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> Everyone has a thing in their life long overdue for a change. It might be a piece of clothing that you're convinced still looks good on you or that pickup lin

> Everyone has a thing in their life long overdue for a change. It might be a piece of clothing that you're convinced still looks good on you or that pickup line that's more sleaze than smooth. For macOS, it needs to admit that settings... I mean... System Preferences is long (LONG!) overdue for an overhaul. I have to say, Preferences was fine. Sure it isn't great, but it was OK. Meanwhile Finder continues to be a crime against humanity. It boggles my mind how bad it is. Yet, it remains largely untouched since as long as I've been using a Mac (10-15 years).

LeSaucy 4y ago
Do you have any specifics about why Finder is bad? I switched to macs full time 5-6 years ago and while Finder is nothing to write home about, it generally just works and is a fine default?
- _moof 4y ago
  I'm not smart enough to articulate exactly what about it drives me nuts, but I can tell you that ten minutes with the classic Finder or NeXT's file manager makes the current incarnation of Finder feel like ****.
- JamesSwift 4y ago
  Off the top of my head: The layout, how changing layout affects / doesnt affect other finder instances, how window resizing works, trying to show hidden files, trying to show specific folders (~/Library), having to modify settings to show the file path, trying to copy a file path
  - RickHull 4y ago
    They should call it The Hider
  - bengale 4y ago
    The answer to some of those is just the alt key though in fairness. Hidden files is just a keyboard shortcut.
    - JamesSwift 4y ago
      I honestly didnt even know you could get any of that alt functionality. I just tried it and it also gives you the 'Always open with' option which was another complaint of mine
      - bengale 4y ago
        It’s handy in a bunch of places. Like the go menu, if you have that open and hit option you get some more power user locations. Also it’s Command, Shift and Period to toggle showing hidden files.

LeSaucy 4y ago

Do you have any specifics about why Finder is bad? I switched to macs full time 5-6 years ago and while Finder is nothing to write home about, it generally just works and is a fine default?

_moof 4y ago
I'm not smart enough to articulate exactly what about it drives me nuts, but I can tell you that ten minutes with the classic Finder or NeXT's file manager makes the current incarnation of Finder feel like ****.
JamesSwift 4y ago
Off the top of my head: The layout, how changing layout affects / doesnt affect other finder instances, how window resizing works, trying to show hidden files, trying to show specific folders (~/Library), having to modify settings to show the file path, trying to copy a file path
- RickHull 4y ago
  They should call it The Hider
- bengale 4y ago
  The answer to some of those is just the alt key though in fairness. Hidden files is just a keyboard shortcut.
  - JamesSwift 4y ago
    I honestly didnt even know you could get any of that alt functionality. I just tried it and it also gives you the 'Always open with' option which was another complaint of mine
    - bengale 4y ago
      It’s handy in a bunch of places. Like the go menu, if you have that open and hit option you get some more power user locations. Also it’s Command, Shift and Period to toggle showing hidden files.