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>A simple example, but which pains me near-daily, is the creation of folders in the modern Finder. After typing cmd+shift+N, I often must wait an amount of time

>A simple example, but which pains me near-daily, is the creation of folders in the modern Finder. After typing cmd+shift+N, I often must wait an amount of time that must be on the order of several hundred milliseconds before typing the name of the folder If it helps, I might have a solution for this one - if you have Dropbox installed, something about it causes delays when creating new folders or right-clicking anywhere in the Finder. I used to get beachballs for a half-second when creating a new folder, but after doing a clean install of macOS & not installing Dropbox, everything is snappy. But I totally agree with your main point. I have a Pismo PowerMac G3 and was similarly surprised at its UI speed compared with modern machines. (I'd love to try again with BeOS or Haiku on that machine sometime too...)

pjc50 8y ago
> if you have Dropbox installed, something about it causes delays when creating new folders or right-clicking anywhere in the Finder Does MacOS have the equivalent of Windows "shell extensions"?
- SyneRyder 8y ago
  Sort of. Dropbox does add menu items to the right-click context menu on the Mac, and icons indicating whether a file has been synced or not. But if I understand correctly, it does this by installing a kernel extension: https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/05/going-deeper-with-project-infinite/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/05/going-deeper-with-pro... "Traditionally, Dropbox operated entirely in user space as a program just like any other on your machine. With Dropbox Infinite, we’re going deeper: into the kernel—the core of the operating system. With Project Infinite, Dropbox is evolving from a process that passively watches what happens on your local disk to one that actively plays a role in your filesystem." I think Apple discourages the practice now. There used to be a lot of UI enhancement apps for Mac OS X (called haxies, managed by an app called APE - Application Enhancer). But they were a source of system instability & occasional kernel panics.
  - masklinn 8y ago
    Apple added Finder Sync as one of the App Extension types a few versions back: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Finder.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge... The other extension points are Share and the old Services system (both available only through the contextual menu).

pjc50 8y ago

> if you have Dropbox installed, something about it causes delays when creating new folders or right-clicking anywhere in the Finder Does MacOS have the equivalent of Windows "shell extensions"?

SyneRyder 8y ago
Sort of. Dropbox does add menu items to the right-click context menu on the Mac, and icons indicating whether a file has been synced or not. But if I understand correctly, it does this by installing a kernel extension: https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/05/going-deeper-with-project-infinite/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/05/going-deeper-with-pro... "Traditionally, Dropbox operated entirely in user space as a program just like any other on your machine. With Dropbox Infinite, we’re going deeper: into the kernel—the core of the operating system. With Project Infinite, Dropbox is evolving from a process that passively watches what happens on your local disk to one that actively plays a role in your filesystem." I think Apple discourages the practice now. There used to be a lot of UI enhancement apps for Mac OS X (called haxies, managed by an app called APE - Application Enhancer). But they were a source of system instability & occasional kernel panics.
- masklinn 8y ago
  Apple added Finder Sync as one of the App Extension types a few versions back: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Finder.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge... The other extension points are Share and the old Services system (both available only through the contextual menu).