They even flaunt their "we're right, you're wrong" attitude by providing a list of some of the things they are doing to us.Īnd there's no way to avoid any of these new 'features'.
And with Automator, even brain damaged monkeys can write malware to erase files on my computer and composite my pictures of my kids onto gay porn.Īll of this clearly shows apple's arrogance in providing features any reasonable person wouldn't want. With Core Data and Core Image making it possible for more people to write 'quality' apps more quickly, who knows what kind of spyware will be developed all with shiny new images to trojan it onto my computer. I'm also very worried about the security implications of the new APIs. And what's with Safari going out and fetching information on the web without my explicit permission? Doesn't that bastard Jobs know that I only want my computer to do things when I ask? And who decided I need to accept the feature bloat and processor load of advanced digital codecs? I like my quicktime the way it was. I can't stand the 'whoosh' Dashboard thing that comes up every time I accidentally miss the eject key on my powerbook. Apple has long been too heavy handed with their enforced new 'features'. In the Terminal, do this: $ sudo su# chmod 0000 /Library/Spotlight# chmod 0000 /System/Library/Spotlight# chmod 0000 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle# chmod 0000 /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Spotlight.prefPane# chmod 0000 /System/Library/Services/rvice# chmod 0000 /System/Library/Contextual Menu Items/ugin# chmod 0000 /System/Library/StartupItems/Metadata# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdimport# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdcheckschema# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdfind# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdls# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdutil# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdAfter a reboot, open a new Terminal and do sudo su to make a root shell, then: # rm -r /.Spotlight-V100# rm -r /private/var/tmp/mds# exitWhy use chmod? This hack can be reversed by repairing permissions. I only have Tiger to keep up to date, and I do not run out of date hardware or software. I really have no idea if this is the best or even a good way to do this. Telling Spotlight to ignore your hard drive wont turn off the now-useless menu. If you do not set MAYA_APP_DIR, you can put your 201x-specific Maya.Why does Apple have to shove this tool down the user's throat by not making it, including that insipid menu, optional? Telling Spotlight to Ignore your hard drive won't delete existing indexes or databases. In addition, if you have multiple versions of Maya installed on your system, you can put your Maya.env file in a versioned subdirectory of either the directory pointed to by the MAYA_APP_DIR environment variable or this directory:įor example, if you set MAYA_APP_DIR to be /usr/mydir, you can create a Maya.env file in the directory /usr/mydir/201x that will only be used when the 201x version of Maya is run (for example, a directory /usr/mydir/2016 for Maya 2016. (Mac OS X) $HOME/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya.If this variable is not set, Maya looks in this directory: The environment variable, MAYA_APP_DIR, can be used to help find the Maya.env file.