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OSX Lion Thread
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Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Rav4
I installed Lion yesterday after messing around for ages.
Seems nice, some quirky things that I will figure out.
Unfortunately it doesn't support my freecom password protected drive, so I can't restore my data yet without messing around with another machine
Mail is weird, need to work that out. I also think that things like the loading bar and so on, has gone very Linux in regards to the styling.
Nice though.
Seems nice, some quirky things that I will figure out.
Unfortunately it doesn't support my freecom password protected drive, so I can't restore my data yet without messing around with another machine
Mail is weird, need to work that out. I also think that things like the loading bar and so on, has gone very Linux in regards to the styling.
Nice though.
A silver one
Was it delivered with Lion installed? I ordered a 15" MBP yesterday, but was told they couldn't guarantee it would ship with Lion.
eugegall
ClioSport Club Member
Not in a million years! save your money
Why are you refusing? Confused.
No but the first thing I did when I booted it it up and did the first lot of updates is upgrade.
I got the trackpad and a mouse with mine, to switch between the 2 and see which I prefer, and the gestures on the trackpad are too good to miss out on!
Seriously, don't listen to eug, he's bitter because he can't embrace change.
It's brilliant. The multiple desktops alone are worth £20. So much easier to organise your work and windows. Launchpad is brilliant. Safari is massively better. The gestures are even better than before. Everything is better.
Euge is just angry because it took him three weeks to discover how to set his default Finder folder. Which was actually an identical process to how it was done pre-Lion.
Euge is just angry because it took him three weeks to discover how to set his default Finder folder. Which was actually an identical process to how it was done pre-Lion.
Is multiple desktops any different from "spaces" ?
I never really got on with spaces. Maybe it was just me. I confess that I didn't really bother with it too much, so I can't comment on the comparison overall.
I do know that Mission Control, and the way it handles multiple desktops, is brilliant. I find myself using it a lot, and the gestures make it pretty seamless and natural when you know them. Lion is a very worthwhile improvement over Snow Leapord, and it's definitely worth £20.
IMO it's a bigger improvement, both in terms of productivity and features, than Windows 7 was over Windows Vista, and have you seen Windows 7 available for £20? Nein.
Love you Steve! -xxx-
I do know that Mission Control, and the way it handles multiple desktops, is brilliant. I find myself using it a lot, and the gestures make it pretty seamless and natural when you know them. Lion is a very worthwhile improvement over Snow Leapord, and it's definitely worth £20.
IMO it's a bigger improvement, both in terms of productivity and features, than Windows 7 was over Windows Vista, and have you seen Windows 7 available for £20? Nein.
Love you Steve! -xxx-
R26
Right, there's something annoying me now. Not necessarily Lion related though.
How do I get a folder to open the same size every time I open it?
For example......I have an icon for my storage HD on my desktop. When I open it, the window is really small. So when I'm browsing photos or videos, it's a pain in the ass and I have to resize it EVERY time.
How do I get it to open bigger every time? (if that makes sense)
How do I get a folder to open the same size every time I open it?
For example......I have an icon for my storage HD on my desktop. When I open it, the window is really small. So when I'm browsing photos or videos, it's a pain in the ass and I have to resize it EVERY time.
How do I get it to open bigger every time? (if that makes sense)
R26
Did that, but after a restart it goes back to the original size. And quite a lot of times WITHOUT a restart it will go back to the smaller size too.
Oil Burner
I've been using Lion on my MBP and iMac since launch and frankly I think its the worst apple product I've used.
A few issues i've noticed incase I'm being stupid and people can resolve them:
iMac drops wifi connection when waking up, also often won't wake up first time (100% lion issue, SL was fine)
If you use two screens on and off (i use a tv screen for 2nd monitor) then the new launchpad/lack of spaces view doesn't allow you to drag windows off the inactive screen - as it only shows the windows for the screen your looking at. (this makes more sense if you have tried it with 2 screens)
The launchpad view is rubbish, you can't see whats open on it (say your running 3 different safari instances on 3 different spaces), you can't see which is which, they are just too small.
Launchpad doesn't seem to allow you to drag and drop content like spaces used to (but this seems hit and miss depending on program)
Safari is even more glitchy. If i go back too fast it reverts to the historic view of the page as used in the 'top sites' view. The reading list also loves to mess around. And i swear the rainbow wheels of death is on more than its not.
Share screens seems to of vanished. Or is at least harder to find.
Air drop refuses to work on the iMac
The new finder style is a bit annoying although has grown on me.
The MBP definitely spends more time running the fan with this OS.
I'm certain there are other issues, but thats all i can think of at the moment. Lets hope they pull their finger out for the first update. Otherwise i can see myself switching back to SL.
