notebook screen.

and i would like to drag a file directly from safari's download window into a folder on finder. now i have to first locate the file in finder and then copy paste it.

also, i would like to have my files in the download folder arranged by date of DOWNLOAD. not when it was created by the developer.

Any line over about fifteen words in length begins to make reading slower. Regardless of whether or not it's technically readable, it's definitely slower and counterproductive. As BV said, it's design 101.

that is true if you read a full article. but not when you skim through lists or posts. at least for me. i would like to have a blue button that expands the window to max size regardless of content. maybe it's not necessary for most but it would be nice for me and fits my work style. not a huge nuisance though not to have it.

 

[heatmiser]

Most people using Finder probably want to use rather than re-name a file too though. Hence it's an inconsistency.

Agreed. Enter->Open a file, not Rename. As someone said earlier, how often do you click on a file to rename it compared to the rate at which you click files to open them?

 

[joefinan]

I hate the fact that Apple are giving in to Windows - Macs run windows, are compatible with MS programs, talk to Windows PCs etc.

Macs should keep their identity and stop running around after Microsoft.

 

[ghall]

My Mac cons:

-Lack of games
-Aqua remnants in Leopard
-Spaces (great idea, but bogs down my Mac quite a bit)

 

[CalBoy]

My Mac cons:

-Lack of games

Although that's changing slowly now, but that's less of an Apple/Mac problem than it is a developer problem.

-Aqua remnants in Leopard

I think "too much of a good thing" fits in here. 😛

-Spaces (great idea, but bogs down my Mac quite a bit)

Really? I haven't noticed any slowdowns. Your mbp shouldn't have any problems either. Maybe you need more RAM?

 

[FF_productions]

-Spaces (great idea, but bogs down my Mac quite a bit)

My sisters little G4 PowerBook (1.3 ghz G4) handles that pretty smoothly. It's only got 768 megs of ram, I don't see how it can bog down your Mac.

My beef with the Mac is with Leopard's stability.

Time Machine craps on my machine whenever a backup is being performed, sometimes I can't open any of the apps on my dock, they'll simply hang.

I also think they could make the OS a bit more snappy, I'm on a Mac Pro, and it feels like I'm on a G4, there's just no difference. Maybe it is the ****** video card..

 

[MrGeePee]

* You cant CUT (& paste) folders, only drag/copy them.

* Can't right-click (or ctrl-click) and delete a bookmark on the drop-down menu while on a webpage in Safari/Firefox, you have to open up the bookmark page to do so, annoying.

* Safari shortcuts are rubbish, and you cant change them. Also, no NEW TAB button on the interface in Safari, you have to use ctrl-T all the time or click file > new tab.

* No proper way to "uninstall" programs. There are usually left over files filling up the HD, unless you buy 3rd party software to find and delete them.

* Programs don't fully close when you press the red X, you always have to "quit" the application. Sometimes i forget, so i've often got apps open that i'm not using... until i notice the glow thingy in the dock.

 

[FF_productions]

* No proper way to "uninstall" programs. There are usually left over files filling up the HD, unless you buy 3rd party software to find and delete them.

Good point, I tend to get rid of Apps and crap is left behind by them.

I think Apple should make this easier for the user, I don't know how...let them figure it out though lol.

 

[Digital Skunk]

Good point, I tend to get rid of Apps and crap is left behind by them.

I think Apple should make this easier for the user, I don't know how...let them figure it out though lol.

Tell me about it.... have you ever tried uninstalling the Adobe Creative Suite... MY GOD! It's a headache! I don't need a 3rd party app or an Add Remove program app, just put in inside the Utilities or put all the files for that App in one location, not four different ones.

 

[eXan]

* Programs don't fully close when you press the red X, you always have to "quit" the application. Sometimes i forget, so i've often got apps open that i'm not using... until i notice the glow thingy in the dock.

This is one of the reasons I love Macs.

Only those apps close by clicking the red button, that can only have one single window open, like System Preferences, etc.

Those that can have more than one window open at once, don't shut down when clicking that red button.

I hate that in Windows ALL apps close when you click the close button (especially annoying in apps that launch slowly)

 

[Digital Skunk]

This is one of the reasons I love Macs.

Only those apps close by clicking the red button, that can only have one single window open, like System Preferences, etc.

Those that can have more than one window open at once, don't shut down when clicking that red button.

