So, you're saying sleep mode is so stable you don't turn on your computer because you don't want to spoil the perfection that is sleep mode?
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Yeah, actually, today I rebooted my iBook cause I forgot how, almost. Macs=Stable. Me=Catain Obvious
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So, you're saying sleep mode is so stable you don't turn on your computer because you don't want to spoil the perfection that is sleep mode?
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Yeah, actually, today I rebooted my iBook cause I forgot how, almost. Macs=Stable. Me=Catain Obvious
What bugs me about the Mac is that when you have 2 people logged in via fast user switching, the sounds from the inactive account can be heard in the active account. Very very annoying.
the #1 thing I hate about macs, are the mac users with entitlement issuses.. also.. my mac doesn't make me popcorn and now I hate apple and will never buy another product from them again!!!! 
No they didn't. It's just what most people are "used to" is all.
Coming from Windows for years, to the Mac OS way, I now HATE full-screen windows. I don't think I've ever used the "green button" as I like the way things are by default 99% of the time. My parents who just got an iMac and Macbook a few months ago were always resizing windows to fullscreen, moaning all the while. Now they just leave things be, and resize app windows to smaller so they can do MORE stuff easier.
I can't wait til I show them the Command/Tab "trick"
Any time I'm forced to use Windows (on friends PCs) the first thing I do is resize windows smaller, so they're not invading the whole damned screen. Drives me nuts.
At work I am forced to use XP (even though the whole office could easily switch to OS X; they have no need for compatability and we only process Word documents and edit them into PDFs
) and the large windows drive me nuts! Not to mention the fact that there's no Exposé or Spaces! I'm so unproductive on it.
There are a number of third party Exposé & Spaces clones available for Windows, including an unofficial PowerToy built by Microsoft.At work I am forced to use XP (even though the whole office could easily switch to OS X; they have no need for compatability and we only process Word documents and edit them into PDFs
I'm so unproductive on it.
Yes, since you've never personally experienced said issue, it must not exist.
By "years," you mean a year, right? Windows was originally released in 1985, although it wasn't until 1990 that it really became a runaway success with Windows 3.The good thing about the intel Macs is that for people like you that miss so much Windows features, can simply run Windows and keep using the "so loved" Windows way.
In my opinion Windows is a cheap and buggy copy of Mac OS. MacOS came in 1984, and it took years to Microsoft to became with something similar. Now with with MacOSX you can do many cool things that maybe as a normal PC user you don't even notice.
If you always want to know where your files are, use the Terminal and it will always tell you where you are theUNIX way...
Anyway when you click on Show All in a search, in list view you'll see where the file is after you click on it.
When I need to use my mom's old Asus laptop (for some light Win-only apps I dont bother restarting my MacBook for) I resize windows so that THEY DONT TAKE THE WHOLE DAMN SCREEN!!! Its so annoying when she sets it back to full screen
I mean, have Win users ever heard of doing more than 1 thing at a time at their computers?? Or doing things in a more intuitive way (like dragging-n-dropping stuff instead of Copy/Pase)?
... and the large windows drive me nuts! Not to mention the fact that there's no Exposé or Spaces!
I'm so unproductive on it.
Oh I feel your pain
Program compatibility isn't a Windows/Microsoft thing either, yet everyone blames them when third party software doesn't work in Vista. So why can Apple get away with the same issues?
You do know that most Windows users are fully capable of not using fullscreen mode when they need to do a lot of dragging/dropping, right?When I need to use my mom's old Asus laptop (for some light Win-only apps I dont bother restarting my MacBook for) I resize windows so that THEY DONT TAKE THE WHOLE DAMN SCREEN!!! Its so annoying when she sets it back to full screen
I mean, have Win users ever heard of doing more than 1 thing at a time at their computers?? Or doing things in a more intuitive way (like dragging-n-dropping stuff instead of Copy/Pase)?
