{"id":23,"date":"2008-10-21T11:55:32","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T17:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2009-07-21T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T17:32:51","slug":"things-i-hate-about-macs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/things-i-hate-about-macs\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Hate About Macs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So when I get frustrated at work, I work on this list of things that annoy me while working on Macs. Of course when the problem shows up, it&#8217;s things I hate about Macs. I&#8217;ll update this post once in a while as I add and revise the list.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"finder\" name=\"finder\">Finder<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Takes up too much space<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">can&#8217;t copy\/paste files<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">mpeg 2 files have to load in memory before previewing, causing massive lag (not just mpeg2)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Inconsistent Keyboard Shortcuts. Cmd-D shows desktop, but only work in dialogs, Cmd-1,2,3 changes views, but not in Spotlight. Back\/Forward not the same as Safari<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">No hierarchal structure<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">hides files<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">hard to see file size, free space<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">orphans status windows, have to kill Finder to close them<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">windows take excessive amount of space<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">if a file transfer fails, Finder freaks out (data corruption, orphaned files, orphaned windows, locked files)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">[OSX 10.4] Shortcuts in Sidebar mounted across networks get de-linked occasionally<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a id=\"quicktime\" name=\"quicktime\">Quicktime<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Can&#8217;t play AC3<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Always processes video (pixel aspect ratios, display frame size, actual frame size, etc)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Tons of other stuff<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Takes 50% more bitrate to achieve the same quality as equivalent PC solution<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Can&#8217;t play back uncompressed AVIs unless they&#8217;re RGB<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a id=\"os_x\" name=\"os_x\">OS X<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">lack of keyboard navigation\/ mouse dependent<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">mouse stupidity\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 1 button?!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">dialog boxes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 why can&#8217;t i tab between all fields? (i know there&#8217;s an option but it&#8217;s not consistent\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 if it even works). Why does hitting space not do the same thing as hitting the ENTER key? it&#8217;s like they WANT you to use the mouse.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a id=\"fcp\" name=\"fcp\">FCP<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Doesn&#8217;t remember any settings, takes forever to do many operations because I have to go through every setting every time!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Everytime I export to Quicktime Movie, picking the right frame size is a chore every time. Current view only works at 100% magnification and full sized viewer.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Export to Quicktime Movie: picking AVI defaults to poor quality settings, while picking Quicktime defaults to nice settings<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">can&#8217;t rename tracks<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">depends too much on it&#8217;s render cache, which is wrong often times and you have to clear it and force it to rerender.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Asks you to save everytime you open a project no matter if you actually changed anything<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Bug: broken AR for outputting 16:9 text to Compressor (it stretches it to 4:3 and then crops it to 16:9)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">No backwards compatibility at all, even between minor revisions<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Media Manager can&#8217;t handle files with the same name, but different paths.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Can&#8217;t play back AAC audio<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Broken 44.1 \u00e2\u2020\u201d 48 sample rate conversion<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">broken frame geometry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Auto-sequence-settings doesn&#8217;t change audio settings to match the source<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a id=\"compressor\" name=\"compressor\">Compressor<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">buggy, unreliable<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">doesn&#8217;t take advantage of multiple cores. I&#8217;m rendering here and none of my 4 cores is above 25% utilization!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">new UI is horrible, everything takes up so much space<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">can&#8217;t apply a setting or destination to multiple files<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">rename auto selects the file extension too. not consistent with OSX 10.5 Leopard<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a id=\"dvd_studio_pro\" name=\"dvd_studio_pro\">DVD Studio Pro<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Converts everything to mpeg-2, even if it re-renders (unnecessary renders)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">quits so easily. not robust. causes most of the problems itself<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">buggy<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">refuses to use assets even if they&#8217;re within <acronym title=\"specification\">spec<\/acronym> and play elsewhere<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">can&#8217;t interchange m2v and mpv file extensions<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Won&#8217;t remember Asset sort preference<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Scrolling through Assets is laggy<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Refreshed Assets = Broken Asset = start over from scratch<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">marker placement is stupid (won&#8217;t snap to GOPs post-creation)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">audio gets off sync unless babied<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">audio and video can&#8217;t be grouped together<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">can&#8217;t zoom\/pan around the track w\/o workarounds<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">can&#8217;t encode assets over the network<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">one a process fails, it will always fail until you restart the program<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a id=\"hardware\" name=\"hardware\">Hardware<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">c&#8217;mon\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 two button mouse please, three would be better. Personally, I prefer 7<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">optical drives (i know apple doesn&#8217;t make them) are unreliable. give more read errors than what other OEMs<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">headphone jack high pitch noise problem<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So when I get frustrated at work, I work on this list of things that annoy me while working on Macs. 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