Apple: What I Want

by tomreeves

apple2.pngMy computer stuff is all Apple / Macintosh stuff. I have two requests of Apple, one small and one big.

1) I want to set up a least one space where nothing can grab the focus. In this space, my Twitterific app cannot pop up it’s cute little HUD, for example. This space would be where I can match my computer’s focus to my own, restricting distractibility. Other times and in other spaces, I welcome the distractions, but not in this one specific space where I restrict change of focus.

2) iTunes + .Mac. I want to push my purchased media to .Mac. I want to push my iTunes permissions to .Mac. I want to then be able to stream that media to any enabled iTunes. I could radically reduce the size of the hard drives in all my computers if iTunes + .Mac could effectively replicate the iTunes store. My media would be everywhere I had access to reasonably fast WiFi.

Addendum. 3) I want to put the iPhone contact button on my home page.

4 comments

1 Jonathan { 01.20.08 at 6:42 pm }

On point 1, if you ran Gnome, you would have an “always on top” option available on every window you open - mainly for the reason you state.

Mind you, all such wishlists are futile. Apple gives you want you need, not what you want. And thank god for that, I say.

2 tomreeves { 01.20.08 at 6:56 pm }

The futility is the fun of this particular wish list.

The way I think of .Mac + iTunes makes too much sense to me. With every iTunes purchase, imagine being able to back it up to your .Mac account automatically. Apple would move the bits, not you. Once you synced your permissions to your .Mac, you media would be available to all your devices. That combination would be an enormous win. Even Windows people would want a .Mac account.

I think I update a list like this over time and for fun. Thanks for the comment.

3 Chris Penney { 01.21.08 at 4:26 pm }

There is this free program called Think (http://freeverse.com/apps/app/?id=7013) that allows you to darken the screen except for the one application you want to focus on.

I haven’t upgraded my OS because my Macs are what I use for production, so I’m not sure how this works in spaces.

Hope that helps!
Chris Penney

4 tomreeves { 01.21.08 at 6:18 pm }

Thanks Chris.

I think what I am going to do is assign all the social programs that want to grab my focus to one Space. Growl will let me know all the things going on, and then fade away. I’m disciplined enough to stay on task.

I am unlikely to get annoyed by Growl. It might growl back.

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