Apple is redesigning OSX, unveiling next month

[crumbleshake]

[QUOTE=Coffee;44747691][t]http://i.imgur.com/rVRevrC.jpg[/t]

Please do point out which of these apps I need to put on the start screen, which can't be accessed by pressing Win+Q or Win+W and then by typing their name.[/QUOTE]

They can be accessed by hitting start and typing their name.

Put apps you use often, obviously. The same things you'd put on any kind of gui designed for quick access to applications. If you really only want to ever open applications by searching for them, that's fine and is probably quicker, but you're in a miniscule minority. The start screen is quick as hell to use compared to the old start menu.

[Coffee]

[QUOTE=CrumbleShake;44748822]They can be accessed by hitting start and typing their name.

Put apps you use often, obviously. The same things you'd put on any kind of gui designed for quick access to applications. If you really only want to ever open applications by searching for them, that's fine and is probably quicker, but you're in a miniscule minority. The start screen is quick as hell to use compared to the old start menu.[/QUOTE]

You can access any of these things by pressing Win + Q or Win + W and by typing their name, and at the same time these methods don't take up the entire screen, whereas pressing the windows key brings up the whole metro hog which does take up the entire screen.

[woolio1]

[QUOTE=Coffee;44749219]You can access any of these things by pressing Win + Q or Win + W and by typing their name, and at the same time these methods don't take up the entire screen, whereas pressing the windows key brings up the whole metro hog which does take up the entire screen.[/QUOTE]

I didn't know that... But I think I'm going to rebind my Windows key to Win+Q. Thanks!

EDIT: Couldn't rebind the Windows key, so I set it as a macro.

[chipsnapper]

10.10 :v:
more than likely it's 11

[endorphinsam]

[QUOTE=Maloof?;44744091]Metro/Win8 Desktop shell has always felt like a huge step back from W7's Aero Glass. I mean it's not a major issue or anything, but I do enjoy some frosty wallpaper showing through my window borders instead of what's essentially a more sleek Win95 shell[/QUOTE]

Windows 8's more convenient so if you want to show information you can essentially drag the window underneath the taskbar so you can view it like it's always on top without needing to download an external program to let you make it always on top

[editline]May 7th 2014[/editline]

imo.

[AltairPT]

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;44749443]10.10 :v:
more than likely it's 11[/QUOTE]
Soon it will be like this...

[video=dailymotion;xoqyh2]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoqyh2_japanese-counting-game-show_fun?start=68[/video]

1:00

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;44749443]10.10 :v:
more than likely it's 11[/QUOTE]
probably 10.10 unless it's a [I]major[/I] release
10.0 was released in 2001.

[Snek]

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;44749443]10.10 :v:
more than likely it's 11[/QUOTE]

OS 10: Episode 1

[omarfr]

I'm hoping one day Apple allows customizable themes without jailbreaking. I don't want a rainbow UI I want a sexy dark one not a bubbly fun one.

Not saying it looks bad just not my personal preference.

[Cronos]

[QUOTE=.Lain;44750231]
10.0 was released in 2001.[/QUOTE]

oh my, back then the minimum RAM was 64 or 128 MB and now it's 2 GB

at the time that 128 MB RAM cost $50 and the OS itself cost $129

[Durrsly]

[QUOTE=Cronos Dage;44750914]oh my, back then the minimum RAM was 64 or 128 MB and now it's 2 GB

at the time that 128 MB RAM cost $50 and the OS itself cost $129[/QUOTE]

I was using 10.4 until 2011 when my iBook G4 died.
Then I got a Windows 7 netbook because I realized that if I fixed it, I would be no different than those purposefully clinging to Windows XP.

If they weren't so damn expensive, I'd get a new Mac.

[01271]

[QUOTE=omarfr;44750536]I'm hoping one day Apple allows customizable themes without jailbreaking. I don't want a rainbow UI I want a sexy dark one not a bubbly fun one.

Not saying it looks bad just not my personal preference.[/QUOTE]

flavours isn't jailbreaking. It's good.

[Contend]

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;44749443]10.10 :v:
more than likely it's 11[/QUOTE]

You realize it couldn't be called "OS X" anymore then. They'd have to switch to OS XI (or probably something else entirely). I think it'll be still be 10.10 since they've already started the cycle of naming things after places in California, e.g. Mavericks

[Missing User]

I miss the launcher from os9 :(

and forge+anvil for marathon :(

My grandfather is a mac user, he's been very upset with apple ever since OSX came out because "this shit is just like windows - command line driven" and he's not excited to see what they do next, though he'll never switch to anything else.

