Toys-R-Us
Been working a little bit lately, enough so that I'm posting from my new Imac with 17" display.
10.2 seems pretty cool. So is having a dvd player/burner.
Seems that you have to launch netscape in "classic" (OS 9.2) mode though.
I'll be downloading Mozilla and Rea7 player asap.
Certainly it must be my fault, that I just don't understand Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar, so it's out of ignorance that I have a few gripes:
I don't see any way to index my HD in order to do a search by content. I don't find it (an index feature) in the finder prefs or any references to it in my $25.00, 350 page Visual Quickstart Guide. (again, it's probably me but the book seems a bit light on advanced info) Certainly there must be a way of indexing my HD.
I don't see any way to configure the column view to display the file dates other than clicking on each and every one individually. Also, I don't see any hirarchy options for column view, There must be a way of accessing some options, if not I'll stick with view by list. I do like the command key functions for viewing by icon, list or column though, that helps.
When emptying the trash a warning comes up "Are you sure you want to remove the items in the Trash permanently? You cannot undo this action" That's all! Nothing about how many files are in the trash or how much memory they use. Surely there must be a way of turning this sensible warning feature on.
There has to be a way of getting the date to display alongside the time in the menu bar rather than having to click open the window.
How is one supposed to see which applications are currently running other than squinting at those tiny arrows in the dock? (I'm sure I'll come to love the dock if you say so Jim.)There must be another way, but until I find it I'll be missing the old Finder. Simmilarly, when running OS 9.2. Is there a way of knowing it's running other than opening up the System Prefs? Does it matter, do I need to know if 9 is running? Probably not, still, I'd like there to be a more conveniant way of knowing what's running. I guess I could resort to my memory.....er no, I probably couldn't and shouldn't.
Any assistance will be much appreciated.
I believe your hard drive is indexed by default. (Mine is, and I've read this is the case.)
In the Finder, choose 'Find...' from the file menu. In the find window, pull down the 'add criteria' menu, and select 'content'. This will give you a field in the search box to search for a term inside a file. No, this isn't very clear.
To make searching a little easier, choose 'Customize toolbar' from the View menu in the Finder, and drag the search icon into the top menu bar of the Customize Toolbar window. Now every finder window will have a link to the search box so you don't have to go way up to the File menu.
Column view doesn't show date. List view might be better for you.
Your trash and date observations are good changes for apple to make. Possibly there are third party hacks that provide what you want. I'll give a look. If you download iCal you can have it in the dock and it displays the date. Not really what you're looking for I know.
There is a third party hack that will give you something like the application menu from OS 9. I'll try to find it again. Although I don't find the arrows so tiny, and I like not having to move the mouse up to the application menu in order to see. But whatever. You may never come to like the dock. There are work arounds.
If you are running OS 9 in classic mode (if OS 9 is running inside OS X) than the classic icon will be in the dock. Otherwise it won't be.
(Do you know you can drag files onto dock icons to open them - whether the program is running or not. Also you can control click on the dock icons to get to frequently used commands. Skip to the next song in iTunes for instance.)
I never mind answering what I can. But also remember macosxhints. You can search all their posts. Lots of configuration help there.
And lastly, you're definitely not alone. It's a hard transition. I get lots of benefits that you don't, so my enthusiasm might not translate. Still, it should be way more stable. And there's lots of cool stuff under the surface, for what that's worth.
Keep asking...
Once again, thanks for the tips. I assumed the search by content feature wouldn't work until my HD was indexed. (Turns out the Visual Quickstart Guide does mention the feature, though barely.) The auto-indexing feature is interesting, it must not have indexed my HD yet though because I can't seem to make the search by content feature work for my files, so far it's turning up 0 for stuff I know is on here. I do use the search box in browser option, it's cool.
Gripes aside, I do like OSX,. I haven't pushed it much yet, but OSX does seem more stable. I assume this is partly due to the fact that it seems to determine how much memory is allocated to each application, is that right? As for the computer, Photoshop is super fast, I was expecting that though, More impressive to me is how fast illustrator is, I notice a big improvement there too. Not as great a gain as with Photoshop but illustrator typically doesn't seem to respond to power with such reward anyway, so I'm happy with any performance gain there.
I'm not discouraged or disappointed with OSX, I only launch 9.2 when working in the older applications. I plan on sticking with X.
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Been working a little bit lately, enough so that I'm posting from my new Imac with 17" display.