Oh I feel your pain
I NEVER saw a person in Win to drag-n-drop ANYTHING. O_O It seems like they use only cut(copy)-paste...
when you become a power user and work on an HD screen youll notice that maximising windows to take up the whole screen is useless as the white space either side is a waste of space.
this is of course ignoring pro apps like Aperture and Final Cut which take up the full screen by default. these should be used full screen as every bit of space is used up. this is why the zoom button behaves this way
Perhaps this is a workaround for your not-wanting-to-have-all-your-MP3s-in-your-iTunes-library thing. For the last few releases, iTunes has had the (fairly well hidden) option of opening different libraries. Hold down the Option (alt) key while iTunes is opening and youre presented with a dialog box inviting you to choose an existing iTunes library or to create a new one. You can save the new library wherever you want (choose a folder/disk to put it in and the application creates all the necessary files), and then import all your concert recordings (or whatever it was) into that new, separate library.
If you open iTunes without holding down Option, itll open whichever was your last library opened. If that library isn't available (perhaps it's on an external disk which isn't connected), it'll look in the default location, ~/Music/iTunes for a library and open that if it's available.
At first I found it a bit hit-and-miss when holding down Option while opening iTunes. Assuming iTunes is in your Dock, you need to click on the icon and then immediately hold down the key. Otherwise you'll merely hide the front-most application in favour of iTunes.
I had thought that perhaps Cocoatechs PathFinder had columns for extended metadata display, but I can't seem to find that function just now (if you choose the 'Info' column in PathFinder, it'll display the duration of a given track, but nothing else). You can also do something wizard in setting up saved searches in FinderSpotlight (which is how the saved searches stuff works) does allow for you to search on arbitrary metadata fields If you want help with that, let me know and I can walk you through it.
what bugs me most in apple's products, is the hardware itself. especially i think they should get rid of that anodized aluminum paint in macbooks e macbooks pros, and get some real anodized aluminum. i'm tired of scratches and cracks, and color fades/burns. they should get rid of that polished metal too, it also scratches a lot, and easily get disgusting sticky fingerprints, damn!
Good design is unobtrusive, durable, consequent to the last detail, (...) and so on...
Good design is unobtrusive, durable, consequent to the last detail, (...) and so on...
This is something that's taken me a while to adjust to.
In addition to 'losing' windows behind larger ones because the vacate the dock and aren't immediately visible!
It confused me at first, too, but then I realized that Cmd + O works to open everything, whether it's a file, a program, or even from inside a program. Now I find Enter a useful way to rename a file.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by the second one. They vacate the dock and aren't immediately visible? How do you mean vacate the dock? Do you have a program open that's not visible in the dock, or what? Otherwise, have you tried Cmd + Tabbing to the program you need? All the windows for it should come to the front? If you're losing them behind the same program's windows, the Expose feature to reveal all Windows of front application should work, no? And if you need to switch among windows in the same app quickly, Cmd + ` is very convenient.
But that's where our menu bar is! Why would you want it on the top? Unless you could put the menu bar on the bottom....it would seem strange to have them crowding each other like that...
Yes, but I wouldn't be able to do that on a work computer now would I?
I wonder if people would like OSX in work if it was as locked down as windows gets
I hate using my work PC (no admin rights), but love my work laptop (with admin rights and it's faster).
I wish Macs had more options to personalise the appearance. Two colours aren't really an option!
And look at the iPhone/Touch. The wallpaper you can select is only up just before you unlock it.
And look at the iPhone/Touch. The wallpaper you can select is only up just before you unlock it.
HATE is a strong word
I don't HATE ANYTHING about my mac... Of course it's got it's bumps along the way. I think it was october 2002 I went from an Intel Celleron Processor to a Powerbook G4. I sill have that. And now own other desktops. I LOVE my mac with all my heart and would NEVER complain...
I don't HATE ANYTHING about my mac... Of course it's got it's bumps along the way. I think it was october 2002 I went from an Intel Celleron Processor to a Powerbook G4. I sill have that. And now own other desktops. I LOVE my mac with all my heart and would NEVER complain...
To the guy that told me that Quicklook creates an image, and hence there will never be a chance of cutting and copying text from a quicklook window, I think you are wrong.
I just quicklooked a text file. If I resize the quicklook window the text re-wraps. So it is quite obviously not making an bitmap image file. Therefore I think it should be quite easy to make it so that a user could cut and copy text from a Quicklook window.
I just quicklooked a text file. If I resize the quicklook window the text re-wraps. So it is quite obviously not making an bitmap image file. Therefore I think it should be quite easy to make it so that a user could cut and copy text from a Quicklook window.
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