Comments on: 7 iOS features I wish Apple would bring to the Mac

By: Best Wordpress Theme

Best Wordpress Theme — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:39:06 +0000

I think Apple keeps these features for iOS devices only to make their products different from other brands.

By: Neil2

Neil2 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:22:07 +0000

Please read the headline again.
There is no way of knowing if Apple is even considering an invisible file system.
If they did it would be another nail in the Mac coffin for Pros who DO NOT use apps to manage their files.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:25:21 +0000

I agree with most, apple already has voice command but they need to update it to Siri, the current voice command doesn’t even understand my Australian accent. Adding dictate would be great as well, except I wouldn’t use it very often.

I completely disagree with hidden files and iTunes decentralisation. Having one go-to app adds to the ease of functionability for many people, especially newbies. If you want to use other apps for doing the same things, then you will. I use VLC as a movie viewer rather than QuickTime and iTunes, mainly because it supports so many formats. I only use iTunes for music and the odd purchased-from-iTunes movie, rarely ever would I want to search around for anything else. Hidden files should only be enabled for children’s accounts and for those who have no idea what they’re doing. I’m already happy with finder, it’s made easy and clear, I prefer it tenfold over explorer!

By: Scuba

Scuba — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:52:22 +0000

Agreed Jonathan West. I use Finder ALL THE TIME and can’t imagine trying to organize my THOUSANDS OF FILES without it. What is Apple thinking?

By: John M Holmes Jr

John M Holmes Jr — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:29:28 +0000

I see two things in here I agree with. iBooks on the Mac, and backing up settings to iTunes. It sounds like you want your $2,000+ MacBook Pro to be an iPad. Seriously?

I don’t know one person who uses Launcher. Fortunately the only time it ever shows up is when you download a new app from the App Store and a quick touch of the ESC key makes it go away. If I could uninstall it completely from my system, it would be the #1 first thing to go. A completely useless app.

Personally I don’t understand the fascination with Siri. As far as I can tell, the only people who use it must live on a deserted island with no background noise whatsoever. It’s fun for the “Where can I hide a dead body” question, and other ridiculous questions like that, but otherwise it’s useless unless you are in a totally quiet room. Try using it at a gate of a busy airport. Good luck!

I suppose an invisible file system would be fantastic if you only have one Mac. I use the finder constantly and can’t imagine ever being without it.

As for decentralizing iTunes? That drives me nuts on iOS. Having to decide what I want to do and which app I want to do it with. If it’s all about simplicity then it seems that having them integrated makes more sense. Quite frankly, I find the apps on iOS annoying at best to use. And what’s with the landscape version of “Music” on the iPhone? Useless in landscape mode.

You can already save a webpage. It’s called a bookmark. Or you can click file, save as in Safari.

Speaking of Save As, getting rid of that in other apps drives me crazy. It’s replaced with Save a Version. Call “Save a Version” Save as that is what it really accomplishes, and change export back to Save As. What a bunch of hooey. That God Office 2011 hasn’t implemented that yet as Save As is my most used feature with that.

By: aepxc

aepxc — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:02:37 +0000

What are the specific differences between SL and Lion that make the former “great” and “finely polished” while the latter is a “total failure”?

On a side note, if you want Safari to search for words that contain strings rather than start with them, you just have to set that option by clicking on the magnifying glass in the find bar…

By: Petri

Petri — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:01:36 +0000

iOS is more like an Apple for the dummies. If OS X becomes like iOS, my Macs won’t be running OS X.

Most people I know considered Snow Leopard great, a finely polished OS X. OS X Lion broke everything and the same folks think it’s a total failure.

Try searching “ship” on this blog entry with Safari — yep, Safari won’t find it from “flagship”.

By: Alex Layne

Alex Layne — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:27:11 +0000

I don’t think Apple will completely remove the Finder. It’s more likely that it’ll be just be disabled by default. I don’t use the Finder often, and wouldn’t mind being able to remove it from my Dock.

By: rabensam

rabensam — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:13:22 +0000

I agree with this list almost entirely. My one disagreement is that I wouldn’t wish for an entirely invisible file system. Instead, I think it’s time for the Finder and the OS X Launchpad to trade places. Launchpad should be what users boot into, replicating the user experience of iOS, with the thing we now call Finder (preferably renamed “Desktop” or somesuch, because after all these decades new users still assume “Finder” is a search function) as a “file explorer” type app that can be launched and quit as needed. I say all this as a Mac user since 1987 so I’m well aware of how drastic a change it would be, but the benefits in ease of use and eliminating confusion outweigh any potential drawbacks — especially if the file system were still accessible for those power users who actually need it.

By: Jonathan West

Jonathan West — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:11:48 +0000

I agree with everything but the invisible file system. I don’t like that Apple removed Finder options in Lion and have run commands to restore them. In fact I wish I had Finder-like file access on iOS. The choice of accessing a file directly or through an app interface is what makes OS X so great. Removing one or the other would cause me to evaluate other operating systems.