A few issues i've noticed incase I'm being stupid and people can resolve them:
iMac drops wifi connection when waking up, also often won't wake up first time (100% lion issue, SL was fine)
If you use two screens on and off (i use a tv screen for 2nd monitor) then the new launchpad/lack of spaces view doesn't allow you to drag windows off the inactive screen - as it only shows the windows for the screen your looking at. (this makes more sense if you have tried it with 2 screens)
The launchpad view is rubbish, you can't see whats open on it (say your running 3 different safari instances on 3 different spaces), you can't see which is which, they are just too small.
Launchpad doesn't seem to allow you to drag and drop content like spaces used to (but this seems hit and miss depending on program)
Safari is even more glitchy. If i go back too fast it reverts to the historic view of the page as used in the 'top sites' view. The reading list also loves to mess around. And i swear the rainbow wheels of death is on more than its not.
Share screens seems to of vanished. Or is at least harder to find.
Air drop refuses to work on the iMac
The new finder style is a bit annoying although has grown on me.
The MBP definitely spends more time running the fan with this OS.
I'm certain there are other issues, but thats all i can think of at the moment. Lets hope they pull their finger out for the first update. Otherwise i can see myself switching back to SL.
Rav4
A lot of these issues will get resolved, they are bugs.
Try hyperdock for instances, instead of launchpad, might help you more on that.
It's not a crap OS, that is quite harsh, but yes, there are bugs and some problems with it, but they will all be ironed out just as they were with SL.
SL had issues with connectivity when it first came out, that was sorted. Also had issues with battery life on laptops, that was sorted too.
Have faith
Oil Burner
I have faith guys, i just wish they had ironed out more of the issues first. To my mind SL was much more sorted when it launched.
What preferences can i change to make my spaces show both screens in the preview?
My iMac is an 07/08 model. Not sure if that means it qualifies?
Cheers!
What preferences can i change to make my spaces show both screens in the preview?
My iMac is an 07/08 model. Not sure if that means it qualifies?
Cheers!
I was thinking about the arrangement.
I think mission control in Lion is far superior to spaces, but I can understand that it's "different' to SL. When you're in Mission Control, you can use the three finger swipe to show the different spaces "expose" view. When you move your cursor towards the top right, a "+" occurs which allows you to create a new space. You can drag and drop windows from any "desktop space" (not a fullscreen) to any other desktop space.
I love fullscreen spaces in Lion, they're super handy for running Xcode, makes it actually possible to develop code on.
AirDrop requires hardware support to work, unless your iMac is a late 2008 model then it won't have the relevant support to make it work.
I think mission control in Lion is far superior to spaces, but I can understand that it's "different' to SL. When you're in Mission Control, you can use the three finger swipe to show the different spaces "expose" view. When you move your cursor towards the top right, a "+" occurs which allows you to create a new space. You can drag and drop windows from any "desktop space" (not a fullscreen) to any other desktop space.
I love fullscreen spaces in Lion, they're super handy for running Xcode, makes it actually possible to develop code on.
AirDrop requires hardware support to work, unless your iMac is a late 2008 model then it won't have the relevant support to make it work.
I think lion is a load of tosh.
The multiple desktops is a nice feature though.
They have ruined gestures. Trackpad now acts like a cheap windows laptop when trying to expose windows or go to launch control. The new iphone style side scrollbars are glitchy as f**k on every program. Finder is absolutely w**k.
And why have they made all the buttons so small, iMail's WYSIWYG editor is tiny!
The multiple desktops is a nice feature though.
They have ruined gestures. Trackpad now acts like a cheap windows laptop when trying to expose windows or go to launch control. The new iphone style side scrollbars are glitchy as f**k on every program. Finder is absolutely w**k.
And why have they made all the buttons so small, iMail's WYSIWYG editor is tiny!
Oil Burner
This i am aware of, but its doesn't solve the issue or offer a direct replacement for the old spaces view unfortunately.
If i have say a Safari window open on my 2nd screen, then i turn off my second screen or use it for something else, i need to drag this window back onto the main screen. On the spaces view the main screen would display x number of spaces showing the entire desktop space. Like so http://www.flickr.com/photos/bamcat/230382317/ (although i would never use so many spaces)
Eh? No idea what you're talking about there. The new gestures are in addition to the two fingered scrolling and make common things fast to access. Can you be more specific as to why you don't like them?
Pass.
Are you referring to "using" the scrollbar or it "drawing" when you talk about glitches.
I personally haven't used a scrollbar in Mac OS for a very long time, two fingered "in position" scroll for me....
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
The WiFi bug is really annoying me now.
