10.7 All the Little Things!

[askme]

Quick question for those of you already using Lion, if I have QuickTime 7 installed on SL and upgrade to Lion is it left alone and still functional or does it get removed like Rosetta?

[superstrikertwo]

Command-G doesn't work on my system (in Finder or any folder). But it's nice to have the Control-click drop-down for it. Nice feature.

It's now "Control + Command + N"

[baryon]

If you mean the sort order, then yes, the Open/Save dialogs do remember what sorting you set in the Finder.

Oh awesome! So they did fix it... :D

[ajcrow93]

Quick question for those of you already using Lion, if I have QuickTime 7 installed on SL and upgrade to Lion is it left alone and still functional or does it get removed like Rosetta?

Quicktime 7 stays, which is lucky because version x is still terrible for anything other than playback of .mov files. The sooner they add more options for export and plugins the better. At the moment it's useless. :/

[askme]

Quicktime 7 stays, which is lucky because version x is still terrible for anything other than playback of .mov files. The sooner they add more options for export and plugins the better. At the moment it's useless. :/

Thanks for letting me know, at least one of my concerns with Lion is put to rest. I couldn't stand using QuickTime 10 on SL and it sounds as if it is still just as hopeless in Lion. :(

[dentaldoc]

There was a CBS TV medical series called Three Rivers in 2009 where they use very large, transparent displays. The opening of files and manipulation of data was reminiscent of what IOS or Lion OS might be, or become. It is so similar to what I have seen of these OS's that I wonder if this was a real OS prototype based on Apple's research. It appeared extremely realistic, and useful. On the other hand, perhaps it was all just f/x.

Does anybody have any information on the history of their very cool computer interface?

[Cougarcat]

Quicktime 7 stays, which is lucky because version x is still terrible for anything other than playback of .mov files. The sooner they add more options for export and plugins the better. At the moment it's useless. :/

Perian works with Quicktime X...

[NT1440]

Quicktime 7 stays, which is lucky because version x is still terrible for anything other than playback of .mov files. The sooner they add more options for export and plugins the better. At the moment it's useless. :/

What do you mean by "terrible"? I have no issues using quicktime X.

[smitty97]

On ones "My Card" in Address Book, there are check boxes that allow you to choose what and what not to share.

Image (http://i.imgur.com/3dNS2.png)

this exists in 10.6 and i'm pretty sure it was there before that.

[Azadre]

My battery is terrible! I want to downgrade to snow leopard, but I am beyond the point of return.

[ajcrow93]

What do you mean by "terrible"? I have no issues using quicktime X.

I meant the export options it presents. They all seem to be for idevices or sharing straight to websights. Quicktime 7 allows me to choose from way more formats to export as, something that I need to do a lot.

For playback quicktime x is fine, but for conversion at the moment it just stinks. Still I guess that's why it's called quicktime player.

Perian works with Quicktime X...

Doesn't it only work because it uses quicktime 7 in the background? Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that was the case. I remember seeing somewhere that if you open up an unsupported movie file in x, in activity monitor you can see 7 as a background process to play it, even if you're using x.

[stewacide]

Perian does indeed seem to launch using the Quicktime7 'legacy bridge', in 32 bit mode no less.

I've also noticed that Quicktime never seem to start when launching files from the finder: the Quicktime icon bounces then disappears. I have to launch it a second time for it to take. Some problem with inniating Quicktime7 perhaps.

[starlir]

Maybe I'm missing something but the Auto-Expand button at the bottom right of a Finder Column when in List Column view has disappeared. Is there a replacement gesture/key combination to expand the column to the width of the longest file name?

[Koifim]

I believe this is the new translucent view in Terminal? If so, I like it a lot!

[markrox7]

Does Lion take up less space than SL? How much space does it take up?

[iGrouch]

Does Lion take up less space than SL? How much space does it take up?

Yes. Because it is a download it is in your Mac. No disc to store or lose somewhere.

[bencnorden]

does lion take up less space than sl? How much space does it take up?

4gb,

[Dhelsdon]

Can anyone confirm or deny that they fixed the -36 error (when transferring files over 4GB)?

[LoganT]

Please forgive me if this has already been answered.

In Lion, does iTunes stil hog the play/pause button like in Snow Leopard?

With Spotify launching tomorrow in the US, I really hope not.

[Sneakz]

Please forgive me if this has already been answered.

In Lion, does iTunes stil hog the play/pause button like in Snow Leopard?

With Spotify launching tomorrow in the US, I really hope not.

iTunes no longer hogs the play/pause key. If there is another app that uses it currently in focus like QuickTime or VLC, pausing doesn't resume the play of music in iTunes.

When all apps are in the background (iTunes, VLC, QT for example), the app that last was in focus gets control of the play/pause key.

[LoganT]

iTunes no longer hogs the play/pause key. If there is another app that uses it currently in focus like QuickTime or VLC, pausing doesn't resume the play of music in iTunes.

When all apps are in the background (iTunes, VLC, QT for example), the app that last was in focus gets control of the play/pause key.

That is awesome. I will spend 29 dollars just for that.

