Not just a toss! OS X 10.10 Yosemite Retrofit Strategy

Finally determined to rise 10.10, found a lot of problems, not only a lot of bugs, added some useless features, and the interface has become ugly. See the discussion above: http://www.zhihu.com/question/26081869

To make the system easy to use, it is common for everyone to take over the new computer (or upgrade the system). But the Apple system does not have much information on the web, because there are not many people, and some things do not change for years. But this time, become too much, you have to write an article to record it.

After tossing it over, the system is really much more useful.

What needs to be said is that this article is not for developers, but for most Apple users. Many words will not say, believe that Apple's users are more rational and objective.

The article is long, in order to crossing save time, the blue Word part is the direct modification operation, the remainder part many is the analysis content. You can choose to read as needed.

First, beautify the article

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For flattening, I'm not a very cold person. Many people say, style this thing, a few years change, does not have the superiority also does not matter the disadvantage, but this is true? Not necessarily, oh, you upgrade it.

Benefits of Flattening:

1. Low cost, flat icon drawing speed, the need for the quality level of art personnel (in general sense) compared to the materialization of low.

2. Simple form factor, fast recognition through color and shape

3. The appearance contains less information and is not easy for the brain to produce visual fatigue (there is nothing to see for a broken thing anyway, right?)

The disadvantage of flattening:

1. Art staff level is not enough, it is easy to draw ugly, for example: 10.10 Finder icon with the international face almost

2. OS X OS has a lot of complex icons, which are different from iOS, not all of which can be flattened

3. Flattening does not give you the edge of the retina display
   

So what about materialization?

Benefits of Pseudo-materialization:

1. Icon elegant, full play Retina screen advantage, this point, I think Lao Luo is right

2. What is the usefulness of what icon is very obvious, and in the interface operation and physical close, learning cost is low

The disadvantages of quasi-materialization:

1. High cost of drawing

2. Identify slow
   

3. Large icon information, easy to aesthetic fatigue
   

Now the three big system manufacturers, Microsoft Google Apple are engaged in, among them, Apple on the flat road is the most radical, but the effect is not good. Apple's main problem is on icon.

The following method can be used to replace the system's icon to a pseudo-materialized style:

1. Download the pseudo-materialized icon package, the country has a very good friend has been sorted out, in http://www.nick-zone.com/mac/download_news.asp

2. Download and install Liteicon, which is a very powerful icon Configurator (replacement, restore, clear cache available, or free) http://www.freemacsoft.net/liteicon/

3. Replace the icon with the Liteicon, and then clear the cache to unregister the system. Then, the familiar quasi-materialized world came back again.

for the dock, you can install cdock this SIMBL plugin to fix http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdock/ , his Yosemite 3D is the Moonlight Mirror 3D effect of the dock.

Second, the Finder article

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For finder This thing, Apple is always inferior to Microsoft's resource manager. This is about the idea of Apple, as a design company, Apple is proud, Old Joe's Apple idea is about "this thing does not add in, not because he is not good, but he is not my invention." From a very old age there is no cut start, to the problem of the label page, and then really can't resist the added tab page. In fact, cut apples are also some, just the way to realize the strange, first copy, and then paste the time with another shortcut (as if it is more pressing a shift bar), it becomes cut.

However, now that Apple is the cook era, the idea of more pro-people, in the design of more listening to the views of users.

For the Finder, unfortunately, there are a lot of 10.10 bugs at the moment, for example, when dragging tabs, some users will have a ghost. For the Finder, it is common to use enhancements like reload plugins. The following three are commonly used:

PathFinder: This is not a seamless integration with the Finder, and the individual is not very fond of it.

Totalfinder: Charge, easy to use.

Xtrafinder: Free, powerful, not stable enough. https://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

More unfortunately, the compatibility of Totalfinder and Xtrafinder in 10.10 is not very good.

One common feature is that you do not need an extra plug-in to be able to start the terminal from the current directory.

In the files and folders, services, keyboard shortcut, System Preferences, and so on: You can select "Create a new terminal tag in a folder location" or "Create a new terminal window located in a folder location"

Third, Spotlight article

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For the old Macbook,spotlight is a big resource to eat. For the developer class user, Spotlight to the system directory search, and 10.10 inside a new bug, China Area network search is blocked? Castration? It was originally bing, and now it's useless to use it.

For local search, you can still use spotlight, but note that the spotlight default is to search the whole, you want to change him to the current folder under the searching, modify the method as follows:

When performing a search, advanced, finder-> preferences, select the Search current folder option.

for complex local search, I highly recommend you to use Easyfind, which is a free, comprehensive search, powerful (support search package inside, support search various system path, various file types, also can search file content) App. http://www.devontechnologies.com/download/products.html

If you only use Easyfind search (in the Finder you can right-click icon to find the Easyfind startup item), then you can block spotlight and follow this article: http://jackiekuo.com/mac/2014/02/21/shut-down-spotlight-and-dashboard/

For web search and various quick start-up, now the most powerful is Alfred. If you have a habit of spotlight quick start and search, then you should like Alfred's, not to mention Alfred's web search and workflow customization is very powerful.

Four, Zoom and Full-screen articles

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The function of window enlargement, say simple, actually have three kinds:

1. Maximized: The window is propped up to fill up all the space on the screen.

2. Full screen: This is the default feature of the 10.10 green button now

3. Optimal: The default function of the green button on the window before 10.10. This is old Joe original idea, a lot of users from the win come up may not get used to, but in fact is very good, the window automatically into the appropriate size, extra desktop space you can also do other. Direct with the mouse Point window switch, than cmd+tab switch or mission-control switch to the kind direct.

Then, in 10.10, the original zoom button was replaced by the Full-screen button. This is a failed design:

1. In addition to individual users (text-only editing, pure Internet users, pure video game user Balbalbal), the full-screen operation is very low usage rate. As long as you use the switch window (when playing the game to look at the strategy, watching the ball with others, write code to check the data Balbalbal), Full-screen is not a pleasant guy.

2. Originally for this green button, before 10.10, different software has different definitions (some of the software is the most suitable, some are maximized, some have the most suitable and maximized two functions), now to 10.10 this definition is more chaotic (because now there are three options, maximize, optimal, full screen).

First of all, the Apple default operation, in 10.10:

1. Full screen: Direct dot green button

2. Optimal: Hold down the option Point green button, the specific function depends on the software

3. Maximize: Press and hold the Option+shift Point green button, the specific function depends on the software
   

Commonly used function instead of using shortcut keys + mouse to trigger, this is not a good design ah.

Next, I know what you're going to say, you say double-clicking the window can be optimal or maximized. Yes, there's this design in OSX, in:

"System Preferences"-〉dock (you are not mistaken, this function in the Dock)-〉 "The window's title bar has been minimized", remove that tick, you can turn on this function

However, different software for this operation is not the same definition, and for the most commonly used finder, if you installed the Finder plug-in, for now, Totalfinder and Xtrafinder to this double-click operation is not good support. Simply put, even if you open, there are many places to double-click is not effective.

With regard to this zoom and full-screen problem, there is no good solution to revert to the previous experience. Some people like to install Moom plug-ins, but that plug-in to the most appropriate support is not good.

Finish

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Not just toss! OS X 10.10 Yosemite Retrofit Guide