I hate that in Windows ALL apps close when you click the close button (especially annoying in apps that launch slowly)

That is the truth. That feature was there since I could remember... back in OS 9 for me, probably longer for others. Some Apps in OS X close completely when you close the window however, so I would like to see that to be consistent. Make all the apps NOT CLOSE when I close the window, only when I quit.

 

[Cromulent]

* Programs don't fully close when you press the red X, you always have to "quit" the application. Sometimes i forget, so i've often got apps open that i'm not using... until i notice the glow thingy in the dock.

That is one of the worst Windows features I can think of.

Many times I want an application to be open and just not showing any windows or I want to close one window and leave others open. If the red X quit the application I would have to minimise all the windows I was not using which is a complete waste of time and dock space. I much prefer the current way that this works.

 

[eXan]

Tell me about it.... have you ever tried uninstalling the Adobe Creative Suite... MY GOD! It's a headache! I don't need a 3rd party app or an Add Remove program app, just put in inside the Utilities or put all the files for that App in one location, not four different ones.

CS apps are indeed insane to delete. But thats the only example I have... All other apps I've met in my Mac OS X history are simple to remove.

EDIT: Cromulent you dont have to minimize all windows, just hide (Cmd+H) the app 😛

 

[Zwhaler]

Hmm...

I love Macs, but I don't like how:

The Mighty Mouse still sucks
Most of the population doesn't like Macs.

Thats it 🙂

 

[HLdan]

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EDIT: Cromulent you dont have to minimize all windows, just hide (Cmd+H) the app 😛

He was talking about how he hates the way Windows requires you to minimize to the taskbar, not how the Mac does it.

 

[lofight]

I hate the fact that Apple are giving in to Windows - Macs run windows, are compatible with MS programs, talk to Windows PCs etc.

Macs should keep their identity and stop running around after Microsoft.

I also don't like it, but it is a way to show windows believers that mac is easier and handier, and some things still are handy to have windows on mac.

 

[Slip]

I also don't like it, but it is a way to show windows believers that mac is easier and handier, and some things still are handy to have windows on mac.

Exactly. When something dominates with around 90% market share you can't just ignore it, especially in the business world :/

 

[Queso]

Oh so obvious right-handed bias in the current designs. Really, Mr. Ive, I expect better 🙁

 

[Slip]

Um, what products are they?
The MX Revolution is the most discriminatory device I own 😉

 

[jwt]

HATE?!? I couldnt imagine feeling a negative emotion as strong as my LOVE for my Apple products.

Hate is a strong word.

If you hate OS X so much, why are you even using it. Macs are intel now, so go pick up a copy of Vista and install it. I'm sure you'll have a lot more fun. 🙄

Why do new Mac users feel the need to post this type of thing- and do it without fully understanding the way the Mac works? For instance, the green button is inconsistent, but it shouldn't just act like Windows and fill the screen, it should show as much content in the window as can fit the screen. If I have 4 icons in a folder, I don't want my whole screen taken up by the window. And we hear this stuff all the time and we know about it. Why do we have to hear it again and again...?

To answer the original question, I hate the relentless fanboyism of its user base. (see the above examples)

The thing that bothers me the most is that Apple can't seem to use true PC hardware, which gives us very limited GPUs among other things. Also, that Apple won't release a consumer-level mid-tower. AOI doesn't fit everyone. Lastly, the mouse acceleration in OS X has to go.

 

[Queso]

Um, what products are they?
The MX Revolution is the most discriminatory device I own 😉

MacBooks are a good example. All the stuff you plug in means there are cables in the way if you want to use an external mouse to the left of the laptop, whilst the optical drive slot is more convenient for the right-handed Mac user.

That last one is also true of the iMac, although that's less of an issue on the cabling front (even if all the ports are easier to access if you reach round the unit with your right hand).

Macs never used to be this way. The iMac G4 was a very good design from the left/right handed point of view, as were all the PowerMacs.

 

[Digital Skunk]

I hate the fact that Apple are giving in to Windows - Macs run windows, are compatible with MS programs, talk to Windows PCs etc.

Macs should keep their identity and stop running around after Microsoft.

I agree with you on all fronts. Unfortunately that's been the main cause for the main surge in Apple sales. The fact that the Mac can work in a Windows world and do it better than Windows machines is a plus to a lot of users. I could care less for MS apps but people use them, and since they can get them for the Mac along with iLife other Apple apps it's a plus for them to get a Mac.

Personally though... there aren't any MS apps what so ever on my Mac, just some 3rd party games from 1995 struggling to run in Crossover.