OS X 10.11 Wishlist

[Linuxpro]

Sorry I was referring to "facetime" not "facebook" (Silly iPad predictive key-presses).

If I was in prison for life, and they allowed internet, then I might feel the need to use facebook. I have been the victim of identity theft. I think positing my face, my birth date, and hometown, on the internet is nothing but an invitation. Unfortunately my wife loves facebook, and she is a woman. Being a typical woman, he posts pictures of our wedding and honeymoon.

I do not know what is different about your macbook. But I could not get the trash to empty if I dropped the "special" apps in it. I suppose there is a way to log into the GUI as the admin. I come from a Linux background. Linux admins do not make a habit of doing that.

I just went the command line route and renamed the files from something like, "photobooth.app" to "photobooth.nolonger", and moved it to a directory called "soon2Btrash". I also moved the data files. After a few weeks if nothing strange happened, I deleted them forever.

I have office for mac, Adobe photo editor, and some other premium apps to replace the built in apps.

Yes you can switch off spotlight, by switching off the individual checkbooks, and you can add rules, like do not index specific directories, but it still insists on writing those index files to thumb drives. If you disable the daemon it is dead!

 

[lowendlinux]

Sorry I was referring to "facetime" not "facebook" (Silly iPad predictive key-presses).

If I was in prison for life, and they allowed internet, then I might feel the need to use facebook. I have been the victim of identity theft. I think positing my face, my birth date, and hometown, on the internet is nothing but an invitation. My wife loves facebook. She posts pictures of our wedding and honeymoon in California.

I do not know what is different about your macbook. But I could not get the trash to empty if I dropped the "special" apps in it. I suppose there is a way to log into the GUI as the admin. I come from a Linux background. Linux admins do not make a habit of doing that.

I just went the command line route and renamed the files from something like, "photobooth.app" to "photobooth.nolonger", and moved it to a directory called "soon2Btrash". I also moved the data files. After a few weeks if nothing strange happened, I deleted them forever.

I have office for mac, Adobe photo editor, and some other premium apps to replace the built in apps.

Yes you can switch off spotlight, by switching off the individual checkbooks, and you can add rules, like do not index specific directories, but it still insists on writing those index files to thumb drives. If you disable the daemon it is dead!

Apple even says you cannot delete the the apps your talking about without a sudo rm -rf so... sudo rm -rf safari.app

 

[bmac89]

Sorry I was referring to "facetime" not "facebook" (Silly iPad predictive key-presses).

If I was in prison for life, and they allowed internet, then I might feel the need to use facebook. I have been the victim of identity theft. I think positing my face, my birth date, and hometown, on the internet is nothing but an invitation. Unfortunately my wife loves facebook, and she is a woman. Being a typical woman, he posts pictures of our wedding and honeymoon.

I do not know what is different about your macbook. But I could not get the trash to empty if I dropped the "special" apps in it. I suppose there is a way to log into the GUI as the admin. I come from a Linux background. Linux admins do not make a habit of doing that.

It definitely works for me. I just click empty trash and it empties as normal.

I totally agree about Facebook.... I loathe it and refuse to use it.

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Apple even says you cannot delete the the apps your talking about without a sudo rm -rf so... sudo rm -rf safari.app

Strange because I have successfully been able to delete these apps by simply dragging to the trash and emptying.

 

[lowendlinux]

It definitely works for me. I just click empty trash and it empties as normal.

I totally agree about Facebook.... I loathe it and refuse to use it.

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Strange because I have successfully been able to delete these apps by simply dragging to the trash and emptying.

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18752?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

You can’t uninstall apps that are part of OS X, such as Safari and Mail.

If you can delete them by dragging them in to the trash then you probably have set yourself as a root user not just the normal admin.

 

[Linuxpro]

I seem to remember I had to use sudo to move and rename the apps as well as delete them (once I determined it was safe).

I wish Apple would fix it so anyone (say may 70 year old Auntie) can do so.

 

[joecool99]

OSX 10.11

1) SIRI - intelligent voice control (hey, open PS and my latest file etc.)
2) smart copy queue in finder - when copy many files at once, put it in a queue to optimize performance, rather then copy all at once that will hinder performance of the task.
3) local face recognition to unlock/sign-in to your user account (biometric detection)
4) free easy remote support/screen sharing over internet - one click via dedicated app.
5) optimization, squeeze all out of the CPU and GPU

 

[azpc]

OSX 10.11 needs additional user interface options.

