{"id":4906,"date":"2013-07-29T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T07:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2013-07-27T11:28:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T18:28:49","slug":"what-i-hate-about-os-x-10-8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=4906","title":{"rendered":"What I Hate About OS X 10.8.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"100px-MountainLionHero\" In my attempt to obtain a new router, an OS X update was thrust upon my Mac. Here are the reasons I do not like this new operating system.
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\nTo begin, I was completely satisfied with OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard<\/em>. I didn’t want to upgrade to OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion<\/em>. I knew of the new features it offered and nothing intrigued me. I don’t need to bring my Mac the same giggly goofy gizmos of iOS. Yet, here I am.<\/p>\n

After it installed, Mountain Lion attempted to floor me with its impressive new features. Most of these I discovered by accident as I went through my daily routines:<\/p>\n

Mission Control.<\/strong> I still have no idea what this feature is or why it’s necessary. It was an icon on the Dock, one that I promptly got rid of, but yet it’s still mapped to the F9 key on the keyboard. Back in Snow Leopard, this feature blew all my windows out across the screen, so that I could see an overview of what’s open. That’s handy, but the Mission Control thing apparently has designs on using programs full-screen or something? That makes no sense to me.<\/p>\n

Full screen programs anger and confuse me.<\/p>\n

Launchpad.<\/strong> Again, another app I promptly banished from the Dock. This one pops up programs like iOS tiles. Didn’t need it. Got rid of it. Pleased.<\/p>\n

Notifications.<\/strong> I can’t get rid of this one, but I can turn off the notifications. Apparently it works better if you’re immersed in Apple hardware and all those devices and their apps enthrall you with various notifications. That’s not me, but I can’t peel away the thing.<\/p>\n

Dashboard.<\/strong> They messed with this one, but I found a work-around. In Snow Leopard, the widgets flew in over the screen, like an extra layer, which I found handy. In Mountain Lion, they overtake the screen, preventing me from seeing the desktop. I fixed that. I don’t know how I did, but now Dashboard works like it used to. Pleased.<\/p>\n

Mail.<\/strong> I don’t like the way the new Mail program threads the messages. I’ve tried to curtail it as much as possible, but I’ve been unsuccessful. I’m looking into getting the PostBox email client<\/a> as soon as I have a spare moment.<\/p>\n

Terminal.<\/strong> Yep, I’m probably one of the few who gives a rip about the Terminal app. I use it! Heck, I even start programs from the command prompt. For example, I don’t know where the Airport Utility is located, but I know that this command starts it up:<\/p>\n

open -a Airport\\ Utility<\/code><\/p>\n

I’m a geek, I know.<\/p>\n

The new Terminal fixed a command line editing bug from the older version. That’s good. But the scrolling command in vim<\/em> now scrolls less than a full screen, which I can probably fix (and will). Also, tabs don’t wrap on program output, which is weird. I can probably fix that someday as well.<\/p>\n

Finder.<\/strong> I like the new Finder interface. That’s a plus.<\/p>\n

Dictionary.<\/strong> The new Dictionary app (which I use frequently) is nice, as is the ability to look up words in a document without having to visit the Dictionary app. That’s keen.<\/p>\n

Other minor features are a plus as well, but for the big toys — the things they advertised — I’m underwhelmed.<\/p>\n

OS X 10.9 Mavericks<\/em>? Probably not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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