Am I nuts...

[DewGuy]

hal wrote:
I think you're a little nuts (aren't we all?), but mostly I think it's aging and the fact that as we age, we like stuff just the way it is. When we were younger, we saw changes in the OS and immediately started poking around to figure out the new things. Now that we're older we see change and say, 'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?? It wasn't like that before..."

I used to stick with the OS that I liked, but one day decided that I was tired of the limitations and I wanted to be current (give the latest update a few weeks at most before I jump in) and for the most part, I'm happier about it all. There are changes with every update, but I manage to get things the way I like it. My Music app looks the same as itunes did under snow leopard.

But then there are piles of nuggets of OS that I never use that others might find indispensable and are damaged when they are changed - I just haven't come across any such nugget in my experience.

I've always tried to be forward thinking with technology, and I know that I need to move on from the MacBook Pro before the hard drive or something else hardware wise gives up the ghost, it's just stressful when not everything works or doesn't work the way you expect it to.

chopper wrote:
Depends. Do you need to do actual work on your computer or do you just want to spend a bunch of time being frustrated?

My wife has an M-something iMac it's pure torture to do actual work, find anything, etc. She hates it.

Fortunately I don't have to do work on the mini, so there's nothing really critical with migrating. Sorry to hear that your wife is having a hard time with her iMac, although the mini and the newer OS have given me trouble I've been able to get done what I've been trying to do.

Tiangou wrote:
Yeah... These were little generational annoyances when introduced, but you make a big leap in OS-version and you get slammed with all at once.

I can offer you this: Most of that stuff doesn't bother me because I use the equivalent keystrokes, which have not changed.

To swap views in a Finder window, use Command 1, Command 2, Command 3, Command 4...

To zoom in and out in Preview, use Command + and Command - ... Or my favorite: Zoom to a selection with Command *

Quicken is a big deal. I opted to not go with the new Quicken when I upgraded to Catalina and it was painful. I only used it for a register, so I purchased a cheap checkbook app from the App Store, and hated it. Tried a bunch more and settled on one called "CheckBook Pro" which is not the cleanest/best, but at least I'm not paying Intuit a venture capital firm a subscription for a product they cripple periodically.

I do try to use keyboard shortcuts. I never thought of keyboard shortcuts for Finder functions, I'll have to give 'em a try. I use Command + and Command - all the time in Firefox, but never thought of using it in Preview. Thanks for the tips.

I really don't like the idea of software by subscription. Mostly because of the money spent and never knowing how much it's going to cost in the future, but also because the software is ever changing.

At first I thought I could move to GNUcash, and then to Moneydance for our rather simple needs, but they're both dual entry and I don't really get how that works, plus both of them made an absolute mess out of my Quicken file going back to '92 (I think). I think I'll see if I can find something other the Quicken that will meet our needs, maybe CheckBook Pro would work for us.