the last problem i had was opening pdf files. i'd click on the doc, and it would launch adobe acrobat, then acrobat would ask me if i wanted to configure this to be the default app for opening pdf files (i always click Yes) but then the next time i open another pdf i get the same dialog. wtf?
If you want to dump Adobe Reader in favor of Preview, then select any .pdf file in the Finder. Choose "File -> Get Info" in the menubar, select "Preview" in the "Open with:" pop-up menu, and then click the "Change All..." button. That will make all pdf files open in Preview instead of Adobe Reader from then on, although you can still set a particular pdf file to open in a particular application (by doing the same thing, but *not* clicking "Change All..."). You can, of course, also still open a particular PDF with Adobe Reader via drag and drop or via control-click or right-click and choosing the app in the context menu.
also, when i'm downloading a file, i can't put it in a specific folder, or navigate to certain folders on a drive.
it can only save to the root level of the drive i select, then i have to go and move it manual to the place where i need it to be. (or is this a netscape thing??)
In most web browsers you can control-click and then select "Save linked file as..." or whatever the equivalent menu item is. Note that if you have multi-button mouse, you can get the same context menu via a right-click. Control-click is the same as a right-click. Anyway, that menu item brings up a Save As dialog and you can then save to wherever you want directly. As for Netscape. Don't use Netscape. Use Safari or Firefox or Mozilla or OmniWeb. In all cases make sure you have the latest version. As for it defaulting to downloading to the root of the drive, that would be set in the application's preferences. I've never known a browser that did not have a preference for the default location to save downloads to. Any even half-decent application would never have a default default of the root of the drive!
i hate trying to navigate to different folders on a volume when i'm trying to move a file in a specific place.
if i have 2 folders in the root level of a drive and i want to move a document from one to the other, the view keeps changing and i have to jump through hoops trying to get one file from one folder to another.
i can't open both folders up in the same window and move the file from one place to the other (like i could in os 9 and other older os') it seems you can't have more than one folder open in a window on the same drive.
(this is productive?)
Are you talking about OS 9's "List View"? That is in OS X too. Just switch to List view: View -> As List, or click the list view button in the Finder toolbar (the set of three icons). Otherwise open a 2nd Finder window: File -> New Finder Window, and drag and drop between them. Also note the keyboard shortcuts for menu items - they are shown right in the menus, just like OS 9.
every once in a while when i'm moving a slider and scrolling a document and move my mouse off the scroll button, the slider will still move and scroll the document until i click back on that button and it "releases" it.
why?
Sounds like hardware. Mouse buttons sticking? Try another mouse?
Steve
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