my OS X wishlist...

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in macOS edited January 2014
I am using OS X daily now, and there are still a few things that need to happen, for me at least, before I can say this OS is ready for primetime. The good news is that none of them are speed issues...this OS is FAST.



* Photoshop. I guess it's finally shipping now, but I'll scratch that one off when I can actually BUY it.



* Real Player. I hate real networks and their crappy player, but I still need it and no OS X version exists, not even a beta.



* USB joystick drivers. Gamepad drivers are non-existant in OS X. I've tried third party solutions...they don't work. Apple needs to deliver on this.



* VNC. Probably not a lot of demand for this one. It's a networking app that allows you to control other computers and to control your mac over a network. Unlike Apple Remote Desktop, it's FREE and cross platform, two big needs for me.



* Intellimouse drivers. Yeah I downloaded the drivers from microsofts site. Do they WORK? NO. Do it right, or don't release them. These drivers suck.



* CD-RW erase IN THE FINDER. Am I a nimrod, or is there only a way to write a CD and not RE-write one? BTW, Toast is the worst program ever written and I will never again pay for, or install it.



* Drivers for my scanner. It's a Umax Astra 1220U, and the only drivers are in classic.



* Fix the "This file belongs to root" dialog that prevents deleting random files created by installations (Installer Log file, for one). The only way i know of to work around this is to boot to 9, which sucks.



While I'm on the subject, an Add Remove Programs app/control would be REALLY nice. Apps are more complicated in X than they were in 9, and also this makes things simple for novice users. What does everyone else think?



Oh yeah, my name is supposed to be milenko77 (to those down with ICP) but i was drunk. Sue me.
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  • Reply 1 of 49
    [quote]Originally posted by milekno77:

    <strong>* Photoshop.</strong><hr></blockquote>You said it yourself; it's already shipping. Some people already have it. Yes, you can buy it right now. [quote]<strong>* VNC.</strong><hr></blockquote>I've had a free VNC server and client on my Mac nearly a year now. Specifically, I use <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10630&db=mac"; target="_blank">OSXvnc</a> and <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=9261&db=mac"; target="_blank">VNCThing</a>. [quote]<strong>* CD-RW erase IN THE FINDER.</strong><hr></blockquote>CDs are erased the same way any other drive is erased: in Disk Utility. [quote]<strong>* Fix the "This file belongs to root" dialog that prevents deleting random files created by installations</strong><hr></blockquote>Blame the person who made the installation package. That's not a fault of the OS. In fact, the OS is doing exactly as it should, not letting you delete something you don't have permission to delete. [quote]<strong>While I'm on the subject, an Add Remove Programs app/control would be REALLY nice. </strong><hr></blockquote>This again? Absolutely not. Applications are easier to remove in OSX than they ever have been before. Thanks to bundles, apps can store all of their support files invisibly rather than in a bunch of folders scattered on your drive. Plus, you don't need to worry about apps installing control panels or extensions that you'll have to hunt down later to remove. How hard is uninstalling software on OSX? I made a tutorial video a while back to explain just that. <a href="http://brad.project-think.com/movies/FinderSnap003.mov"; target="_blank">Watch this</a> (only 1 MB). No mess, no fuss. Almost all apps are as simple as that. Apps that aren't usually come with an uninstaller program.



    [ 04-19-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 49
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    What's wrong with Toast? I've never had any problems with it...
  • Reply 3 of 49
    mac gurumac guru Posts: 367member
    Yeah that's my question? I use Toast 5-6 times daily on my iBook 500. What's your bag?



    Also, doesn't OS X allow you to Erase Disk in the Finder? I could SWEAR it does.



    Mac Guru
  • Reply 4 of 49
    [quote]Originally posted by Mac Guru:

    <strong>What's your bag?</strong><hr></blockquote>My guess is that he was drunk when using that too. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    Seriously, though, I've never had a problem with Toast. In fact, it's one of the most reliable apps I have. I don't think I've ever seen it crash. Plus, for several past versions it's been able to happily burn away in the background.



    Toast is great. Especially with Jam.
  • Reply 5 of 49
    OK...what's easier to erase a CD-RW: going into disk utility and selecting the disc and erasing it, or simply right-clicking on it and selecting erase CDRW, as in XP? Why make this so complicated?



    Also, the "this file belongs to root" thing IS a pain in the ass, because there is only one account on my machine, and it isn't root. I can't log in as root to delete the files, because there is no such user! How can something belong to a user that doesn't exist? Why can't a user with admin privelages delete these files? Just because "the OS is doing exactly what it should" doesn't mean there isn't a problem with the OS...



