10.7 All the Little Things!

[Lord Appleseed]

One thing I am still wondering:

Why are there no Indicators of running apps in the dock anymore?
(I know you can turn it on in SysPrefs)
Why would I at any time NOT want to know which app is running in the background? Is there any apple statement to this "feature"?

 

[cmaier]

Is there a terminal level implementation of versions in the developer preview?

And how does it integrate into spotlight? If searched-for text only appears in an old version of a document, does spotlight find the document?

 

[Jonald]

One thing I am still wondering:

Why are there no Indicators of running apps in the dock anymore?
(I know you can turn it on in SysPrefs)
Why would I at any time NOT want to know which app is running in the background? Is there any apple statement to this "feature"?

I believe the general consensus about this is Apple want to blur the line between apps being open and closed, they're just there when you need them. Combined with versions and resume, there shouldn't be much distinction between an app being on and off.
Personally I prefer knowing which apps are open and which aren't, even if it doesn't matter CPU and RAM-wise what state they're in. I prefer having the control I'm used to over my apps.

 

[antmarobel]

One thing I am still wondering:

Why are there no Indicators of running apps in the dock anymore?
(I know you can turn it on in SysPrefs)
Why would I at any time NOT want to know which app is running in the background? Is there any apple statement to this "feature"?

System Preferences>Dock>check the bottom box ( in Portuguese it says ): "Show light indicators for open applications"

 

[Jonald]

System Preferences>Dock>check the bottom box ( in Portuguese it says ): "Show light indicators for open applications"

"(I know you can turn it on in SysPrefs)"

 

[iPhoneCollector]

System Preferences>Dock>check the bottom box ( in Portuguese it says ): "Show light indicators for open applications"

next time you should read the post you are replying to.

 

[antmarobel]

next time you should read the post you are replying to.

Indeed!

 

[Lord Appleseed]

I believe the general consensus about this is Apple want to blur the line between apps being open and closed, they're just there when you need them. Combined with versions and resume, there shouldn't be much distinction between an app being on and off.
Personally I prefer knowing which apps are open and which aren't, even if it doesn't matter CPU and RAM-wise what state they're in. I prefer having the control I'm used to over my apps.

Well I don't care about ichat or Mail, but i want to know if apps like utorrent are running or not, since they tend do actually do more than mail...


@antmarobel: Thank you anyway

 

[*LTD*]

If you scroll over an app in the dock you can see the last open files of this app.

I can't seem to get this to work. Does this functionality have to b enabled somewhere?

 

[Shorties]

I can't seem to get this to work. Does this functionality have to b enabled somewhere?

Literally scroll, either with the two fingers on your touch based mouse device or with the scroll ball/wheel.

 

[*LTD*]

Literally scroll, either with the two fingers on your touch based mouse device or with the scroll ball/wheel.

Aha! It works. Thanks!

What a great idea.

 

[TennisandMusic]

Aha! It works. Thanks!

What a great idea.

Uhhh..lol. It's basically exactly like jump lists in Windows 7, just more visually wasteful and less efficient. Right click on an icon in Windows and get a plethora of things to do!

 

[celticpride678]

Select more than one object and do a rightclick on the items, you get the option to create a new folder where the files are grouped together.

That is actually extremely useful...thanks for pointing it out!

 

[rkaufmann87]

Uhhh..lol. It's basically exactly like jump lists in Windows 7, just more visually wasteful and less efficient. Right click on an icon in Windows and get a plethora of things to do!

Yup like how to debug your latest virus.

 

[jeab]

- Some applications quit when they have no windows and enter background state (preview, grab)

Are these applications still reachable from cmd-TAB?

- Logout (as in logging out of our account, not fast user switching or sleep mode) preserves running programs and they will resume when you log in back again.

I tend to log out to quit all applications (including background processes not easily quittable from the GUI), free up RAM and delete temporary files. Is there an option to log out without preserving the running programs? Apart from rebooting, I mean?

 

[EdwinG]

cisco vpn client not working

 

[Jonald]

Are these applications still reachable from cmd-TAB?


I tend to log out to quit all applications (including background processes not easily quittable from the GUI), free up RAM and delete temporary files. Is there an option to log out without preserving the running programs? Apart from rebooting, I mean?

I haven't looked, but would have thought there would be a tick box in the Log Out dialogue box, in the same way there's an option in the Restart/Shut Down dialogue box.
I hope, anyway.

 

[PurrBall]

i tend to log out to quit all applications (including background processes not easily quittable from the gui), free up ram and delete temporary files. Is there an option to log out without preserving the running programs? Apart from rebooting, i mean?

 

[hakr100]

Anything on...resolution independence?

I keep hoping for resolution independence, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere on Apple's to-do list.

 

[Cougarcat]

I keep hoping for resolution independence, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere on Apple's to-do list.

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/24/mac-os-x-lion-building-in-support-for-super-high-resolution-retina-monitors/

 

[DoFoT9]

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can i ask, if you - say - untick that option, reboot and try it again, will it remember what your previous setting was?

I keep hoping for resolution independence, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere on Apple's to-do list.

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/24/mac-os-x-lion-building-in-support-for-super-high-resolution-retina-monitors/

its still not resolution independence. its still technically using bitmaps, just higher resolution ones - they day when proper vectors are used is when it will be good

 

[Cougarcat]

its still not resolution independence. its still technically using bitmaps, just higher resolution ones - they day when proper vectors are used is when it will be good

I doubt that'll ever happen.

 

[dethmaShine]

Any word on terminal level version control?

 

[DoFoT9]

I doubt that'll ever happen.

dont break my heart

 

[danb77]

its still not resolution independence. its still technically using bitmaps, just higher resolution ones - they day when proper vectors are used is when it will be good

Given that displays have already hit the retina limit - what would be the point of forcing vectorised graphics? I suspect that given the cheapness of memory, and the want to avoid unnecessary overheads, superdense rasters are more appropriate in the long run than vector graphics.