10.2 seems pretty cool. So is having a dvd player/burner.
Seems that you have to launch netscape in "classic" (OS 9.2) mode though.
I'll be downloading Mozilla and Rea7 player asap.
- steve 10-06-2002 7:16 am
Certainly it must be my fault, that I just don't understand Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar, so it's out of ignorance that I have a few gripes:
I don't see any way to index my HD in order to do a search by content. I don't find it (an index feature) in the finder prefs or any references to it in my $25.00, 350 page Visual Quickstart Guide. (again, it's probably me but the book seems a bit light on advanced info) Certainly there must be a way of indexing my HD.
I don't see any way to configure the column view to display the file dates other than clicking on each and every one individually. Also, I don't see any hirarchy options for column view, There must be a way of accessing some options, if not I'll stick with view by list. I do like the command key functions for viewing by icon, list or column though, that helps.
When emptying the trash a warning comes up "Are you sure you want to remove the items in the Trash permanently? You cannot undo this action" That's all! Nothing about how many files are in the trash or how much memory they use. Surely there must be a way of turning this sensible warning feature on.
There has to be a way of getting the date to display alongside the time in the menu bar rather than having to click open the window.
How is one supposed to see which applications are currently running other than squinting at those tiny arrows in the dock? (I'm sure I'll come to love the dock if you say so Jim.)There must be another way, but until I find it I'll be missing the old Finder. Simmilarly, when running OS 9.2. Is there a way of knowing it's running other than opening up the System Prefs? Does it matter, do I need to know if 9 is running? Probably not, still, I'd like there to be a more conveniant way of knowing what's running. I guess I could resort to my memory.....er no, I probably couldn't and shouldn't.
Any assistance will be much appreciated.
- steve 10-23-2002 12:06 am [add a comment]
I believe your hard drive is indexed by default. (Mine is, and I've read this is the case.)
In the Finder, choose 'Find...' from the file menu. In the find window, pull down the 'add criteria' menu, and select 'content'. This will give you a field in the search box to search for a term inside a file. No, this isn't very clear.
To make searching a little easier, choose 'Customize toolbar' from the View menu in the Finder, and drag the search icon into the top menu bar of the Customize Toolbar window. Now every finder window will have a link to the search box so you don't have to go way up to the File menu.
Column view doesn't show date. List view might be better for you.
Your trash and date observations are good changes for apple to make. Possibly there are third party hacks that provide what you want. I'll give a look. If you download iCal you can have it in the dock and it displays the date. Not really what you're looking for I know.
There is a third party hack that will give you something like the application menu from OS 9. I'll try to find it again. Although I don't find the arrows so tiny, and I like not having to move the mouse up to the application menu in order to see. But whatever. You may never come to like the dock. There are work arounds.
If you are running OS 9 in classic mode (if OS 9 is running inside OS X) than the classic icon will be in the dock. Otherwise it won't be.
(Do you know you can drag files onto dock icons to open them - whether the program is running or not. Also you can control click on the dock icons to get to frequently used commands. Skip to the next song in iTunes for instance.)
I never mind answering what I can. But also remember macosxhints. You can search all their posts. Lots of configuration help there.
And lastly, you're definitely not alone. It's a hard transition. I get lots of benefits that you don't, so my enthusiasm might not translate. Still, it should be way more stable. And there's lots of cool stuff under the surface, for what that's worth.
Keep asking...
- jim 10-23-2002 2:00 am [add a comment]
Once again, thanks for the tips. I assumed the search by content feature wouldn't work until my HD was indexed. (Turns out the Visual Quickstart Guide does mention the feature, though barely.) The auto-indexing feature is interesting, it must not have indexed my HD yet though because I can't seem to make the search by content feature work for my files, so far it's turning up 0 for stuff I know is on here. I do use the search box in browser option, it's cool.
Gripes aside, I do like OSX,. I haven't pushed it much yet, but OSX does seem more stable. I assume this is partly due to the fact that it seems to determine how much memory is allocated to each application, is that right? As for the computer, Photoshop is super fast, I was expecting that though, More impressive to me is how fast illustrator is, I notice a big improvement there too. Not as great a gain as with Photoshop but illustrator typically doesn't seem to respond to power with such reward anyway, so I'm happy with any performance gain there.
I'm not discouraged or disappointed with OSX, I only launch 9.2 when working in the older applications. I plan on sticking with X.
- steve 10-23-2002 4:15 am [add a comment]