The Mac market is growing and therefore the needs are also growing. Increasing accessibility (colors and fonts) will help to grow the Mac market.)

I know several iMac users who are over 50 years old. They are really having problems with the smaller fonts introduced in Yosemite.

The user should have controls similar to Windows 7 and Windows 10 where the following items can be configured for maximum accessibility and productivity.

• Transparency on or off without increasing contrast.
  
• Finder Sidebar Color If Transparency is off everything is gray, gray, gray.
  
• Change Dock Color if Transparency is off. I purchased a computer with a color screen, I'd like to set the colors that are best for me.
  
• Font and Font Size for the Window and the Menu (Some fonts are tiny on a 27 inch iMac.)
  
• Titlebar Color and Titlebar Font Color
  
• App Store Font Size (Very small on a 27 inch iMac)
  
• Window placement controls (See Better Snap Tool from the Apple App Store below)
  
• Option to set the default function of the Green Zoom Maximize button - See choose your maximize graphic.
  
• Ability to set whether an App opens Windowed, Full Screen or Full Window I get tired of having to adjust the app to the right size and position each and every time I open it. Third party add-ons help, however, they often have compatibility issues. Greater control over program defaults should be built into the operating system.

These options improve accessibility and productivity.

The current option to Increase Contrast and Reduce Transparency turns everything an ugly gray.

A better solution is to create a personalization section in System Preferences. Where colors and font sizes can be changed to meet the needs of various Mac owners.

 

[talmy]

The user should have controls similar to Windows 7 and Windows 10 where the following items can be configured for maximum accessibility and productivity.

This capability has been around in windows much longer than just Windows 7. It's ridiculous that OS X can't offer the same scalability. Here are the dialogs to scale fonts to any size and adjust the system fonts and sizes -- From Windows 2000. And the capability is even older than that.

 

[tdale]

Welcome to commercial operating systems. I use Macs all day long at work it's nice to come home and not have to look at OSX. I can finally be content and have my computer my way not Apples way.

So when you buy Windows, it has ONLY the apps that you use, and no default apps you don't use and no bloatware?

 

[lowendlinux]

So when you buy Windows, it has ONLY the apps that you use, and no default apps you don't use and no bloatware?

Look at my username and the person I was quoting username.

 

[Partron22]

OS X native support of ext4 would be nice. rEFInd works OK, but if Apple isn't going offer user friendly access to Linux content, someone should at least buy the rEFInd developer a modern 64bit Mac for debugging purposes.

 

[star-affinity]

*lots of stuff*

Personally I don't really care much for colour options, but that ”zoom button” setting would be nice to have. I don't like the inconsistencies between apps when using that button.

A few other wishes on top of my head:

-Always show the right mouse/trackpad cursor icon depending on what's underneath it. As it is not it's not seldom that one (for example) gets the text selection cursor when being over a button. A bit awkward to click using that.

-"OpenGL Next” i.e. Vulkan. Let the whole operating system draw stuff using this new API and games too, making them (finally) fly on OS X.

-Better (more stable, bug free) connectivity to servers (SMB). There are some bugs that I've reported. Also I find the ”reconnecting” delay that happens when clicking a host in the Finder sidebar (that one already have connected too) a bit annoying.

-Less drama when switching an app to full screen. It takes to long (too much animation involved).

 

[tdale]

Look at my username and the person I was quoting username.

Ok, so you sue Linux, I assuem when you install it, there are zero apps, zero applets, nothing, so you install the ones you want?

The other guy doesn't use Linux, he uses an MBA since a few years back. IMHO, he seesm to hyave an unbalanced aversion to anything that is installed on his MBA that he dosnt use. Seems to have a hate towards Facetime, iMessage, iPhoto, etc. Its fine if a user wishes to have clean OS, but his attitude seems a bit OTT. If I wanted that I'd just locate the apps into one folder, place that folder at the end of the app grid, not enable Facetime, iMessage, etc.

 

[azpc]

Great ideas! Thanks for posting

"OpenGL Next” i.e. Vulkan. Let the whole operating system draw stuff using this new API and games too, making them (finally) fly on OS X.

Better (more stable, bug free) connectivity to servers (SMB). There are some bugs that I've reported. Also I find the ”reconnecting” delay that happens when clicking a host in the Finder sidebar (that one already have connected too) a bit annoying.

