Things you HATE about Macs...

[kuwisdelu]

Or alternatively simply right-click on the tab bar and you'll see "new tab" 🙂

Yes, that too. But I suppose if Cmd + T was too much trouble, perhaps right clicking and dealing with menus is too much trouble, too.

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?

I think he's referring to being able to empty individual items from the trash rather than having to empty all items from the trash at once. Also that you have to empty the trash to free up the space on a Flash drive even after deleting the files. It would be nice to be able to free up that space without having to empty all the trash.

 

[Mekgek]

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.

Wisdom my ass,

Ever heard of little machines called notebooks? such as the macbook, macbook air and macbook pro. Good luck trying to sell one of those with a 24 or 30" screen....


Anyway I think the whole problem seems to be that there are two different kind of people on the planet. Some people prefer a tidy organized desk with little distractions (green button haters). And some people prefer a cluttered desk for multitasking (green button lovers)

I am Mekgek, I prefer my desk clean, and I hate the green button.

 

[macgruder]

Wisdom my ass,

Ever heard of little machines called notebooks? such as the macbook, macbook air and macbook pro. Good luck trying to sell one of those with a 24 or 30" screen....

Way to miss the point. If the default is expand to fill the screen then it's a disaster on 23-30" screens. If the default is to fill the maximum size of the window it will work on notebooks that have a small screen anyway. In other words, the way it is now works decently on all screen sizes.

Anyway I think the whole problem seems to be that there are two different kind of people on the planet. Some people prefer a tidy organized desk with little distractions (green button haters). And some people prefer a cluttered desk for multitasking (green button lovers)

I am Mekgek, I prefer my desk clean, and I hate the green button.

You need to learn Command-option-H

 

[eXan]

Anyway I think the whole problem seems to be that there are two different kind of people on the planet. Some people prefer a tidy organized desk with little distractions (green button haters). And some people prefer a cluttered desk for multitasking (green button lovers)

I am Mekgek, I prefer my desk clean, and I hate the green button.

You forgot the 3rd kind - those who don't care.

Never use the green button myself.

 

[Mekgek]

You forgot the 3rd kind - those who don't care.

Never use the green button myself.

Hmm you're right, and that's probably the largest group. I bet 99% of all mac users belong to this group, don't care and don't use the damn green button.

Way to miss the point. If the default is expand to fill the screen then it's a disaster on 23-30" screens. If the default is to fill the maximum size of the window it will work on notebooks that have a small screen anyway. In other words, the way it is now works decently on all big screen sizes.

Sorry, I wanted to quote another guy. But I couldn't find the post anymore so I just quoted the first guy who said something about large screens.

You actually have a good point though 🙂

 

[macgruder]

You actually have a good point though 🙂

That'll be a first 🙂

I actually don't use the green button much either, but I have 'programmed' quicksilver to put two windows side by side with the push of F6 which I do use a lot.

 

[darkcurse]

os x mistakes when transfering huge folders.It happened to my wife today.She tried to backup her photos from her SR MBP (about 45 gb) to a 160gb WD USB drive. OS X.4.11 told her transfer would take about 2 hours. She came back 15 minutes later and seemed that the transfer finished. The folders showed in the backup drive .As she was about to empty the trash in her macbook pro she told me how quickly the files transfered. I told her not to erase her files yet because something like that happened to me before where I lost all my anime (about 35 gb).I thought all the files transfered to my Seagate firewire drive so I erased them from my imac. When I went to watch them ,I couldn't watch 98% of them .Is like it could properly transfer only the first 10 files out of 200 the rest couln't be opened. Mind you you could SEE the folder but you couldn't open them ( on my wife's they where empty).

Its a relatively well known bug. You can read about it here and here

 

[macgruder]

Its a relatively well known bug. You can read about it here and here

afaik, this bug was fixed in 10.5.1 so will only affect people who haven't updated their Mac.

 

[Digital Skunk]

afaik, this bug was fixed in 10.5.1 so will only affect people who haven't updated their Mac.

That has never happened to me so far. Maybe it's a SR MBP and iMac thing. I transfer files larger than that without a problem. But then again... I usually transfer in parts and pieces, sending over about 10GB at a time.

 

[DaveF]

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

This is an odd feature that I'm still struggling with. I don't understand why I need to empty my trash of all files in order to delete photos and movies from my digital camera.

I was burned by this the first time: I was stuck with a full memory card even though I had "deleted" the files previously. It took a couple days to figure out the problem: I needed to reconnect the camera to my Mac and then actually empty the trash.

The simplicity of a basic "trash can" on the Mac is a sensible feature in general. But it doesn't seem to extend gracefully to removeable devices.

 

[theman]

Hmm you're right, and that's probably the largest group. I bet 99% of all mac users belong to this group, don't care and don't use the damn green button.

The green button is VERY VERY useful while navigating the Finder. Just click it, and suddenly, all your files and folders fit in the window without scrollbars. Finder is the only program where it works CONSISTENTLY and PERFECTLY. That's really all I use it for. I couldn't live without it.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

You forgot the 3rd kind - those who don't care.

Never use the green button myself.

