Things you HATE about Macs...

[sOwL]

The delete key doesn't delete anything. Instead one has to either drag it to the trash manually or pick "move to trash" from the contextual menu.

there is a delete shortcut though (cmd+backspace) but yeh id like the delete button to work. Also i tottaly agree with the plus button. Eventually i get loads of small bugs in my mac so i cant just name them all right now... but what to say i still love it so ****in much

 

[sOwL]

You know what, I won't flame you but I am a getting irritated because of the LACK of what you are saying.
Stop complaining about the maximize button without pinpointing which app you are referring to. You know as well as everyone else that runs a Mac that iCal, iPhoto, Mail, iMovie, TextEdit, Automator, Font Book, Garageband and Dictionary ALL MAXIMIZE TO FULL SCREEN using the zoom in/zoom out button. I do understand that it's weird that it's a plus sign regardless what it does.

So it's obvious you are only referring to Safari or iTunes. 2 apps on the whole system don't maximize the way you want them. Again, I have no problem about how you feel but you as well as the rest need to pinpoint what you are talking about.
How would you feel if you were a potential switcher and read this forum and saw YOUR post and thought, "Well that sucks the Mac OS doesn't maximize anything because this guy Dustman said so". See that's the perception because you are not telling the whole story.

Still, having the 'zoom' button maximazing some apps and zomming to fit some others, makes it unpredictable doesnt it?

 

[Erwin-Br]

I find Finder annoying

In Finder I have set my layout to list view. When a column is too small to display a lenghty filename, I'm used to double clicking on the right border of the column I want to resize (in the header). Normally that would resize the column automatically so it can display the lenghtiest filename in the list. Not with Finder, though. I have to manually drag the border between the columns. (Other applications do support this. I believe even iTunes does it, though I'm not sure. Can't check it here.)

--Erwin

 

[Leftus]

The Finder. I love all things OS X. But frankly, Windows Explorer is FAR superior for file management. WHY can't we have an explorer like view.

Oh, and the ability to CUT in the finder as well. REALLY annoying not having that option. I mean jeez, even Linux GUI offers this. (As well as an explorer like interface depending on the window system you are using).

Man...... I could not agree more. I am a new switcher and 'ave always worked in File manager/Explorer (Since 3.2 anyway). But yeah that would help explain this new OSX a lot more easily for me. I would better understand where I was within the system etc.

Any advice on adding sounds to Office for Mac 2008?
My apologies for the delay in my replying - but I only just joined.

 

[Shadow]

I hate safe sleep. Even though I open Terminal and enter the commands to disable it, safe sleep always turns itself back on. I don't want it, I don't need it. Waiting thirty seconds for my notebook to go to sleep is ridiculous and unnecessary. Plus, the 4 GB of wasted disk space is something I want returned. I'm low on space as it is. Writing memory contents to the disk is fine if I'm on a plane swapping out batteries, but I want to be able to turn it off permanently because I don't do that.

Dunno if you've tried this but it works for me: http://www.macworld.com/article/53471/2006/10/sleepmode.html

 

[DaveF]

Having been working with Keynote that past two weeks on a presentation, I wish that Apple applications presented "recent" files as Windows' apps do: at the bottom of the File menu. Having them in the "Recent Files" sub-menu in the File menu is a touch less efficient and a touch more annoying.

I also wish, that like with MS Office, opening a new file would automatically close the default, blank file open at launch. Everytime I launch Keynote, I have to dig to open my file and then close the blank file. Minor details...but Apple is all about the minor details, reducing that work friction.

 

[i.maverick]

Of course they still are. cheapest macbook starts at $1099, (im using only this one, same applies for others too!). Now for that much money, I can buy a better spec'd NON-APPLE machine. Dell offers 640GB (320x2 gb), 3gb ram, dvd burner and 2.0ghz processor for that price! what does apple give you for the same price? 2.1ghz processor, 1gb ram, 120gb hd, cd-rw/dvd-rom.


is it wise or being in control? forcing consumers to have the one and only source?

not many are heavy keyboard users as myself. in my experience, i find mac osx to be VERY mouse centric, it's not as keyboard friendly as other operating systems like Windows or linux.

