well that was an interesting read. a bit to far above my current knowledge for me to completely understand it. so ill let somebody else smarter talk about it haha!
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well that was an interesting read. a bit to far above my current knowledge for me to completely understand it. so ill let somebody else smarter talk about it haha!
I wasn't aware that it did that—with whatever size files. Cool. Now one of these days I'll have to read the links you guys posted!
If you still want the ability to defrag, there is iDefrag
http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php
they are pretty intense
goodluck reading them haha!
I started the last one and I read a bit and skipped some parts I didn't need to know about. It wasn't too bad, but definitely draining. I suppose that is mostly because of awkward wording and the desire to talk about the fragmentation of forks instead of fileseven though it seemed irrelevant to bother making the distinction for the sake of explanation. See that sentence could have fit in there perfectly! I got the gist of it, and I remember what I read, so I guess that's good.
Thanks, guys!
Like
- Dock
- Spaces
- great 3rd party freeware/shareware written by real hard core Unix geeks
- great hardware design
Dislike
- Finder still sucks (e.g. having to use command+ctrl+I to get summary info. on multiple files, not displaying file sizes consistently, etc., etc.)
- Limited choices for stuff like graphics cards in mac pro, but this seems to be improving
- Dock
- Spaces
- great 3rd party freeware/shareware written by real hard core Unix geeks
- great hardware design
Dislike
- Finder still sucks (e.g. having to use command+ctrl+I to get summary info. on multiple files, not displaying file sizes consistently, etc., etc.)
- Limited choices for stuff like graphics cards in mac pro, but this seems to be improving
Don't have much time before I have to leave the house but lists like these make me think that people hate Apple because they can't afford any of their products even though they're almost reasonably priced!
I can only chuckle at the bolded points.
I can only chuckle at the bolded points.
Pros:
-How far it has come and how far it has always been/always will be ahead of other Operating Systems.
Cons:
-This progressive eradication of Aqua.
-Their target audience. (Although this is a fault with Apple more than OS X)
-How far it has come and how far it has always been/always will be ahead of other Operating Systems.
Cons:
-This progressive eradication of Aqua.
-Their target audience. (Although this is a fault with Apple more than OS X)
like-
-UB trackpads have solved the single mouse button problem
-the dock
-power management is great
-time machine
-SPACES! glad this isn't limited to linux anymore
-general ease of use, stability
dislike-
-minimal customization options(hardware and software)like themes, etc.
-(on leopard) inability to automatically open a folder icon on the dock in the finder like in tiger
-my dock changes sizes when i restart or log out(i'm very ocd and i want it the same width as the hinge of my MacBook!!)
that's about it
-UB trackpads have solved the single mouse button problem
-the dock
-power management is great
-time machine
-SPACES! glad this isn't limited to linux anymore
-general ease of use, stability
dislike-
-minimal customization options(hardware and software)like themes, etc.
-(on leopard) inability to automatically open a folder icon on the dock in the finder like in tiger
-my dock changes sizes when i restart or log out(i'm very ocd and i want it the same width as the hinge of my MacBook!!)
that's about it
The ones about windows support and the start menu are silly, I agree, but the crappy screens and build quality are a valid point on some models. I have a white plastic MacBook and rubbish is the best word to describe its build quality. As far as screens are concerned - this says a lot.
It's not fair to generalise it, sure, unibody laptops are well built and 24" iMacs have cool displays, but it could be that the person who complained about the issues had a problematic model, so we shouldn't just mock him.
Pros:
The stability - I've never had the OS crash, I've never had to reinstall the OS like I always end up doing on my PC when nothing else seems to work, multiple programs running is never a problem, and on and on...
Cons:
Is it just me or does anyone else hate that spacey start up splash screen - trivial I know. I'd like to see iCal improved with a more sophisticated look and roll overs that give you more info with out double clicking. I'd like to be able to select a default stationary in Mail.
The stability - I've never had the OS crash, I've never had to reinstall the OS like I always end up doing on my PC when nothing else seems to work, multiple programs running is never a problem, and on and on...
Cons:
Is it just me or does anyone else hate that spacey start up splash screen - trivial I know. I'd like to see iCal improved with a more sophisticated look and roll overs that give you more info with out double clicking. I'd like to be able to select a default stationary in Mail.
