Things you HATE about Macs...

[-::ubermann::-]

the green button is like the i'm feeling lucky button in google

for small screens i think it's unnecessary, it should be customizable, to behave "normal" and behave the apple way

 

[72930]

Also there is a reason why apple might not want to include NTFS support. It isn't fully documented and what would happen if the apple driver, because it is using undocumented features, mistakenly wiped all your data beyond repair? Now imagine this multiplied by the thousands of users who have NTFS drives.

Not a pretty place for dillema to be in

Paragon are half way there, I'm sure Apple could do it perfectly.

 

[-::ubermann::-]

iPhoto sucks

iPhoto sucks, it's the worst app i've ever seen
i have a lot of dead links in it, i erased some photos(with iphoto) but the thumbnails are still there, i rebuilt small thumbnails, i rebuilt thumbnails, rebuilt iphoto library database and recovered orphaned photos, still i have the dead links, my library is large, so fixing manually is not an option
i want to copy some photos to a usb stick, i select them in iphoto, export and it says "unable to create..'' so it won't copy them(no, it's not the space available, i guess is because of the dead links)
so i'll copy them from finder
plus iphoto is resource hungry, damn slow, a completely useless piece of crap

 

[Shotglass]

iPhoto sucks, it's the worst app i've ever seen
i have a lot of dead links in it, i erased some photos(with iphoto) but the thumbnails are still there, i rebuilt small thumbnails, i rebuilt thumbnails, rebuilt iphoto library database and recovered orphaned photos, still i have the dead links, my library is large, so fixing manually is not an option
i want to copy some photos to a usb stick, i select them in iphoto, export and it says "unable to create..'' so it won't copy them(no, it's not the space available, i guess is because of the dead links)
so i'll copy them from finder
plus iphoto is resource hungry, damn slow, a completely useless piece of crap

But it looks nice!

Nah, seriously, I agree. I don't hate iPhoto, I don't think it sucks, but it sure has room for improvement. I'd like to see a Flickr export tool built in, plus proper export functions. Also, everytime I name a picture in iPhoto, the file name stays the same. That should be changed, it would be very convenient.

 

[DaveF]

iPhoto sucks, it's the worst app i've ever seen
i have a lot of dead links in it, i erased some photos(with iphoto) but the thumbnails are still there, i rebuilt small thumbnails, i rebuilt thumbnails, rebuilt iphoto library database and recovered orphaned photos, still i have the dead links, my library is large, so fixing manually is not an option
i want to copy some photos to a usb stick, i select them in iphoto, export and it says "unable to create..'' so it won't copy them(no, it's not the space available, i guess is because of the dead links)
so i'll copy them from finder
plus iphoto is resource hungry, damn slow, a completely useless piece of crap

I like iPhoto and think it's now equal or superior to Picasa (I used that for two years before I "switched"). But I'm a modest user and I can make manual fixes if I goof things up.

However, I think iPhoto needs three features from Picasa:

1) Use IPTC fields in photos to store meta-data. This is a big deal. This is equivalent to writing on the back of your photos -- titles, dates, personal information travels with the photo and is not lost when/if you change systems. That Apple doesn't do this shows a disdain for its users' personal photographs and is a substantial failure to look at photos as the lifelong treasure they are.

2) Organize using normal (open) directories -- its photos should not be hidden in iPhoto's package.

3) Watch and import functionality: Picasa can be set to monitor directories and auto-import photos that are placed there. This is a nice alternative method for bringing in photos from non-camera sources like CDs, emails, and downloads.

 

[kuwisdelu]

1) Use IPTC fields in photos to store meta-data. This is a big deal. This is equivalent to writing on the back of your photos -- titles, dates, personal information travels with the photo and is not lost when/if you change systems. That Apple doesn't do this shows a disdain for its users' personal photographs and is a substantial failure to look at photos as the lifelong treasure they are.

2) Organize using normal (open) directories -- its photos should not be hidden in iPhoto's package.

3) Watch and import functionality: Picasa can be set to monitor directories and auto-import photos that are placed there. This is a nice alternative method for bringing in photos from non-camera sources like CDs, emails, and downloads.

I also like iPhoto, but I'd really like (1).

Also, similar to (2)--I don't care if iPhoto still keeps its esoteric folders, but I'd like to be able to access it's library quickly and easily without loading all of it. I.e., if I just need one photo quickly, I don't want to wait for it to load. I'd be great to be able to add meta-tags to photos and be able to search for them quickly in Spotlight. That would really make iPhoto killer.