WHY? Because there are UNDERLINED letters that tells okay, press alt or option + this key to do this. its absent on osx. it's like you have to MEMORIZE pretty much every shortcuts whereas in windows you can SEE it in case you don't remember. i can do nearly 90% of the work without having to use the mouse so much. but on osx, i have to keep one hand on the mouse nearly all the time.

if you disagree with me, try this simple exercise.
i had osx crash on me. don't know exactly why. unlike the popular myth, it does crash! anyway, my mouse stopped responding, it moved but wouldn't click on anything. had TextEditor opened. what do i do? wanted to restart. great. not bad. I pressed CTRL + EJECT, nice, i can now restart. now the problem. it won't restart because texteditor was open. so i go back to editor and pressed apple+q, and there's the problem.

Don't save, Cancel and SAve are options with save highlighted. I DON"T WANT TO SAVE. i just wanna close it. while ctrl+q showed the options, you CANT navigate between them! you HAVE to save it. now you'll say what's the big deal about saving the doc and close it? you see, its a matter of principle! i want my computer to DO AS I instruct it. I don't want to compromise.

then i had to open terminal and force close it.

let me know if there's way to navgiate between option on texteditor .
thanks.

ya.. when the save, cancel and don't save thing pops up, press command+d. it took me a while and i always used to think, there's got to be another way. though i can safely say that my switching days are over. I for one found the shortcuts to be extremely more useful and intuitive on os x. though i can see not highlighting or underlining or making a shortcut clear can be a problem for the switchers..!!

 

[Consultant]

Having been working with Keynote that past two weeks on a presentation, I wish that Apple applications presented "recent" files as Windows' apps do: at the bottom of the File menu. Having them in the "Recent Files" sub-menu in the File menu is a touch less efficient and a touch more annoying.

Not just Apple apps, even MS office 2008 has changed their recents to be wihin a submenu. (However I do find it useful not to have that submenu). Perhaps send your feedback to

apple.com/feedback

But I can find more bugs with MS office in windows. For example, why don't you try to open 2 powerpoint slides and compare contents side by side in windows.

 

[i.maverick]

can't partially empty trash.
imagine a scenario when you have to delete something off a pen-drive but do not want the contents of the trash to go.
also, no restore option in trash.

 

[i.maverick]

Because you don't have safe sleep enabled. I keep disabling mine and it sleeps fast, but whenever I restart I have to enter that command again to disable.

how do you enable safe sleep?

 

[i.maverick]

First, about not having all the apps. I use quicksilver, I use spotlight, but that only helps if you remember the name of the app you want. I don't know about you, but I'm downloading new apps all the time to do little tasks and I don't always remember their names... What was the name of that bittorrent client? What was the name of that MPEG editor? That's why I'd like an application menu.





Again, that's great if you know the name of the app you're looking for. And while it's great for geeks, aren't we turning back the clock on the GUI by doing this? You know, recognizing something by an icon? This is a command line geek luxury that's not that far removed from Unix autocomplete.

yno what.. i used to have the exact problem. downloading apps and then not being able to remember, even after looking at them. so that's when i thought of spotlight comments (cmd + i).actully apple did.lol.
and well, if using keyboard makes u feel that ur going backwards, then that's your problem. it just gets my work done faster.

 

[i.maverick]

I hate when I minimize an app, then want it back I by habit click on the icon in the dock or press Command-Tab. Nothing ever happens, you have to go to the right bottom of the dock and click on the minimized icon to show it (or press the hot key for it). I would just think when you switch to an app it should automatically show the minimized window if it is the only window open.

- James

i don't. that would be irritating.!!

 

[krye]

I hate the speakers on my MacBook. They are poorly placed. I mean, under the display and facing away? You can have it cranked and anyone talking in the room just drowns it out.

 

[26139]

Uh...

I hate the speakers on my MacBook. They are poorly placed. I mean, under the display and facing away? You can have it cranked and anyone talking in the room just drowns it out.

It's a laptop, what do you expect? Do you use the speakers to listen to anything besides system sounds and the occasional video?

 

[krye]

It's a laptop, what do you expect? Do you use the speakers to listen to anything besides system sounds and the occasional video?

Yeh, I know. But I had nothing else to complain about. I love my Macs and I had to think long and hard to come up with a simple gripe.

 

[Lurid Jester]

My little gripes about Mac OS X (10.4.11) are:

1: The green maximize button (hehe... j/k. Never would have thought that the pros and cons of the zoom button could be so hotly debated.)

