Re:macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
by diffeomorphism on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:40AM
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That is kind of hilarious: This GUI feature is very undiscoverable. No, no, "just" open a terminal instead and type this.
Re:macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
by jen729w on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:55AM
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The entire point of these hidden files is that the user should never see them. Otherwise they’ll think, what’s this nonsense?, and delete them.
It should be difficult to see hidden files. And it is!
Re:macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
by FabHK on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:02AM
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Precisely. Just as the "Go" menu in the Finder doesn't contain the Library folder, because the user generally doesn't need it. As an advanced user, you can pop open a Terminal and `open Library`, or you use a shortcut: press Option while in the Go menu.
Re:macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
by falsaberN1 on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:48PM
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MacOS is good because I have to open the terminal to do complex tasks.
Linux is crap because I have to open the terminal to do complex tasks.
I know the devil is in the details, I'm just poking fun at the thing, but you gotta admit it's kind of funny.
How is that an essential function? My mom has never needed it in 20 years of using Macs. And when I want to know about hidden files, I pop open a terminal and ls -la.