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What makes up for this, to some extent, is that you can assign a keyboard shortcut to any menu item in OSX: go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Ap

What makes up for this, to some extent, is that you can assign a keyboard shortcut to any menu item in OSX: go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts, click +, select the application (or all applications), type the menu name and set a shortcut.

fiddlerwoaroof 8y ago
The other thing about OS X is that command-shift-/ opens a little search box in the help menu and then you can pick any menu item by typing a few characters and selecting it with the keyboard.
- navs 8y ago
  Very underrated feature. Last I used Ubuntu's Unity it had a similar feature. I wish Alfred had a plugin to do this on Mac OS. I remember Quicksilver had something.
  - douglaswlance 8y ago
    Alfred does have such a workflow: https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/10231-faster-menu-search/ https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/10231-faster-menu-search/
spdionis 8y ago
What baffled me is that if you have a mouse with side buttons you just cannot use them in any type of shortcut. Mouse support is generally terrible in OSX.
- paulie_a 8y ago
  Mouse support for Macs has been terrible for decades.
  - zozbot123 8y ago
    > Mouse support for Macs has been terrible for decades. I'm kinda out of the loop, do they still sell mice with only one button?
    - MereInterest 8y ago
      Sort of. Their desktop mice have two buttons, but only a single plastic shell. This seems to follow Apple's design guideline of wallpapering over complexity, rather than admitting that it exists. Image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/75a2caed-171a-4f76-a5e8-bef3cde6c806._SL300__.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/75a2caed-...
      - saagarjha 8y ago
        > Their desktop mice have two buttons, but only a single plastic shell. I'm not sure where you're getting that from, since Magic Mouse only has one button: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Mouse+2+Teardown/51058/#s111365 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Mouse+2+Teardown/51058...
        invalidusernam3 8y ago
        It may physically only have one button, but functionally it has two (left and right click) as well as gesture support. Magic mouse takes a bit of getting used to (it's very flat), but it is a fantastic mouse once you have.
        saagarjha 8y ago
        Functionally, it has as many buttons as you'd like, since it's a multi-touch mouse. It's like a trackpad in that sense: you can configure it to do certain things when you use it a certain way, but physically, it's nothing more than a multi-touch surface and a single click button.
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  There's a lovely piece of software called SensibleSideButtons to deal with that. Back in the day, everybody used USB Overdrive to overcome OS X's shortcomings with the mouse. Alternatively, BetterTouchTool is a nice little piece of software for setting custom shortcuts with any mouse button and/or trackpad gestures.
  - ploxiln 8y ago
    I still use USB Overdrive to make a physical scroll wheel work without crazy acceleration. Without it, macOS seems to scroll just a pixel on the first click of the wheel, maybe two pixes on the second click, but if I scroll a bunch, it jumps half the page. With USB Overdrive I can set it to just always one or two lines of text per click.

fiddlerwoaroof 8y ago

The other thing about OS X is that command-shift-/ opens a little search box in the help menu and then you can pick any menu item by typing a few characters and selecting it with the keyboard.

navs 8y ago
Very underrated feature. Last I used Ubuntu's Unity it had a similar feature. I wish Alfred had a plugin to do this on Mac OS. I remember Quicksilver had something.
- douglaswlance 8y ago
  Alfred does have such a workflow: https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/10231-faster-menu-search/ https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/10231-faster-menu-search/

spdionis 8y ago

What baffled me is that if you have a mouse with side buttons you just cannot use them in any type of shortcut. Mouse support is generally terrible in OSX.

paulie_a 8y ago
Mouse support for Macs has been terrible for decades.
- zozbot123 8y ago
  > Mouse support for Macs has been terrible for decades. I'm kinda out of the loop, do they still sell mice with only one button?
  - MereInterest 8y ago
    Sort of. Their desktop mice have two buttons, but only a single plastic shell. This seems to follow Apple's design guideline of wallpapering over complexity, rather than admitting that it exists. Image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/75a2caed-171a-4f76-a5e8-bef3cde6c806._SL300__.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/75a2caed-...
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      > Their desktop mice have two buttons, but only a single plastic shell. I'm not sure where you're getting that from, since Magic Mouse only has one button: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Mouse+2+Teardown/51058/#s111365 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Mouse+2+Teardown/51058...
      - invalidusernam3 8y ago
        It may physically only have one button, but functionally it has two (left and right click) as well as gesture support. Magic mouse takes a bit of getting used to (it's very flat), but it is a fantastic mouse once you have.
        saagarjha 8y ago
        Functionally, it has as many buttons as you'd like, since it's a multi-touch mouse. It's like a trackpad in that sense: you can configure it to do certain things when you use it a certain way, but physically, it's nothing more than a multi-touch surface and a single click button.
zapzupnz 8y ago
There's a lovely piece of software called SensibleSideButtons to deal with that. Back in the day, everybody used USB Overdrive to overcome OS X's shortcomings with the mouse. Alternatively, BetterTouchTool is a nice little piece of software for setting custom shortcuts with any mouse button and/or trackpad gestures.
- ploxiln 8y ago
  I still use USB Overdrive to make a physical scroll wheel work without crazy acceleration. Without it, macOS seems to scroll just a pixel on the first click of the wheel, maybe two pixes on the second click, but if I scroll a bunch, it jumps half the page. With USB Overdrive I can set it to just always one or two lines of text per click.