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OS X 10.9 wishlist
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They should just buy and integrate TotalFinder and be done with it. It would be cheap, revamp Finder, and bring in new talent.
I hope we see a revamped iTunes well before 10.9 next year. Hopefully this fall.
Aware of it, currently run it - i want it built into the OS, rather than an application that sometimes wigs out and forces integrated while on battery depending on what application you open or close.
I'd like to see them finally putting the Finder out to pasture, or just putting it down really. After all, it's clunky, awkward, quirky and occasionally fragile.
Something a bit better such as Path Finder (Apple, you could do worse than spend some of your billions by acquiring PF...) would do the trick...
Other than that? Well, I always find Mac -> non Mac networking a bit fiddly, so making that a bit more reliable and perhaps introducing an easy way to 'pin down' a network share on a permanent basis (cf. 'mapping a network drive' in Windows) would be useful. As would fixing it so that a non-responsive network resource doesn't cause beachballs...
Something a bit better such as Path Finder (Apple, you could do worse than spend some of your billions by acquiring PF...) would do the trick...
Other than that? Well, I always find Mac -> non Mac networking a bit fiddly, so making that a bit more reliable and perhaps introducing an easy way to 'pin down' a network share on a permanent basis (cf. 'mapping a network drive' in Windows) would be useful. As would fixing it so that a non-responsive network resource doesn't cause beachballs...
Too many good suggestions have been posted so I'll just like to add a couple of apps i'd like to see...
Videos, Music, Photos, Podcasts, iTunes U, and iBooks individual apps to mirror iOS would be great, while dismantling the iTunes app to just be the portal to the store.
Hardcore OSX users may cry blasphemy but I've grown quite accustomed to managing my media this way across my iOS devices and I find it simpler this way. This could also be a great opportunity to break down iTunes from the bloated app that it is and to put more focus on the different types of media libraries users manage.
Videos, Music, Photos, Podcasts, iTunes U, and iBooks individual apps to mirror iOS would be great, while dismantling the iTunes app to just be the portal to the store.
Hardcore OSX users may cry blasphemy but I've grown quite accustomed to managing my media this way across my iOS devices and I find it simpler this way. This could also be a great opportunity to break down iTunes from the bloated app that it is and to put more focus on the different types of media libraries users manage.
I want to see improvements to the Finder, but I don't think acquiring one of the Finder replacements is the way to go, as most are not in line with Apple's philosophy at all, as they offer tons of functionality that makes things easier once you've learned it all, but Apple has always preferred clean, simple and intuitive. Not that they always get it right, but I don't think that swapping the Finder for something more complex is a good idea.
I'm sure there must be a better direction for the Finder, without having to over complicate it. At the very least it's surprising that Apple hasn't really done much to make a truly touch-friendly Finder. And with the big push for iCloud integration it's strange that the Finder doesn't have any proper iCloud integration beyond spotlight searching; as it'd be good to be able to more easily browse what's "in the cloud" and what's not, without having to go into specific apps, know what something is called, or create a smart folder across your mobile documents (which isn't something we should really rely on).
The Finder could really do with getting the iOS browser treatment with the ability to do drag-and-drop folder creation, but at the same time push the iOS side forward with support for nested folders. Swiping and dragging between tabs (done a bit more like iOS panes), and the option to dock Finder windows together (to give you two windows side-by-side) could make for a very fluid and flexible interface. For example; drag a Finder window onto another to add it as a tab, or drag it against the side of another to dock them into one.
Could be a very powerful mechanism for the entire OS in fact; imagine if you could dock app-windows together so you could give yourself a combined calendar and reminders view once again, that would Fullscreen as a single window (menubar changing depending which segment is in focus).
I'm sure there must be a better direction for the Finder, without having to over complicate it. At the very least it's surprising that Apple hasn't really done much to make a truly touch-friendly Finder. And with the big push for iCloud integration it's strange that the Finder doesn't have any proper iCloud integration beyond spotlight searching; as it'd be good to be able to more easily browse what's "in the cloud" and what's not, without having to go into specific apps, know what something is called, or create a smart folder across your mobile documents (which isn't something we should really rely on).
The Finder could really do with getting the iOS browser treatment with the ability to do drag-and-drop folder creation, but at the same time push the iOS side forward with support for nested folders. Swiping and dragging between tabs (done a bit more like iOS panes), and the option to dock Finder windows together (to give you two windows side-by-side) could make for a very fluid and flexible interface. For example; drag a Finder window onto another to add it as a tab, or drag it against the side of another to dock them into one.
Could be a very powerful mechanism for the entire OS in fact; imagine if you could dock app-windows together so you could give yourself a combined calendar and reminders view once again, that would Fullscreen as a single window (menubar changing depending which segment is in focus).