2: Apparent incompatibility with Flash (my entire mac would freeze sometimes when I would access flash heavy sites. Not all the time, but with enough regularity to really tick me off. So I uninstalled it and am patiently waiting for an upgrade that will resolve this issue.)

3: No built in Uninstaller. I use Zappit to uninstall apps and all the assorted files that might pop up in rather unexpected locations.

4: No Folder/File synchronization (at least as far as I know). I have some important files backed up on removable media (ipod, phone memory card, etc) and would love for a way to have it automatically copy over any changed files/folders (if I had made changes to the master file/folder). If there is a way to do this, I'm all ears...

5: Quicktime being rather codec deficient. It's an awesome app and I wish it would handle my media needs right out of the box instead of making me load up codecs for avi, wmv, etc. I've got over a terabyte of drive space, but I hate installing things that I shouldn't need.

6: Anti-Mac PC Fanboys who base their anti-apple propaganda arguments on 10+ year old information. Granted, it's real easy to win those arguments when all I have to say is, "Apple stopped doing that or fixed that over a decade ago". My favorite is when they tell me that I can't upgrade my mac. I laugh, and tell them that my own clunker definitely doesn't have its out-of-the-box specs.

7: Console. I wish that when something goes wrong on my mac that the console would flag the appropriate section of text and code jargon a different color (red maybe) so it would be easier to find in that sea of... often eye murdering text. Then again, the chances are that the recent issues my own rig has been having are just an indication that I need to get myself a new Mac Pro and upgrade to 10.5.

 

[KailuaFrog]

Annoyances, not in order

1) The G5 is LOUD and hot

2) The MacBook's sleep light is too bright. When you have two in your bedroom it's a real light show.

3) The lack of background application when in Photoshop, makes the app vanish when you click next to where you intended. Double click on the background in windows and get the Open menu, nice. Gray background is nicer to work on photos than a messy (mine) desktop, years later I still miss that.

4) A laptop should have at least one USB on the right side for a mouse, some of us are right handed after all.

5) Batteries should last longer or be cheaper, 140 bucks for a year and a half is too much.

6) And yes, the maximize button is idiotic, you never know what you'll get when you click on it! It should be called the Mystery Button.

7) Spotlight is useless, it misses files right under its nose on the desktop even if you copy-paste their name.

8) All my permissions got corrupted on my boot drive, no fix, had to reinstall, that is really something I hate
Search for "another locked drive" on this site

9) After all these years. Jobs still thinks two buttons are too confusing for us . So many buttons on the keyboard... look! we can do it!

10) Apple likes to use Martian glyphs, that's OK but please print them on the keyboard! Go tell your old mom ⌥ means Option...

 

[CalBoy]

4) A laptop should have at least one USB on the right side for a mouse, some of us are right handed after all.

If the port is on the left side, then it is ideal for a right-handed person since the cord can wrap around without bunching up next to your mouse.

7) Spotlight is useless, it misses files right under its nose on the desktop even if you copy-paste their name.

Hmmm...that seems to work for me. Mind you I usually don't keep files on my desktop, but I happened to have one on it today, and Spotlight found it just fine (it was a PDF if that makes any difference).

9) After all these years. Jobs still thinks two buttons are too confusing for us . So many buttons on the keyboard... look! we can do it!

I happen to like single button trackpads. I only scroll when I want to, I only right-click when I want to. None of that "my palm struck the right side and I've scrolled to the bottom," or "I right-clicked by accident and lost something important," nonsense.

 

[HLdan]

1)
3) The lack of background application when in Photoshop, makes the app vanish when you click next to where you intended. Double click on the background in windows and get the Open menu, nice. Gray background is nicer to work on photos than a messy (mine) desktop, years later I still miss that.

LOL, I just bought PS Elements 6 and it has a full screen background so no access to the desktop while editing photos. Too bad Adobe didn't do this in CS3. That's not a Mac thing to hate, that was Adobe's programming decision.

 

[macrem]

Zoom performs the optimal action based upon the program, there are only a few possibilities which are predictable. As more winders users switch, we keep getting newbies who don't like "different", but different is why you switched.

