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| Wish List for 10.9 What are some of the things you think would be nice for 10.9? Open topic. I'll start.
Better support of smb network servers. Mounting is fine but I want an easy way to store them. Frankly Windows does it very well. I haven't seen any unix machine do this correctly ever.
A minor thing... universal PRINT TO SCALE OF PAPER. I expected this to be added in 1988 not 2013.
Active Directory plugin is still horrible. It needs redone from the ground up.
Purge the taint of skeuomorphism. It is the comic sans of design.
Built in diagnostic tools (that isn't Tech Tool).
Keychain is still clunky and a non-seamless change.
This is Adobe's fault I know..... flash. Get rid of it or fix it.
Computer in the cloud. Would be neat to log in anywhere and see documents in iCloud just like it's on your hard drive.
Better kiosk making tools.
Run iOS applications on your Mac.
Quicker / better patching of Safari. I really want to use it, but I don't want to use a junk slow release browser. It's currently the IE of our platform and must be stopped.
Bluetooth pairing is still slow
smb:/// shouldn't blow up the OS
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 drewAutomaticPremium
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kudos:6 | said by Mike:Bluetooth pairing is still slow
Initial pairing or "wake up" pairing?
I have an Apple BT keyboard and it's completely functional and there's no apparent "lag" on pairing to me..
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 buckinghamBuckingham Pa
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Buckingham, PA | reply to Mike
A better scanning utility...like HP Scan which is no longer available. It fortunately still works on my iMac after the upgrade, but I couldn't get the HP software to install on my MBPr directly due to "incompatibility". |
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 haroldo
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Simple stuff...
Calendar - in iOS you can click a button to select or deselect all calendars, in OS X you have to click each calendar
Reminders - greater choices for recurring items (every third month, etc.) and recur after option (for example - three months after completion)
Roll back iTunes (so it would be easier to use) |
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 HiVoltPremium
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Toronto, ON
kudos:17 | reply to Mike
Don't obsolete Macs that are capable of running it, just because.
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Mike
I have wondered why I have to go back and find my SMB links on a Mac but in Windows I just right click and map network drive and that is it. by default it finds those drives again at startup. Also my windows machine tells me the free space on said SMB shares, Oddly OSX which is Unix talking to a Linux box does not. strange that Windows talking to a Linux machine gets that data. |
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MikePremium,Mod
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Sometimes, when I change batteries on my magic mouse, it can take up to 3 minutes to pair. I'm the only bluetooth device in range for arguably miles.
buckingham - why not just use image capture? It's not too disgustingly horrible.
Calendar needs full exchange compatibility. That's basically binary. It is or it isn't.
Address Book / Contacts whatever should also be able to talk to Exchange GALs the same way outlook does.
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haroldo
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said by Mike:What are some of the things you think would be nice for 10.9? ...
slight hijack ...any guess on the wild cat it will be named for? |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | Siberian Tiger I think is still unused by Apple. has there been a Cheetah yet?
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buckinghamBuckingham Pa
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Buckingham, PA | reply to Mike
Mike, I like the ease of use with HP Scan for multi-page document scanning (no multi-page feeder, however...one page on the glass at a time) as that's my primary use for the scanner. (Expense receipts...) I've tried to use Image Capture and it's great for a single page, but drives me mad otherwise. |
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Spaces expose, get rid of the abortion that is mission control |
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haroldo
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kudos:1 | said by Jimothy :... mission control
FWIW, but I hated it at first, but use it all the time now |
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MikePremium,Mod
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Cheetah was 10.0 |
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MikePremium,Mod
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kudos:1 | reply to Jimothy
You don't like mission control?
I think it's super. Makes window hell seem less bad. |
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 NezmoThe name's Bond. James Bond.Premium,MVM
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Coppell, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Mike
Having trouble finding a use for Dashboard myself. |
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 Post OpPremium
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inside out | reply to haroldo
said by haroldo:said by Mike:What are some of the things you think would be nice for 10.9? ...
slight hijack ...any guess on the wild cat it will be named for? The rumor is that it will be called Lynx but I would vote for Saber tooth.
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Now that Apple has a popular mass market computing platform with iOS (iPod touch, iPad, iPhone), it would be nice if Apple started treating Mac OS X as a power user's platform.
- It would be nice if Apple added some more options for better customization. Example: There's still only 2 color choices for the UI: blue and graphite.
- Some of the features that were added after 10.6 Snow Leopard seemed like regressions. Example: Mission Control now has all Spaces arranged in a straight line, whereas before you could have them arranged in rows and columns.
- Some small things that I liked have disappeared. Example: Preview used to display the resulting file size before you would export the image. This was useful to know how big the PNG and JPEG versions were without having to export both and compare.
I like Apple's passion for elegance and design, but they no longer have to settle for removing features to simplify the product. If people want simple, get an iPad. The Mac already has powerful tools like Terminal, Automator, and system wide Services. But then they revamp Address Book into Contacts which has a horrible UI that supposed to look like a book? I want to ask Apple if they want the Mac to be a power tool or a toy.
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 mromeroPremium
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Siri |
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haroldo
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said by Ctrl Alt Del:Now that Apple has a popular mass market ... I want to ask Apple if they want the Mac to be a power tool or a toy.
Let me ask you...if you ran the company would you want to sell 500,000 units or 50 million units?
Not to distract the thread, but, it's inevitable that they would want to go mainstream. Appealing to the masses is the best way to go about doing it.
iPad sold tens of millions because it was simple, easy to use and "fun". Being a niche manufacturer appealing to a tiny subset of the population is great...so is $140,000,000,000.00 in the bank (at last count). |
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 shinjuruPremium,Mod
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West Coast | reply to Mike
This is dumb, but I wish there was support to reverse mouse scrolling without reversing my trackpad swiping. |
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