Big Sur - New/Open/Save dialog box -size won't save

bgfrancey

Many thanks for pursuing this to the extent you have...

However, Big Sur is full of bugs, not just the dialogue box issue.

• MacMail is not counting the inbox correctly
• MacMail prefs window is still much too narrow to view any list of email address accounts [long-time issue, seriously bad]
• MacMail count dots now grey on grey background - extremely poor UI design, absolutely horrendous
• MacMail email message background colouring - very poor implementation, impossible to manage [had one email to send this week that needed it, it failed]
• MacMail drops added attachments when you change the recipient's name - new bug? just noticed a week ago.
• Preview immediately pops up with "Open" dialogue box when creating a screen shot - when you need to save that image?!?!
• TextEdit - doesn't drop the current search until you click "Done" - much prefer you just click off the highlighted result in the search, much more efficient process then having to go back up to the top bar again [pretty sure previous versions weren't this bad] Pretty sure almost all other applications do this properly, TextEdit has been annoyingly doing this for a year now
• Apps added to the dock automatically - I may be lazy in not searching on this but why does it automatically add apps? Much prefer the option you have to select the app to keep it added to the dock, some apps I just use sporadically, don't want them added unless I specifically request so

... and this is just off the top of my head what I deal with on a regular basis!

So, if you happen to be talking to the Apple team, please tell them to read ALL of the discussion posts on the current state of the MacOS. Here's hoping 11.3 is a much-improved, non-beta version of the OS.

They shouldn't feel so bad tho', you should see my list of Adobe bugs! ;-)

Thank you.

Oh and...

Safari [likely most any app too] creating a new folder in the Save As... dialogue box... creates the folder, but the file ends up in the level above the new folder.

I got a million on them I tell ya!

I informed Apple support (France) with whom we spoke by phone + remote control.

The information will be reported (I hope) quickly enough for a quick fix!

Too bad the new version causes such a regression!

Stay tuned.

Hi, I know it's been said above... but this is just the tip of the iceberg - this release is highly unstable. My iMac that has been running beautifully for 3years including Big Sur 11.0 is now bricked... hangs constantly, reboots. Feedback lodged with Apple.

I totally agree:

What we all need is an immediate update. Apple - please ensure you release 11.2 immediately and make sure that any dialogue box that is resized is remembered - at the very least by the app - but I personally would prefer globally. Globally - I would appreciate it if the dialogue box was full screen height or at least application window height [so not to cover the top menu bar] and two panes wide.

So the options are:

• minimum width
• minimum height
• release a non-beta version of BS immediately

Thanks.

#MeToo

Super annoying that the sidebar cannot be resized - despite the cursor tool indicating that resizing is an option. Here's an example of how similarly-named Favourite folders cannot be read anymore due to the e fixed width of the sidebar. Grrr.

I agree...this is ridiculous. We send 50+ individual emails a day with multiple PDF attachments, many with similar names and from different folders. Resizing the dialog box each time so we can see the file name is costing me time and money. What genius didn't check this? Hard to believe it's a major fix since the code was there before 11.1. C'mon Apple, get this done ASAP.

I sent the feedback. Hope they're on it. What a pain!!!

Yes, this is my main complaint, too. You can't read the names of the folders! How did testing not pick this up? Surely some engineer or tester must have tried saving, opening or creating a new document?

Come on Apple, sloppy!

I filed a complaint re: both the dialog box size and the non-resizeable sidebar (though once you change the size of the box in any direction, it seems to free up the sidebar adjustability).

Can you imagine beta-testers never mentioned this? I can't. It was the first thing I noticed after the update to OS 11.

Having the same issue after updating. Super irritating as I use the save dialog box over 100 times a day using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop! Makes finding my folders difficult and a nuance to resize EVERY time I save! How to I report this? I've never had to do it before?

Awful productivity issue and extremely frustrating! Experiencing the exact same problem - having to resize a window every single time to be able to read what's in it, for it then to revert back to it's smaller unreadable size every single time! Have also left feedback.

Submitted as well. Here is my response. Feel free to cut and paste in order to save time.

"The Open and Save / Save As windows are super small when they open. To make matters worse, Mac OS doesn't remember that the user made them bigger EVERY TIME! This is so annoying and frankly mind-boggling how something so simple is forgotten with a new OS release. Please fix OS 11 to allow the user to adjust the default size of the Open and Save windows so that I don't have to drag them bigger just to make them usable every time I save something or open a file. Critical fail Apple, critical fail."

When is 11.2 Big Sure available? Also, why use a Save As Window at all? Why not simply open the Finder, on the preferred folder? As an example, in my case, Dropbox. A large comprehensive scope is always better for Save As. Also, whether a folder is opened automatically, the back arrows should always chase the folder above the folder. So Frustrating, to have to click out, then drill down, when you are down only a couple folders below where you want to save. SAVE AS window logic/idea MUST GO!!!

Even the newest update isn't a fix. SAVE AS is a must in many applications. When you're working in design software in the production industry I use SAVE AS over 200 times a day. The extra 10 seconds to resize the window to find my folders is a nightmare and adding so much time to my production workflow! This is big WHOOPS on apple!

Regarding your comment, "the back arrows should always chase the folder above the folder." If I understand you correctly, you can accomplish that by holding down the command button then clicking on the folder pull-down. You'll then see the folder tree structure all the way back to Documents and can choose the one you want, FYI.