- Small Open/Save Dialog Boxes
I really hate to have to pack up this thing and take it to the Apple Store (27' is pretty big to be toting around). In the U.S., if the Mac is covered by AppleCare, and you're within 50 miles of the AppleStore, they'll ship the drive directly to you and send a tech to install it. In the spirit of helping make Apple's operating system the best it can be, here are 10 more things I hate about Mac OS X, presented in no particular order. For the most part, these are admittedly small annoyances, but it was Apple's dedication to sweating the details that drew many users to its fine products in the first place.
- Small Open/Save Dialog Boxes
I really hate to have to pack up this thing and take it to the Apple Store (27' is pretty big to be toting around). In the U.S., if the Mac is covered by AppleCare, and you're within 50 miles of the AppleStore, they'll ship the drive directly to you and send a tech to install it. In the spirit of helping make Apple's operating system the best it can be, here are 10 more things I hate about Mac OS X, presented in no particular order. For the most part, these are admittedly small annoyances, but it was Apple's dedication to sweating the details that drew many users to its fine products in the first place.
- Dan 13th December 2013 at 3:25 am. Wow, this stuff is so true, I agree with it all. I am 20 year Mac user in the graphics industry. I can't even begin to tell you the hair pulling frustrations (and hate) I've accumulated for Macs in all those years, FAR beyond what you have written here.
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When I wrote 'Ten Things I Hate About Mac OS X,' I hoped that by pointing out rough edges in the user interface, readers would say, 'I never noticed that before, but you know, that really is very annoying and should be fixed.' Boy was I naive.
The article touched a nerve with many Apple apologists and set off a firestorm of controversy. A few of the comments the article generated were just plain nasty, questioning my technical prowess, if not my very manhood. Fortunately, there were brave readers who came to my defense, pointing out that all of my gripes were technically accurate, even if they didn't share my frustration at the 'flaw' I was discussing.
In the spirit of helping make Apple's operating system the best it can be, here are 10 more things I hate about Mac OS X, presented in no particular order. For the most part, these are admittedly small annoyances, but it was Apple's dedication to sweating the details that drew many users to its fine products in the first place. I hope that engineers in Cupertino will address these issues in a Mac OS X update soon, so that I can go back to loving everything that's great about my computer, rather than griping about the few things I hate.
1. Small Open/Save Dialog Boxes
When the original 128K Mac was released in 1984, it featured a 9-inch monochrome display. Even if you don't have a monster 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, today's Macs offer so much more screen real estate. Why is it then that the default Open and Save dialog boxes (see Figure 1) remain extremely small, forcing users to scroll to find the file or location they want?
Figure 1 Small dialog boxes force users to scroll excessively and guess at precise filenames.
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Fortunately, in most applications you can resize these dialog boxes by dragging the bottom right corner. Stretch vertically to see more locations and files and horizontally to see longer filenames. The resized dialog boxes are used in the future, but you must repeat the process for every application you use. Too bad there's no way to set a larger default dialog box for all applications. I paid for a big screen and I want all of my programs to make the most of it without fiddling with each individually.
