There is already cloning in Disk Utility, just click the drive you want to clone, click the restore tab, drag Macintosh HD (or your main partition) into the "source" field. Then drag the volume or partition that you want your main partition to be copied to into the "destination" area. Then click restore (this will erase all contents off of the volume or partition).
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There is already cloning in Disk Utility, just click the drive you want to clone, click the restore tab, drag Macintosh HD (or your main partition) into the "source" field. Then drag the volume or partition that you want your main partition to be copied to into the "destination" area. Then click restore (this will erase all contents off of the volume or partition).
lol.. same sentiments there! I thought Lion was bad... ML=many many more problems.. at least from what I am experiencing
I do enjoy that they have imessages but not so many bugs please
no doubt no doubt about it! I'm not sure this is final yet---
but I think siri will not be available for the iPad 2 eventho it's almost the same as iPad3's internals when ios 6 launches. sigh*
Someone already mentioned it, but I'd like them to add iBooks to OS X.
I only have an iPod atm to read my books, and it gets uncomfortable some times. Being able to read my books on my Mac would be great!
And obviously with the same/similar multitouch interface as it has on iOS.
I only have an iPod atm to read my books, and it gets uncomfortable some times. Being able to read my books on my Mac would be great!
And obviously with the same/similar multitouch interface as it has on iOS.
- Actual multiple display support (especially full-screen app's on more than one display)
- Better OpenGL Core support
- Improved Finder (read re: ZFS threads, Apple explored it in Leopard but dropped for many reasons, although it could still be implemented and extremely helpful for OS X)
- Return full "Time Machine" support for "iPhoto" (allow individual photo's/albums/events to be recovered within the app as Mail/Contacts does and OS X used to allow)
- Grid 10.5/6 Spaces ("TotalSpaces" is a great fix for 10.8)
- Combine multiple iTunes accounts into ONE (a bit off-topic)
- Support for other media codecs (ex avi, yes, it is Windows based however there are instances in which avi files are shared and need to be used in iMovie or FCP, and yet need to be transcoded, which may impact quality)
- SATA III (H/W based, yes, but sorely needed)
I'm sure there are many I am forgetting, but that's enough for the moment
- Better OpenGL Core support
- Improved Finder (read re: ZFS threads, Apple explored it in Leopard but dropped for many reasons, although it could still be implemented and extremely helpful for OS X)
- Return full "Time Machine" support for "iPhoto" (allow individual photo's/albums/events to be recovered within the app as Mail/Contacts does and OS X used to allow)
- Grid 10.5/6 Spaces ("TotalSpaces" is a great fix for 10.8)
- Combine multiple iTunes accounts into ONE (a bit off-topic)
- Support for other media codecs (ex avi, yes, it is Windows based however there are instances in which avi files are shared and need to be used in iMovie or FCP, and yet need to be transcoded, which may impact quality)
- SATA III (H/W based, yes, but sorely needed)
I'm sure there are many I am forgetting, but that's enough for the moment
Just change pretty much everything in order to make it a TRUE desktop experience again.
Revamped Finder, consistent UI paradigms, new file system, less iOS crap, widespread video codec support, full compliance with Internet standards, full multithread-multicore support for all Apple applications, latest GPU drivers, latest OpenGL support, no more mouse polling rate issues etc. etc. etc.
And yeah, a REVAMPED Finder - or at least buy xTraFinder, PathFinder or TotalFinder for that matter.
Revamped Finder, consistent UI paradigms, new file system, less iOS crap, widespread video codec support, full compliance with Internet standards, full multithread-multicore support for all Apple applications, latest GPU drivers, latest OpenGL support, no more mouse polling rate issues etc. etc. etc.
And yeah, a REVAMPED Finder - or at least buy xTraFinder, PathFinder or TotalFinder for that matter.
150 million people would say otherwise.
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I'd like to see in no particular order.
1. New filesystem optimized for today's SSD and faster storage architectures and mobile devices (lightweight, fast, anti corruption etc)
2. Map Kit on OS X - for easy integration of Map data
3. Sandbox friendly sharing framework (iOS as well)
4. Airplay everywhere. Quicktime Player, Safari, Quick Look etc
5. iSCSI initiator-
6. Siri
7. Tagging.
8. Dual Pane Finder
9. iOS apps support (Virtualized)
10. Front Row replacement for turning a Mac into a HTPC
This would be so nice.
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How is windows 8 a disaster? I've 0 issues with and I've been running it sincee the Developer Preview.
Just download the free xTraFinder and get those tabs; Apple is probably too busy prioritizing iOS to do anything relevant with OS X...
Just download the free xTraFinder and get those tabs; Apple is probably too busy prioritizing iOS to do anything relevant with OS X...
