I just got a my first mac mini last month when the new version came out. When I installed this update my computer got stuck on a grey screen with a rotating hour glass thingy. Did not reboot for over an hour. Had to pull the power. Hope I didn't screw up the install.
So far I hate this POS OS. It is so inefficient to use. You can't see two application toolbars at the same time. Every time I switch programs the other program disappears when I want to still see the document I had open in the background. Why do I want to waste my screen real estate to huge icons? I really don't understand why people make such a big deal about this OS, but I am trying to figure it out.
Weird. I can see three application toolbars right now (Firefox, Word, XCode). And loads of windows (about 10). And if I want my 'huge' icons to be smaller I just change them in Preferences.
No offense but if you can't work out how to use your Mac given how little customisation Apple does offer then something is a bit off.
Ummm.... icon sizes are controllable. In the finder view, you can also pinch gesture to vary the icons. In the dock, you can change prefs to alter the icon sizes too. Not sure what you mean my multiple menu bars. Yes, OSX only shows the menu for the active application, but why would you want to see the bar of a background application - that would waste screen real estate?
"The Mac OS is not Windows and things are different"
Yes, it is going to take some getting used to but I honestly believe that, for most things, Apple has got it right. Mind you, I thought that Windows had it wrong before I even looked at a Mac and saw what the alternative was so this made everything much easier. If you like the way that Windows does things then my sincere advise is not to switch to a Mac - you won't like it and why change something that you are already happy with?
The X-Fi3 keeps with the company's commitment to audio fidelity, thanks to the apt-X codec, which supposedly offers audio quality similar to a wired connection when streaming. On that front, the device also handles FLAC files.
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I just got a my first mac mini last month when the new version came out. When I installed this update my computer got stuck on a grey screen with a rotating hour glass thingy. Did not reboot for over an hour. Had to pull the power. Hope I didn't screw up the install.
So far I hate this POS OS. It is so inefficient to use. You can't see two application toolbars at the same time. Every time I switch programs the other program disappears when I want to still see the document I had open in the background. Why do I want to waste my screen real estate to huge icons? I really don't understand why people make such a big deal about this OS, but I am trying to figure it out.
Weird. I can see three application toolbars right now (Firefox, Word, XCode). And loads of windows (about 10). And if I want my 'huge' icons to be smaller I just change them in Preferences.
No offense but if you can't work out how to use your Mac given how little customisation Apple does offer then something is a bit off.
Ummm.... icon sizes are controllable. In the finder view, you can also pinch gesture to vary the icons. In the dock, you can change prefs to alter the icon sizes too. Not sure what you mean my multiple menu bars. Yes, OSX only shows the menu for the active application, but why would you want to see the bar of a background application - that would waste screen real estate?
@Sam
Since when does MAC OS X have a rotating hourglass? Are you sure you're not using windows?
And why would I want the menu bar way the hell at the top of the screen, regardless of the location of the window?
Its less of a space saver and more of a hold over from the old, single app fills the whole screen days.
Associating the menu with each window wastes a bit of space, but makes more logical sense for a multiprogram, multiwindow environment.
Educate yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_bar#Ease_of_use
The important thing to remember is this:
"The Mac OS is not Windows and things are different"
Yes, it is going to take some getting used to but I honestly believe that, for most things, Apple has got it right. Mind you, I thought that Windows had it wrong before I even looked at a Mac and saw what the alternative was so this made everything much easier. If you like the way that Windows does things then my sincere advise is not to switch to a Mac - you won't like it and why change something that you are already happy with?