Comments on: Apple could kill the finder. Would you miss it?

By: Jared Weakly

Jared Weakly — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:41:57 +0000

If they take the finder and remove it… Partially, I’l be fine and won’t shed a tear. All I want is to be able to move seamlessly through apps manipulating data however I need it, if I need to suddenly drill down into the finder, terminal and inside apps, I want to be able to do that.

With both of those combined I would be a very happy camper.

By: Dries

Dries — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:17:10 +0000

The problem is the finder itself and the file structure. Don’t get rid of it, make it better. The file structure on mac just doesn’t make sens. Applications store there shit in your personal folders, library folders everywhere. I just want my personal folder with my files in my structure without all that junk from iphoto, imovie projects, libraries, photobooth shit…
Thank god for pathfinder because otherwise it would be hell.

By: luca

luca — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:53:54 +0000

if they kill the finder I’ll switch to windows, after 24 years of mac.

By: A different Robert

A different Robert — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:45:10 +0000

As long as the changes are optional, I won’t mind. If they’re great, I’ll use them. If they’re terrible, I’ll turn them off.

Apple has a mixed history, however. Sometimes, they give us a nice switch and let us choose whether we want the latest sexy superfeature. Other times, Uncle Steve wants Cherry Vanilla, so everybody has to drink Cherry Vanilla.

By: A different Robert

A different Robert — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:28:00 +0000

Another problem with the iCloud: Not everyone has fast, reliable always-on internet. If you have a bandwidth limit or just share a slow link with other users, the downsides of the cloud may outweigh the benefits.

As a user who spends a substantial percentage of my time in the terminal, I cannot comment on how “hard” or “useless” Finder is. To me, a mac is a reasonable trade-off between a convenient low-effort desktop and a unix-type system. If Apple ever changes this, well, I PREFER a nice desktop, but I NEED the unix-style os layer…

Apple has been smart in the past, as well as very dumb. I hope they do the smart thing when it comes to the whole granny-user versus power-user dichotomy. My bag of appropriate tools would be that much weaker if OSX was no longer in it.

By: Scuba

Scuba — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:10:05 +0000

What are they thinking? The finder organizes all my files. Some are PDF’s, other MSWord, others Excel, etc. My folder system is developed so that someone else, unfamiliar with how my files are organized, could quickly understand and use my system.

By: Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:22:32 +0000

By: Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:20:18 +0000

Power users need more than just the simplistic iOS features. I don’t care if they put in features to simplify things for the newbie user as long as they don’t take out the advanced features for the power users. The OS needs to be versatile and flexible. I have both OS X and iOS devices, and iOS is nowhere near as efficient on data input and arranging files. I will also get very annoyed if they take out the ability to use the command line. I really hope they don’t go down that road.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:40:30 +0000

The finder is going to become just like the terminal in OS X. Power users need it, but most don’t. It’s there when we occasionally need it through, it’s just not flashy or obvious whe using a mac.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:50:48 +0000

With a file system I can control my data and migrate from a machine to another and from an OS to another. With a hyerarchical folder system I can organize my files thematically and not by file type. But, most importantly and to repeat myself with my own “folder of folders” I can copy my most important files in due order onto a Pen or a hard drive (or a cloud storage system) and I’m on my way. I love Apple but wouldn’t like to be chained to it.