[richard.mac]

for me in Snow Leopard the pause/play button works fine for whichever media app is in the foreground. if iTunes is in the background it pauses and the foreground window plays, then go back to iTunes and press the play key and it continues playing again.

edit: just tested Spotify and it continues playing, you will have to wait for Spotify to fix that issue.

[cool11]

Is Lion faster than Snow Leopard, or I have to expect the same speed?

[petvas]

Is Lion faster than Snow Leopard, or I have to expect the same speed?

Same speed

[Tom8]

This probably isn't the right thread for this question, but i didn't want to start a new one, for such a small issue.

When Apple releases the incremental updates to the OS do they ever bring in new features? i've had a Mac for about 8 months, and in the 2/3 updates i've applied, i've never got new features, except the Mac App Store. Obviously i understand Apple was lowering their focus on SL at this point due to Lion's progression. But can we expect some new features to be added in the 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes etc?

TLDR: Are Apple likely to add any new features in 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes?

[rubirock]

iTunes no longer hogs the play/pause key. If there is another app that uses it currently in focus like QuickTime or VLC, pausing doesn't resume the play of music in iTunes.

When all apps are in the background (iTunes, VLC, QT for example), the app that last was in focus gets control of the play/pause key.
that is good news

[Cougarcat]

This probably isn't the right thread for this question, but i didn't want to start a new one, for such a small issue.

When Apple releases the incremental updates to the OS do they ever bring in new features? i've had a Mac for about 8 months, and in the 2/3 updates i've applied, i've never got new features, except the Mac App Store. Obviously i understand Apple was lowering their focus on SL at this point due to Lion's progression. But can we expect some new features to be added in the 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes etc?

TLDR: Are Apple likely to add any new features in 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes?

Yes. They're rare, though. They usually happen in .1 or .2 releases to address major oversights. The Dashboard Manager in Tiger was added in a patch, and 10.5.2 added an option to disable the translucent menu bar, as well as reintroduced hierarchical folders in the dock, and sorting options for stacks. There may be more, but those are the ones that I remember.

[baryon]

This probably isn't the right thread for this question, but i didn't want to start a new one, for such a small issue.

When Apple releases the incremental updates to the OS do they ever bring in new features? i've had a Mac for about 8 months, and in the 2/3 updates i've applied, i've never got new features, except the Mac App Store. Obviously i understand Apple was lowering their focus on SL at this point due to Lion's progression. But can we expect some new features to be added in the 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes etc?

TLDR: Are Apple likely to add any new features in 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes?

Scrolling with inertia was added as an update to Snow Leopard. They do add some minor things from time to time, but not significant things (except the App Store, but that's not really part of the OS but a standalone app, even if it's integrated quite a lot).

[MartiNZ]

Yes. They're rare, though. They usually happen in .1 or .2 releases to address major oversights. The Dashboard Manager in Tiger was added in a patch, and 10.5.2 added an option to disable the translucent menu bar, as well as reintroduced hierarchical folders in the dock, and sorting options for stacks. There may be more, but those are the ones that I remember.

10.2.4 added PDF workflows, before we had Automator; 10.2.6 changed to sunken widgets on brushed metal windows. A couple more :).

Edit: Ooh and 10.3.5 added support for WPA wireless!

[MikhailT]

TLDR: Are Apple likely to add any new features in 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes?

Yes, but don’t set your expectations high. Consider Lion is done for the next two years with nothing new coming.

Instead, shift your expectation to new apps that’ll be more innovative because of the new APIs in Lion.

I bet majority of people won’t recognize more than a few new features in Lion but will recognize a lot of new apps that are optimized for Lion only.

[PurrBall]

10.2.4 added PDF workflows, before we had Automator; 10.2.6 changed to sunken widgets on brushed metal windows. A couple more :).

Edit: Ooh and 10.3.5 added support for WPA wireless!

10.6.4 (?) added support for third-party applications to use the H.264 hardware acceleration API.

[iGrouch]

Can somebody check if this feature is still in the current state of Lion : In DP1 if you hover over an app icon in the Dock and with wheel moose scroll up you get that app's expose view regardless wether it is the front app or not.

If so I see it as the new modified approach to windows management.

I am ambivalent about Spaces being dropped for Mission Control but the option above is an acceptable alternative.

[PurrBall]

Can somebody check if this feature is still in the current state of Lion : In DP1 if you hover over an app icon in the Dock and with wheel moose scroll up you get that app's expose view regardless wether it is the front app or not.

If so I see it as the new modified approach to windows management.

I am ambivalent about Spaces being dropped for Mission Control but the option above is an acceptable alternative.

Nope, that feature was removed.

[lfc]

Nope, that feature was removed.

I cant confirm that, but I know It's available in Mission Control still.

[Beavix]

Can somebody check if this feature is still in the current state of Lion : In DP1 if you hover over an app icon in the Dock and with wheel moose scroll up you get that app's expose view regardless wether it is the front app or not.

It's still working in GM using a Magic Mouse: two fingers double tap on the icon.

[torbjoern]

I registered as a dev and paid $99 only to get the GM quickly so that I could have that nice Mt. Fuji picture on my desktop :D

But seriously, what I immediately love the most about the GUI of the Lion is the fullscreen mode. Really. It beats all the other graphic features combined.

