Mavericks is getting on my last nerve

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Re: Mavericks is getting on my last nerve

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I think my early problems with Mavericks on my new MP (iTunes glitchiness) may have occurred because of the 'optimising' process that the OS goes through when first installed. I got the little advisory pop-up right after I installed, dismissed it and didn't think anymore about it. Then iTunes struggled to play back cleanly (eeke!). When I next re-booted, no advisory pop-up, and all seems to be well now. Why optimising would cause iTunes to worry is beyond me, and I don't know if that was the cause, but so far, so good.

Mavericks isn't perfect for me though - coupla weird things...

I can't figure out how to get it to start up with the last Finder window open. I like to have a standard Finder window up, with tabs set up so I can easily get to the files I need and even if I tick the 're-open windows' box when shutting down, it never opens up that Finder window for me and I have to go and set it up fresh each time.

I am also experiencing a glitch with my MS ergo keyboard. The command for toggling apps (Alt+Tab in windows) doesn't work, unless I go into System Preferences and click on the control panel for the MS keyboard. I don't have to change any settings, just the act of going into System Preferences seems to be enough to remind Mavericks what kind of keyboard I have.
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Re: Mavericks is getting on my last nerve

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Somewhere in the this thread, someone was looking for a simple way to do a search in the Finder that would default to a partial name match, rather than a full match. I just discovered that Shift-Control-Command-F does just that.

You will be taken immediately to a search box at the top of a Finder window in which files with a partial match will fill the screen as you type in the string.
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Re: Mavericks is getting on my last nerve

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bayswater wrote:Somewhere in the this thread, someone was looking for a simple way to do a search in the Finder that would default to a partial name match, rather than a full match. I just discovered that Shift-Control-Command-F does just that.

You will be taken immediately to a search box at the top of a Finder window in which files with a partial match will fill the screen as you type in the string.
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Re: Mavericks is getting on my last nerve

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bayswater wrote:Somewhere in the this thread, someone was looking for a simple way to do a search in the Finder that would default to a partial name match, rather than a full match. I just discovered that Shift-Control-Command-F does just that.

You will be taken immediately to a search box at the top of a Finder window in which files with a partial match will fill the screen as you type in the string.
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EDIT:
I like that, but I notice it's also doing partial searches on file content... not just file names. That will still need some mouse clicks to narrow it. But it's still very useful! :) Either way, you'll still get your beer! :headbang:
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Re: Mavericks is getting on my last nerve

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bayswater wrote:
David Polich wrote:... Apple tech support, and was told by the tech support person that Mavericks slows down Macs older than two years.
Some independent confirmation of that would be helpful. I suppose it's testable.

OTOH, I don't believe everything an Apple tech says. One told me that there is never a need to repair permissions, and another, that there was nothing wrong with Norton Utilities.
Uh.. Yea. My iMac is now 4 years old and Mavericks made it more responsive than ever. I don't think it can get any faster with a mechanical HD.

I want to go to an SSD but won't be going inside. Having an eSATA port, I will be able to use an SSD in a dock.
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