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How I ended up with Mac

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Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by ultimoo »

veidr wrote: post #99
ultimoo wrote: post #44

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Very true. If you are using an IDE, it already affords a great FS browser (like dired for example). If not, you're probably not a developer in which case the Finder is great!

That's very much like saying, 'If you have a plumber van, it already drives fine. If not, you're probably not a plumber, in which case a rusty bicycle with a broken crankshaft is great!' The brokenness of the Finder affects users of all stripes. You don't need to be especially technical. It has been reviled for years and years by developers and non-developers alike.

Sorry that came out wrong. I meant that if you're not using an IDE you're probably not a developer, in context of the parent comment to which I was replying. Your PoV does make sense and I agree with it.

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by b1daly »

revscat wrote: post #188
b1daly wrote: post #158

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Windows explorer allows you to drag a file from any folder on your system to any other folder in single window. This turns out to be something I do a lot. So I wind up opening another finder window to do this. Inevitably I wind up with finder windows of different shapes and sizes all over the place. It boggles my mind that the Apple UI team can't see how inferior Finder is. I've worked with different utilities, and c…

> Windows explorer allows you to drag a file from any folder on your system to any other folder in single window. Uh, so does Finder. What are you talking about?

Not in one window. If the folders are nested in in different directories you need two windows. There is that feature where if you drag a file over a folder in the sidebar, and hover, it will open the folders you want in series, but it's very awkward. Unless I'm missing something, which is always a possibility!

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by revscat »

b1daly wrote: post #192
revscat wrote: post #188

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> Windows explorer allows you to drag a file from any folder on your system to any other folder in single window. Uh, so does Finder. What are you talking about?

Not in one window. If the folders are nested in in different directories you need two windows. There is that feature where if you drag a file over a folder in the sidebar, and hover, it will open the folders you want in series, but it's very awkward. Unless I'm missing something, which is always a possibility!

As far as I can tell Windows and OS X are the same in this respect. I just moved a file from my Documents directory to my home directory on both systems, and the steps were pretty much identical.

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by stephenhuey »

kayoone wrote: post #129
stephenhuey wrote: post #117

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Exactly. Ever since I got one of those lil' white Macbooks in 2006 I've been so happy to be able to simply search for files with Spotlight and find them instantly, something Windows had never given me the ability to do.

windows explorer has had that feature for years as well

Yes, I believe I was performing searches from the Start menu in Windows back in the 90s, but it was always horribly slow and still missed results. Ever since I got a Macbook in 2006 I've enjoyed instant results from Spotlight--I mean within 1 or sometimes 2 seconds, not 5 minutes!

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by zura »

calgaryeng wrote: post #175
epmatsw wrote: post #34

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Command+Q?

This. I don't see why you'd spend hours writing a system utility to close apps on a Mac that provides a perfectly easy to use keyboard shortcut.

Because I want to close apps with a single [mouse] click with my right hand, without displacing my left hand to press that keyboard shortcut.

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by b1daly »

revscat wrote: post #193
b1daly wrote: post #192

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Not in one window. If the folders are nested in in different directories you need two windows. There is that feature where if you drag a file over a folder in the sidebar, and hover, it will open the folders you want in series, but it's very awkward. Unless I'm missing something, which is always a possibility!

As far as I can tell Windows and OS X are the same in this respect. I just moved a file from my Documents directory to my home directory on both systems, and the steps were pretty much identical.

hmmm, you can do that if the folders are close to each other in a directory. How do you do if each is nested deep in different paths? On Windows explorer you can drop down the folders to open any folder in the left side window to drag a file from the current folder?

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by ludwigvan »

calinet6 wrote: post #62
ImprovedSilence wrote: post #52

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I've switched over to mac as well. However, Finder is my #2 annoyance. #1 being I so fricking love Winamp, and nothing has come close to that on a mac (or linux) for that matter. And sure, winamp did come out with a mac app, but it was useless I found...

You have brought up a great point—why on earth is there no true quality alternative to iTunes out there? Are we Mac users that complacent?

There is. Try Enqueue.

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by codygman »

__--__ wrote: post #107
Wilya wrote: post #7

I'm always amused by these posts praising how everything just works on the Mac, and how it's so nice not having to worry about [annoying linux/windows stuff #351]. Am I really the only one blind to this effect ? I've used a mac. It's nice. But it "just works" only until you want to productively use Finder, or you want to connect to a Samba server, or you want to shuffle files with UTF-8 filenames around, or a dozen o…

Does mac have problems? sure. But it CAN do what you're suggesting. Just get the right finder alternative or crack open the terminal. Done. What Miguel is talking about in the "just works" category is more basic, like sound and graphics. Have you tried to use a dual screen setup with linux? It took me a week to set that up in a reliable way, and it still required futzing around with every couple of days. Every time I…

Weird, I have debian installed and just plugged in the rgb cable and things were working.

Re: How I ended up with Mac

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Post by calinet6 »

ludwigvan wrote: post #197
calinet6 wrote: post #62

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You have brought up a great point—why on earth is there no true quality alternative to iTunes out there? Are we Mac users that complacent?

There is. Try Enqueue.

It looks the same. It's still Lists. Lists lists lists. I'm tired of playing music in lists. I want something that organizes and helps me discover music the way I think about it. Lists are not a good interface for this and I don't understand how they persist to this day.
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