Most popular submissions by user "Flauchhaus"
Registered since: August 10, 2008
Merge folders option when copying/moving
When copying a folder to a location where a folder with the same name already exists the only option is to replace the folder (and loosing all files from the replaced folder) or stop the copy/move operation.
Add a "merge" button/option when there are duplicate foldernames while copying/moving, so the user can choose what he wants.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
List the apps that prevents unmounting
Ejecting external storage devices often isn't possible because some app/process still using the device. When trying to eject/unmount the finder just pops up an error message saying that the device isn't ejectable and you have to close the apps (more...)
When unmounting fails the finder should list which apps/processes are preventing it, and optionally switch to the app.
High
Medium
Fixed
Fixed in Snow Leopard! ^_^
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.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Delete app related files/settings when dragging apps to the trash
When a user uninstalls applications by dragging them to the trash there is no easy option to delete related files (settings, libraries... from the app). This leaves many orphaned files on the HDD. To un/reinstall apps cleanly the user has to locate those (more...)
Remove related files when dragging apps to the trash, and for example a check box to leave settings.
I think that this shouldn't require an App manager, just dragging apps to the trash to uninstall them is a very unique and cool feature (more...)
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High
Not fixed
Finder: Tabbed browsing in Finder
The Finder has no tabbed browsing option. Tabbed browsing would improve productivity for anyone who is familiar and comfortable with tabbed browsing (a lot of users). Tabbed Browsing is an option in Safari and the Terminal, why not in the Finder?
Add tabbed browsing in Finder, and the ability to drag files to tabs to move/copy them to the location of the tab.
Low
Medium
Not fixed
Finder: Queued file copy/move operations
When you launch 2 big files copies (File Copy A, then File copy B), the finder do both file copies at the same time. This is utterly inefficient as the HD head constantly move from file A to File B back and forth to copy a bit of A, then a bit of B.
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A much more efficient way is to queue the file copy if the files are copied on the same HD, so the computer copies A, then B at full speed because HD Head moves a lot less.
Refinements:
Automatic reordering of the queue to start to do the (more...)
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Medium
Not fixed
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...)
Low
Low
Not fixed
In Snow Leopard new application windows start in background. (10A402a)
iTunes: improve performance
iTunes gets very sluggish at:
❍ Copying multiple files to iPods
❍ Connecting iPods while iTunes is open
❍ Playing music from iPods (manual managing)
❍ Clicking on iPod in the sidebar (fixed, the ipod tabs are still (more...)
Speed up/multithread/trim down/rewrite 64bit cocoa iTunes, improve USB performance
Medium
Low
Not fixed
iTunes: Can't undo tagging/playlist mistakes with "undo"
When tagging or moving music files to playlists in iTunes its not possible to use "undo" to revert mistakes.
Extend "undo" functionality in iTunes.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Allow Quicktime streams in browser to be played in fullscreen
Quicktime video streams in browsers cannot be played in fullscreen. There is no button for it and double-clicking also doesn't work. Every mayor flash video player (YouTube...) and even windows media streams in windows can easily be played in Fullscreen (more...)
Add a fullscreen button to the quicktime browser plugin controller.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Front Row: Resume playing music from iTunes
Opening Front row stops the music from iTunes and there is no option to resume it from iTunes in the front row menu. In Tiger, front row worked together with iTunes so it even was possible to close front row and continue playing music in iTunes (which (more...)
Starting Front row shouldn't stop playing music when opened, it should work together with iTunes like it was in Tiger.
Low
Low
Not fixed
iTunes: "Loading Playlist window" from internetradio streams should be in the status area
When opening internet radio streams a window pops up saying that it loads the playlist of the internet stream. That window is on top of iTunes and preventing any interaction to iTunes unless it gets closed or the playlist is completely downloaded. When (more...)
Integrate the "loading playlist" window into the status display of iTunes so it doesn't block interacting with iTunes.
Low
Low
Not fixed
WYSIWYG Font lists in Fontpanel, Fontbook & iApps
The font panel and font lists in iWork/iLife apps aren't previewing fonts in the list and the preview area is only for the selected font, so its hard to choose fonts if you don't know the exact name of it. -edit: Apple added it in iWork '09!
Preview every font in the font list of the font panel.
Medium
High
Not fixed
iWork/iLife '09 have WYSIWYG Font lists now - still nothing in Fontpanel :)
Finder file info dialog: make text select & copyable
Its not possible to copy file details (Size, Location, Resolution, Date...) from the file info window.
Make "file details" text select & copyable from the file info window.
:edit: seems to work in a snow leopard preview version :D
Medium
Low
Fixed
Works in Snow Leopard :)
QuickLook: Sound volume of QuickLook not adjustable and too loud by default
When i QuickLook audio/videofiles the volume is too loud (like playing with 100% volume in iTunes), the same behavior was also in Finder file preview of Tiger, but there was a volume slider. In QuickLook/Leopard there is only an option to mute the sound. (more...)
Add an volume slider to QuickLook and/or don't set it to 100% by default (maybe sync the volume with iTunes or system sound effects volume)
Medium
Low
Not fixed