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Mac's Preview

I was left with my mouth open when I couldn't find a way to open animated GIF. I mean - seriously, Apple? You have only one image viewer installed by default and you can't do this basic thing? Opening animated GIF with video player is retarted.

And while I'm at dissing Preview - why there isn't an option (which should be done automatically) to open 1 image and be able to navigate back/forward in current directory? Why should I select multiple images and open them all at once loosing my precious time?

Fortunately there is Xee.

Mac's Finder - sorting files

Who knows what is the difference between these options?

  • Clean up by
  • Arrange by
  • Sort by

All these options have very similar submenu: Name, Kind, Date created, etc. I find it very confusing and unnecessary. And even with so much "freedom" of sorting files, I still haven't found a way to organize my files the way Windows and Linux does naturally. E.g. folders first, settings are maintained across all system, aligned to grid and floated left (not just moved to nearest square). Seems easy enough, but it isn't. You can't put folders first. Just can't. This I could live with (albeit unhappy). Other options are there in menus and settings but somehow just don't work.

Way to f*ck up this very basic thing, Apple.

Mac OS UX

From Mac OS help:

There are two ways to change the language of the login window:

  • Reinstall OS X and select the desired language during installation
  • Or, use the steps below depending on your version of OS X.

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UX at it's best.