Less drama when switching an app to full screen. It takes to long (too much animation involved).

 

[Raju2822]

mac os x yosemite

next 10.11 upgrade should only focus on increase in speed and bug fixes.

 

[azpc]

next 10.11 upgrade should only focus on increase in speed and bug fixes.

I agree to a point.

Apple needs to give users more ability to control font sizes and colors. I know several people who might be switching back to Windows 10 if Apple doesn't give users more ability to control interface fonts. This issue is frequently mentioned in the Apple App Store reviews of Yosemite.

Fonts and colors are really an Accessibility issue. Apple historically has been proactive in the Accessibility field. They need to continue that approach and give users more options to control the interface.

My suggestions:

• Transparency on or off without increasing contrast.

• Finder Sidebar Color If Transparency is off everything is gray, gray, gray.

• Change Dock Color if Transparency is off. I purchased a computer with a color screen, I'd like to set the colors that are best for me.

• Font and Font Size for the Window and the Menu (Some fonts are tiny on a 27 inch iMac.)

• Titlebar Color and Titlebar Font Color

• App Store Font Size (Very small on a 27 inch iMac)

• Window placement controls (See Better Snap Tool from the Apple App Store below)

• Option to set the default function of the Green Zoom Maximize button - See choose your maximize graphic.

• Ability to set whether an App opens Windowed, Full Screen or Full Window I get tired of having to adjust the app to the right size and position each and every time I open it. Third party add-ons help, however, they often have compatibility issues. Greater control over program defaults should be built into the operating system.

These options improve accessibility and productivity.

Please Note: The current option to Increase Contrast and Reduce Transparency turns everything an ugly gray.

A better solution is to create a personalization section in System Preferences. Where colors and font sizes can be changed to meet the needs of various Mac owners.

 

[ConnYoungy]

11. Throw iTunes 12 in the trash. How on Earth they thought that was a step forward in useability, I just don't know.
12. Make iPhone/iPad-iTunes syncing work.

What problems are you having exactly? iTunes 12 is perfect for me, and the most logical layout for iTunes in years!

 

[brelincovers]

the future baby

i want the new OS to be futuristic, thats all that matters, the future.

 

[Linuxpro]

I wish that Apple does not spend resources on stuff like adding Siri to 10.11!

We need bug fixes, not more features.

 

[n-evo]

Welcome to commercial operating systems. I use Macs all day long at work it's nice to come home and not have to look at OSX. I can finally be content and have my computer my way not Apples way.

Even with Linux operating systems you have to deal with certain design decisions others made for you. Same goes for the software that runs on it.

In the past I loved tweaking every aspect of my PC. These days I just want something that looks look out of the box. OS X provides that. I also couldn't care less about Apple bundling a Reminders app with OS X by default. I just remove it from my Dock and forget it's there. I got over those 5,5 MB of disk space it takes up fairly quickly.

 

[lowendlinux]

Even with Linux operating systems you have to deal with certain design decisions others made for you. Same goes for the software that runs on it.

In the past I loved tweaking every aspect of my PC. These days I just want something that looks look out of the box. OS X provides that. I also couldn't care less about Apple bundling a Reminders app with OS X by default. I just remove it from my Dock and forget it's there. I got over those 5,5 MB of disk space it takes up fairly quickly.

I do?

 

[Lodesman]

OSX 10.11 needs additional user interface options.

I know several iMac users who are over 50 years old. They are really having problems with the smaller fonts introduced in Yosemite.

Ah, the callowness of youth, I passed that milestone twenty years ago and then bought my first Mac, an experience that aged me considerably.

However I have learned to use it (at least as much as I want to - the rest can lurk in the depths of the machine, unused and untroubled by me, as far as I am concerned).

As for updating post Yosemite, my experience there has put me off being an 'early adopter'. I'll wait until 10.11.3 at least.

I do agree about the fonts though - the fact I cannot alter the default text size in iCal is irritating.

 

[n-evo]

I do?

You're saying you single-handedly designed and produced everything yourself from the kernel to the hardware it runs on?

 

[lowendlinux]

You're saying you single-handedly designed and produced everything yourself from the kernel to the hardware it runs on?

No but I can and do change the things I don't like.

 

[ncrypt]

Would be super if apps could fullscreen next to the desktop they were on instead of at the end of all the desktops

And of course, stability, performance, and bug fixes