I saw many aleternative or additives to the finder, I'll stick with it how it is for now though. I see you post alot. Do you think apple plans to kill OSX for iOS? (Don't this as an attack, I'm legit asking you for you Opinion.)
Also you seem pretty unahppy with apple and OS X, have you considered switching to Win or Linux?
A totally revamped iTunes...please.
More enhancements to the UI to make it feel like a real update? And a fully functional Siri.
More enhancements to the UI to make it feel like a real update? And a fully functional Siri.
If anyone would make a PC notebook that has the quality and trackpad functionality a macbook has... I'd be all over it in a heartbeat and dump OSX. (And no, bootcamping windows exclusively on a mac ain't the same).
Just speaking for me mind you.
One other thing I'd like to see is a kind of Grand Central Dispatch for networking; some kind of simplified way to create and manage connections that leaves most of the work up to the OS.
I know the Objective-C libraries give some pretty good asynchronous connection support, and a few specialised cases for HTTP and such that make it simple enough on the programming side, but all the work is still done by threads in the process which seems fairly wasteful.
If you could just give up your connections to the OS, leaving it to manage the threads that grab and dispatch data as it arrives/sends then it could allow networking to be a smoother overall experience. Particularly if the OS is then able to better manage your bandwidth, rather than the current method of just going as fast as possible until a router or other piece of network hardware slows you down. Could be especially interesting if it were able to invisibly combine connections to the same remote machines, while appearing as separate connections to the application(s).
It maybe wouldn't be too revolutionary in the grand scheme of things, but considering practically everything is online these days it seems a waste to have each app with its own thread(s) for connections. In the ideal world all thread management would be done by the OS, with apps just being a collection of Grand Central blocks waiting to be queued, with network connections essentially doing the same thing
I know the Objective-C libraries give some pretty good asynchronous connection support, and a few specialised cases for HTTP and such that make it simple enough on the programming side, but all the work is still done by threads in the process which seems fairly wasteful.
If you could just give up your connections to the OS, leaving it to manage the threads that grab and dispatch data as it arrives/sends then it could allow networking to be a smoother overall experience. Particularly if the OS is then able to better manage your bandwidth, rather than the current method of just going as fast as possible until a router or other piece of network hardware slows you down. Could be especially interesting if it were able to invisibly combine connections to the same remote machines, while appearing as separate connections to the application(s).
It maybe wouldn't be too revolutionary in the grand scheme of things, but considering practically everything is online these days it seems a waste to have each app with its own thread(s) for connections. In the ideal world all thread management would be done by the OS, with apps just being a collection of Grand Central blocks waiting to be queued, with network connections essentially doing the same thing
1 - I only post a lot when special events happen and I have some time during the weekends to do so - I have been particularly active for the launch of ML because I am really disappointed with the non-improvements there;
2 - I sincerely believe Apple is seriously considering a merge between iOS and OS X, and perhaps a full-scale streamlining of chipsets when ARM becomes sufficiently powerful. In any case, we should still have OS X 10.9 or perhaps a final OS XI. It won't go further than that;
3 - You should see my post history to realize that, barring a complete Apple disaster, I will NEVER migrate to anything like Windows or Linux. I have converted more than 15 people to Mac (and they are not looking back) and will happily continue to do so because I am still sure of the superiority of the Mac ensemble against crappy Windows boxes and nonintuitive Linux setups. I started using Apple devices in the late 80s and used Macs (a Quadra 605) when everyone else proclaimed Apple dead in the mid- to late 90s. For me it's about the philosophy of the company and the overall quality/clean lines of its products - once this is over, then and only then will I consider switching to anything else
Having said the above, I am totally critical of Apple's current iOSification of OS X, as well as the overall lack of innovation since Snow Leopard was launched. Nowadays, it's all about "optimizations" and inclusion of existing iOS features, while the company leaves behind long-needed improvements in things such as UI consistency, file system, Finder, codecs, video/OpenGL support or even basic visual cues like spinning wheels for loading processes in Mail or Safari.
Worse, we don't see ANY signs of thinking outside the box and coming up with the next best desktop experience for personal computers. It's time for Forstall and Federighi to go, and bring back Serlet and Tevanian...
@ Krazy Bill: have you seen Zenbooks or ultrabooks? they look really slick. I always go and look at them at best buy lol.
I have the very similar sentiment to you both. Linux is NOT user friendly, it's still largely CLI as oppose to a full GUI like windows and osx.
I think I will switch back to Windows 7 for a while. iOS is great for iPads and iPhones but the quality of OSX (right now) is not up to par when compared to Win7 (seriously, once you used them both many times, you'll know.. but if you used osx for a LONG time, it might takes some time to get used to windows but it's worth it.)
YES, the inconsistent UI elements in osx bothered me. I guess I'll only use OSX for iOS development.