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I've been using OS X for under a year, and I've run into two major problem that, in my opinion, are completely inexcusable. * Trying to save files in Pages/Num

by Retra 11y ago

I've been using OS X for under a year, and I've run into two major problem that, in my opinion, are completely inexcusable. * Trying to save files in Pages/Numbers, I get an error "Cannot save file. File does not exist." (Well of course it doesn't exist, I haven't saved it yet!) Lost several hours of work multiple times because I couldn't save files. And that is a total shit error message. * Trying to move folders on a remote server. I get a dialog that says "Finder wants to make changes" and asks for my admin password. (What changes? WTF?) Files got deleted when moved. And also a total shit 'warning' message. OS X is far more frustrating and useless than any other OS I've ever used. It doesn't give reasonable error messages, and it doesn't keep your stuff safe. It's a confusing minefield. As long as everything I do is in a non-Apple application, I can get things done. And don't even get me started on OS X mouse support.

DanBC 11y ago
> OS X is far more frustrating and useless than any other OS I've ever used. It doesn't give reasonable error messages, and it doesn't keep your stuff safe. It's a confusing minefield. All software sucks. The only reason you think OSX sucks more than other OSs is because you haven't had time to discover the work-arounds for annoying buggy behaviour.
- Retra 11y ago
  Only on OS X have those bugs involved deleting my data and wasting my money.
Gigablah 11y ago
My MBP tends to lose connection with my external trackpad after coming back from sleep. In fact, Bluetooth stops responding entirely. The only way to fix it AFAIK is to reboot. (Doesn't that remind you of Windows?) My colleagues have encountered the same issue.
- coldtea 11y ago
  Sounds like that could be trivially solved by restarting bluetooth. In any case, it's not something that ever affected me.
  - Gigablah 11y ago
    Trust me, I've tried restarting Bluetooth. It doesn't work. Also, stay classy, downvoters.
    - piyush_soni 11y ago
      Really, totally out of my understanding. Even if you are listing facts, but just because they happen to be against the revered MBP, you get downvoted.
coldtea 11y ago
Both of your issues have to do with files, and I'm guessing you have some exotic setup, with the remote server and such. Extrapolating from that experience (which might be entirely to the remote server setup or network issues) is not exactly scientific.
- Retra 11y ago
  No, the saving issue is stock OS X. I don't have an exotic setup. See: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6043029 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6043029 The server file deletion might be, but I'm doubtful. In either case, it was OS X that was giving useless error messages. Like this, except I wasn't moving it to trash: http://i.stack.imgur.com/RmGAy.png http://i.stack.imgur.com/RmGAy.png
- piyush_soni 11y ago
  That's the best thing about Windows. It works even for the things that are called 'exotic' in the Mac world (which is a euphemism for 'sloppy programming')

by Retra 11y ago

DanBC 11y ago

> OS X is far more frustrating and useless than any other OS I've ever used. It doesn't give reasonable error messages, and it doesn't keep your stuff safe. It's a confusing minefield. All software sucks. The only reason you think OSX sucks more than other OSs is because you haven't had time to discover the work-arounds for annoying buggy behaviour.

Retra 11y ago
Only on OS X have those bugs involved deleting my data and wasting my money.

Gigablah 11y ago

My MBP tends to lose connection with my external trackpad after coming back from sleep. In fact, Bluetooth stops responding entirely. The only way to fix it AFAIK is to reboot. (Doesn't that remind you of Windows?) My colleagues have encountered the same issue.

coldtea 11y ago
Sounds like that could be trivially solved by restarting bluetooth. In any case, it's not something that ever affected me.
- Gigablah 11y ago
  Trust me, I've tried restarting Bluetooth. It doesn't work. Also, stay classy, downvoters.
  - piyush_soni 11y ago
    Really, totally out of my understanding. Even if you are listing facts, but just because they happen to be against the revered MBP, you get downvoted.

coldtea 11y ago

Both of your issues have to do with files, and I'm guessing you have some exotic setup, with the remote server and such. Extrapolating from that experience (which might be entirely to the remote server setup or network issues) is not exactly scientific.

Retra 11y ago
No, the saving issue is stock OS X. I don't have an exotic setup. See: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6043029 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6043029 The server file deletion might be, but I'm doubtful. In either case, it was OS X that was giving useless error messages. Like this, except I wasn't moving it to trash: http://i.stack.imgur.com/RmGAy.png http://i.stack.imgur.com/RmGAy.png
piyush_soni 11y ago
That's the best thing about Windows. It works even for the things that are called 'exotic' in the Mac world (which is a euphemism for 'sloppy programming')