[iGrouch]

It's still working in GM using a Magic Mouse: two fingers double tap on the icon.

I actually meant using the wheel on an old fashioned mouse but no mater....

Just looking at the expose setup in DP 1 again, with that action on the Dock icon for each app and, it is overall much neater than the set up in Older versions of OS X. Barring being attached to the old way of using spaces, it is better in that Expose is exclusive to each app. This means that there is less of a cluttered visual experience where before every window that was open from every app had to be seen. In Lion it is better because you generally know which app the window you are looking for hides in so you can Expose it through the Dock app icon. Another aspect which is better is that the Expose shows all the windows for the app no matter which Space they are in. Another nice touch is for apps like text edit where recent files also appear under the devising line for hidden windows.

Moving on to Mission Control, which I originally hated and if one is not hung up on having 16 spaces (4x4) for their workflow, it is in many ways more intuitive, keeping the more mundane task of moving stuff between space separate from Expose. In Lion you can grab just one window to move or all the windows for an app by dragging its icon. In the Leopards to move all windows you had to press some key or other, proving the point that it was a lot less intuitive because for the life of me i can't remember the operator key, I used it so rarely.

One other tidbit. In Finder when using the new arrangement feature where files are segregated into rows and appear in coverflow form, if you don't have one of the new fangled HIDs and just use an old fashioned mouse, you can scroll forward by clicking at the right hand side of the finder view row or back by doing so on the left. Nice touch.

Lastly, I an noticing as I type this some nice blue hatched underlining on some word as I type. Not red or green, just blue. What does this signify and what outrageous sin am I committing against the English language?

[Jerome Morrow]

It's still working in GM using a Magic Mouse: two fingers double tap on the icon.

If you are in one space with an app and you double tap and icon of the app that has window on a different space the animation is funny. Spaces slide from one to the other in an unnatural way.

[Cougarcat]

Lastly, I an noticing as I type this some nice blue hatched underlining on some word as I type. Not red or green, just blue. What does this signify and what outrageous sin am I committing against the English language?

It's AutoCorrect.

[Cougarcat]

It's AutoCorrect, and I hate it so I just switched it off. It changes "colour" to "color", "favourite" to "favorite", "realise" to "realize", etc.


You can change spelling to British English in language & speech.

[torbjoern]

You can change spelling to British English in language & speech.

Now it works! Thanks!! :)

[Casiotone]

This pet peeve of mine has been fixed in Lion!

In Lion (GM) you can finally enable any columns you want in list view for search results (except version and comments) which also mean that you can sort the list by any of these criteria!

You could do the same in Tiger, but in Leopard the list view for search results was extremely crippled, you were limited to name, type and last opened (not even creation of modification date!). Snow leopard brought some columns back, like the creation and modification dates, but size and others were still disabled.

I had found a way to enable the other columns in SL by modifying a plist, but they were buggy. Sorting by size would yield inconsistent and weird results. Thank god they are back and work well in Lion!

Note: to have sortable columns in Lion's Finder you need to set the "Arrange by" menu to "none".

[*LTD*]

In Safari, how do I hide the URL box (address bar) when going into fullscreen mode? I can hide everything else in the GM except that. "Hide Toolbar" is greyed out.

IIRC, in DP4 I was able to hide everything.

[mrapplegate]

In Safari, how do I hide the URL box (address bar) when going into fullscreen mode? I can hide everything else in the GM except that. "Hide Toolbar" is greyed out.

IIRC, in DP4 I was able to hide everything.

I don't think you can .

[*LTD*]

I don't think you can .

So much for going fully-naked in Safari. :D

[mrapplegate]

So much for going fully-naked in Safari. :D

It would be nice if it could be hidden/unhidden by a keystroke in fullscreen mode.

[kikuchiyo]

Can anyone confirm or deny that they fixed the -36 error (when transferring files over 4GB)?

Isn't that a problem with the FAT file system and not OS X?

[tuqqer]

For eons, I've been able to be in a TextEdit document and then extremely rapidly hit:

1. Command-W (to close the window)
2. Command-D (for "Don't Save")

In Lion, Command-D no longer works. I've tried a few other guesses, like Opt-Com-D, etc. but haven't found anything yet.

Works in Pages, Word, and other word-processing apps. Just not TextEdit.

That's it. Just reporting in. Carry on.

[littleasian]

i wish the finder in grid view still allows you to zoom in (using the pinch zoom gesture) at the icons. i liked looking at the HD applications icons. just one of the small but meaningful things in SL that is unfortunately not in lion

[Reach9]

quick question about Lion, not sure if it was asked before but..can every app become full screen'd? or does the app need to be updated with that feature?
i.e do i need to wait for Microsoft to launch an update for Office for Mac, for Lion's features?

[cmaier]

quick question about Lion, not sure if it was asked before but..can every app become full screen'd? or does the app need to be updated with that feature?
i.e do i need to wait for Microsoft to launch an update for Office for Mac, for Lion's features?

"full screen" is not like windows - it doesn't just blow up the window to fit the screen, it adjusts the UI to take advantage of the fact that it owns the whole screen.

as a result, apps need to be updated - the OS can't possibly know what would be an appropriate use of the full screen.

