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Q: In 10.11 can fullscreen mode be disabled, Can coloured labels behave like they do in <=10.9

Ive recently updated several computers to OSX 10.10. Previously they were running a mixture of 10.8 and 10.9.

 

The upgrade was fine and overall im very happy with 10.10, apart from two major gripes :

 

- Coloured labels that colour the entire line, not just a coloured dot (We have been able to get this feature back by using Total Finder, which is good a has a good split finder and hidden file mode, but is not 100% rock solid compared to the native finder)

 

- Fullscreen mode - I like the fullscreen mode for writing documents, spreadsheets etc, something where you only need one document open, but allot of the time im working across 2 screens with multiple windows open in both of them, in this instance fullscreen mode is just a pain. To get around this ive started using Better Touch Tool, which is good, but has one issue where if you just open up your machine, click a window before Better Touch Tool (BTT) has initialized it will go full screen, then once BTT has initialized you cant get that window out of fullscreen.

 

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Im now looking at upgrading these computers and a few others that are still on 10.9 to 10.11 and wandered if any of my above issues with 10.10 have been addressed natively ? As one thing thats puts me off currently about 10.11 is that because of new security features Total Finder wont run with out system integrity protection disabled (which ideally i dont want to disable)

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Feb 8, 2016 5:13 AM

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Q: In 10.11 can fullscreen mode be disabled, Can coloured labels behave like they do in <=10.9

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  • by actionmarker,

    actionmarker actionmarker Feb 16, 2016 7:35 AM in response to smlv100
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    Feb 16, 2016 7:35 AM in response to smlv100
    - Coloured labels that colour the entire line, not just a coloured dot (We have been able to get this feature back by using Total Finder, which is good a has a good split finder and hidden file mode, but is not 100% rock solid compared to the native finder)

     

    Labels are dead as far as Apple is concerned with Tabs the way forward. I am not aware of any native way to revert the behaviour to the old.

     

    As one thing thats puts me off currently about 10.11 is that because of new security features Total Finder wont run with out system integrity protection disabled (which ideally i dont want to disable)

     

    I don't use Total Finder so am not sure how it an SIP work or don't work together.

     

    - Fullscreen mode - I like the fullscreen mode for writing documents, spreadsheets etc, something where you only need one document open, but allot of the time im working across 2 screens with multiple windows open in both of them, in this instance fullscreen mode is just a pain. To get around this ive started using Better Touch Tool, which is good, but has one issue where if you just open up your machine, click a window before Better Touch Tool (BTT) has initialized it will go full screen, then once BTT has initialized you cant get that window out of fullscreen.

     

    I'm not sure if I fully understand your points here but I think you are referring to the issue of the second monitor no longer displays anything when in Full screen mode. This was fixed (I think in 10.9 but definitely in 10.10 and later) with the 'Displays have separate Spaces' setting in System Preferences > Mission Control. When this is set, each display acts independently as separate desktops therefore allowing one display or both to have different full screen content.

    Another change is the old window 'Zoom' button action (Green button) now defaults as the Full Screen button rather than Window Zoom. Option-Click allows the old window zoom action. Also in System Preferences > Dock, setting the 'Double click on window's titlebar' can be used to zoom the window too.

     

    I don't use BTT, so I not sure what this utility is doing to change the behaviour.