    And the add remove programs would be nice. tried removing kernel patches? You can't. They belong to root, which again doesn't exist on my computer. i only have one account, which has fulll admin rights, and I can't delete kernel patches for apps I don't have anymore. Also, such a program would easily let people know exactly what's installed on their computer. Sure brainiacs like us already know that, but the 8 year old school kid and 78 year old grandma DOESN'T. Apple is all about EASE OF USE, and this would be nice.
  • Reply 6 of 49
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    OSX is kind of a mess. What I want:



    favorites in the apple menu



    option not to have to use dock



    windowshade



    the return of regular window widgets instead of the moronic green, red, yellow, and white buttons.

    Those alone wwould make me much happier.................
  • Reply 7 of 49
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 8 of 49
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    1.) Workspaces. Make the dock a 4 sided rectangular prism and when you flip t another side your workspace changes with the dock. 4 workspaces. don't need 16 like some others (BeOS).



    2.) Revamped finder. better threaded, better performing. Search within finder with results appearing right in finder. iDisk needs to be faster. Spring loaded folders needed (and apparantly coming)



    3.) Final Epson Photo 750 driver



    4.) Epson PhotoPC 850Z camera driver for iPhoto.



    5.) UMAX 610S Scanner driver and OrangeMicro Grappler 906F driver



    6.) Better performance. It needs to be improved all around really and I know it can be.



    7.) Full support for iMac (a-d) and PowerMac G3 Beige and Powerbook G3 (wallstreet and lombard).



    8.) Better file system such has BeFS



    9.) Ability to import off a firewire camcorder right in the finder to just transfer al the footage. Not as neccessary but I would like it at times



    10.) Soundblaster Driver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



    11.) Fast and standards compliant web browser. make your own if you have to.



    12.) A rewritten Appleworks that actually acts like an OS X app and is good. It's not even that advanced of an app. They should just start from scratch with cocoa.
  • Reply 9 of 49
    [quote]Originally posted by milekno77:

    <strong>

    Also, the "this file belongs to root" thing IS a pain in the ass, because there is only one account on my machine, and it isn't root. I can't log in as root to delete the files, because there is no such user! How can something belong to a user that doesn't exist? Why can't a user with admin privelages delete these files? Just because "the OS is doing exactly what it should" doesn't mean there isn't a problem with the OS...

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    There is no problem! Mac OS X acts jsut like every good OS out there and doesn't let you touch stuff that doesn't belong to you. This way you can;t screw your system up. and if you need to, just su to root and rm the file in the terminal.



    Why do you say root doesn't exist? Here's a list of users that are on my system, and are on yours:

    daemon

    nobody

    unknown

    www

    [your user name]

    [maybe more]



    [quote]Originally posted by milekno77:

    <strong>

    And the add remove programs would be nice. tried removing kernel patches? You can't. They belong to root, which again doesn't exist on my computer. i only have one account, which has fulll admin rights, and I can't delete kernel patches for apps I don't have anymore. Also, such a program would easily let people know exactly what's installed on their computer. Sure brainiacs like us already know that, but the 8 year old school kid and 78 year old grandma DOESN'T. Apple is all about EASE OF USE, and this would be nice.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    What program do you use that installs a .kext file? I don't know of any. And any app that does should have an uninstaller.



    See above for root explanation.
  • Reply 10 of 49
    Gee...going into the terminal, changing to a user you DIDN'T create, and then navigating to some distant directory and using UNIX to delete the file...THAT sounds intuitive! Tell me, how should I explain that to my less computer literate friends? God forbid I say there may be a problem with the OS.



    The apps that install .kext files on my system are USB overdrive and the microsoft intellimouse driver.
  • Reply 11 of 49
    jerombajeromba Posts: 357member
    is it just me or your installation of X is just a big mess...

    i don't have any of these problems...

    Maybe you must use -just- a pocket pc or a palm...



    <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    [ 04-20-2002: Message edited by: jeromba ]</p>
  • Reply 12 of 49
    [quote]Originally posted by milekno77:

    <strong>Gee...going into the terminal, changing to a user you DIDN'T create, and then navigating to some distant directory and using UNIX to delete the file...THAT sounds intuitive! Tell me, how should I explain that to my less computer literate friends? God forbid I say there may be a problem with the OS.