 

[andreaseto]

Switcher here! I got the MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz with Merom (for a reduced price) and I'm very happy!

Th whole experience is definately better , although not perfect. I hate that:

1) There is no cut in finder (actually there is but it's disabled for some reason in the Finder's edit menu ).

2) When I sort files (say by name) Ι cannot do that in descending order.

3) I can't delete one file from the trash, but only the whole trash

That's for now. Of course there more minor things that irritate me but it's worth the switching!

And it's true that once you go mac you never go back (except for games!)

 

[Nick T.]

Switcher here! I got the MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz with Merom (for a reduced price) and I'm very happy!

Th whole experience is definately better , although not perfect. I hate that:

1) There is no cut in finder (actually there is but it's disabled for some reason in the Finder's edit menu ).

2) When I sort files (say by name) Ι cannot do that in descending order.

IMO Trash is trash!


3) I can't delete one file from the trash, but only the whole trash

That's for now. Of course there more minor things that irritate me but it's worth the switching!

And it's true that once you go mac you never go back (except for games!)

4) I hate that Trash doesn't know where deleted files formerly resided.

 

[wilfried]

I'll jump in with a couple niggles. I haven't read all 46 pages of this thread, so forgive me if they've been mentioned already. I'll save my more substantive issues for somewhere else.

First, why oh why did they put that leftward moving wavy blue pattern in the progress bar? If the progress bar is moving very slowly it makes it impossible to tell if the bar is moving at all. If that wavy pattern were stationary, it would help you see if the bar was crawling along or frozen, but as it is, the moving pattern makes the bar look like it's moving even when it's not. It's a tiny point, but a rather stupid usability flaw.

Shoot me for saying so, but I miss the way XP handles ZIP files. In Windows, you can double click on one, and it opens like a folder. You can see the contents, drag out an individual file to unzip it, or choose to unzip the whole thing. On OS X, you have to unzip the whole thing before you can even see the contents. Is there a way to get XP style behavior on OS X?

 

[joefinan]

I hate the fact that shift/click sometimes selects all the items in the range and sometimes it simply adds the last item to the first (compare selecting multiple files in iTunes to selecting on the desktop).

Yet another Apple inconsistency.

 

[26139]

Huh?

I hate the fact that shift/click sometimes selects all the items in the range and sometimes it simply adds the last item to the first (compare selecting multiple files in iTunes to selecting on the desktop).

Yet another Apple inconsistency.

You sure you're using the right buttons?

 

[joefinan]

You sure you're using the right buttons?

Yeah, try it on your desktop.

Why - does it work for you??

 

[26139]

Weird

Yeah, try it on your desktop.

Why - does it work for you??

I'll try it when I get home.

 

[HLdan]

4) I hate that Trash doesn't know where deleted files formerly resided.

Understandable, BUT it's not a recycle bin henceforth it's the Trash. The Windows Recycle Bin does exactly what it's named for which is to restore and the Mac OS Trash is the same as any other trash, it's to be thrown away, BUT I understand what you mean.

 

[PlaceofDis]

I hate the fact that shift/click sometimes selects all the items in the range and sometimes it simply adds the last item to the first (compare selecting multiple files in iTunes to selecting on the desktop).

Yet another Apple inconsistency.

this is because on the desktop is always in icon view. lists always select things from the first to last with shift-click. try it.

alternatively, you can use command+click to select individual items in any view.

 

[HLdan]

Shoot me for saying so, but I miss the way XP handles ZIP files. In Windows, you can double click on one, and it opens like a folder. You can see the contents, drag out an individual file to unzip it, or choose to unzip the whole thing. On OS X, you have to unzip the whole thing before you can even see the contents. Is there a way to get XP style behavior on OS X?

I cannot disagree more, when I was using Windows zip files were the biggest pain. Winzip and others couldn't unzip files without going through so many steps and still couldn't unzip them at times.

However here's your solution. Quicklook is one of the most useful features in Leopard. Go to this site, there are several quicklook plug-ins. By default there are only two preinstalled plug-ins from Apple. Download this one and you can view the entire contents of a zipped file without opening it and it's FREE. Scroll down to the eighth plug-in.

http://www.qlplugins.com/

 

[deputy_doofy]

I cannot disagree more, when I was using Windows zip files were the biggest pain. Winzip and others couldn't unzip files without going through so many steps and still couldn't unzip them at times.

