It is annoying when you don't have a mouse and you have to work off of the trackpad.
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Pet peeves when switching from Windows to Mac?
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It is annoying when you don't have a mouse and you have to work off of the trackpad.
I've been back to the Mac for just over a week now after being strictly a PC guy for the past 10 years. There's really very little that I miss with Windows, however, there is one thing I find a bit annoying about the Mac OS...
The ability to resize a screen from any corner of the application. You can do this in Windows, but on the Mac OS, you can only resize a window from the lower right hand corner. Unless I'm missing something, this is my only pet peeve so far.
The ability to resize a screen from any corner of the application. You can do this in Windows, but on the Mac OS, you can only resize a window from the lower right hand corner. Unless I'm missing something, this is my only pet peeve so far.
I work with tons of data and large graphs in excel. In windows, excel renders these graphs lightning fast as a scroll past them. On the Mac, they lag as they scroll. Very annoying.
In fact, I can get better performance on large graphs by running Excel in Parallels, than I can get running it natively (with office 2008) on the Mac.
In fact, I can get better performance on large graphs by running Excel in Parallels, than I can get running it natively (with office 2008) on the Mac.
How about if (for some reason) you don't have a mouse or trackpad and need to use the keyboard. And then something pops up asking you to authenticate. how in the world do you authenticate without being able to choose which button to press. In Windows I can [tab][tab] over or [->][->] over and then hit [Enter]. on my mac........
hahahahahahaha. ha!
I "switched" right as 10.3.7 was coming out with a G4 mini, and I still can't figure out the friggin keyboard shortcuts!
Luckily, I'm really good with a touchpad
Count me in the not switcher but frequently play in both OSs (as well as Linux) group
Yes it is. Plain and simple, and it's my biggest gripe with OS X. Plus when the lower right hand corner of the window is in the lower right hand corner of the screen you have to move the window before you can resize it.
Sometimes I miss tree view, but I basically prefer finder.
Once you get your head around the idea that "Start Menu" <> "Apple Menu" and start customizing your dock you won't miss the Start menu nearly as much.
"Mapped network drives" in windows (on an old P4 box) seem to function much faster / better than shares which are auto mounted at startup in OS X ( on a CD mini) (Shares are SAMBA served up by a Linux box). It still drives me batty that if I restart the mini and an iPod is connected, iTunes will launch before the share with all the music is mounted and iTunes starts screaming that it can find the files. Finder will also occasionally take it's sweet time when I surf to an alias to the mounted share.
In general though: I'll occasionally be on a Mac and think "Windows just does this better", but frequently when I'm on a Windows box I'll wish I was on a Mac.
Yeah, it would be really nice if you could sudo finder.
Yes it is. Plain and simple, and it's my biggest gripe with OS X. Plus when the lower right hand corner of the window is in the lower right hand corner of the screen you have to move the window before you can resize it.
Sometimes I miss tree view, but I basically prefer finder.
Once you get your head around the idea that "Start Menu" <> "Apple Menu" and start customizing your dock you won't miss the Start menu nearly as much.
"Mapped network drives" in windows (on an old P4 box) seem to function much faster / better than shares which are auto mounted at startup in OS X ( on a CD mini) (Shares are SAMBA served up by a Linux box). It still drives me batty that if I restart the mini and an iPod is connected, iTunes will launch before the share with all the music is mounted and iTunes starts screaming that it can find the files. Finder will also occasionally take it's sweet time when I surf to an alias to the mounted share.
In general though: I'll occasionally be on a Mac and think "Windows just does this better", but frequently when I'm on a Windows box I'll wish I was on a Mac.
System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Full keyboard access (check "All controls")
allows you to select buttons in a dialog box, if that's what you meant.
This is my biggest pet peeve about the Mac interface, and I'm not even a switcher. There are historical reasons for the lack of this feature, but I think there is no good reason it's not available. It could be introduced without disturbing the current interface and without software authors having to rewrite code. I think Apple simply won't admit that its design choice hasn't turned out to be the best.
