Comments on: My OS X Issues http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/ http://blog.thewheatfield.org Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:46:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: neojp http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-4144 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:11:40 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-4144 I finally found someone who actually understand my pain, I do have all the issues you mention, I honestly can’t believe how OSX forces you to use too many keys to do really simple operations like “ctrl + fn + f2″ just to reach the menu bar, it’s so frustratingly annoying.

Thank you for letting me know of some of the workarounds, I really hope someone builds a more windows friendly file manager, I can’t use the finder as productively as I used to on Windows.

]]> By: TheWheat http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-4038 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:09:57 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-4038 Thanks for the tip with ditto, though they have implemented folder merging in Lion but have yet to see how well it works Your mouse acceleration peeve is one of my too. How can I be consistent if the cursor wants to accelerate leaving me somewhere else, rather than where I want it to be. I used SteerMouse which is Lion compatible but it doesn’t feel super smooth, but it worked well enough for me.

As Chinmay keeps telling me, OS X is not meant for me and as with all the problems I’ve had it just wasn’t a productive system for me so I just had to change for productivity sake (and to keep my blood pressure at a reasonable level =p ). Some say I may have a lemon but I’ve tried switching hard drives, clean installs (Leopard & Lion) and similar problems keep cropping up. Ubuntu, although with its own quirks and issues, has been more much responsive and usable.

]]> By: U-Zyn Chua http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-4037 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:29:05 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-4037 I agree with you on a lot of the annoyances. I myself also find the lack of keyboard shortcut on Mac OS X a pain. http://uzyn.com/lack-of-keyboard-shortcuts-in-apple-applications/

It’s a pity that I’ve just read this post after you’ve switched to Ubuntu. I disliked OS X for a lot of all these issues but still not enough for me to switch to Ubuntu, though I use Ubuntu for almost all my servers.

BTW regarding the “Replace not Merge” issue that you highlighted, you can do it, albeit with a command line. Use the “ditto” command.

My main pet peeve of OS X is still its inability to have mouse acceleration off. I go through a lot of hoops to have mouse acceleration off on my Magic Mouse (there is currently no known solution for this).

And yes, like you, I dislike Lion and am not planning to upgrade to Lion until I absolutely have to. The sad thing is that my MacBook is also from 2008, which means I will probably have to get a new Mac soon, and that also means Lion preinstalled. :(

]]> By: I’ve been Ubuntu’d, have you? « The Wheat Field http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-4036 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:13:20 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-4036 [...] slowness and annoyances of OS X operating system and the [...]

]]> By: Application of the Day: Right Zoom « The Wheat Field http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-2272 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:03:55 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-2272 [...] but to no avail. No shortcut is available for OS X to resize or maximize the window (one of my issues with OS X). Thankfully I found Right Zoom that enables me to maximize a window using a keyboard shortcut. [...]

]]> By: Reda Bendiar http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-2269 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:17:11 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-2269 Frustrating indeed. I mean, this is mac you know…user friendly. I am not happy :(

]]> By: The things I like and love about OS X « The Wheat Field http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-2218 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:42:47 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-2218 [...] Leave a Comment Tags: Apple, like, love, osx, things In all fairness after all my issues with OS X there are still things I like and even love about OS [...]

]]> By: TheWheat http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-2145 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:42:00 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-2145 Whoops my bad. Should be Command + ` not Alt. I’m still living in a Windows world. Perhaps cause I was using an external keyboard with the Alt and Windows keys switched to Command and Alt respectively. Thanks will update it =)

]]> By: cs http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-2144 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:46:01 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-2144 Haha, alrights. The Alt + ` thing for switching windows of the same app doesn’t work on mine. Unless I’m doing it wrongly or something… =/

]]> By: thewheat http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2009/09/21/my-os-x-issues/#comment-2143 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:09:06 +0000 http://blog.thewheatfield.org/?p=1088#comment-2143 I believe for typical/mouse orientated/casual users they won’t notice/care much for any issues I have because they use the computer differently. But I guess there are some important things like the replace/merge issue that they do need to know. There are more issues I have and some of them are growing pains of using a Mac, because sometimes it’s the little things that make the experience annoying and even frustrating.

But anyway, yes VLC does work on Macs (OS X to be more precise). Prefer it so much more compared to the lousy Quicktime player. Trying to adopt iTunes a bit more, but as I don’t have an iPod there isn’t much need to do so.

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