Name one thing you hate about OSX

Echo toxin · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:14

DVD Cinema said:
What do you mean?

I think he means one thing he hates is the lack of games support. But there is "Cider" or something that will enable Windows games to play natively inside Mac OS X with little code change.

Mat · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:16

DVD Cinema said:
What do you mean?

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3329

Might run like a dog tho but then again, it might not...

Doug · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:48

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Selecting a file and pressing the delete key doesn't delete the file.

Fixed in Leopard

FreeStream · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:37

I've thought of something!

In windows you can remove USB sticks and cards etc without having to "eject" them first.

OS X throws up an error saying the device was disconnected and may have corrupt data blah blah blah. Well, all the times I pull them out without un-mounting the data is ok, so why apple put that warning in I dont know

CR.

nav... · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:57

is it really that dificult to drag an icon onto the trashcan?

stuppy · 30 Aug 2006 at 16:26

Concorde Rules said:
I've thought of something!

In windows you can remove USB sticks and cards etc without having to "eject" them first.

OS X throws up an error saying the device was disconnected and may have corrupt data blah blah blah. Well, all the times I pull them out without un-mounting the data is ok, so why apple put that warning in I dont know

CR.

Probably to cover themselves or sommet

Echo toxin · 30 Aug 2006 at 17:13

vaultingSlinky said:
In windows you are supposed to go to safely remove hardware...but no one ever does do they!?

I do! I'd rather be safe than sorry.

FreeStream · 30 Aug 2006 at 18:49

Yep, probably just covering themselves, but still removing it without ejecting hasn't hurt a single photo or file.

So I pull it out and hit enter

Beansprout · 30 Aug 2006 at 18:50

Concorde Rules said:
Yep, probably just covering themselves, but still removing it without ejecting hasn't hurt a single photo or file.

So I pull it out and hit enter

My friend pulled his USB stick out once and it all got corrupted

MagSafe · 30 Aug 2006 at 19:15

Yep... Not many people know (which is a bad thing in itself) that on Windows your suppost to "Safely Remove Hardware" before pulling it out of it's socket. I used to do this myself for years whilst I was at uni until my dad (who knew about this) accidently pulled his Archos and his entire 80gb worth of movies and music was completey corrupted/erased.

At least in OS X its made a lot more obvious that you need to tell the operating system the device is going to be removed before you yank it out.

ironman · 30 Aug 2006 at 23:52

So in 30 posts we have concluded that osx doesn't really have any big disadvantages

Beepcake · 30 Aug 2006 at 23:58

You only need to use the safe removal icon in XP if the external disk is set to Optimize for Performance, rather than Optimize for quick removal. Most things will default to the latter so you can yank them out.

It would be nice to have the same option in OSX, and I don't think it's particularly obvious in OSX you need to do anything before you can unplug.. other than the message telling you off after you've done it

FreeStream · 31 Aug 2006 at 11:56

gurdas said:
So in 30 posts we have concluded that osx doesn't really have any big disadvantages

lol - abit like mac ownership

daven1986 · 31 Aug 2006 at 12:20

Beepcake said:
You only need to use the safe removal icon in XP if the external disk is set to Optimize for Performance, rather than Optimize for quick removal. Most things will default to the latter so you can yank them out.

It would be nice to have the same option in OSX, and I don't think it's particularly obvious in OSX you need to do anything before you can unplug.. other than the message telling you off after you've done it

MagSafe said:
Yep... Not many people know (which is a bad thing in itself) that on Windows your suppost to "Safely Remove Hardware" before pulling it out of it's socket. I used to do this myself for years whilst I was at uni until my dad (who knew about this) accidently pulled his Archos and his entire 80gb worth of movies and music was completey corrupted/erased.

At least in OS X its made a lot more obvious that you need to tell the operating system the device is going to be removed before you yank it out.

yeah right click on the drive in "my computer", go to properties, then hardware, then chose the drive you want then click on properties then go to policies and check optimise for quick removal. you can also do this through device manager.

daven

Founder_film · 31 Aug 2006 at 18:55

JimmyEatWorms said:
Why 2 key presses for such a simple task?

Correct me if I am wrong but dont you need two key presses in windows one to press delete and one to press enter to confirm the delete??????? Command - Backspace takes it straight to the trash.

FreeStream · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:06

Founder_film said:
Correct me if I am wrong but dont you need two key presses in windows one to press delete and one to press enter to confirm the delete??????? Command - Backspace takes it straight to the trash.

Ooh, nice one!

Beansprout · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:08

Founder_film said:
Correct me if I am wrong but dont you need two key presses in windows one to press delete and one to press enter to confirm the delete??????? Command - Backspace takes it straight to the trash.

One better in Windows... Shift+Delete, Enter deletes something and skips the trash can

Hate · 3 Sep 2006 at 13:26

gurdas said:
So in 30 posts we have concluded that osx doesn't really have any big disadvantages

neither does any half decent OS really, windows is actually alright for what it does and since it holds a massive amount of the market then you are likely to get more reports on it.