Not sure if this has already been asked before or perhaps might be specifically noted somewhere but when deleting an application from launch pad, does it just remove the icon or does the actual app file get deleted from the applications folder as well? If the latter, does it also remove preferences and caches, etc. in the same way that something like AppTrap does?
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Unfortunately not. It just removes the app files, nothing more. Application Support files stay untouched...
Ah well never mind, was really hoping for that though. Ideally it'd be nice to have a check box on the delete confirmation box that pops up or at least just a setting that could be enabled somewhere in preferences...
To be honest, with all the new features in Lion that have served to address some long-time inefficiencies with OS X's legacy design, Apple really missed the mark on creating a proper uninstaller mechanism. I think what you described would be a good way to do this, especially since iOS wipes preferences files for an app when it's deleted from the springboard. If Launchpad is to be anything like it, it should behave similarly.
Oh well. This is one of those things, along with the lack of a "cut" feature in OS X, that will probably never be included in the foreseeable future... even though they are features that should have been there from the start.
Lion can now share exFAT volumes over AFP where as 10.6.7 could not. Not sure if this has been mentiioned.
No, it doesnt. Where did you see that? I am using Lion now and I haven't been able to use cut & paste.
RTFM isn't exactly, but thanks for that. The trick with the option key has always worked on Mac OS X. The problem is that it is still not as intuitive as on Windows. At least now we have a keyboard option too.
The old (mouse-based) option required term-fu and actually moved to the trash (and back) if I am not mistaken. The new method should safeguard files (and the keyboard shortcut is, as you noted, the true good news).
I think the wording "Copy" should change when hitting shift because its certainly not intuitive to hold shift when pasting. The Trash folder Dock icon menu will change from "Empty Trash" to "Secure Empty Trash" in a manner which I describe, so why not for a Cut option?
I understand why Apple like the Option key, for simplification, but when I look at the right-click menu in SL I find it still too cluttered and that something like a Cut option would be welcome.
However I read somewhere that the menu is paired down more in Lion, it would be nice to control what options there were though, but that really is asking too much I know.
In case anybody was wondering the improvement to the Trash; where items may be sent to it even during the emptying action, it is *still* not possible to search inside the Trash folder from the search box that adorns every windows at the top right like you'd expect.
This is really bothersome.
This is really bothersome.
The OS X Trash sucks. On Windows it was great: You could arrange icons according to WHEN you DELETED them, and you could delete some items from the trash and keep others. You could also click on ANY item and restore it to its original location. In Snow Leopard, there's a "Put Back" option, but it only works about one third of the time. It's a pain and I can't understand why the Trash is so lame!
I don't recall anyone posting this anywhere. Check this out.
Plain language events in iCal. Works awesomely.
I guess everyone (including myself) assumed that the + was still the New Calendar button.
Plain language events in iCal. Works awesomely.
I guess everyone (including myself) assumed that the + was still the New Calendar button.
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I don't recall anyone posting this anywhere. Check this out.
Plain language events in iCal. Works awesomely.
I guess everyone (including myself) assumed that the + was still the New Calendar button.
That is really cool! A feature like this paves the way for voice event creation on iOS. "iPhone, make an appointment for a movie on Friday at 7pm"
I don't recall anyone posting this anywhere. Check this out.
Plain language events in iCal. Works awesomely.
I guess everyone (including myself) assumed that the + was still the New Calendar button.
New in Lion but it's been there since the beginning. It's awesome though, so much easier entering events now seeing as I don't need to click everywhere!
I don't recall anyone posting this anywhere. Check this out.
Plain language events in iCal. Works awesomely.
I guess everyone (including myself) assumed that the + was still the New Calendar button.
Dammit; right after I spend .99 on QuickCal. Oh, well.
subplane selection slider
I hate the way Apple caved into the devs and got rid of the sliding button feature for subpanes selection. I really liked that UI tweak.
http://www.razorianfly.com/wp-content/uploads/162642-lion_subpane_slider_old_500.jpg
I hate the way Apple caved into the devs and got rid of the sliding button feature for subpanes selection. I really liked that UI tweak.
http://www.razorianfly.com/wp-content/uploads/162642-lion_subpane_slider_old_500.jpg
I don't recall anyone posting this anywhere. Check this out.
Plain language events in iCal. Works awesomely.
I guess everyone (including myself) assumed that the + was still the New Calendar button.
That is really nice. I too thought that the plus sign was in order to add a new calendar.
You could to this with a launcher like Alfred, too. It has a feature that lets you run searches on certain sites that you specify, and Wikipedia is one of them that comes stock with the app (I think).