Yes, you are missing a great deal. Of course you can set permissions via the Get Info, but the tools given there are incredibly crude. Real-life example: I have a shared iTunes folder that stores music, etc. for the entire family (saves space vs. redundant storage for everyone, and allows easy sharing of purchased music, etc.). I want to set it up so that my wife and I have full control over the files, while my kids can access files, add files, but not delete files in those folders (I've lost a few when the kids have deleted songs from their library, and then clicked 'move to trash'). Also, I want to block access for the youngest child only to certain folders containing age-inappropriate content. All of this is (fairly) easy to do with NTFS permissions; try doing it with "Get Info."Unless Im missing something you can set file/folder permissions of a file using the "Get Info" dialog?
As for the "uber-admin" role, with access to all files, if you really need it, just enable the root user, but there really isn't a need to do that? Out of curiosity what do you need to do that would require an "uber-admin" account?
Ueber-admin: I simply want to move or copy some files to a specific destination in another user's account on the machine. In Windows, I log on as an admin, fire up Windows Explorer, and drag the files to the appropriate folder. Done. In OS X, I have to log on as me, copy the files to a network share or the other user's drop folder, then log on as that user and move the files to their final destination. A royal pain.
I don't miss anything, my 24" does really require to use up the whole screen with a safari window for example. Green button has a use, forgot what it was, for the uninstaller part, yeah you could drag the app to the trash, but its app files are still there, though you can manually delete it, App Zapper® takes care of that. I mean, really, OSX is 10x better than windows, i dont miss anything...well, i do miss the part where i spent hours looking for an OSX Tiger theme on my PC just before getting my iMac...too bad the theme bogged down the Vaio
There might be a solution for that. Have a look at RAGE Macintosh Explorer (google it). It might do what you need also I am happy with finder.
Closing an application doesn't mean it's gone. You have to make sure to Quit that application to make sure it's no longer running. Command-Q is your friend.
Why do you worry? Is that not the job of the computer to take care of. If I want to use an application it must just pop up, I do not want to think about if it is already running or not, nor do I want to end it as long as it is not effecting ther performance of the computer.
But here are my peeves:
- The ability to resize a screen from any corner of the application.
- The green button is not always making a window full screen
Oh, and in finder column view, typing the beginning letter will jump to the next column instead of highlighting the item in the same column.
I prefer to have my dock hidden so the one thing I'd really like to have is a fully functional Trash Can on the desktop.
I have found Command + Tab does not work as well ( as ALT + Tab in Windows) when switching between certain applications..
also, when using messenger:mac seperate windows open for conversations, which is fine in Windows as it has the taskbar, but veryy annoying in OSX, however, not only is this a fault of microsoft, but Adium fixes this quite nicely anyway.
Of course, the few shortfalls in OSX are more than made up for by the style, efficiency, and overall functionality it has over Windows.
also, when using messenger:mac seperate windows open for conversations, which is fine in Windows as it has the taskbar, but veryy annoying in OSX, however, not only is this a fault of microsoft, but Adium fixes this quite nicely anyway.
Of course, the few shortfalls in OSX are more than made up for by the style, efficiency, and overall functionality it has over Windows.
I kinda switched some year and a half ago, I did not have winblows but I used linux. I still have linux on all my other machines, but I used windows extensively at work and at home before xp.
I really hate explorer and the windows "way". Just do not like it.
On the other hand, I find Finder usable, but will trade it for a good color version of Midnight Commander, it doesn't support drag-and-drop but I just do not use drag-and-drop.
Comparing Spaces to the multiple-desktops of X, well Apple has loads to do, especially allowing to disable the "switch-to-space-when-holding-the-mouse-button", that only seems to annoy because is difficult to trigger but too sensitive with X11 applications and under VMWare :-(.
As they are there... an option to disable the "effects" of changing between spaces, annoying, unnecessary.
