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Originally posted by: Jay
Hey Bossk, I'm really enjoying the Mac. I've found a couple areas already where they could take a hint from Windows, but for the most part I think OS X provides a superior user experience. Specifically, changing the default folder view from icons to list mode is a simple matter in Windows. Open a folder in Explorer, set its properties to match your preferences, then apply those properties to every folder with a simple button click. In OS X, the best way I could find (on macworld.com) was to use the Automator, which manually opens every folder on your machine in the Finder and changes their attributes. It took literally 10 minutes for the Automator to finish the task--on a dual 2.5Ghz Power Mac. Is there a better way?
To the best of my knowledge, there is no better way. And I agree with you, that is one thing that really does bother me about OS X. After a while, I just became accustomed to the annoyance of it. Shame, really. But it's a minor annoyance considering all the other great aspects of OS X.