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There's a mix, I think. Some of it is what you are used to, and some things just plain make more sense to humans. I remember when I first came to macOS from Wi
by interpol_p 4y ago
There's a mix, I think. Some of it is what you are used to, and some things just plain make more sense to humans.
I remember when I first came to macOS from Windows (around 2003), these were the things that made me wonder why they were ever done any other way:
- Volumes simply had names! No "C:/" drive or "D:/" drive. Just "Macintosh HD" or whatever name the mounted volume was given. I felt the names were more intuitive than arbitrary "drive letters"
- Installing an app: drag it into /Applications. Uninstalling, delete it from /Applications. Felt way more intuitive than Windows
- File organisation felt more sensible. There was /Library for all my system files, and then ~/Library for all my user level system files. Each one had the same directories, it was really easy to understand
- Not having to install drivers
- Every app appeared to have the same shortcuts and the same common menu items. Preferences was always Cmd+, or App Name -> Preferences... in the menu.
- Drag and drop appeared to work everywhere. The OS clearly indicated via the icon being dragged, previewed things, in a way that Windows never did
- My Mac laptops went to sleep when closing the lid. And woke up instantly when opening the lid. I don't know if you remember Windows laptops in the 2000s and even the 2010s, but they did not sleep consistently, wake up consistently, they would crash, etc.
These were a few of the things I found more intuitive on Mac. There were other things I liked better (but weren't necessarily more intuitive)