The rest ?, super. The trackpad is just perfect, much better than any PeeCee notebook I tried (with one, of course).
I really hate explorer and the windows "way". Just do not like it.
On the other hand, I find Finder usable, but will trade it for a good color version of Midnight Commander, it doesn't support drag-and-drop but I just do not use drag-and-drop.
Comparing Spaces to the multiple-desktops of X, well Apple has loads to do, especially allowing to disable the "switch-to-space-when-holding-the-mouse-button", that only seems to annoy because is difficult to trigger but too sensitive with X11 applications and under VMWare :-(.
As they are there... an option to disable the "effects" of changing between spaces, annoying, unnecessary.
The rest ?, super
. The trackpad is just perfect, much better than any PeeCee notebook I tried (with one, of course).
Yes, Macintosh Explorer looked quite promising. However, when I tried it it I found that keyboard-navigation was broken. When I hit up/down to navigate a list of files it always jumped by 2 files so I could never select the file I wanted...
It also seems like development is idle.
I am currently trying 'Leap' from the MacUpdate bundle. It is quite nice, but not really a finder replacement.
I must say I quite like the bundles from Heist and Macupdate. They made my start on OSX so much easier and I probably spend more money on software for the Mac in the last year than on Windows in the last 5 years...
I use Witch http://www.manytricks.com/witch/ for ALT+TABing between application windows. It works like a charm and you can have it in addition to the Command+Tab thing.
That's strange. You should be able to shut down even if programs are running - the operating system will tell them to quit, in that case. However, trying to unmount a disk while you have files open from that disk WILL cause the operating system to complain. Mac OS X, at least sometimes, will helpfully tell you which file (or files) are causing the problem.
Features I miss from Windows:
The (Windows)+L shortcut to lock the screen. Incredibly useful, that.
Being able to refresh Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS X) at any time by pressing 1 key. Why Finder doesn't have a refresh key, I don't know. Though it does a better job of staying updated than Windows, it isn't perfect yet.
Sound scheme support at the OS level, including other programs besides Windows Explorer and other Windows components.
I really miss the long coffee breaks waiting for my machine to reboot and having a great excuse for my lack of work productivity
I would have to second this.
I've been a long time PC-user, however I just made the switch at home to mac (i learned on mac's at school, and have had a couple of jobs that were mac-based). I still use PC at work now though... and my biggest peeve would have to be the lack of simplicity all-around.
Wow! There are people who miss the ability to resize windows from any corner/side?
I have been a Mac user forever and only began to dapple in PC because I had to at the library. And all I can say is why would any use Window?
I find it so much faster to just resize with one corner and drag it to any size that you want. I find the resizing from the sides useless.
I do hate the exclusive use of the Dock only from OSX though. I want the ability to collapse windows in place back!
I have been a Mac user forever and only began to dapple in PC because I had to at the library. And all I can say is why would any use Window?
I find it so much faster to just resize with one corner and drag it to any size that you want. I find the resizing from the sides useless.
I do hate the exclusive use of the Dock only from OSX though. I want the ability to collapse windows in place back!
There's a lengthy discussion of the resizing issue in the Why can't we resize window sizes as we wish ? thread, so I won't clutter up this thread by repeating what's there.
I've switched to Mac just recently and besides what others have already said (green button, closing an applications window is not closing the application etc.) this is one of the biggest pet peeves so far:
In Windows, when you have a folder with images, you can just doubleclick on one picture and open it, then to see the next image fullsize, you just hit the "next" arrow within the same window.Unless i'm missing something, that can't be done OSX.The only way is to mark *all* the images you wanna look at *before* hitting open.
This really bothers me to no end.
In Windows, when you have a folder with images, you can just doubleclick on one picture and open it, then to see the next image fullsize, you just hit the "next" arrow within the same window.Unless i'm missing something, that can't be done OSX.The only way is to mark *all* the images you wanna look at *before* hitting open.
This really bothers me to no end.