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No Cut option in the Finder
The shortcut Cmd+X, which is reserved for the Cut command, simply does not work on items in the Finder. When you select any Finder item, the Copy option under the Edit menu gets enabled but the Cut option remains disabled.
Yes, you can (more...)
Simply enable the feature. It’s already in place but is just disabled for some weird reason.
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QuickLook: Play animated GIFs
QuickLook won't play animated gif files, it just shows the first frame. Users have to use Safari or other 3rd party picture viewers to fully preview animated gifs.
Enable playing .gif animations in QuickLook, or provide a .gif plugin for QuickLook.
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File list ordered differently in File Open dialog and in Finder
I like naming some of my folders starting with a "•" on my French Mac OS X system : this puts them up at the top of the list in the Finder (as in Image 1).
But when I open a File/Open or File/Save dialog in any application, (more...)
Fix your sorting code !
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Exposé: Automatically update when a new window opens/closes
When a window opens or closes while expose is activated, Exposé doesn't update automatically, so for example it leaves an "death" window space when a window closes while in expose, or when a new window opens it just shows the window in (more...)
Automatically update Exposé on new/closed windows.
The only downside i could imagine is that new windows wouldn't be that noticeable when many windows are open. A short highlighting of the new window in Exposé would fix that nicely, also (more...)
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Low
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In Snow Leopard new application windows start in background. (10A402a)
Finder & OS X: File modification & creation dates are discarded when transferring files to FAT32 volumes
When copying or saving files to FAT32 volumes (USB Flash Drives, digital camera memory cards, media boxes, digital photo frames, mobile phones, Windows formatted hard disks etc) OS X discards the file's original creation and modification dates. (more...)
Force the Finder and OS to respect file creation and modification dates when it uses FAT32 volumes.
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High
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Unable to Preview Existing Files in Save As Dialog (Thumbnail Mode)
I think this hits on every category. Sometimes it's a no-brainer, you just want to see the other photos and such when you're saving adjascently or overwriting an existing one.
At a minimum, allow files in the columns-view to be browsed with the side-preview. Ideally though, include a thumbnail/tile view in the Save As dialog.
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High
Not fixed
Play minimized QuickTime and iTunes movies in the Dock
In previous iterations of OS X, movies that were minimized in the Dock would continue to play. Currently the sound continues but we are left with a snapshot freeze-frame for the minimized window.
Minimized movies in the dock would continue playing both audio and video.
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Finder sidebar visibility status not always remembered
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new folder in your home directory
2. Drag it to your desktop while holding alt+cmd, creating an Alias
3. Doubleclick the alias. Your folder will show up, with its sidebar visible.
4. Click the (more...)
Fix it, it's an annoying bug, which is reproducible 100%.
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iDVD not installed, And listed in blank DVD Dialog
When you insert a blank DVD, And blank DVD dialog appears you'll see "open iDVD" listed in options but iDVD isn't installed when you select it and press ok nothing happen.
Remove it from the list if it isn't installed
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Low
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Front Row runs on primary monitor only and blanks the others
On a dual monitor setup, Front Row runs on primary display only, blacking all others out.
It prevents you from working on your mac while secondary display showing photos/movies/music through Front Row to your family or friends.
Give user an option to choose on which monitor Front Row will show, not blacking out any others. Route Apple Remote commands to Front Row when running.
This will allow setup Front Row for your wife/children/guests like this:
Connect (more...)
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Window Management: autosize windows that are larger than the screen
If you start an application (like iCal, Mail, Safari) and maximize it to the screensize the actual window size is stored. The next time the app starts up, the size is restored.
So far, this behaviour is greate.
But if you restart your computer (more...)
Adjust the window width to the current screen width if the window is wider than the screen.
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Medium
Not fixed
Bluetooth File Exchange application is terrible
It's absolute crap! It can't transfer folders, baulks when transferring too many files at the same time, doesn't have a search function and doesn't display any information other than file size. It forces users to copy items to the (more...)
Allow users to mount Bluetooth devices in the Finder. Problem solved.
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High
Not fixed
Spaces forgets which window was active
If you open to windows of the same in app in one space, and open another application in another space, and then try to alt-tab between them sometimes the wrong window will be active.
Fix the bug.
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Low
Not fixed
Application icons are not refreshed when an app is freshly installed
Usually when you install a new application or update an existing application the system uses a "default" icon for that app in the application list until you start the application.
The problem is that even when the app is started for a (more...)
A simple refresh of the icons after the app is started would do the trick.
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Low
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Finder: Folder View gets confused
If you navigate to a folder with a list view as default setting and than use Finder's "back"-button, Finder remembers the list view, despite the parent folder has not set this as the default view.
If you use the dropdown menu from (more...)
Correct that bug ...
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