on 11/22/02 12:29 AM, Charles Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: Gerald Uhlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Having to >> type in a password for every program I install is annoying as hell. >> They >> need to add some way to disable all that password and permission stuff >> for a >> single-user computer. > > Sorry, this is UNIX -- it's a multi-user system regardless of how many > people are actually using it. I really don't see the problem -- it's > ONE password, and the only time you have to input it is when you are > installing system updates or programs that directly affect the system. > You're probably see that dialog box a lot because you're in the process > of upgrading, but I add three or four programs every day to my machine > and only occasionally get asked for the password. The first time some > kid tries to install their favourite crap game on your machine, you'll > be mighty glad that password is there.
My whole point there was that there is no one else using my computer, so it should be set up so that either you can disable it entirely, or an option to automatically enter the password and proceed with the installation, without being nagged about it. >> Another problem I encountered was when I wanted to open a file on a CD >> from >> within a program. In OS 9, when the open dialog box comes up, I would >> simply select 'Desktop' and the CD would show up there, and then I >> would >> find the file I wanted to open. In OS X, I had to hide the program >> and then >> open the file on the CD from the Desktop. > > Again, this I can help with. From any "open" dialog box such as you > describe, the pull-down menu at the top of the box can be directed to > look directly at the desktop (or you can just press command-D). No, you're wrong there. Desktop only shows files on the desktop, not discs. I have since found out (through this list) that you have to slide the scroll bar at the bottom all the way to the left to get to the discs. The way they're organized reminds me of Windoze. >> What good is that if I want to >> open a file with a different program than the one that created it? A >> picture file, for example: I tried to open it, expecting an OS X >> version of >> QuickTime's Picture Viewer to open it. Instead, Classic started up, >> and it >> opened it with the OS 9 version of Picture Viewer. How lame! > > It is really very unfair of you to blame OS X for this when that is how > YOU told it you wanted such files to be opened. If you've changed your > mind, simply "get info" on the file and you can set how you want that > particular file to be opened, or how you want ALL similar files to be > opened. No, *I* am not the one that told it to open the file to open that way. It did that because it was *created* under OS 9. What should have happened was a dialog box asking if I wanted to use "Preview" instead of "Picture Viewer" to open it, and then perhaps an option there to open all similar files with that program, with an option for "do not ask me again." The good part was it at least gives you the option to stop Classic from loading. >> And then the biggest problem of all: my USB Sony Spressa CD/RW is not >> compatible with OS X. There is no driver available, and Apple does not >> support this particular model. I stopped using OS X right then and >> there. > > I'm really quite amazed that someone would move to OS X before checking > that their peripherals are supported. Since you clearly knew where the > page was at apple.com with the compatibility info, why on earth didn't > you check it beforehand?? I tried. I couldn't find any info on that before hand. A search of Apple's site turns up nothing. Sony's website doesn't say that it's *not* compatible with OS X, nor does it say that it is. Only when someone on this list pointed out the exact url could I find it, and even then I suspect that list applies to 10.2.2. If you search Apple's site for "CD/RW" and/or "USB" compatibility or any combination - nothing! Now for the kicker - it does list one similar, older model than mine - Sony CRX-100E. To make things worse, mine is supposed to be CRX-100E/X2, but OS 9 says it's CRX120E, an even newer model! The model it does list apparently only works with 10.2.2, according to another post on this list. >> Sorry for the rant, but I'm so disappointed, and just needed to vent. >> Can I >> safely remove OS X without affecting anything in OS 9? Or should I >> leave it >> installed for the rare occasion I run across a program that's only for >> OS X? > > You're simply not ready for change. Nothing wrong with that. Boot back > into OS 9, download Mac Mach Begone! from Versiontracker or Macupdate > so you won't see those "plain icon" Mac OS X system files, and just > pretend the whole thing didn't happen. I think you're just one of those > folks who will have to wait till you get a new machine before you "get" > OS X and understand why it's vastly, deeply, seriously better than OS 9 > could have ever hoped to be. Oh, I was ready for the change, mainly because I kept finding new software that would do a task I needed was only available for OS X. OS X is probably great, if you've got a ton of money to spend on all new software, all new peripherals, tons of RAM and a huge hard drive. I can't afford that - I bought almost everything second-hand over the past year, because I had to switch everything over from SCSI from my old PowerMac 7600 (which I just bought two years ago). By the time I could buy all of that over again, they'll be up to OS 12, and the same cycle will just keep repeating endlessly. What's seriously wrong with it is a total lack of compatibility with software and peripherals that are only one or two years old! It would make sense if everything I was using now was four or five years old - I would expect incompatibilities in that case. Ironically, my printer, which I actually purchased new four years ago, actually does work with OS X - and that was the one item I was worried wouldn't! OS X is a money pit! Gerry -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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