New Mac OS - little things that are most annoying
New Mac OS - little things that are most annoying
- Subject: New Mac OS - little things that are most annoying
- From: Mark Stegman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:32:45 +1100
I know this is not about colour but it is a Mac forum...
I (bravely) upgraded to the new Mac OS X (El Capitan). It immediately
disabled my USB hub which meant I had to reconfigure my connected devices
in order to connect one 8gb USB flash drive to my Mac Mini 1TB Fusion Drive
where the sockets are inconveniently located out of sight at the back of
the machine and so close together you have to pick it up to get them in.
But it looks nice.
I then opened the Disk Utility which I discovered had been redesigned in
order to format the USB drive to give to someone with a PC. The new Disk
Utility looks nice too however, after formatting the flash drive it was
unreadable in any PC.
I formatted the same USB drive in a PC as FAT 32. It only allowed me to
create a single partition of 200mb.
When I plug it back into the Mac I have two partitions: one with the
original data that should have been erased when formatted in the PC, and
new files that I copied from the PC for testing.
I repeated the task using ExFat. Same result. I did it again using a 4gb
USB flash drive. Same result: Two partitions, no data erased after
formatting on the PC (Windows 7).
I am glad to have discovered these idiosyncrasies before performing the
same task on one of my external hard drives or relying on a my USB ports
for a chain of printers.
Before someone replies with an obvious and simple explanation resulting
from something I am doing wrong I would like to get in first. I appreciate
Apple has set the benchmark in terms of style but it is these 'little
things' that take away the gloss. When will they learn that, in a world of
practical necessity, form is nothing without function?
I like the style but I need the substance.
Regards,
Mark Stegman
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