Didn’t I save that to a watch list? Let me check Netflix… Nah. Let’s say I’d like to watch François Truffaut’s masterpiece, “ The 400 Blows:” Yeah, I’ve seen that somewhere on the Apple TV. If you don’t, you’ll have to step through multiple channels to find the watch list that it’s on. Similarly, if you want to access a title from a watch list, you need to remember in which channel you saved it. Not every title is available on every channel, of course, so if you want to watch a specific movie, chances are that you will have to search in multiple channels until you find what you’re looking for. Alternatively, you can save titles to a personal watch list for later viewing.Īnd here’s that major problem: Every channel on the Apple TV has its own, dedicated front-end for browsing and searching, for suggestions, and for a watch list for just that one channel. To watch a TV show or movie, you browse or search for it, or pick something from you-might-also-like- this suggestions. Eventually, it’s almost like old-fashioned TV, but without the channel numbersĪlmost everything on the Apple TV is on-demand. The next-generation Apple TV, which will likely be announced next week, will hopefully address that problem. One aspect of the user interface has been bugging me since we made the switch, though. If it weren’t for live football games and Formula 1 races, we wouldn’t miss a thing. We save money, have fewer ads to endure, and when it comes to the user experience, the Apple TV is far ahead of Xfinity. A sleek Apple TV replaced the unwieldy Comcast box, and we now get most of our content from Netflix, hulu, and PBS. ![]() There are probably at least a handful of apps I am leaving out because I am so used to them… they have become such an essential part of my life that I simply can’t think of what they are.About 18 months ago, my wonderful wife and I cut our TV cable. Mount - Faster disk image mounting - even in Panther. I can’t remember what typing was like before I started using this utility. Save your files where you want them without wasting time drilling down through your folder trees.ĪutoPairs - Auto-closing of tags, such as parentheses, brackets, and braces. And movie recording too!ĭefaultFolder - Open and save dialog enhancer. ![]() SnapzPro - Screenshots the way you want them. Word Browser Plugin - Because links to Word docs on a web page shouldn’t require you to open MS Word! Fast and free. PDF Browser Plugin - Because PDF links on a web page should be viewable in your browser! Swift and simple. IClock - Menubar clock and calendar with an enormous amount of flexibility and numerous customisation options. TypeIt4Me - Auto-completion and elimination of repetitive keystrokes. The new y-Type addition may also give TypieIt4me a run for its money. I’ve used this for years now and actually put off my switch to OS X back in the day until this app was updated because I couldn’t imagine life without it. QuickPla圜M - Fast and easy full-size video viewing in the finder without launching any other app.ĬopyPaste-X - Your clipboard on steroids. QuickImageCM - Fast and easy full-size image viewing and manipulation in the finder without launching any other apps. Why open Acrobat or Preview if you don’t have to? PDFViewCM - A contextual menu for viewing PDFs in the finder. I like double-click window shade simplicity. WindowShade - No genies or scale effects for me. WinSwitch - Fast User switching without wasting valuable menubar spaceįruitMenu - I broke my Apple menu habit ages ago, but the contextual menu options are a must-have. HyperSpell - Instant access to Mac OS X’s built-in spellchecker from any application (Even from Carbon applications) ![]() LaunchBar - I am completely helpless without this app. There are certain applications (for lack of a better word) that I have been using for so long and/or that have become so indispensable to me that I often forget they are not actually part of the operating system. I’m fascinated by the responses to “ How do you use your Dock?” and “ The multi-tasking Mac is always running” so I thought I’d toss out another survey to further examine Mac OS X user behavior.
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