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When I first got a Macbook, I tried installing an app and had no idea what to do once I saw the app icon, arrow and Applications folder with no additional instr
by PufPufPuf 2mo ago
When I first got a Macbook, I tried installing an app and had no idea what to do once I saw the app icon, arrow and Applications folder with no additional instructions. I didn't figure it out and had to look it up. For an ecosystem praised for its "user friendliness", this was certainly not the best first impression.
- raffael_de 2mo agoAs someone who grew up with Windows the canonical equivalent action would have been to select "install" from the dmg file's context menu (which is opened by a right click). The MacOS way to do it feels too gimmicky and different-for-being-different's sake ...
- redeeman 2mo agowell.. its not like they were hiding it when they said "think differently"
- Schiendelman 2mo agoThey said "think different" - intentionally not using the adverb, to be different!
- frollogaston 2mo agoThey weren't just trying to be different with Mac, more like it's an outdated part of the system. It made more sense when software was often on CDs or floppies, cause a disk image is a virtual version of that, and that was a nice feature Mac OS had for a long time that Windows didn't. But now it's like the save icon still being a floppy disk in 2026.