[stewacide]

quick question about Lion, not sure if it was asked before but..can every app become full screen'd? or does the app need to be updated with that feature?
i.e do i need to wait for Microsoft to launch an update for Office for Mac, for Lion's features?

IIRC Office already does full-screen where it makes the most sense: print preview mode.

[Madonepro]

Bounce has gone from Mail!

I'm gonna miss this, sometimes in works in stopping certain junk email, or encouraging people you don't like, to stop sending emails.

How do we report this to Apple to see if it can be brought back. Can't see how it would have been deliberately removed.

[Jerome Morrow]

Bounce has gone from Mail!

I'm gonna miss this, sometimes in works in stopping certain junk email, or encouraging people you don't like, to stop sending emails.

How do we report this to Apple to see if it can be brought back. Can't see how it would have been deliberately removed.

I noticed that too, real shame.

[jive turkey]

I remember Apple saying a while back (late last year) that the mail bounce feature was super buggy, even to the point where it was inadvertently confirming our addresses to spammers a lot of the time. (Link to the Support Article (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3498)) I guess they decided ironing out the issues wasn't worth it. Too bad, it was fun to use at times.

[bluesloth]

For eons, I've been able to be in a TextEdit document and then extremely rapidly hit:

1. Command-W (to close the window)
2. Command-D (for "Don't Save")

In Lion, Command-D no longer works. I've tried a few other guesses, like Opt-Com-D, etc. but haven't found anything yet.

Works in Pages, Word, and other word-processing apps. Just not TextEdit.

That's it. Just reporting in. Carry on.

That was one of the first things I noticed in Lion. Hopefully is's just an oversite and will be fixed.

[cool11]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/18/golden_master_copies_of_mac_os_x_10_7_lion_arrive_on_hard_disks_at_apple_stores.html

So it seems that golden master is -finally- the final version of lion which will hit the electronic shelves really soon.
Am I wrong?

[Drunken Master]

I am ambivalent about Spaces being dropped for Mission Control but the option above is an acceptable alternative.

Wait, what?

No more Spaces? :eek:

I may not upgrade then, unless Mission Control is amazing. I use Spaces all the time, especially at work...

[DeckMan]

No, that can't be right. The only thing that has been dropped is the current UI for Spaces where you can arrange them in a grid. They're in a straight line now, you can see them at the top in Mission Control, along with the full screen apps.

[Drunken Master]

No, that can't be right. The only thing that has been dropped is the current UI for Spaces where you can arrange them in a grid. They're in a straight line now, you can see them at the top in Mission Control, along with the full screen apps.

I checked a YouTube video...still not sold on the new Spaces.

Like you said, they're in a straight line now with multiple desktops (?) and you can have many more spaces (it looked like at least 20).

Not sure how I feel about managing multiple desktops. I enjoy just flipping out programs into the ether, as it were, off of one desktop.

[Tom8]

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Wait, so there isnt an individual way to manage spaces, like before, you have to go through Mission Control? That's a terrible decision.

[NT1440]

I checked a YouTube video...still not sold on the new Spaces.

Like you said, they're in a straight line now with multiple desktops (?) and you can have many more spaces (it looked like at least 20).

Not sure how I feel about managing multiple desktops. I enjoy just flipping out programs into the ether, as it were, off of one desktop.

So don't create more than one desktop....man that was easy.

[Drunken Master]

So don't create more than one desktop....man that was easy.

I thought that's how the new Spaces works...?

I guess I'll have to play with it in the store, but from what I've seen, I prefer SL's version...

[saba01]

Mission Control is one of the greatest things when it comes to productivity! Working with Lion since two weeks now, will never look back! SL was nice , but no comparison.

[*LTD*]

Mission Control is one of the greatest things when it comes to productivity! Working with Lion since two weeks now, will never look back! SL was nice , but no comparison.

What do you like about it? I enjoy it as well.

[saba01]

What do you like about it? I enjoy it as well.

I have to work with Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom and Dreamweaver at the same time, have usually between 20 and 30 different windows open. Since MC i find and can switch to the wanted window instantly. In Sl there was always a search and try and error..... Lion is very fast and reliable!

[firstapple]

quick question about Lion, not sure if it was asked before but..can every app become full screen'd? or does the app need to be updated with that feature?
i.e do i need to wait for Microsoft to launch an update for Office for Mac, for Lion's features?

My guess would be that Microsoft will not be releasing an update to mac Office full screen. If they were to do so, they would probably just wait until the next big update to Office and not a .x upgrade.

[ajcrow93]

Somewhat related to fullscreen and lion, it appears on Facebook the new chat purposefully displays differently depending if you are fullscreen or not. In full screen it stays open no matter where you scroll or travel on Facebook. If you drag the sides in or go back out of fullscreen, it goes back to the old popup style.

I'd post a picture to try and explain it better but for privacy reasons...

[mystera]

Somewhat related to fullscreen and lion, it appears on Facebook the new chat purposefully displays differently depending if you are fullscreen or not. In full screen it stays open no matter where you scroll or travel on Facebook. If you drag the sides in or go back out of fullscreen, it goes back to the old popup style.