However here's your solution. Quicklook is one of the most useful features in Leopard. Go to this site, there are several quicklook plug-ins. By default there are only two preinstalled plug-ins from Apple. Download this one and you can view the entire contents of a zipped file without opening it and it's FREE. Scroll down to the eighth plug-in.

http://www.qlplugins.com/

Just had to comment. Both the zip and folder quicklook plug-ins are 2 of the best so far. Very useful!

 

[Quillz]

After using Vista earlier today, it just made me realize how much more I hate the Finder. It just sucks. Why can't I secondary click on any file, drag it somewhere, then be presented with options of what I want to do with it? In Windows, I can do this. I have the choice of moving the file, copying the file or creating an alias. To do any of these things in a stock Finder, I have to either have two windows open or use the spring-loaded folders, which works but takes too long and has a high rate of error.

What's funny is that Windows Explorer is so infinitely more powerful and advanced than the Finder, and yet I find it just as easy to use. I really, really hope some future revision of OS 10 has a totally revamped Finder. And if not in OS 10, then put a better one in OS 11.

Or else allow for a way to completely remove the Finder and/or replace it. I prefer using ForkLift, but it sucks that it's a third party app. I wish I could get rid of the stupid Finder icon in the Dock, and replace all the resources with those from ForkLift.

 

[DaveF]

Understandable, BUT it's not a recycle bin henceforth it's the Trash. The Windows Recycle Bin does exactly what it's named for which is to restore and the Mac OS Trash is the same as any other trash, it's to be thrown away

That's a difference without distinction.

And, by function, design and history (See the NeXT's Recycle Bin), it's meant for be a "safe" delete system allowing items to be marked as trash, yet easily recovered in the interim. So why make it harder on the user by not providing a simple "recover" feature? Isn't that the point of computers, to remove tedious tasks like manually dragging a file back to where it came from?

 

[HLdan]

That's a difference without distinction.

And, by function, design and history (See the NeXT's Recycle Bin), it's meant for be a "safe" delete system allowing items to be marked as trash, yet easily recovered in the interim. So why make it harder on the user by not providing a simple "recover" feature? Isn't that the point of computers, to remove tedious tasks like manually dragging a file back to where it came from?

You're preachin' to the choir, I did say I understood. I was just explaining what the Trash is "Logically" I didn't say it shouldn't have the option to recover files.

 

[eXan]

What I hate about Macs is that they wake up when I connect or disconnect a USB and Bluetooth device when its sleeping.

 

[Nick T.]

What I hate about Macs is that they wake up when I connect or disconnect a USB and Bluetooth device when its sleeping.

I'll bet that you'd be pretty unhappy if somebody woke you up by sticking something in you!

You should:
1. apologize
2. sing a lulabye
3. gently press option-command-eject

 

[wilfried]

HLDan, on XP I didn't use WinZip (I *hate* WinZip). It had it's own built in Zip utility, and I never had any trouble with it. The Quicklook plugin (which I already have) gets me about a quarter of the way there. I want to be able to manipulate the contents of a Zip archive, take things out, put things in, even run apps (which you can do if the app doesn't depend on any other files in the archive), without having to unzip and rezip the whole thing. Having to unzip is not the worst thing in the world, but it's clunky by comparison, requiring two or three more steps to do the same thing.

 

[eXan]

I'll bet that you'd be pretty unhappy if somebody woke you up by sticking something in you!

You should:
1. apologize
2. sing a lulabye
3. gently press option-command-eject

That command put my computer to sleep... how does it help my issue?

 

[HLdan]

HLDan, on XP I didn't use WinZip (I *hate* WinZip). It had it's own built in Zip utility, and I never had any trouble with it. The Quicklook plugin (which I already have) gets me about a quarter of the way there. I want to be able to manipulate the contents of a Zip archive, take things out, put things in, even run apps (which you can do if the app doesn't depend on any other files in the archive), without having to unzip and rezip the whole thing. Having to unzip is not the worst thing in the world, but it's clunky by comparison, requiring two or three more steps to do the same thing.

With all do respect (as I am sure you have a need to do this) that's hardly a normal daily feature computer users need. Most zipped files are generally a whole program underneath and moving files in an out is unnecessary unless there is a serious specific reason for doing this. For most people just knowing the contents is enough.

Somehow I had a feeling you would combat this, don't take this the wrong way please but every time a Mac user finds a solution for a Windows switcher, the Windows switcher always comes back saying, "Yeah....But that's not exactly what I need".
Take it for the fact that there was a worthwhile solution for viewing zipped files. Maybe that's what I hate about Macs, there's never anything about them that will please a switcher.