Not for nothing, that's really useful. I have two monitors and sometimes its hard to locate the cursor.Cursor getting larger when you shake it? Really?
Not for nothing, that's really useful. I have two monitors and sometimes its hard to locate the cursor.Cursor getting larger when you shake it? Really?
But in the this case, its one of the small little niceties that apple introduced. I guess in one way you can think of it as apple working on improving the overall user experience of OS X by continuing to polish and introduce small features, so the user doesn't have to search for those freeware apps. Also, I didn't think I needed something like that until El Cap, and boom, I'm like that's cool. I kept losing the cursor and its really useful on my 5k iMac.Fair deal, but this is something I would expect a freeware app to do, not a New Feature In El Capitan
I hate sounding like an old man yelling at cloud but I enjoyed computers more 3-4 years ago than I do now, no matter how much thinner they got in the meantime. Apple, M$, doesn't matter.
I didn't know you were the Godfather of computing. Let me introduce you to "computer games", "making music", "computer art" and "browsing Internet".You do realize that computers are not really meant to be enjoyed, but to help bring home a paycheck to spend on things you can actually enjoy.
I didn't know you were the Godfather of computing. Let me introduce you to "computer games", "making music", "computer art" and "browsing Internet".
Yes, why is this "needless" new tech being added every generation? All our iMacs should still have 1024x768 displays and FireWire 400.4. They have started introducing needless new tech that you cannot opt out of, for instance Retina screens on iMacs, Thunderbolt, etc.
Both Retina displays and Thunderbolt are substantial improvements on previous technology. I actually own a Retina iMac, and would hate to go back to anything less.
You don't enjoy the Finder.
I think the issue is more related to them no longer being the underdog. They had to swing for the fences on a number of products just to stay alive and once things turned around Apple started playing it safe.Capable, Stubborn, Massive, Predictable...
You've summed it up quite nicely, I agreeI think the issue is more related to them no longer being the underdog. They had to swing for the fences on a number of products just to stay alive and once things turned around Apple started playing it safe.
Before, they had little to lose and much to gain, now, too much to lose, little to gain.
I certainly don't enjoy Finder anymore, however, up 'till a few months ago I did enjoy Finder considerably compared to today. I used a little app which loaded the original charming & colorful sidebar icons like Airdrop, etc. After the most recent update to Mavericks the app was broken and my sidebar now looks like a row of dreary grey, soul-sucking Soviet-era apartment blocks. I loathe the all grey, low-contrast line work in the new OS X UI's. Not to mention that all the similarity in the tiny icons makes the new UI less user friendly.
While I most certainly _respect_ that you enjoy Finder...I DO enjoy using the Finder. It is far more pleasurable to use in comparison to that awful experience provided by the Windows Explorer, for example.
While I most certainly _respect_ that you enjoy Finder...
The _World_ runs on, thrives on, lives and relies on Microsoft's File System.
(aka: Windows Explorer)
I find it a priceless resource I use daily.
Logical and so easy my five year old is conversant in it's use, it's rather puzzling that you would call it an "awful experience".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Explorer
Love and Hate are not words that should be applied to machines. It's a tool. If it does what you need it to in an efficient way, use it. If not, then go find another tool.
I like my Apple devices and use them to do stuff. I also like my socket wrenches and use them to do stuff.
Dale
Three things I'm starting to dislike about Apple:
- iCloud push - I'm starting to hate that they're pushing so much of their ecosystem to iCloud. While they once made it easy to have a local server with family photos/videos/music/ect., with every release they're crippling those capabilities, in favor of their overpriced iCloud. This is making me seriously reevaluate editing Apple's ecosystem entirely, to the pint that I just ordered a Dell desktop and signed up for an Adobe subscription. Speaking of which, their iCloud is expensive!!! While I get 5x1TB of Onedrive free, with MS Office, Apple wants to charge me $10mo for 1TB?... never mind the fact that I do not want all my stuff in the cloud, and miss the ease in which older versions of Apple apps made local sharing simple.
- ...
I read somewhere (I forget now where exactly) that apple excels at the one on one device, whether its a Mac, iPhone, iPad. Their entire history has been about rolling out devices that people use personally, i.e., the Apple II or the iPod. They continually struggle in the area of social products/services. Just look at Ping or their constant re-vamping of iTools, Mobile Me, iCloud.Never mind the fact that Apple has yet to make even a semi-decent cloud. They seriously need help in that area.
I'm inclined to agree with this point of view, and it is the reason I am inclined to go with Mac. I don't enjoy messing around with hardware and software. Computers are just a means used for doing things, a tool; the less I have to do to them, the better. I just want to be able to do stuff with minimal hassle.You do realize that computers are not really meant to be enjoyed, but to help bring home a paycheck to spend on things you can actually enjoy.
"Not irritating" is the best emotional response a computer can aim to elicit.
And there may lie your dissatisfaction.
I certainly don't enjoy Finder anymore, however, up 'till a few months ago I did enjoy Finder considerably compared to today.
I DO enjoy using the Finder. It is far more pleasurable to use in comparison to that awful experience provided by the Windows Explorer, for example.
Things are unusable as far as the OS goes because it's not that simple to see where you are in the file structure in the finder? Seems like there's a path bar that can be enabled to show that, among other ways to tell. For most users it's hardly something that would get in the way (with most of them likely not even using any of that much at all), let alone make anything unusable.It's sad how twisted a closed mind can become.
OS X is essentially unusable now because the finder is so bad. You can't even tell where in the directory tree you are anymore, you can navigate around (besides moving up one level with an undocumented keyboard command). Using Yosemite/El Crapitan is like using a computer with one hand tied behind your back. It's all part of Apple's war on the file system.
Using windows file manager is like a welcome breath of fresh air after trying to do anything on MacOS. In windows everything just works. On the Mac everything is just locked away.
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Using windows file manager is like a welcome breath of fresh air after trying to do anything on MacOS. In windows everything just works. On the Mac everything is just locked away.
If you like this better:I certainly don't enjoy Finder anymore, however, up 'till a few months ago I did enjoy Finder considerably compared to today. I used a little app which loaded the original charming & colorful sidebar icons like Airdrop, etc. After the most recent update to Mavericks the app was broken and my sidebar now looks like a row of dreary grey, soul-sucking Soviet-era apartment blocks. I loathe the all grey, low-contrast line work in the new OS X UI's. Not to mention that all the similarity in the tiny icons makes the new UI less user friendly.