What do you like and dislike about Mac OS X?

[Syonidism]

I'd lave to agree with Ti on most stuff. For me;

Pro's: %98 of what Mac has to offer
Con's: Most of the things that Mac can't offer.

I have used most of the mainstream OS's out there including DSL and i have to say that mac is by far without doubt the most stable OS out there.

However as they say everything has a prive and with every stable software there is a scarcity of hardware. I love playing games but the lack of Video card selection is REAAAAAAAAALLY killing me softly. **brmp bmp pss**

Anyways there are other lacking hardware issues, like:

-webcam support (although i have made aMSN work stable enough for web-cam chat, it still looks ...well ugly. Sorry but everything on a mac is so soft and easy on the edges and something even a Little Budgy just gets your eye and you get stuck on that.

-too pricey. Now i know that apple does everything really really good but their profit margins are unbelievably high on some of this stuff. I got 4 gigs of ram from newegg.com for $300 and the apple stores here in Turkey offered me 2 gigs for $350. Umm... no thx?

-synaptic database. I hate it when apple is so unixy but they still didnt get that "sudo aptitude install <app>" thing. that is one of the many things i love about linux. I hate losing time on searching for websites and waiting for them to open.

-Also why isn't there still no opengl support for darwine? or x11? Come on you guys we are almost at dx11!!!

-and before i forget most of the things that people use in the US can'T be used in Europe hence some apps just have perks and options that clutter and lie around aimlessly.

 

[iMacmatician]

If I'm writing data to a disc, say for incremental backups such as yearly taxes, more than likely I won't be filling a 700MB disc up all at once. A multi-session CD allows me to add data to the CD at different times until full since it keeps the session "open". In Windows it's just a checkbox when you're burning. In OS X, there's no easy way to allow for a multi-session disc. And having to spend money on Toast just to have multi-session is silly.

That feature's in Disk Utility, I think.

If you guys are talking about the delay that Apple added to the caps lock then yes, that's true. It's documented somewhere too. I read about them doing it in the developer forums and sure enough 10.5.x (I forget the value of x) introduced a delay. I think it's 300 or 400 milliseconds. And if you type even 40wpm it can be quite annoying. At 15 or 20 wpm I guess it may not be too bad. It's a bad idea in general tho! So is the eject key delay.


Lame, lame, lame!!! Don't dummy-proof my keyboard!

So that's why my Caps Lock doesn't activate when I tap it quickly…

 

[parish]

also, for some BIZZARE reason (i haven't worked out when you'd need this, but i'm sure there's a point in time you'd probably want to do this)
if you hold down option and click and drag you can select vertically

I find that very useful. Often when I copy/paste text from e-mails and web pages into TextEdit it often ends up indented. Using Opt-drag you can select the leading whitespace and then hit Delete and the indenting is removed. Of course, in a programmer's editor you'd just select the lines and hit Shift-TAB (or similar) to outdent, but TextEdit isn't a programmer's editor.

 

[DoFoT9]

So that's why my Caps Lock doesn't activate when I tap it quickly…

hhm mines fine.. no lag AT ALL (coming from a drummer lol)

 

[Benguitar]

I like pretty much every detail of Mac OS X. I haven't found something yet that I don't like about it.

It is pretty much everything I could have asked for in a computer.

 

[parish]

Search is your friend: http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse

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Btw, what is the advantage of that "focus follows mouse" feature? Can't it be confusing if it automatically brings the window to the front over which I might accidentally hover?

MondoMouse's "focus follows mouse" isn't the same as it is in Linux/Unix - in those it allows you to click and type in a partially hidden window without it popping to the front. That is one feature that is so so so useful, e.g. doing multiple copy/paste between two windows without keep having to bring them to the front.

For Windows users it is available as X-Mouse in the TweakUI Power Toy, however it doesn't play nicely with MDI apps.

 

[BMWFan]

When using multiple monitors, if you app/window is in the secondary monitor, you will have to drag your mouse all the way to the primary monitor just to access the app menubar or the dock. one of the major downfalls of the unified bar.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

Likes: pretty much everything

Dislikes:

the enter/return key is the universal method of selecting an option/launching, yet it renames files on OS X (cmd + O launching it)

Now I actually like that. I use the mouse to select it why not click it twice to open it. Renaming files on Windows/Linux is so hard compared to Mac.

 

[NeoMayhem]

Now I actually like that. I use the mouse to select it why not click it twice to open it. Renaming files on Windows/Linux is so hard compared to Mac.

F2 renames files on Windows.

 

[zync]

Now I actually like that. I use the mouse to select it why not click it twice to open it. Renaming files on Windows/Linux is so hard compared to Mac.

I like it that way as well. It's also done that way in After Effects.

F2 renames files on Windows.

True, but it's not as convenient. At least I don't think so.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

It's not nearly as random as most would think. For the ones who have the slow/hot problem, they are running flash version 9.x. For the people who have no trouble and it's working fine, they're running flash 10.x.