I like most things about OS X (only been using it for 2 years)
The only downsides for me are
Default dictionary is US
Safari only searched google.com from address bar
I know these can be addressed with 3rd party features, but for me the os should be able to do this
iCal do not like the Leopard version, Tiger one was much better
Finder I find very annoying
Cover flow I dislike and dont like this taking over more applications
I would like more customisation, like above, natively in the os instead of having to use 3rd party apps for things
The only downsides for me are
Default dictionary is US
Safari only searched google.com from address bar
I know these can be addressed with 3rd party features, but for me the os should be able to do this
iCal do not like the Leopard version, Tiger one was much better
Finder I find very annoying
Cover flow I dislike and dont like this taking over more applications
I would like more customisation, like above, natively in the os instead of having to use 3rd party apps for things
I don't really hate Macs I like both Mac and Windows. But what I do hate about Macs is SOME Mac users. Especially when they say "I hate Microsoft" and have no justification. Or they say they hate the CEO of microsoft when they have no personal relationship with him whatsoever. Or when they refuse to buy anything microsoft just out of spite. Oh yeh and whenever I talk to a Mac user and they find out I use a pc then i better be prepared to waste 15 ****ing minutes of my time coz now they have to argue about it.
I agree. When I say that I dislike microsoft, I like to back it up with why. I have not had good experiences with microsoft products or customer service in the past, but if people are happy with a pc and windows, it's fine with me.
Leopard Software Update:
I put off installing the things until the computer is unneeded. I hit install and type the password. Then I come back to it and it just downloaded the update without installing the update
Somesimes after leaving it all night to do it
Tiger would not do this. It would install the updates and you could use the computer during the process. When it finished you were asked to reboot.
I put off installing the things until the computer is unneeded. I hit install and type the password. Then I come back to it and it just downloaded the update without installing the update
Somesimes after leaving it all night to do it
Tiger would not do this. It would install the updates and you could use the computer during the process. When it finished you were asked to reboot.
anything bigger then that is too much effort and not worth it? seriously?
OS X has a massive flaw in its defragmentation system, because you can't actually defragment the drive without 3rd party software, and please don't tell me you don't need to because OS X does it for you, yes it does but only for small files. This is annoying when you're trying to partition your drive for windows (yes windows) and it won't let you because your drive is too fragmented.
When this happened to me i had to manually look through the sectors near the end of the drive and then move the files to my external, and securely delete, then partition and move the files back. Damn it took a while.
I could help you with the customization side of things, themes and custom icons/docks etc. It's really easy, far easier than how people do it on windows - and its much safer - you only need to back-up and replace a few files/images - not run a bunch of third-party software in the background.
yes. too much effort for the OS because it will impact on the users experience and etc. if there is a dmg, zip, large photoshop file etc and it wanted to defrag it itself would you seriously want the computer moving a 500mb, 1gb, 5gb file while you are working??
i sure know that i wouldnt.
sure a defrag "utility" might come in handy, performance wouldnt increase that much though, if you dont like it go with Disk Warrior?
yes im well aware of that otherwise i wouldnt have said it
why is it a massive flaw?? does it qualify as a flaw because you came from the Windoze world and think that everything always needs to be defragged?? (not stereotyping, just trying to figure out your view).This is annoying when you're trying to partition your drive for windows (yes windows) and it won't let you because your drive is too fragmented.
soo you tried to partition a mac drive (HFS) into what, NTFS? why would you do that?? havent you heard of software that lets you read/write to mac drives?? would have seemed the much simpler way to me.
what app did you use? id love to get a hold of that. on my external HDs i have anywhere from 30% to 60% fragmentation, they still work extremely fast.. i cant see why it would take a while to copy them off..
please do tell.
oh and what has happened to ZFS btw?
Pro: Very unixy
Cons: Not unixy enough
Forgive me for being a non-nerd but what is unixy?
Oh right sorry i didn't quite understand what you meant, i thought you meant its too much effort so theres no point in defragmenting, not the system being put under too much stress to do it on a regular basis.
yes im well aware of that otherwise i wouldnt have said it
Well, yeah i do agree its not a massive flaw but it would be nice if there was a function which lets you defragment.
I didn't think about Disk Warrior, i'll try that
A Boot Camp partition, and yeah NTFS, and yeah i use Mac Drive to access my macintosh partition whilst on the boot camp, windows side of things.
It's called iDefrag, its a nice piece of software
Pro:
Being the only system which offers stability, security, ease of use, hassle-free experience and good software support.
Cons:
High Price.
Less software support, even from major developers.
Being the only system which offers stability, security, ease of use, hassle-free experience and good software support.
Cons:
High Price.
Less software support, even from major developers.
He's just saying that he likes the fact that OSX is a Unix operating system (so do I). I find his comment about it not being Unixy enough very amusing. It's not unix-like, or almost unix. It IS a Unix OS.
This is really nice if you are familiar with using other unix operating systems on the command line because doing so with OSX is very similar. It comes with all the standard command line unix utilities one would expect. Plus, if you download XCode, you can program/compile/debug/etc using the same command-line tools one would use if programming on any other unix system. This is one of the main reasons I switched from using Windows PCs to Macs.