I'd post a picture to try and explain it better but for privacy reasons...

You *could* blur.

[rorschach]

Somewhat related to fullscreen and lion, it appears on Facebook the new chat purposefully displays differently depending if you are fullscreen or not. In full screen it stays open no matter where you scroll or travel on Facebook. If you drag the sides in or go back out of fullscreen, it goes back to the old popup style.

I'd post a picture to try and explain it better but for privacy reasons...

Hmm…I think that's only because when you resize the window, the chat sidebar overlaps the newsfeed. It switches to the old style rather than cover the newsfeed or resize it.

[spokes1124]

Does Lion host the new iLife '11? Or will the old '09 versions be on Lion?

[Andy-V]

Does Lion host the new iLife '11? Or will the old '09 versions be on Lion?

OS X doesn't come with ilife, new Macs do.

[ArseneL]

Quick question on memory. On my laptop, with Finder, it says on the bottom that I have 141.38 GB of space available. On "About This Mac," though, it says 2 GB. Should I be worried about my memory, or am I all set?

[Tom8]

Quick question on memory. On my laptop, with Finder, it says on the bottom that I have 141.38 GB of space available. On "About This Mac," though, it says 2 GB. Should I be worried about my memory, or am I all set?

2GB Ram
141.38 hard drive space

You're fine.

[spoccka]

OS X doesn't come with ilife, new Macs do.

Will my new Macbook Pro I'm about to order today come with iLife 2011?

[Tom8]

Will my new Macbook Pro I'm about to order today come with iLife 2011?

Yes, but it might not come with Lion pre-installed

[jdaniel]

this GM 10.7 version does it install as an upgrade over your existing stuff like it is supposed to do when it comes out on app store? Is it upgradeable meaning will software updates work?

[cludgie]

had a quick look, cannot see an answer - so sorry if its been asked already.
when you download Lion, dose the Instalation launch automatically or can you install it at a later date?

M

[mloffa]

Full screen photo booth is just plain awesome. :)

[Renverse]

I think that Safari's scrolling actually got a bit jaggy-er in Lion.. I preferred it in Snow Leopard.

[jbyun04]

I don't want my Magic Mouse's two finger swipe or my MBP's Trackpad 3 finger swipe to be full screen app change.. I disabled it but now I can't get the browser left/right function anymore.. grrr

edit: WOW nevermind I'm an idiot LOL

[braintumor]

Some questions I have about Lion:
- What is the gesture to go back in the browser? In the past it was 3 fingers swipe on the trackpad or 2 fingers on the Magic Mouse, now I get the Dashboard instead. This is really annoying and I can't change the gestures in the System Preferences.
- After I installed Lion, the fonts in the Opera browsers are horrid. Everything is now very bold and I prefer how it was before. The other browsers aren't giving me a hard time.
- Is there a possibility to change the Dashboard button on the keyboard (F4) not to open the Dashboard, but the Launchpad instead?
- I had parallels desktop installed previously which I unistalled and I deleted the Win7 partition, but now when I open the Launchpad I find all the old icons to my windows bootcamp partition and don't have a clue how to delete them.

Looking forward to some answers...

[Tom8]

Quick question: Is there anyway to view disc space when in finder?
As it is no longer displayed along the bottom of the window. Cheers.

[jbyun04]

Some questions I have about Lion:
- What is the gesture to go back in the browser? In the past it was 3 fingers swipe on the trackpad or 2 fingers on the Magic Mouse, now I get the Dashboard instead. This is really annoying and I can't change the gestures in the System Preferences.
- After I installed Lion, the fonts in the Opera browsers are horrid. Everything is now very bold and I prefer how it was before. The other browsers aren't giving me a hard time.
- Is there a possibility to change the Dashboard button on the keyboard (F4) not to open the Dashboard, but the Launchpad instead?
- I had parallels desktop installed previously which I unistalled and I deleted the Win7 partition, but now when I open the Launchpad I find all the old icons to my windows bootcamp partition and don't have a clue how to delete them.

Looking forward to some answers...

It's called "Swipe between pages" in Mouse and Trackpad now. I was confused at first as well. Default for Magic Mouse is one finger which doesn't work in Chrome. I disabled the Full Page App swipe and switched it back to Browser.

Quick question: Is there anyway to view disc space when in finder?
As it is no longer displayed along the bottom of the window. Cheers.

Finder>View>Show Status Bar. Doesn't work if you're using TotalFinder right now. Goto Terminal>killall finder and you'll be ok

[Renverse]

People, the default gesture for Back/Forward is now 2-finger left/right scroll. It's not that difficult.

[RossMc]

Might have already been asked but how do you remove apps from LaunchPad? I have two Handbreak icons in there and I searched Google and it said Command+Option+Control then click to remove the app but when I do that it just launches the app instead?

[Tom8]

Finder>View>Show Status Bar. Doesn't work if you're using TotalFinder right now. Goto Terminal>killall finder and you'll be ok

Thanks a lot!

[Andy-V]

People, the default gesture for Back/Forward is now 2-finger left/right scroll. It's not that difficult.

It doesn't work in most apps, not even finder.

