So I finally tried out apple

[Dave]

Because I said so.

[werldhed]

I'm sure most of the quirks that bug me about OSX are down to familiarity, so I try not to harp too much on it. If you like it fine. It's decent enough. What bugs me most is apple fanboys acting like it's the greatest thing in the world. In that sense, I'm with jules: there isn't anything I use it for that it does better than windows.

Some things, however, I do think are retarded. Such as the 4 different alt/ctrl/fn buttons. It's a pain in the ass remembering which one does which, and which program uses which.
As for f9, I disagree... I don't like expose and windows flying all over my screen. Give me a simple taskbar to use for switching screens. Or alt-tab.

edit: one feature I do love about osx: hovering over folders to open them.

[Dave]

Alt-Tab in os x switches applications, alt-` switches windows in an application.

[werldhed]

does nothing for me.

am I a moran?

alt-` works, though.

[R00k]

Because I said so.

Okay, just so we're clear.



Explorer is great. The only real improvement I'd make on it is automating some cmd-line actions on them -- like dir > C:\dirlist.txt, xcopy, etc.

[[xeno]Julios]

If you haven't figured out how to do this in the Finder, you're not trying very hard..

please enlighten! As I said, I can sort them by kind, but kind is a very broad category - for example the kind "documents" contains images, pdfs, etc.

How do i sort them by a finer category, like xp does?

[Dave]

Well, I could go into comic book guy mode and write a tirade about why I don't like Explorer, why I like Finder marginally better, and why they both suck overall wasting half an hour of my day.. Or I could just say ''because I said so" and waste about 15 seconds.

[Dave]

If you haven't figured out how to do this in the Finder, you're not trying very hard..

please enlighten! As I said, I can sort them by kind, but kind is a very broad category - for example the kind "documents" contains images, pdfs, etc.

How do i sort them by a finer category, like xp does?

Command/Open Apple+J

[[xeno]Julios]

I'm sure DB or Daev have a billion of these but
some old stuff
http://www.macworld.com/article/26836/2 ... hints.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/29961/2 ... ified.html
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x ... 912382&p=1
and if you use email:
http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtip ... e_tips.htm

you've got to be joking... you call those indepth articles about the intricacies of the OS? All I see here are some quick newbie tricks and shortcut key style advice.

[[xeno]Julios]

Command/Open Apple+J

Can you show me a screenshot of a finder window with files sorted by filetype?

[Underpants?]

I'm sure DB or Daev have a billion of these but
some old stuff
http://www.macworld.com/article/26836/2 ... hints.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/29961/2 ... ified.html
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x ... 912382&p=1
and if you use email:
http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtip ... e_tips.htm

you've got to be joking... you call those indepth articles about the intricacies of the OS? All I see here are some quick newbie tricks and shortcut key style advice.

no i'm not joking. I mean it very sincerely when I imply you should use your own resources and quit whining like an entitlement-issued over-privileged frat boi.

[Doombrain]

Command/Open Apple+J

Can you show me a screenshot of a finder window with files sorted by filetype?

are you joking?

[+JuggerNaut+]

this thread

[Doombrain]

I think julios has some type of growth in his brain which effects him in such a way his mind burns so very brightly. Thoughts so quick and pure it defies the norm. However, in two or three years it will kill him and bust out of his ears.

[Foo]

And John Candy will be free once again.

[[xeno]Julios]

are you joking?

i'm at home today so can't test it out.

[[xeno]Julios]

no i'm not joking. I mean it very sincerely when I imply you should use your own resources and quit whining like an entitlement-issued over-privileged frat boi.

i articulated some tangible functional issues i have with os x

you reply that I should learn the command line, and look at some indepth articles which convey the power of os x.

I ask for articles, with open mind.

You provide some articles which don't do as advertized.

I scoff, and am thus an over-privileged frat boy.

[Geebs]

Errr, is this what you had in mind?

[[xeno]Julios]

sort of- i'm guessing that's leapord's finder right?

Can you sort them by file extension but in list view (not icon view)

[Tsakali_]

1) The bloody maximize button doesn't fully maximize the screen, which I really need...

try this
http://www.digg.com/apple/OS_X_windows_ ... ll_screen!

[Geebs]

Taking screenies of Finder windows gets very confusing after a while. It has brought back to me one thing that is stupid about the OS X finder, which is that you can't sort windows by two variables, AFAIK - like sort by type first, date modified second, etc.

Heh, was looking through my image folder and found this. Not a comment on the thread, but I'd forgotten how odd it is....

[Tsakali_]

so who is actually doing the owning on that picture?

[[xeno]Julios]

thanks geebs - yea that's exactly what I'd like to be able to do, but doesn't seem to work with tiger. Will try the cmd+j that dave recommended, but I dunno - seems like leopard has fixed that issue.

[Geebs]

so who is actually doing the owning on that picture?

That would be the Venus Fly Trap, owning.

[Tsakali_]

but I don't see any flies arou.....ohhh!