My little green button is gray😀

 

[QuantumLo0p]

I hate the pimple faced, windows fanboy, emo trolls that the Apple platform so easily attracts.

 

[killerrobot]

I hate the pimple faced, windows fanboy, emo trolls that the Apple platform so easily attracts.

I hate the pimple faced, apple fanboy, emo, trolls that the apple platform so easily attracts. - Does that count as a problem with Macs?????😱

 

[boast]

What about Linux? It copies Microsoft, except when it copies Apple.

isn't it wonderful how linux tries to please everyone? 🙂

 

[killerrobot]

isn't it wonderful how linux tries to please everyone? 🙂

I liked that commercial too.😉

EDIT: Oh, I took that all out of context -- eh, if anyone gets it great. If not, then don't read this.

 

[vohdoun]

On Leopard? Its really annoying on third party apps...

Thing is why does it pop up even for a new version.

 

[pjrobertson]

Most annoying thing:

Can't clode my Macbook lid until my Mac has turned off, otherwise it'll go to sleep. WHY?!

 

[Cyberthato]

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?

yeah, actually I do =P, sometimes I want to delete only the files corresponding to my pen drive or something, and the can instead forces me to either delete all of them or to move the ones I don't want delete inmediately to another place. It's an old windows habit, but I can't seem to get rid of it.

Thato

 

[Cyberthato]

Thing is why does it pop up even for a new version.

You're coming to a sad realization, cancel or allow?

 

[Cloudane]

I guess every element has probably been done to death by page 26, but might as well drop my 2p in...

There's very little I dislike about Macs, I think they're fab. But there are a couple of things I hate about them:

1) Fanboys.

They exist for everything (even Windows 😉), but none I have ever seen are as blindly worshipping nor as condescending or widespread as they are in the "Mac Community". You know the types, they insist that everything Apple do is perfect and make up endless excuses or denials (on Apple's behalf, without being asked to) for any flaws or shortcomings.

Apple could re-badge a calculator and call it the new Mac, and these people would still be saying "this is the best Mac ever, what did you want all those apps for anyway? I never used them" etc etc and then go on a flame-war with anyone who dares to complain that it's just a calculator.

You try to get help with a problem, and hit "a wall of denial a mile high" as one journalist put it.

I don't know which I hate more, the elitism and "f*** off learn to program you n00b" attitude of the Linux crowd, or the Fanboyism of the Mac crowd.

2) Apple's attitude lately

Arrogance. Suing their biggest fans. Artificially crippling things for no reason other than trying to force you to buy a model up with a fatter profit margin. I could go on, but it's approaching the end of my lunch hour....


I hate 1 more than 2. In general I like Apple and what they do, but if there's one thing that annoys me that's it.

 

[26139]

Hmmm....

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?

Why would you put files in the trash that you don't want to delete? I've always been confused by people who have done this.

 

[iBunny]

Two Things I hate about OSX.

1: Resizing Windows of Finder and Applications is not nearly as fast as resizing them in "MS Windows"

2. Why the inconsisticy of the red X button? It Hides some programs, and closes others. WTF?

This one will never go away it seems. The problem is users who don't know how to Quit correctly.

(you generally hear it from ex-Windows users: "Close an Application". You don't close an application in OS X. You close a Window, and Quit an Application. These are important distinctions because OS X (and all Mac OS's) don't have a main application window. The long term wisdom of this decision is apparent when you are using a 30" screen.)

Use the Quit command when you want to Quit. i.e. App Menu > Quit; or Command - Q

Use the Close Window (command-W) when you want to close a Window.

Here's how to quit in OS X:
"I want to quit". Use the Quit command. It always works and never fails.

Here's how to close a window in OS X:
Click the red X, or command-W

However, individual developers can help OS X beginners who haven't worked out how to quit correctly. For example,
You are using Calculator. You click the red X. It closes the Window. However, the developer of Calculator realizes that Calculator without a window has little purpose, and therefore helps out by quitting the app.

You are using iTunes. You click the X. The window closes. The developer of iTunes realises the user probably didn't want to continue interacting with iTunes but perhaps wants to continue listening to music, so in additionally the application becomes hidden.

In other words, these apparent 'inconsistencies' are there to people who don't know how to Quit or Hide an app correctly.

It's important to be able to close the last window without quitting the application. Moral: learn the Quit command 😀

Nah I dont agree. We know the quit command. What sucks is the Inconsisticy. My biggest grief is iPhoto. Why does iPhoto Close when you hit the red X and iTues Just hide?

All in all, it really dosent matter what happens, as long as its the same. Let it all hide or all close.

What if when you closed your MacBook sometimes it went to sleep? and sometimes it shut down? you would be pretty upset and never just close the lid, you would always select from the Menu what you want to do. This in effect is the same thing.

 

[eXan]

Why would you put files in the trash that you don't want to delete? I've always been confused by people who have done this.

Haha so true 😀

 

[r.j.s]

Why would you put files in the trash that you don't want to delete? I've always been confused by people who have done this.

Isn't the trash just another folder? I keep important things in there all the time. Seriously though, this is one thing I never understand, I see it at work all the time when I go to empty the trash on our shared computer - somebody will always stop me because they have something the didn't want deleted in there.