[Oestberg]

Was there supposed to ba a new icon for Mail.app in Lion? Anyway i got the old icon but in much worser quality. It look like badly compressed verison of the old one. Does anyone got a clue how to solve it?

[braintumor]

It's called "Swipe between pages" in Mouse and Trackpad now. I was confused at first as well. Default for Magic Mouse is one finger which doesn't work in Chrome. I disabled the Full Page App swipe and switched it back to Browser.

Thanks for the information, in the mean time i've found out that it only works in Safari, which is a pitty because I prefer working with Opera and Firefox.
Is there no way to use these gestures with alternative browsers or do I need to wait for Firefox and Opera to bring an update regarding this?

[justin7623]

It feels like the whole Mac is running faster after the update. iTunes running 64 bit could be opened within a second and swapping between full screen apps feels great. One little thing I love is that the preview doesn't turn off when I switch to another program. It continues to play the music I'm previewing:)

[jbyun04]

Thanks for the information, in the mean time i've found out that it only works in Safari, which is a pitty because I prefer working with Opera and Firefox.
Is there no way to use these gestures with alternative browsers or do I need to wait for Firefox and Opera to bring an update regarding this?

Looks like you gotta wait till the browsers roll out their updates (for the one finger page navigation).
As nice as it would be I can live without it for now. I'd eventually like to move two finger swipe back to full screen and use the one finger swipe for page nav.

[tkermit]

If you hold down the command-key when Spotlight's Quicklook popover is shown, an info bar appears whose content switches between the file's name and its location. To show only the location, additionally press the option-key
If you switch pages within a file's icon preview, and right afterwards open the file itself, Preview.app sends you to the proper page
TextEdit uses a search bar now, and has pre-defined search patterns to choose from
When command-tabbing through apps by holding down the tab-key, the selection now stops at the rightmost app instead of cycling through, as it did on Snow Leopard
Safari's web content process automatically quits itself about a minute after Safari has been last used, if no more Safari windows are open
If you drag icons out of a stack from a hidden dock, the dock now stays visible during the dragging operation.
Quicktime Player 7 runs fine

[hqz]

I am also a bit urgh about the whole swipe gestures.

In particular, I can two finger swipe in safari. After changing switching between pages gesture to 2 or 3 finger swipe (so I can swipe in finder), now I can also three finger swipe in safari. But the animation is different from two finger swipe.

Furthermore, I want to be able to 2 finger swipe in finder too. Why can't I? :confused:

[retroclutch]

I'm new but I figured out the swipe gestures. If you go into the trackpad settings under "More Gestures". Do these settings:
Swipe Between Pages - Three Fingers
Swipe Between Full Screen Apps - Four Fingers
Mission Control - Up Four Fingers
App Expose - Down Four Fingers
Launchpad and Desktop are enabled.

That seems to restore the three finger back/forward swipe for finder and chrome. The up/down three finger swipe that I normally used in Sparrow doesn't seem to work still. Anyone have any ideas in that?

Edit: Looks like the two-finger back/forward in Safari no longer works by doing this. Three fingers does back/forward just fine but with no animation.

[braintumor]

I agree, I changed my "Swipe between pages" settings under Mouse>More Gestures to "Swipe with one or two fingers" and everything is back to normal.
Now I can't swipe between full-screen apps with my mouse, but I don't care at the moment.

[Heston]

iTunes with 64bit support works so much better.

[Simg]

Sorry if this has been covered/answered already, but I have altered some of my host files and I am looking at installing Lion. Will this overwrite my files or will they stay unaffected? Thanks in advance for any info on this subject.

[Kilamite]

I wish there was a way to turn the 'bounce' off when you reach the top of a page. It works on iOS because you use your fingers and doesn't seem to impact performance. But on my Mac, I find it plain irritating!

[ajamali]

Here is a question I have before upgrading:

When I bought my MBP couple months ago, it came with FaceTime, iMovie, Garageband, iPhoto, etc. Will I get those with Lion or I have to purchase them separately?

and is there instruction on how to do a clean installation of Lion?

thanks

[Kahnyl]

A disk for restoring those apps should have been included with your Pro. After a clean install of Lion you should just be able to put in that disk and install them again.

[aresinferno]

Did something happen to cut and paste that I did not hear about? It appears to be disabled again.
EDIT:
Nope. There does appear to be a "Move Item Here". I had just assumed that when I heard about cut + paste, it would actually involved cutting and pasting, not copying + moving 'here'.

[empireos]

Did something happen to cut and paste that I did not hear about? It appears to be disabled again.

Works for me.

[roocker]

So nobody is annoyed of not being able to manual order aka drag&drop spaces and fullscreen apps in mission control. I always end up in complete different mission control each time, not finding anything. Thats my major complaint.

And i found Launchpad unusable since i am not willed to sort over 400 Apps (even deinstalling Apps for some Apps and other stupid stuff) while not even being able to remove icons from it. Which sense does it have either way? Most important Apps are in the dock & Spotlight Application Launch is way faster – it's just there to give it a small more iPad feel.