    The apps that install .kext files on my system are USB overdrive and the microsoft intellimouse driver.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    With normal use, there is no need to do it. And on the occasion that it is necessary, you can walk them through it. It's not like they will do it daily or anything like that, and it's not all that difficult.



    Neither of these apps comes with an uninstaller or a function to remove it? I'm very surprised.
  • Reply 13 of 49
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    &gt;Do you even try to make yourself happy, or do you like complaining in general?&lt;



    The topic was what we would like in OSX and I answered. I would prefer that the changes be in the OS and not have to use hacks.



    If it weren't for us complainers, and only you lemmings, then the OS would never improve.................



    [ 04-20-2002: Message edited by: steve666 ]</p>
  • Reply 14 of 49
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    I am having problems with Toast also. The program just hangs forever and I have to force quit on erase. I wanted to copy the game Snood onto a CDRW and after it was done the CDRW icon turned into the Snood icon! Then i tried adding a folder with my AOL favorites to record onto that CDRW and it couldn't read the favorites folder so it couldn't copy it. This can't possibly be normal, is it? If it is its back to zips for me...........................
  • Reply 15 of 49
    Just a reminder, folks.

    Please don't feed the trolls.



  • Reply 16 of 49
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    The root isn't enabled by default...you have to enable it via NetInfo Manager...



    you might try this in the term:



    chown (your login) (filename)



    maybe sudu chown (your login) (filename)



    Then again, I've fvcked a lot of stuff up messing with file privs so it might not be such a good idea.
  • Reply 17 of 49
    [quote]Originally posted by steve666:

    <strong>I am having problems with Toast also. ...........................</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Add me too the list of people having problems with Toast and OSX. I have a QPS Fire CDRW 24x. It burns great at any speed under OS9 for data or music CD-Rs.



    When I boot into any version of OSX (10.1.4 and under) or any version of Toast for OSX and I get dropout type sounds for audio CD-Rs and I get data errors for data CD-Rs. This is at any speed of burn and with different types of disk...all of which burn fine under OS9.



    Despite this, I'm still an OSX, QPS, and Toast fan, just not all at the same time I know at some point some upgrade will fix this.
  • Reply 18 of 49
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 19 of 49
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by AirSluf:

    <strong>



    I have been assured by Creative engineers this will NEVER happen. They may be able to talk management into Extigy OS X support though with enough prodding from consumers. Big reason there is Extigy as an external USB unit could work with the installed base of iMacs. Without that, no way.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Brian (CreativeOne) of Creative has been independantly working on OS X drivers. Not sure how much progress he has made since its mostly a learn as you go thing for him but he seems commited to it and is soliciting the help of some of his friends.



    he also said that extigy support would be nearly the equivalent to supporting the soundblaster card. so if one is supported the other would likely be as well.



    extigy makes a lot of sense to support though with all the powerbooks, iBooks, and imacs out there
  • Reply 20 of 49
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    [quote]Originally posted by Kevin Edwards:

    <strong>



    Add me too the list of people having problems with Toast and OSX. I have a QPS Fire CDRW 24x. It burns great at any speed under OS9 for data or music CD-Rs.



    When I boot into any version of OSX (10.1.4 and under) or any version of Toast for OSX and I get dropout type sounds for audio CD-Rs and I get data errors for data CD-Rs. This is at any speed of burn and with different types of disk...all of which burn fine under OS9.



    Despite this, I'm still an OSX, QPS, and Toast fan, just not all at the same time I know at some point some upgrade will fix this.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Actually I'm having problems with Toast in OS9!

    OK, heres what happened. Toast simply does not work properly. It wants me to drag files onto a window then hit record. problem is, when i drag another file onto the window it puts that file in the middle of whatever is on there already! It doesn't just list them one by one. Then, when i go to hit record, it says some files couldn't be found, the corresponding items will be removed. basically it can't read icons like mail icons or the heart in all my favorites-thats ridicuolous!



    I got fed up and just dragged the files onto the CD and let the built in disc burner record it-it works fine(it was prettyy fast and all) but the disc burner won't let me burn sessions so basically my CDRW is filled (with about 20 mb!). I can't add anything to it. i don't understand why Apple wouldn't include the ability to add to CD's. It makes no sense since the software works great, simply drag and drop like you said, then drag the CD icon to the trash and its burned. Toast is wierd. i want Disc Burner to allow me to add items later and then all will be good. Why did Apple ignore data burning software after doing such a good job with iTunes?...................................
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