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I was hoping that they were going to fix the syncing issue that has been happening between both ATVs and iTunes. I heard that ATV will mount if you erase everything but I am afraid if it doesn't work and ATV says erased. I need the pictures on it to…
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There is an article that was just posted on Macworld by John Siracusa that says many of the same things that we have been talking about here regarding the Finder and iOS. You might want to check it out: http://www.macworld.com/article/1559...tml?…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dutch pear most of the heavy lifting will have to be done by the OS. It would sure be nice if the OS could do this like with faces but you pay the price by not having anywhere near the accuracy that tags provides. W…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dutch pear Yes, spotlight/faces/itunes are far from perfect ?Yes, spotlight/faces/itunes are far from perfect,? Spotlight only searches names of files and contents. The names of the files are too narrow of a search…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss My thoughts exactly. If anyone can figure out a method for this, it's Apple. But it's probably going to piss off a whole lot of people, especially geeks. I think they would keep folder search around in a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dutch pear In this respect, computers should get smarter and do the work for the user. Things like spotlight, the itunes automatic meta-data system, smart folders and iphoto's faces/places features all point to a futur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin There would certainly need to be something but personally I think that 'something' is the fixed hierarchy. I don't think it negatively impacts the usefulness of the tag system. What is negative about having t…
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?Say you are in the untagged folder and you add a custom tag to a file but forget to give it any other tags.? The same problem could happen with a file name where you don?t give the filename all the words that it needs to have and then perform a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Naturally you may have related files and want to tag them the same way but it's easy to lose untagged files or files with few tags and not remember how to get back to them in order to name them better. NEVER …
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder Just because you don't need a feature doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. Well it would force people to change faster. Some people will put off change as long as they possibly can.
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Quote: Originally Posted by BC Kelly And so many of you want to hang on to the Old Ways ? I am glad to hear from someone as passionate about this as I am. I have found that beyond the environment and financial advantages that it is just so …
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After I wrote my last letter to Marvin I really started to think about what I told him. That part about how tag hierarchies work well and folder hierarchies do not. A few things occurred to me. Tagging is auto updating, I don't remake a new folder e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me If you share your file with Marvin, then Marvin will need some way to identify the file. Lets supposed that I am sending a PDF out to 50 people, there is no way that I can know what is important all those 50 …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I'm sure it was Leap I used. You really have to try a lot of other tagging programs because they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Leap has some things I really like but it has some pretty funky t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me You're on a fool's errand. You simply cannot incorporate all of the information that you might consider relevant, interesting, or even essential in the filename or in tags. .... You must find other way. What …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jouster That makes no sense. No one is forcing you to print. But some - and I am one - need hard copy for their job. I wish I didn't but I do. So I am really looking forward to printing wirelessly from my iPad. No t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Xian Zhu Xuande Buh? And in this scenario what, exactly, are you to do when someone wants a document from you? Have them copy it from your iPad? Lend them the iPad? Email them a screenshot? This isn't a big deal given …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin There is only one sentence for a filename. If you have a film for example, you can write: Inception (2010 starring Leonardo Di Caprio rating:4/10).avi What if you do a search for another staring or even no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steve-J What else should be eliminated? On the iPad? Nothing. On the Mac? the Finder.
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Thank goodness there is no printing. The idea of a tablet to me is that you don't have to print as you can just carry the device around with you like a piece of paper anyways. The time has come to go paperless.