[Tom8]

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Here is a question I have before upgrading:

When I bought my MBP couple months ago, it came with FaceTime, iMovie, Garageband, iPhoto, etc. Will I get those with Lion or I have to purchase them separately?

and is there instruction on how to do a clean installation of Lion?

thanks

You will keep all the apps you mentioned.

Honestly though, me and my friend both ran straight upgrades and haven't had any issues, clean installs aren't really necessary

[Skorpion24]

Is not possible anymore to assign apps to desktops like with spaces on SL?

Let's say I've 4 desktops and I want safari to be on the 1st one, now it open everywhere...

[mrapplegate]

Is not possible anymore to assign apps to desktops like with spaces on SL?

Let's say I've 4 desktops and I want safari to be on the 1st one, now it open everywhere...

Right click the app in the dock, choose options, then Assign To, and choose the space.

[fourcolourblack]

Is it just me or is is Mission Control pretty much Expose, only now they've given it a normal name and installed in on the dock so most people will find it. It does absolutely nothing different that it did in Leopard.

I was never a fan of Spaces, but thats still there, just called 'Desktop 1' and 'Desktop 2' now.

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Launch pad, just another pointless way to open your applications? Is the Dock, Applications folder, Spotlight, or just good old Finder not enough for everyone?

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On the plus side Mac Mail has improved. I would have been nice if they could have actually added the option to use HTML though, or even a simple link display text like you get in Google Mail. Would that have actually been so hard?:confused:

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All in all this is all shiny stuff, and there no substance to any of it. No really, nothing a long term mac user didn't already have at their disposal. I'm glad it was only £21.

[Skorpion24]

Right click the app in the dock, choose options, then Assign To, and choose the space.

Great thanks man love ya :D

[jav1231]

I'm finding Gestures to be very choppy in Firefox but smooth in Safari. Also other apps don't seem to respond as fast as they did in SL. I'm hoping an update will correct some of that. Supposedly, experiences vary from very fast to much slower. I'm on a MB 2.4Ghz with 4GB RAM.

[andrewface]

I'm finding Gestures to be very choppy in Firefox but smooth in Safari. Also other apps don't seem to respond as fast as they did in SL. I'm hoping an update will correct some of that. Supposedly, experiences vary from very fast to much slower. I'm on a MB 2.4Ghz with 4GB RAM.

why use firefox...safari is sooo much better

[advan031]

I haven't figured out how to use "Spaces" like I used to! I used to have apps open on specific spaces:mad:

[jtrenda33]

what's the point of when you're in launchpad and you click and hold an app icon or folder and it starts jiggling like in iOS, as if you can delete the app from launchpad? i don't see any x's on the apps, they just jiggle in place. any guesses?

thanks.

[RoelJuun]

what's the point of when you're in launchpad and you click and hold an app icon or folder and it starts jiggling like in iOS, as if you can delete the app from launchpad? i don't see any x's on the apps, they just jiggle in place. any guesses?

thanks.

You're probably looking at apps that can not be deleted, such as iCal, App Store, iTunes etc… Third party apps can be deleted from Launchpad.

[Reach9]

just wondering.. is there anyway to bring back the colored icons on the side of Finder? I'm not feeling the plain grey icons of Lion.

[chrono1081]

just wondering.. is there anyway to bring back the colored icons on the side of Finder? I'm not feeling the plain grey icons of Lion.

Same here. I sent feedback to Apple regarding this. I'd also like to see multiple files from one application organized time machine style while in Mission Control.

Is the Command + G shortcut working for everyone? Nothing happens when I try and select files to group them and I can't find the option in the shortcut editor : /

[chrono1081]

had a quick look, cannot see an answer - so sorry if its been asked already.
when you download Lion, dose the Instalation launch automatically or can you install it at a later date?

M

You can install it later if you choose.

[acurafan]

anyone noticed volume on itunes w/lion lower than with SL? i am playing the same songs, same volume setting, seem more muted.

[striatedglutes]

Dashboard calculator font changed :eek:

Also I swear I used to be able to clear it with ESC, but now that closes dashboard. I guess I'll learn to use the C key instead.

[jav1231]

just wondering.. is there anyway to bring back the colored icons on the side of Finder? I'm not feeling the plain grey icons of Lion.

They took them out of iTunes back when 10 came out I think. Now a very similar scheme is in Finder. I find it very un-Apple-like visually. I don't know why they would do this esp. given all of the color everywhere else.

[DJRiful]

what's the point of when you're in launchpad and you click and hold an app icon or folder and it starts jiggling like in iOS, as if you can delete the app from launchpad? i don't see any x's on the apps, they just jiggle in place. any guesses?

thanks.

It suppose to show deletable apps from App Store only.

[bridgeyman]

This feature is was a bit long to post in this forum, so I wrote up a little post about it.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1192521

It is basically a simplified interface for creating some regular expressions in the standard find panel, but without learning regular expressions. I worked on it as an intern on the Cocoa team.

- Bridger Maxwell

[zub3qin]

It's AutoCorrect.

Anyone been able to get AutoCorrect to work in Mac Mail?

[Reach9]

Is it me or is the iTunes dashboard widget removed in Lion? I can't seem to find it in my Dashboard..

[Watabou]

Is it me or is the iTunes dashboard widget removed in Lion? I can't seem to find it in my Dashboard..

