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Things you HATE about Macs...
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Amen!
I can't figure out for the life of me why OS X doesn't let you "print selection" automatically (there is a hack for it though, but still!).
My thoughts exactly. My pins are perfectly fine.
This is my solution. The cord without the extension cable is way too short for anything, anyway.
In all my years of Windows experience, I don't remember being able to "print selection." Probably my own fault, though. I've never very print-savvy.
Print selection has been around for ages in Windows, and it's one of the most useful features out there, especially for web printing.
I really wish it would get incorporated into OS X; I see no valid reason not to have it.
I don't necessarily HATE spaces, but I think it might be pretty cool if you could literally drag a window "over" to the next space. (drag the window off any side of the screen, which will show the corresponding space, then proceed to drag onto the space.)
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You can do that already. Just drag your window to the edge and wait a few seconds. It'll pop you into the next space in no time.
I think you're confusing something here. You can't 'hide a window'. You can only 'hide the application','close a window', or 'minimize a window'. This 'hiding a window' is only apparently happening because when you return to certain applications (or click it in the dock) they'll open a window for you automatically, and in apps like iTunes the opened window will be the state it was in last time. (in other words the window was closed and reopened).
This behaviour occurs because some beginners get confused when there is no window at all but the application is at the front. I used to see this all the time with OS 9. Users would close a Window in Netscape wanting to quit. Netscape wouldn't Quit. Then later they would 'reopen' Netscape but there was no window, and they wouldn't know what to do. OS X helps such users out by popping open an appropriate Window. This behaviour never happens in 'advanced' apps such as Photoshop because it's behaviour that is added at the discretion of the developer.
These apparent inconsistencies don't happen if you only click the red X when you intend to close the Window. It's users who keep incorrectly clicking the red X with the intention of quitting the app who observe this apparent inconsistency. Once again only use the red X when you want to close a window not when you want to hide or quit.
I agree. This is a workaround:
Services Menu > TextEdit > Open new window with selection
Print from TextEdit
Not ideal but better than nothing.
I've done that when I needed text, but more recently I've turned to just taking screenshots. It's a lot faster.
If you use snapz and save the image to the clipboard. Then command-N in Preview will automatically paste the clipboard into a new window.I've done that when I needed text, but more recently I've turned to just taking screenshots. It's a lot faster.
Peeves
The two you mentioned I agree with;
-The green 'plus' button in the top corner of windows is very inconsistent - can't it simply make the window as big as the screen?
- When you shut down a notebook, you can't close the lid or it will go to sleep mid shut down.
But also, on the MacBook (15" screen) there is no right clicking on the pad so I have to attach a usb mouse. That majorly sucks.
Also there is no backspace key.
The two you mentioned I agree with;
-The green 'plus' button in the top corner of windows is very inconsistent - can't it simply make the window as big as the screen?
- When you shut down a notebook, you can't close the lid or it will go to sleep mid shut down.
But also, on the MacBook (15" screen) there is no right clicking on the pad so I have to attach a usb mouse. That majorly sucks.
Also there is no backspace key.
Maximizing is a bad habit windows teaches you.
Why can't you just wait the 30 seconds for it to shut down?
Ctrl+click or set-up for two finger tap.
No backspace key?! Try hitting the delete key and watch it backspace.
just hit the first letter of the item you want and use the arrow up and down keys to go to it.
It's already been addressed why that is earlier in the thread. The short of it: the green button does what it needs to do for those of us who don't want maximization.
Technically there is no "delete" key, as the 'delete' key on Mac keyboards will backspace as their primary function. Full keyboards have the 'delete' which forward deletes, but if you're on a notebook, Fn+Delete will achieve the same thing.
We are now discovering the wisdom of the decision not to do this in Mac OS as screen sizes get progressively bigger. Maximize by default in a 24 or 30" screen? The green button maximizes to what you need meaning you can use the rest of the screen which is increasingly necessary for multi-tasking.
The green button could be improved though. A shift click or something would be useful when I'm in pane view to expand to the whole of the screen, and when you toggle between 'maximized state' and 'user state' it should remember the position of the window when maximized. Also, I'd like a key command for maximize which would maximize the window, but do nothing if the window was already maximized. But I'd rather shove my head through a plate glass window than have the maximize button maximize to the screen by default.
The maximize + button on the windows is irrelevant when you have Window navigation features like Exposé and Spaces, what really makes MacOS a total better experience when navigating through Windows and Apps.
I can't stand the lack of a new tab button in safari. I mean come on.
That would be nice to have.
Yes, it is. That means in my relaxed laid back position holding my mouse I have to lean forward to do that or put the keyboard in my lap. Its lame. Don't make excuses for the terds in the safari programming dept. ok.
Hmm. If it's that much trouble, you can download Firefox. You can add a "new tab" button to its toolbar. You may need to download the Sidebar extension, though, but I don't remember.
Trash can
I want to individually delete things into the trash can, or even separate trash cans for different devices, it's annoying to see a reduced capacity pen drive under windows just because I forgot (or couldn't) empty my trash can
I want to individually delete things into the trash can, or even separate trash cans for different devices, it's annoying to see a reduced capacity pen drive under windows just because I forgot (or couldn't) empty my trash can
I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
You can delete files one at a time into the trash. Are you referring to removing them from the trash itself?
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