Wish:
Don't render secondary screens into a grey brick because of fullscreen on main screen.
Siri would be nice,too.
Don't render secondary screens into a grey brick because of fullscreen on main screen.
Siri would be nice,too.
Completely understand. I would also like to see iCloud turn into more of a traditional cloud option where I have the ability to tore any file I want there not just what Apple allows. I produce music and it would be great to be able to store my FL files up in iCloud rather than using Skydrive. But I don't want it to lose the abilities it has now just to be able to add the ability to add anything.
Siri and a long over due iTunes overhaul. It's the heaviest used app with the oldest/dated GUI. Just turn the Sync app into the iphone sync capabilities from iTunes and port the iTunes iOS app over to ML.
clean up the app some.
clean up the app some.
I agreed with everything quoted above but none of your "Things I don't think Apple will do list".
I would like to see the Documents in the Cloud to add a way to separate different types of files to keep work documents separate from personal, separate from resume's, etc. Perhaps borrowing something from the Collections feature in iBooks, but better.
Other things I'd like:
iBooks for Mac, Back to my iPad (like BTMM), hiding apps in Launchpad.
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Sorry to be a pedant but there won't be OS X 11. It'll be OS XI.
Not necessarily, OS X is the OS name, not the version number (even if it came after Mac OS 9). It's OS X version 10.8. Apple could conceivably have OS X version 11.0, but I'm guessing they won't because it would be confusing.
Here's what I'd like to see:
Siri.
With the ability to open apps and files. Even better would be if Siri wakes up and greets me when she knows I'm nearby using NFC in my iPhone. Example: I walk into the studio. Siri says "Good Morning, what are we working on today?" I say "Open such and such project in Pro Tools". It opens up while I make coffee and check messages. Then I can just sit down and do my thing.
Back To My Mac for iPad...nuff said.
More iOS integration.
In order for this to happen, iOS apps like iWork, iPhoto etc need to be exact copies of what's on the Mac. There are still differences that make syncing with iCloud weaker than it should be.
Unification of similar apps.
Calendar, Reminders, Notes and Contacts could all be unified in one app called Organizer. Really, with Siri (first desired feature) there's little need to even open those apps, so why not house them in one shell that continues to sync with iCloud and notify you when necessary in Notification Center? Open the unified app to access things manually or use Siri to present you the desired info.
Browser based editing and sharing for iWork/iCloud.
Yeah, I know, this technically isn't an OS X feature. We actually almost had this with iWork.com and it was really nice. Not everybody has a Mac or runs iWork on their iOS devices. When I create something that I need additional input on iWork.com was great. I could upload the document, then share it with whoever I wanted. They could view it in their web browser regardless of the machine they were using.
Microsoft has Skydrive, which offers editing in the browser. This would be an excellent feature for iWork as well, that would help overcome some market penetration deficiencies.
I can't really think of anything else that would be a big deal for me. I'm sure other ideas will come up as ML sees more adoption.
Siri.
With the ability to open apps and files. Even better would be if Siri wakes up and greets me when she knows I'm nearby using NFC in my iPhone. Example: I walk into the studio. Siri says "Good Morning, what are we working on today?" I say "Open such and such project in Pro Tools". It opens up while I make coffee and check messages. Then I can just sit down and do my thing.
Back To My Mac for iPad...nuff said.
More iOS integration.
In order for this to happen, iOS apps like iWork, iPhoto etc need to be exact copies of what's on the Mac. There are still differences that make syncing with iCloud weaker than it should be.
Unification of similar apps.
Calendar, Reminders, Notes and Contacts could all be unified in one app called Organizer. Really, with Siri (first desired feature) there's little need to even open those apps, so why not house them in one shell that continues to sync with iCloud and notify you when necessary in Notification Center? Open the unified app to access things manually or use Siri to present you the desired info.
Browser based editing and sharing for iWork/iCloud.
Yeah, I know, this technically isn't an OS X feature. We actually almost had this with iWork.com and it was really nice. Not everybody has a Mac or runs iWork on their iOS devices. When I create something that I need additional input on iWork.com was great. I could upload the document, then share it with whoever I wanted. They could view it in their web browser regardless of the machine they were using.
Microsoft has Skydrive, which offers editing in the browser. This would be an excellent feature for iWork as well, that would help overcome some market penetration deficiencies.
I can't really think of anything else that would be a big deal for me. I'm sure other ideas will come up as ML sees more adoption.
Sorry to be a pedant but there won't be OS X 11. It'll be OS XI.
I don't think so. I think it'll be OS X 10.10, 10.11, etc.