[Demache]

[QUOTE=frozensoda;44751901]I miss the launcher from os9 :(

and forge+anvil for marathon :(

My grandfather is a mac user, he's been very upset with apple ever since OSX came out because "this shit is just like windows - command line driven" and he's not excited to see what they do next, though he'll never switch to anything else.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.wtvi.com/teks/labstrategies/images/launcher.gif[/img]

Ah yes I remember that launcher. Nostalgic. Granted I used it in MacOS 7.5.5, but same difference.

I'd argue with him that it revolves the least around the command line. Its just there since its still UNIX after all. But its not really worth arguing over either.

[Durrsly]

[QUOTE=atl101;44751860]You realize it couldn't be called "OS X" anymore then. They'd have to switch to OS XI (or probably something else entirely). I think it'll be still be 10.10 since they've already started the cycle of naming things after places in California, e.g. Mavericks[/QUOTE]

Mavericks is a place in California?
I thought it was just Apple trying to make their OS hip and edgy.

[Quality Control]

-snip-

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=frozensoda;44751901]I miss the launcher from os9 :(

and forge+anvil for marathon :(

My grandfather is a mac user, he's been very upset with apple ever since OSX came out because "this shit is just like windows - [B]command line driven[/B]" and he's not excited to see what they do next, though he'll never switch to anything else.[/QUOTE]
first and only time i have ever seen someone complain about command line operation capability

[editline]8th May 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=Durrsly;44753327]Mavericks is a place in California?
I thought it was just Apple trying to make their OS hip and edgy.[/QUOTE]

i don't get it

[Durrsly]

[QUOTE=.Lain;44754813]first and only time i have ever seen someone complain about command line operation capability

[editline]8th May 2014[/editline]

i don't get it[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]mav·er·ick
ˈmav(ə)rik/Submit
noun
1.
an unorthodox or independent-minded person.[/QUOTE]

[Contend]

[QUOTE=Durrsly;44753327]Mavericks is a place in California?
I thought it was just Apple trying to make their OS hip and edgy.[/QUOTE]

"Mavericks marks the beginning of a change in the naming scheme of OS X, departing from the use of big cats and moving to names based on places in California.[1] Following the new naming scheme, the current version of the operating system is named Mavericks, after the surfing location in California.[1][3]"

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mavericks[/url]

[AncientFryup]

I'm quite happy they're doing this, I was never a big fan of the round corners in OS X, probably because I've used Windows primarily up until I started using OS X around 3 months ago.

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=AncientFryup;44755221]I'm quite happy they're doing this, I was never a big fan of the round corners in OS X, probably because I've used Windows primarily up until I started using OS X around 3 months ago.[/QUOTE]
windows 7 has rounded corners too?

[Vekso]

[QUOTE=.Lain;44756139]windows 7 has rounded corners too?[/QUOTE]

Windows 7's corners are even kind of crude too

[ifaux]

10.10 -> 10.1

?????

OS 10 10.10

??????

[omarfr]

[QUOTE=01271;44751741]flavours isn't jailbreaking. It's good.[/QUOTE]

What's flavours?

[01271]

[url]http://flavours.interacto.net/[/url]
it was $15 but now it's $22.

you can do lame stuff like this
[url]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pCz26YcBFis/UnU02WxB8XI/AAAAAAAAK7s/KTkfEqbxhKQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-11-02+at+12.48.10+PM.png[/url]

or cool stuff like pretend you're on the next version of osx already
[url]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/100/1/9/ios_7_mac_theme_for_flavours__ios_7_blue_by_ccard3dev-d7dmk47.png[/url]

[ExTek]

Hope it looks good! I got my first mac recently and I like it better than windows for things other than gaming. I'm excited!

[Ms. Gyroscope]

50 bucks itll look just like iphones

[Cronos]

[QUOTE=ifaux;44756453]10.10 -> 10.1

?????

OS 10 10.10

??????[/QUOTE]

decimals ≠ version numbers

this is why we have stuff like 10.1.1 and not 10.11

[editline]9th May 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=01271;44756860][url]http://flavours.interacto.net/[/url]
it was $15 but now it's $22.

you can do lame stuff like this
[url]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pCz26YcBFis/UnU02WxB8XI/AAAAAAAAK7s/KTkfEqbxhKQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-11-02+at+12.48.10+PM.png[/url]

or cool stuff like pretend you're on the next version of osx already
[url]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/100/1/9/ios_7_mac_theme_for_flavours__ios_7_blue_by_ccard3dev-d7dmk47.png[/url][/QUOTE]

I didn't know you could make stuff look flat. With the demo I made my Apple menu [url=http://cronosdage.x10.mx/cheesepufficon.png]my cheesepuff favicon[/url] but it was pretty glitchy and the themes didn't show when i was in chrome so I uninstalled

[MIPS]

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;44744333]Is that an early build of xorg?[/QUOTE]

NeXT's Workspace Manager. Basically what a lot of OSX and the old ipod GUI is based off.