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vsurfer · Aug 22, 2006, 09:54 AM

I'm running 10.3.9 which i think is Panther. I don't own a copy of 10.4 and have never used it.

I'm curious, was File Management Better in Tiger? And does anyone have any idea if it will it improve in Leopard? I doubt my company will upgrade to tiger at this point, but hopefully Leopard will have a file management feature or improved interface that makes this part of computing less onerous.

FYI For my work I am constantly editing and traffiking files from myriad (some fixed, some flexible) locations and servers.

I find that I spend an inordinate amount of time resizing windows to make the chore easier. sometimes I wish the finder was more integrated. Maybe my methodology is wrong, but I find File Management in OSX to be more difficult than I rthink it should be.

Meanwhile anyone got any special tricks that make file management easier in 10.3.9

clarkgoble · Aug 23, 2006, 04:08 PM

There wasn't the significant UI improvement in file management in 10.4 that there was say between 10.2 and 10.3 (or 10.2 over 10.1 for that matter). The biggest improvement was Spotlight although whether that will improve more or not depends upon your workflow.

vsurfer · Aug 26, 2006, 10:02 PM

Thanks for the info Clark

monkeybrain · Aug 26, 2006, 11:59 PM

Tiger is better in that changes to files show up quickly in the Finder. I don't think it is perfect, but still much better than Panther. I remember being frustrated about how slow the Panther Finder was at updating, but have had no such annoyances with Tiger.

But I don't think management has improved a great deal. There are Smart Folders now, but they are a bit slow normally and I've never got in the habit of using them.

Chuckit · Aug 27, 2006, 12:56 AM

Yeah, Tiger's biggest contribution to file management is that it brings us back to where we were with OS 9 as far as not needing a freakin' refresh button in the Finder.

cla · Aug 30, 2006, 08:26 AM

Currently the Finder's sloppy design and the obvious lack of user testing is even dangerous. I just found this bug:

1) Open a new Home folder Finder window (I'm using "a" instead of "the", since Finder isn't spatial in this sense anymore).

2) Select a file on the desktop. Say you want to get info for this file and then throw it in the trash using the keyboard. A user might then a) press cmd-i to get the info window b) cmd-w to close it and c) cmd-backspace to throw it in the trash.

3) Congratulations. You just threw your entire Documents folder in the trash.

jamil5454 · Aug 30, 2006, 10:51 AM

Nice find cla, it seems that the Finder doesn't refocus the file on the Desktop after you close the info window.

vsurfer · Aug 30, 2006, 09:35 PM

Thanks for all the responses.

I have a couple of new apps, one of which requires Tiger -- or gasp -- windows. The second app only windows.

Since Leopard is on the immediate horizon, I am loath to purchase Tiger.

I may just spring for GuestPC and run that in X86 and get the full functionality. . . and wait till the first app is upgraded to work in Leopard.

Salty · Sep 1, 2006, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by vsurfer

Thanks for all the responses.

I have a couple of new apps, one of which requires Tiger -- or gasp -- windows. The second app only windows.

Since Leopard is on the immediate horizon, I am loath to purchase Tiger.

I may just spring for GuestPC and run that in X86 and get the full functionality. . . and wait till the first app is upgraded to work in Leopard.

I odn't know if I consider spring right on the horizon...