Things STILL not fixed in Tiger
I had hoped that in Tiger Apple would fix some annoying glitches that were in previous versions of Mac OS X, more specifically ones that were introduced in Panther, but sadly there's still a number of them there. For example:
1. Finder still can't properly zoom-to-fit when in icon view. It tends to fit to the icons too tightly and leaves a small amount to scroll.
2. Once and awhile the settings on my secondary monitor get changed after a boot-up, like my desktop picture goes back to one I had previously chosen, or the Calibration settings disappear and I have to do it again.
Anyone experience other glitches that have persisted across OS versions?
1. Finder still can't properly zoom-to-fit when in icon view. It tends to fit to the icons too tightly and leaves a small amount to scroll.
2. Once and awhile the settings on my secondary monitor get changed after a boot-up, like my desktop picture goes back to one I had previously chosen, or the Calibration settings disappear and I have to do it again.
Anyone experience other glitches that have persisted across OS versions?
Comments
Originally posted by Karl Kuehn
2) this means that the finder did not get a chance to write out its preference file before shutting down. usually this means that either the computer crashed, you pulled the plug, or you are running out of disk space.
That's what I thought too, but I've noticed it happening after a successful shutdown or reboot.
I have about 16GB free so it's not disk space.
I've seen this on several different macs (different models).
Originally posted by jabohn
That's what I thought too, but I've noticed it happening after a successful shutdown or reboot.
I have about 16GB free so it's not disk space.
I've seen this on several different macs (different models).
i don't think i've ever had that problem with my external monitor in any version of os x. that's odd.
Originally posted by Kesh
Safari still doesn't warn you before closing a window full of tabs.
Or minimised windows. That one really bugs me.
Yet, several serious people on arstechnica said this wasn't the case in tiger, but I'm afraid it is.
Originally posted by french macuser
We still get a beachball when selecting a big .avi ou .m2v movie in the finder set in column view.
Yet, several serious people on arstechnica said this wasn't the case in tiger, but I'm afraid it is.
Sorry I'm going to side with the Ars guys here. No beachball at all here and the movie appears pretty darn fast.
Originally posted by Telomar
Sorry I'm going to side with the Ars guys here. No beachball at all here and the movie appears pretty darn fast.
Depends on the machine. I get it on mine.
Originally posted by geekdreams
Depends on the machine. I get it on mine.
On my machine (G5 1.8) the movie shows up less than a second after I click on it.
And did you try some meg-2 videos ? They are a lot worse than .avi ones.
Originally posted by jabohn
On my machine (G5 1.8) the movie shows up less than a second after I click on it.
Try a 600+ Mb avi movie.
Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
Try a 600+ Mb avi movie.
AVI Movie Size: 1.5 GB
Seconds until the preview shows up in Column View: 2
The feeling that your on a Mac: priceless
Originally posted by french macuser
What the ars guys said it that you can still use the finder when one window is processing a movie preview. It's wrong.
And did you try some meg-2 videos ? They are a lot worse than .avi ones.
AVI of any size seems fine. Can't test mpeg-2 because I don't actually have any. I may fix that a little later for you if I have the time.
Also, if you have too many desktop items on the desktop in ICON mode, does it just pile them on top of each other (as it does now) or does it scale the ICONS down to get them all to fit?
Originally posted by Kesh
Safari still doesn't warn you before closing a window full of tabs.
http://pimpmysafari.com/
what you're looking for has existed for quite some time - i agree that it should be a native option. but if you take the time to look for it, you'll find what you want on that site.