hi guys,
i'm using OS X since May 2002, so i'm consider new OS X user,
everything seem to be OK (although i still prefer/miss some features in OS 9 exp: color labels...)
anyway, i got few little problems here with my G4.
(i'm using quicksilver G4 tower, 512RAM, HD 50Gb. OS X 10.1.5)
1> Log-in time is too long,
when my mac start up, after the blue bar finished loading everything & the big "X" logo on a square white background will disappear, then i have to wait for around 2 minutes before i see the log-in page!
which is far too long. & if my server here in Online (log on to the internet) then it will not have this problem.
So i think the system is trying to look for something on the internet while starting up, right? if this is the reason, can someone inform me which software or system feature is doing this? i'll like to disable it so i could get a much faster start up.
(i've done a fews here: exp: for software update i selected "manually", for quicktime player, i didn't select "show HotPick automatically, on the "Date&time" i disable the "network Time")
2> is there a way to Rebuild desktop, (like OS 9)?
3>Where is/how to access the preference folder for each software?
4> is folder & file naming setting different on Desktop with any folder?
say i got a file called "daily_usage_200207.png" all the 22 characters is display in a single line/paragraph, but if i place the file on the desktop, the name will appear in 2 paragraph, which is a bit weird,
5> is there a way to disable Recent application/documents?
6> is there a way to disable the feature of "sandwich" windows?
in OS 9, say i open 3 jpeg files in GraphicConvertor, 2 text files in simpleText, & i have 3 folders open on the desktop, when i click on any of the jpeg all 3 files opened with GraphicConvertor will bring to front, then when i click the desktop, all the opening folder's window belong to the desktop appear on the front. this is useful for me because i always put many files together to compare or to choose which one to use, or compare some text file like resume or proposal.
Now is OS X, i always got into the "sandwich" situation where after a few clicks, i'll have some jpeg on the front, in between i got a folder window, & a text file, then another jpeg is hidden behind the text file, & another folder in behind a jpeg file..... which is very messy to me.
i know i could just click on the software icon on the Dock, but i'll like if there is a way to disable it.
well, that's all, hope someone can help me on these, all of them other then problem #1 are consider minor, but i just want to fix them because i got a hardcore PC user here who always have some not-that-nice things to say about Mac, which i've had enough on that.
thanks.
i'm using OS X since May 2002, so i'm consider new OS X user,
everything seem to be OK (although i still prefer/miss some features in OS 9 exp: color labels...)
anyway, i got few little problems here with my G4.
(i'm using quicksilver G4 tower, 512RAM, HD 50Gb. OS X 10.1.5)
1> Log-in time is too long,
when my mac start up, after the blue bar finished loading everything & the big "X" logo on a square white background will disappear, then i have to wait for around 2 minutes before i see the log-in page!
which is far too long. & if my server here in Online (log on to the internet) then it will not have this problem.
So i think the system is trying to look for something on the internet while starting up, right? if this is the reason, can someone inform me which software or system feature is doing this? i'll like to disable it so i could get a much faster start up.
(i've done a fews here: exp: for software update i selected "manually", for quicktime player, i didn't select "show HotPick automatically, on the "Date&time" i disable the "network Time")
2> is there a way to Rebuild desktop, (like OS 9)?
3>Where is/how to access the preference folder for each software?
4> is folder & file naming setting different on Desktop with any folder?
say i got a file called "daily_usage_200207.png" all the 22 characters is display in a single line/paragraph, but if i place the file on the desktop, the name will appear in 2 paragraph, which is a bit weird,
5> is there a way to disable Recent application/documents?
6> is there a way to disable the feature of "sandwich" windows?
in OS 9, say i open 3 jpeg files in GraphicConvertor, 2 text files in simpleText, & i have 3 folders open on the desktop, when i click on any of the jpeg all 3 files opened with GraphicConvertor will bring to front, then when i click the desktop, all the opening folder's window belong to the desktop appear on the front. this is useful for me because i always put many files together to compare or to choose which one to use, or compare some text file like resume or proposal.
Now is OS X, i always got into the "sandwich" situation where after a few clicks, i'll have some jpeg on the front, in between i got a folder window, & a text file, then another jpeg is hidden behind the text file, & another folder in behind a jpeg file..... which is very messy to me.
i know i could just click on the software icon on the Dock, but i'll like if there is a way to disable it.
well, that's all, hope someone can help me on these, all of them other then problem #1 are consider minor, but i just want to fix them because i got a hardcore PC user here who always have some not-that-nice things to say about Mac, which i've had enough on that.
thanks.