Then, with a sudden surge of rebellion, he opened the Finder. He navigated to his Downloads folder. A file was missing. He knew, logically, that the folder just hadn't polled the drive yet. On a PC, he would hammer F5 until the file appeared like a reluctant confession.
A "Get Info" window popped up, showing him the folder's size, creation date, and other useless trivia.
"Yes, it does. On every computer since the dawn of time, F5 means refresh." refresh key on mac
Lena walked past with her coffee. "Figured it out?"
He stared at his browser, which was stubbornly displaying yesterday's spreadsheet data. "There has to be a refresh. The internet runs on refresh. It's the digital equivalent of blinking." Then, with a sudden surge of rebellion, he opened the Finder
And somewhere in Cupertino, a designer smiled.
Lena nodded slowly. "Whatever helps you sleep at night." He knew, logically, that the folder just hadn't
"No, I mean the concept . On a Mac, refreshing is a secret handshake. It's a tacit admission that the computer might have made a mistake. And Apple doesn't make mistakes."