{"id":298,"date":"2005-05-05T20:53:38","date_gmt":"2005-05-05T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2005\/05\/2005_05_05_2053.php"},"modified":"2005-05-05T20:53:38","modified_gmt":"2005-05-05T12:53:38","slug":"osx-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/05\/05\/osx-fever","title":{"rendered":"OSX Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just reinstalled<\/em> Tiger, and I can’t help but be amazed (again) on how brain-dead simple it is to backup and restore…<\/p>\n

Nono<\/a> has already narrated how he installed his, so I don’t have to restate the obvious. Only difference with me is I did a custom install, and left out all the “foreign” language packs (and a couple of drivers of Printers I know<\/em> I’ll never come across)<\/p>\n

I guess this is a first time “restore” for Nono and I on the Mac platform. Because of that, the next scenario (wherein I was restoring and installing applications) deserves a special mention… especially<\/strong> through the perspective of a PC user.<\/p>\n

Imagine:<\/p>\n

iPod transferring 51GB of MP3s back to powerbook\nWHILE<\/em><\/strong>\ninstalling from DMGs mounted from the same iPod\nWHILE<\/em><\/strong>\ninstalling Adobe CreativeSuite2 (4 disc images, all mounted via network<\/em>)\nWHILE<\/em><\/strong>\ninstalling MS OfficeX 2k4 via powerbook’s CD drive.\nWHILE<\/em><\/strong>\ncopying backed-up files and settings from a sparsedisk over the network.<\/em><\/p>\n

No delays, no hangs, and no errors whatsoever.<\/p>\n

As a PC user, you know<\/em> you can’t go through that scenario without an error at some (early) point. I mean most major PC applications require a restart for good measure. Try installing more than one simultaneously, and you’re asking for trouble… but here was OSX, merrily copying, installing, authenticating, replacing\/updating system<\/em> settings. All at the same friggin’ time!<\/em><\/p>\n

I ask you: isn’t that simply incredible?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Transmit<\/h2>\n

I’ve returned to being a Transmit<\/a> user. I’ll be first to admit that Interarchy<\/a> still holds the belt feature-wise, but Transmit<\/a>‘s “workflow” is simply better and more thought-out.<\/p>\n

An example would be the queuing system. When you upload multiple files in Interarchy<\/a>, you get a single entry in your transfer window and it just changes the information on which file is currently uploading. Plus for some reason Interarchy<\/a> terminates<\/em> a “connection” (like if it’s done uploading a file then moves to the next) really slow. After an upload, I see that there’s no more bytes to be uploaded, but it sometimes takes a bunch of seconds before the item is cleared in the transfer window.<\/p>\n

Transmit<\/a> on the other hand is noticeably faster, if you’re uploading tons of files – Transmit<\/a> is definitely better. Plus when you dump a lot of files to be transferred, it shows them individually, with progress indicators for each (a-la CuteFTP… well not quite, but close enough)<\/p>\n

I also like how Transmit<\/a> consolidates both your folders and remote folders into one GUI, I really tried to get used to Interarchy<\/a>‘s “standalone” approach (and just drag it to a regular Finder window) but I ended up getting irritated. Having a consolidated view also helps since you can set default local and remote folders, so when you access a directory, you have the option to set it to navigate to the local directory on your end which you usually attribute it to. It is a very old feature, I know. But Interarchy<\/a>, by virtue of it’s design, doesn’t have that.<\/p>\n

Of course there’s also the more-intuitive use of bookmarks in Transmit<\/a>… basically everything about Transmit<\/a> feels “natural.” And considering I only use Interarchy<\/a>‘s auto-upload<\/em> and regular FTP “mode” (which Transmit<\/a> can do too) then I’m willing to forego the other features.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the thing that clinched it for me, was the availability of a Transmit Dashboard Widget<\/a>. Which essentially replaced my need for Filechute<\/a><\/p>\n

QuickSilver<\/h2>\n

I’ve started using QuickSilver<\/a> again as per Joel<\/a>‘s suggestion. I’m really glad I followed his advice. QuickSilver<\/a> is infinitely faster than Spotlight in predicting a match (naturally since it doesn’t have to catalog such a huge volume).<\/p>\n

I now have this setup:<\/p>\n

cmd-space<\/code> is assigned to QuickSilver<\/a> once again – which in turn handles things I usually<\/em> launch (Applications, Preference Panes, and Remote Connections)\nalt-cmd-space<\/code> is for Spotlight menu mode.\nctrl-alt-cmd-space<\/code> is for Spotlight full window mode.<\/p>\n

I discovered that this setup is most effective for my needs.<\/p>\n

Adium<\/h2>\n

Adium<\/a> was updated and boy-oh-boy are there lots of exciting new stuff. I’m particularly psyched out by them finally<\/em> implementing progress indicators in file transfer windows.<\/p>\n

What sucks though is I think they messed up the shortcuts. I’m so used to shift-cmd-k<\/code> and alt-cmd-k<\/code> to connect and disconnect globally, now the shortcuts don’t work… bummer<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just reinstalled Tiger, and I can’t help but be amazed (again) on how brain-dead simple it is to backup and restore… Nono has already narrated how he installed his, so I don’t have to restate the obvious. Only difference with me is I did a custom install, and left out all the “foreign” language …

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