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  Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> - 2017-04-07 18:13 -0700
    Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-07 21:17 -0400
    Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-04-08 14:25 +1200
      Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> - 2017-04-07 20:22 -0700
    Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-08 14:20 +0000
    Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2017-04-08 14:54 +0000
      Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> - 2017-04-08 09:01 -0700
        Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 16:18 +0000
          Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-08 11:09 -0700
      Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 16:15 +0000
        Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-09 14:26 +0000
      Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 12:18 -0400
        Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2017-04-08 16:47 +0000
          Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 16:53 +0000
          Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 13:04 -0400
            Re: Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2017-04-10 23:06 +0000

#103705 — Have I just not yet found the setting I need to twiddle?

As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5, and now that I'm getting "settled in", I'm 
noticing something that annoys the bejeebers out of me - under Tiger, an 
open folder window includes a handy little "<some number> items, <some 
bytes> available" dingus in the footer of the window. The "<some bytes>" 
part I really couldn't much give a rip about (although it is 
occasionally at least marginally useful), but the item count is 
something that I find *EXTREMELY* useful in several "things I do often" 
scenarios. 

Is there a way to get that behavior back under Lion - some setting I 
haven't stumbled across, perhaps, or a pref I haven't noticed somewhere, 
or even something that needs (for instance) Onyx or Deeper to get to and 
mess with? I'm finding that I severely miss having the number of items 
in the folder available at a glance. While it's certainly possible to 
sit there and manually count how many items are in a folder when I need 
to know, doing so *REALLY* puts a crimp in my workflow - never mind the 
concept that a computer is supposed to help eliminate such drudgery...

Or is this another one of the many "improved by being removed" things 
I've been noticing more and more of since making the switch?

-- 
If the door is baroque don't be Haydn. Come around Bach and jiggle the Handel.

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#103707

In article <oc9dag$r19$2@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net>
wrote:

> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5, and now that I'm getting "settled in", I'm 
> noticing something that annoys the bejeebers out of me - under Tiger, an 
> open folder window includes a handy little "<some number> items, <some 
> bytes> available" dingus in the footer of the window. The "<some bytes>" 
> part I really couldn't much give a rip about (although it is 
> occasionally at least marginally useful), but the item count is 
> something that I find *EXTREMELY* useful in several "things I do often" 
> scenarios. 
> 
> Is there a way to get that behavior back under Lion - some setting I 
> haven't stumbled across, perhaps, or a pref I haven't noticed somewhere, 
> or even something that needs (for instance) Onyx or Deeper to get to and 
> mess with? I'm finding that I severely miss having the number of items 
> in the folder available at a glance. While it's certainly possible to 
> sit there and manually count how many items are in a folder when I need 
> to know, doing so *REALLY* puts a crimp in my workflow - never mind the 
> concept that a computer is supposed to help eliminate such drudgery...

view menu, choose show status bar should do what you want, and i'm
pretty sure that was there in lion (i can't test it to be sure).

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#103715

Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:

> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5, and now that I'm getting "settled in", I'm 
> noticing something that annoys the bejeebers out of me - under Tiger, an
> open folder window includes a handy little "<some number> items, <some
> bytes> available" dingus in the footer of the window. The "<some bytes>"
> part I really couldn't much give a rip about (although it is 
> occasionally at least marginally useful), but the item count is 
> something that I find *EXTREMELY* useful in several "things I do often"
> scenarios. 

Finder's View menu: Show Status Bar.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz

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#103720

In article <1n462on.pkfew61k8ye9gN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
 dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> > As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> > 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5, and now that I'm getting "settled in", I'm 
> > noticing something that annoys the bejeebers out of me - under Tiger, an
> > open folder window includes a handy little "<some number> items, <some
> > bytes> available" dingus in the footer of the window. The "<some bytes>"
> > part I really couldn't much give a rip about (although it is 
> > occasionally at least marginally useful), but the item count is 
> > something that I find *EXTREMELY* useful in several "things I do often"
> > scenarios. 
> 
> Finder's View menu: Show Status Bar.

Perfect! Thanking you muchly am I :)

(I must have looked right through that at least a dozen times... 
<facepalm>)

-- 
If the door is baroque don't be Haydn. Come around Bach and jiggle the Handel.

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#103750

In message <oc9dag$r19$2@dont-email.me> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:

> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5, and now that I'm getting "settled in", I'm 
> noticing something that annoys the bejeebers out of me - under Tiger, an 
> open folder window includes a handy little "<some number> items, <some 
>bytes> available" dingus in the footer of the window. The "<some bytes>" 
> part I really couldn't much give a rip about (although it is 
> occasionally at least marginally useful), but the item count is 
> something that I find *EXTREMELY* useful in several "things I do often" 
> scenarios. 

The Finder's "View" menu is your friend.


