[MAC OS GRIPE] editing filenames in MacOS finder, three state fields

[Devin Asay]

On Sep 26, 2011, at 1:38 PM, stephen barncard wrote:

> It's just too hypersensitive. sometimes it works correctly sometimes not.
> mostly not. Selecting either the text or the icon most often launches
> whatever it is. Driving me nuts. And when that happens while trying to drag
> from a folder of zips, it selects ALL of them, then tries to launch all. You
> can imagine the mess and cleanup, and impossible to stop once started
> (without pulling the plug)
> 
> Is my 12 core too fast? Does the speed of the machine have anything to do
> with the timing?

Does it help if you slow down the mouse double-click speed in the System Prefs? (Apologies if someone already suggested this.)

Devin


Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University