I have been using the Mac for a couple of months now. I find it to be one great machine. There are many things I love about it but let me start with the gripes. I am no Mac Fanboy and I will state whatever as what it is.

1. Heat issues

My Macbook Pro might have a great and smooth design. I even call it sexy. But I have no idea all those heat will go. Just using the Mac to surf web and edit some documents can get it heated up. Imagine using it for video editing and conversion. Definitely not lap friendly unless you want your precious jewels cooked.
I do hear the fan spinning now and then but cant figure out where the hell is the exhaust, if there is one at all.

2. Trashed Items Can’t Be Opened

If you accidently moved item to the trash and want to open it to check the contents first. Mac does not allow that. That is fine by me, but cant it have a prompt asking me if I want to restore to the desktop or move it back to place it was deleted from?
I have to right-click (control+click) to get the context menu and click “Put Back”.

3. Permission issues

Even though I have not really come across this permission issue, I have heard enough problems to write about it. Mac OS X is built to be robust, secure multiuser operating system. Each user has set of permission which will not allow you to screw up another users files and settings. Great! That’s the good side of permissions.

The problem is that for Macs with only one user, permissions often get in the way of performing common tasks such as updating system components, deleting files, renaming folders, and so on. Since I am the only user and administrator, why do I need to enter my own password again to do some stuff?

4. No cut and paste in Finder

I was thinking this is an issue with iPhone’s previous OS. It has been resolved on version 3 onwards.
No cut and paste. Yes, there is no Cut option in the Finder. You have the Copy option but not Cut. Why?
Yes, I can drag and drop. But if I want to move a file/folder to another folder that is pretty deeply nested, I will want to cut and paste. I can copy but no cut and paste.

5. No Universal Uninstaller

I love that applications in OS X are for the most part self contained. Installation is a breeze by dragging and dropping the application to the Applications folder. Uninstalling for most apps are easy to. Just drag it to the Trash. But for applications like Adobe Photoshop CS3, or Apple’s own Final Cut Studio, they are not self contained and to properly uninstall, one needs to resort to third party apps like AppDelete and AppZapper. Why should I use a third party app to do this when it should be built into the system.

6. Finder Treats FTP Volumes as Read-Only

If you want to be a ftp client why dont it be a full fledged one with write access to the ftp site.
You can connect to a FTP server by clicking Go > Connect to Server. Key in user id and password and you are good to go. Thats what you think until you try to upload or edit some stuff on the remote server. Really sucks!

7. Finder Views Don’t Update Immediately

The Finder used to always update as soon as a change was made to a file, but now that’s not always the case. Maybe it is a minor issue or one time issue with my system. Even after downloading some stuff if I view the item via Finder, it should show the progress ie increase of file size. It doesnt do so on my Mac. It stays static till I refressh it. I have not noticed this behavior in Windows.

8 Delete key

Delete key is just the backspace. WTF. You can get used to it but I just simply wanna delete why do I need to press command+delete.

9. Sleep mode

When you close the lid the mac goes into sleep mode. The latest macs goes to this mode called the deep sleep(mode 3). It will write a copy to the disk as well as the RAM. In case, the battery power is lost, the current state can be restored when you power up the machine the next time.

This is all fine. But I am trying to look for a mode where it does this sleep and goes into hibernation which is write contents of RAM to disk and power off. I have used IBM and Lenovo and Acer notebooks on various Windows OS and it does it right. When the lid is closed it goes to sleep. After maybe 10 to 15 minutes(configurable) it will hibernate. Yes my Macs battery can last for many hours (6hr +) but it would be good if it hibernates and does not drain battery. When I turn it on a couple of days later, I dont want to see that I am unable to power on due to battery discharged.

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