Go to adobe.com and download the latest 10.x version flash plugin and your slowness and 100% cpu problems will vanish.

Ok I did and still 100% CPU usage. That is just a ad using all of my CPU. Yes an ad can eat 100% of a $3000 computer

 

[Locoweed]

Several little things

1 Lack of color options for appearance

2 Lack of the "print selection" feature I used so much in XP

3 Can't even change the mouse pointer.

Some other minor things, but I guess what I find the most puzzling is that with all the high tech features found in Leopard, why these simple things are missing.

In fairness, there are lots of similar frustrations in XP + some much bigger things.

I guess the paucity of software should get a mention.

 

[zync]

3 Can't even change the mouse pointer.

Some other minor things, but I guess what I find the most puzzling is that with all the high tech features found in Leopard, why these simple things are missing.

I'd be willing to bet that they are worried about more important things, like performance, than being able to switch your cursor. A black cursor with a white stroke is kind of all you need. I'm kind of happy that it can't be changed. At least people can't accidentally download comet cursor or something, lol.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

I'd be willing to bet that they are worried about more important things, like performance, than being able to switch your cursor. A black cursor with a white stroke is kind of all you need. I'm kind of happy that it can't be changed. At least people can't accidentally download comet cursor or something, lol.

Have you seen the animated cursors for Windows? I do not want that on my Mac based on how much CPU flash uses.

I hate how kernel_task likes to be the biggest RAM user.

At least people can't accidentally download comet cursor or something, lol.

HAHA there is a such thing for Mac.

 

[zync]

That's what I was talking about. Comet cursor is an animated cursor. I think it was also a Trojan that the company denied was a Trojan, but I don't remember exactly. I could be thinking of something else.

 

[michael.lauden]

3 Can't even change the mouse pointer.
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aww OS X is now ruined because you can't change your pointer. atleast you can use cool programs like WrapAround

 

[dmmcintyre3]

That's what I was talking about. Comet cursor is an animated cursor. I think it was also a Trojan that the company denied was a Trojan, but I don't remember exactly. I could be thinking of something else.

There are some flat out silly cursors for Windows. There was this thing called hotbar that was also adware too. Might of also been a Trojan too.

 

[zync]

Yep. I made my own when I used windows. I'm glad I don't have even those on my Mac!

 

[mysterytramp]

My bad ...

(still with Tiger, BTW)

Cons:

Finder ... I wish OS X had the button in Windows that takes you one directory up.

All you need to do is hit Command-up. Be great if there were a button in a window's toolbar, tho.

Also, is there a way, via the keyboard, to access the sidebar in a Finder window? Seems like a simple Command-left and -right ought to do the trick, but no dice. New Finder windows default to the user level, which seems practically useless.

mt

 

[zync]

My bad ...



All you need to do is hit Command-up. Be great if there were a button in a window's toolbar, tho.

Also, is there a way, via the keyboard, to access the sidebar in a Finder window? Seems like a simple Command-left and -right ought to do the trick, but no dice. New Finder windows default to the user level, which seems practically useless.

mt

There's got to be something. I know Cmd+t will add a file or folder to the sidebar. Of course I found that out when trying to make a new tab in Safari while Finder was selected.

 

[DoFoT9]

There's got to be something. I know Cmd+t will add a file or folder to the sidebar. Of course I found that out when trying to make a new tab in Safari while Finder was selected.

im actually pretty certain there isnt a way to do this.. unless you can TAB there somehow?

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

I definitely agree with the weird locations for certain programs—and most of your other cons—and also how they seem to change over Mac OS updates.

On any Mac, the shortcut for sleeping only the screen is Shift+Control+Eject. If you have an iMac with a number-padless keyboard though, I don't know what you could do. I think I learned this one in this thread, or the previous one. I love it. It's especially great for when your screen wouldn't sleep otherwise (like with certain animation programs).

There's an eject key on the numpadless keyboards. You could also hit F12 rather than eject if the keyboard doesn't have an eject key.

 

[zync]

There's an eject key on the numpadless keyboards. You could also hit F12 rather than eject if the keyboard doesn't have an eject key.

You know, you're right. I guess for some reason I figured there wasn't one because mine is over my num pad. Of course I have a PowerBook too, so I'm just an idiot, lol.

By the way, I have found that it doesn't work for all computers. I think it's Leopard-only.

 

[milbournosphere]

What I miss...

The one feature that I see in windows operating systems that I dearly miss in OS X is window tiling. Some applications implement it on their own, but I would love to see the OS handle it for all applications.

 

[DoFoT9]

The one feature that I see in windows operating systems that I dearly miss in OS X is window tiling. Some applications implement it on their own, but I would love to see the OS handle it for all applications.

im not that fond of tiling. it changes the window size of everything!! thats really annoying.