Maximize is consistently relatively dumb, but it covers up the entire screen inconsistently masking useful real estate with useless blank space. Depending upon the size of an image, for example, the useless blank space around an image is inconsistent

 

[numlock]

WHY? Because there are UNDERLINED letters that tells okay, press alt or option + this key to do this. its absent on osx. it's like you have to MEMORIZE pretty much every shortcuts whereas in windows you can SEE it in case you don't remember. i can do nearly 90% of the work without having to use the mouse so much. but on osx, i have to keep one hand on the mouse nearly all the time.

if you disagree with me, try this simple exercise.
i had osx crash on me. don't know exactly why. unlike the popular myth, it does crash! anyway, my mouse stopped responding, it moved but wouldn't click on anything. had TextEditor opened. what do i do? wanted to restart. great. not bad. I pressed CTRL + EJECT, nice, i can now restart. now the problem. it won't restart because texteditor was open. so i go back to editor and pressed apple+q, and there's the problem.

Don't save, Cancel and SAve are options with save highlighted. I DON"T WANT TO SAVE. i just wanna close it. while ctrl+q showed the options, you CANT navigate between them! you HAVE to save it. now you'll say what's the big deal about saving the doc and close it? you see, its a matter of principle! i want my computer to DO AS I instruct it. I don't want to compromise.

then i had to open terminal and force close it.

let me know if there's way to navgiate between option on texteditor .
thanks.

if you go into system prefs and select keyboard shortcuts. You can select Full Keyboard Access.

Now when exiting a file like in your example you can navigate through the options by pressing the tab key.

"Dont save" is by default chosen so if you press the spacebar you wont save the file.

Also
command + d= dont save
Esc=cancel
Return=save


though i personally would like to to know how to right click without using a mouse (and not having to turn the numpad to mouse keys) a and how to navigate through the finder window completely (main window to sidebar and back etc) without using a mouse

 

[macrem]

Part II of Maximize vs. Zoom: In part I above, we covered images so now lettuce talk about text.

Twelve words per line is optimal, going much higher negatively impacts readability. This is why magazines, newspapers and some websites use columns. Computer screens keep getting wider. If you Maximize say this forum in your browser on today's average screen, you will consistently get way too many words per line. Try zooming with Safari. Logic prevails. Zoom is smarter than Maximize.

 

[macrem]

Most of complaints here are for things that would be illogical or impossible to change. Overall Apple is doing pretty well.

 

[SuperBrown]

Most of complaints here are for things that would be illogical or impossible to change. Overall Apple is doing pretty well.

Haha! I couldn't agree more.

 

[macrem]

1) The G5 is LOUD and hot

It seems like most of your woes would be resolved with an upgrade...

2) The MacBook's sleep light is too bright. When you have two in your bedroom it's a real light show.

I like it. Have you tried covering it up (with a napkin)?

3) The lack of background application when in Photoshop, makes the app vanish when you click next to where you intended. Double click on the background in windows and get the Open menu, nice. Gray background is nicer to work on photos than a messy (mine) desktop, years later I still miss that.

Maybe try putting unfiled stuff in one folder. I now use the "Download" folder for this purpose when my desktop gets too cluttered. Anything that might be interesting in the future goes there, but if I don't use it again then I delete it instead of filing.

4) A laptop should have at least one USB on the right side for a mouse, some of us are right handed after all.

This sounds like its your hardware. AFAIK all recent Macbooks have one USB port on each side. My MBP does.

5) Batteries should last longer or be cheaper, 140 bucks for a year and a half is too much.

That is expensive.

6) And yes, the maximize button is idiotic, you never know what you'll get when you click on it! It should be called the Mystery Button.

I like Zoom (Please see my take on Zoom in posts above).

7) Spotlight is useless, it misses files right under its nose on the desktop even if you copy-paste their name.

I cannot reproduce this issue. I just searched for a file on my desktop using copy-paste and Spotlight found it instantly.

8) All my permissions got corrupted on my boot drive, no fix, had to reinstall, that is really something I hate
Search for "another locked drive" on this site

It appears you did not try "repair permissions" using the Disk Utility app.

9) After all these years. Jobs still thinks two buttons are too confusing for us . So many buttons on the keyboard... look! we can do it!

Obsoleted. On newer trackpads, for example, tapping with two fingers instead of one does the same thing as a right-click. Also, prices on two-button mice start from dirt cheap.

10) Apple likes to use Martian glyphs, that's OK but please print them on the keyboard! Go tell your old mom ⌥ means Option...

Funny