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I really don't like the way the download folder adopts the icon of the latest file to be downloaded, I can't see how it actually provides any benefit.

I would have voted for "improved" AD compatibility, but that's a bug, not a feature.

I like the fact that virtual windows are now standard for an operating system other than linux... but for the sake of humanity, stop changing the spaces on me for some unforeseen reason. I've learned to press F8 when I want a Safari window in space 2 if I already have one in space 1, but Ugggg! I know I have a good mental model when working with multiple windows, but guess this is the only way to bring virtual windows to the masses...

But even with this... I still hate the new folder icons more!

I tried spaces for a while, but the very idea of multiple desktops just seems like too much human multitasking and anti KISS principle.

Also while I'm not too taken aback by the new in line editing in ical, I can't fathom why Apple decided to remove the icons for each ical event that indicated there were notes for that event.

Biggest complaint: I need to reboot at least four times a day due to lockup on a completely fresh install. I'm still holding out judgement though as I think this has much to do with me testing out Leopard and doing some silly things. For example I thought it would be clever to drop folders into Mail's notes applications so my projects and their files would be together. After several days of lockups I finally realised that the entire folder contents were being store in the notes and not just a hyperlink to the folder. Also testing out VPN, SMB server connections has got my into lockups too.

All told though, I much prefer Leopard. I'm particularly happy that in Leopard you can finally set your idisk to automatic syncing and still be able to shut down the computer, previously the auto syncing prevented this. Also network drives mount and unmount much better.

Another annoyance is that Apple seems to be less consistent about keyboard shortcuts across applications.

For example,to access Qucklook, within Finder you press the space key, but within Mail you press command+Y. To create a ToDo in iCal, you press Command+K, but to create a ToDo in mail you press Option+Command+Y. There are many other similar anomalies.

What should have been included in Leopard, but wasn't?

Java 6 support

use time machine through Airport Base Station

etc.

The info drawer on Tiger, which immediately tabled all the data
on any selected iCal entry, used to be available as an option.

No need to right-click, command-I or anything else on every last
entry. You could rattle through a long list of events or search
results in seconds.

Now, you have to stop and click or whatever on all of them - and that
ugly balloon blocks the view of the rest of the calendar. Unless you also
click it, drag it out of the way etc. etc. . The balloon is also way too
small to view more than a couple of lines, so you have to scroll through
that too. Quite astonishing - a true, non-optional step backwards.

It appears something designed for a telephone display has been foisted
on my 24-inch monitor.

This alone is a show-stopper for me. I thought Macs were really solid,
no flakey "upgrades", and definitely no removal of features.

Back to Tiger, and if it doesn't get "fixed", back to PCs.

I'm very disappointed in Apple.

-Glenn.

Do you have Parallels or VMWare installed? One thing to keep in mind is that those virtual disks are also backed up. Same with some email program catalog file (like Entourage). So anytime you get a new email or open a virtual machine it is marked for backup. If your VM is 30 GB, then that is a 30 GB incremental.

Again, I'm not certain what your setup is, but it's something to consider.

Regards,

Dave

Reading all these frustrations learns I don't want to upgrade to Leopard so far!
Please, if you plan to upgrade (just for Spaces), install the Desktop Manager,
it's a must for Tiger...
Though I am intruiged by Xcode 3 new components.