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Vox Pop: What's your "Mac Whine?"

Submitted by Merlin on February 28, 2007 - 3:00am.

We’ve started a new feature over on MacBreak Weekly that I really hope becomes a regular thing: “_Mac Whines_!”

Yeah, sure, I’m an unapologetic Apple fanboy (I, mean duh), but some stuff about my Mac experience makes me crazy. Have you got a beef with your Mac or OS X you want to shout from the shiny counter of the “Genius” Bar? Yeah, me too.

I’ll open with:

  • inexplicable iCal “snooze” options (per MBW 30 – which, incidentally, may also be my favorite MacBreak Weekly to date)
  • near-hangs whenever a mounted network volume is no longer available
  • no way to (temporarily) enable password-free user switching
  • The Finder. The goddamned Finder.

What’s your Mac Whine?

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The inability to remove spotlight...

Submitted by Rob Blatt / Blattapus (not verified) on February 28, 2007 - 5:30am.

The inability to remove spotlight completely, this includes the icon on the menu bar. That’s valuable real estate!

The inability to easily disable the dashboard. I don’t use it and I have no need to keep that extra layer of the operating system running.

The same would go for the dock as well, if I want to disable it, I want it off and out.

I know Monolingual was discussed during MacBreak, but I’d love the ability to not install them in the first place. I know Apple wants the installs to be easy and smooth, but I really would appreciate the option when I first install the OS to NOT install anything except English.