-- 
Rick: And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart. Captain
Renault: That is my *least* vulnerable spot

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#103753

Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5

Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better. 

-- 
K.

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#103762

In article <ocatk3$pgu$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
wrote:

> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
> > 
> > As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> > 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5
> 
> Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.

If you disapprove of my making do with the best I can afford, you're 
more than welcome to fix that by buying me the newest bestest latest and 
greatest anytime you feel like doing so. Until then... <shrug> I'm stuck 
using what I can buy.

-- 
If the door is baroque don't be Haydn. Come around Bach and jiggle the Handel.

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#103765

On 2017-04-08, Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article <ocatk3$pgu$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
> wrote:
>
>> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> > As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
>> > 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5
>> 
>> Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.
>
> If you disapprove of my making do with the best I can afford, you're 
> more than welcome to fix that by buying me the newest bestest latest and 
> greatest anytime you feel like doing so. Until then... <shrug> I'm stuck 
> using what I can buy.

Yeah. : ( Like I said, if this is a machine you use regularly, your best
course of action is to obtain a newer machine. If money is an issue,
take a look at Apple's refurbished offerings or eBay.

<http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac>

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#103782

On 2017-04-08 16:18:57 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:

> On 2017-04-08, Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
>> In article <ocatk3$pgu$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király)
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger
>>>> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5
>>> 
>>> Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.
>> 
>> If you disapprove of my making do with the best I can afford, you're
>> more than welcome to fix that by buying me the newest bestest latest and
>> greatest anytime you feel like doing so. Until then... <shrug> I'm stuck
>> using what I can buy.
> 
> Yeah. : ( Like I said, if this is a machine you use regularly, your best
> course of action is to obtain a newer machine. If money is an issue,
> take a look at Apple's refurbished offerings or eBay.
> 
> <http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac>

Yup!
The other place to consider looking for a more recent used Mac is OWC.
<https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Apple_Systems/Used/Macs_and_Tablets>


-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#103763

On 2017-04-08, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
>> 
>> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
>> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5
>
> Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better. 

Yep, 10.7 and 10.8 were both transitional releases, each with their own
set of nasty bugs and feature inconsistencies, especially with regard to
iCloud integration, which was just ramping up at the time. 10.9 and
10.10 were much better, but also had some particularly troublesome
issues with networking. Things have gotten much more stable and
issue-free in the last couple releases.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#103854

In message <eksglmFib7fU1@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2017-04-08, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>> Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
>>> 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5
>>
>> Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better. 

> Yep, 10.7 and 10.8 were both transitional releases, each with their own
> set of nasty bugs and feature inconsistencies, especially with regard to
> iCloud integration, which was just ramping up at the time. 10.9 and
> 10.10 were much better, but also had some particularly troublesome
> issues with networking. Things have gotten much more stable and
> issue-free in the last couple releases.

If, like the OP, you are capped at 10.7 anyway, I'd probably roll back
to 10.6.8. You're out of support anyway, and the web will be largely
unusable, but 10.6.8 is better than 10.7.x

-- 
"My parents were unwilling to secure the necessary eagle's eggs and lion
semen"

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#103764

In article <ocatk3$pgu$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
wrote:

> > 
> > As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I've recently moved from Tiger 
> > 10.4.11 to Lion 10.7.5
> 
> Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.

except when the hardware won't support anything beyond lion.

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#103770

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.
> 
> except when the hardware won't support anything beyond lion.

Snow Leopard, while one version older than Lion, is infinitely better. 
Both are very old now but Snow Leopard was an excellent OS X version.
Lion was absolutely awful.

-- 
K.

Connection closed by foreign host.

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#103773

On 2017-04-08, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> > Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.
>> 
>> except when the hardware won't support anything beyond lion.
>
> Snow Leopard, while one version older than Lion, is infinitely better. 
> Both are very old now but Snow Leopard was an excellent OS X version.
> Lion was absolutely awful.

In terms of stability, I agree. In terms of security, definitely not.
But it's also true that both suffer from security vulnerabilities that
have been patched in later releases. So again, if you are using the
machine regularly to access the net, the best thing you can do is retire
it and replace it with something more modern and more secure.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#103775

In article <ocb47m$frf$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
wrote:

> > > Ugh. Lion was Apple's Windows Vista. *Anything* is better.
> > 
> > except when the hardware won't support anything beyond lion.
> 
> Snow Leopard, while one version older than Lion, is infinitely better. 

no it isn't.

> Both are very old now 

yep

> but Snow Leopard was an excellent OS X version.

it was

> Lion was absolutely awful.

also true, but it's better than snow leopard.

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#104047

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > but Snow Leopard was an excellent OS X version.
> 
> it was
> 
> > Lion was absolutely awful.
> 
> also true, but it's better than snow leopard.

If awful is better than excellent in the world you live in, it must 
be even more topsy-turvy than I thought.

-- 
K.

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