The "security" mac ad hits home. I totally hate security applications that require training. I personally have NO trouble figuring out what to allow and disallow, and occasionally learn a few things in the process. However, as a developer, I've tried to cultivate an "Average User Sense" and this screams at me while I train a security application. I have no idea how 90% of computer users are able to do ANYTHING other than just allow everything or turn off such security.

But my real gripe this morning is about my mac. An appropriate ad would involve our favorite Mac personification devolving into a schizophrenic who constantly interrupts himself, while PC looks on with a satisfied grin.

Here is the sequence of events. I get a new mac and set it up with a user... actually, the SAME username I always use when I set up a new computer. I then realize that the mac has a slick function to transfer all the user data from my old computer. I do this at my first chance and for a while everything is fine. I then realize that I can't actually get at any of the old data without changing permissions around a bit, which I do. Again, everything is fine for a while.

Now I'm in a situation where OSX can't decide which user data it wants to use. It's also decided to no longer allow any drag and drop functionality, which would be fine on a pc where you can copy and paste files and folders, but on my mac I've had to revert to 100% command line interaction. I'm dreading the inevitable clean install. Mac or PC, it's always inevitable. sigh.