It doesn't show up in my dashboard widgets either. So I guess they removed it. I never really used it anyways.

Anyone been able to get AutoCorrect to work in Mac Mail?

It works for some words but doesn't for others.

If I type in "The quick brown fox jmped over" it will replace jmped with jumped.


Also, Is there any way to show the hidden Library folder by default on my home directory?

[siwsan]

why use firefox...safari is sooo much better

I highly recommend Google Chrome in conjunction with AdBlockPlus.

[dezmiles]

2 finger swipe not work for finder & chrome or only work for safari & ical?

[Mak47]

I also hope they let you remove Launchpad from the dock.

You already can, just drag it off and poof...it's gone.

[bindle]

I think I got a little too excited when I realized you could choose a custom color for desktop backgrounds. No more black.png :p

[Tech198]

poof ??

Speaking of which, where has the /Library folder gone that was in your Home folder ? and all those other sub folders. eg Preferences etc that houses your plist files etc...

[Watabou]

poof ??

Speaking of which, where has the /Library folder gone that was in your Home folder ? and all those other sub folders. eg Preferences etc that houses your plist files etc...

That hidden by default now.

You can still access it by using the Finder's go menu and holding down Option until you see Library pop up in that menu.

[acurafan]

filevault disk encryption - when enabled, there is a 35 sec delay on shutdowns. anyone using, is that normal?

[Skorpion24]

Hey guys I've 4 desktops, how to put the same one on all when I change wallpaper? Cause now it change only in one. Thanks

[Tech198]

I have issues when using Mission Control, Apps don't stay where their put, they all reopen/resume on Desktop 1 regardless of which Desktop i dragged them to.

Also if a drive is currently in use, unable to delete files from it. (e.g using Disk Utility to erase free space on an external HD, user can't delete anything from it)

[schurik01]

Hey I'm missing one function that shows you all opened windows just from one application. In Snow Leopard, when i clicked with my left mouse button for 1 second on one application, then all windows were shown. Now the same happen like i click with the right mouse button

[Steviejobz]

Wait, no windows Snap feature???

FAIL


/sarcasm

[Cougarcat]

You already can, just drag it off and poof...it's gone.

When I wrote that in Februaury you couldn't.

That hidden by default now.

You can still access it by using the Finder's go menu and holding down Option until you see Library pop up in that menu.

If you want to permanently make it visible, type in terminal:


chflags nohidden /Users/[username]/Library/

[Tech198]

It took getting used to, but i found out how to do it.. Click on App in Dock, Options, This Desktop..... then it switches...

Neat.

[Tech198]

Attached.

Anyone getting this ?

[goinskiing]

Hey guys I've 4 desktops, how to put the same one on all when I change wallpaper? Cause now it change only in one. Thanks

I believe there is an option in the System Prefs > Mission Control where you can check if you want the desktops arranged by when they were last opened. IE. I believe it always goes to desktop 1 because it's the most recently opened, you can uncheck this if I'm not mistaken.

[Tom8]

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Maybe I'm making this up, but I'm sure people found evidence of Apple implementing iOS style push notifications in Lion in the early betas.

Is this true, if so what happened to it?

[barnetty]

Hey I'm missing one function that shows you all opened windows just from one application. In Snow Leopard, when i clicked with my left mouse button for 1 second on one application, then all windows were shown. Now the same happen like i click with the right mouse button

Its there just disabled by default...you can go to gestures to the Scrolling tab and you can activate it...i believe by default it is 3 fingers scrolling down

[roadbloc]

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Maybe I'm making this up, but I'm sure people found evidence of Apple implementing iOS style push notifications in Lion in the early betas.

Is this true, if so what happened to it?

According to Apple's website, it's a feature in the final release. Haven't found any evidence for it yet...

[uk_blaster]

Does anyone know if Lion now boots the 64 bit kernel by default?

My MBP 5,1 is capable of booting the 64 bit kernel in SL (holding down 6 and 4 during boot) but boots the 32 bit kernel by default. :rolleyes:

Has Lion changed this by any chance?

[schurik01]

Its there just disabled by default...you can go to gestures to the Scrolling tab and you can activate it...i believe by default it is 3 fingers scrolling down
hey thanks for responding.
I don't have this gestures pad. therefore i can't see the preferences for the gesture pad. is there another possibility to activate this function?

[barnetty]

hey thanks for responding.
I don't have this gestures pad. therefore i can't see the preferences for the gesture pad. is there another possibility to activate this function?

i believe in the mission control there is a Hot Corners option which you can assign this function (i think it is called Apps Windows or something sorry i dont have my MAC with me right now) there is the options where you assign keyboard commands as well but it may be inside Keyboard if not in mission control System Prefs.

[Cougarcat]

According to Apple's website, it's a feature in the final release. Haven't found any evidence for it yet...

Yes, it's there. Apps must be updated to use it.

[paulsalter]

According to Apple's website, it's a feature in the final release. Haven't found any evidence for it yet...

Apologies for the stupid question, but what benefit does push notifications bring

I thought the idea for them on iOS was because apps didnt actually run in the background so this filled the gap

as apps on OS X run in the background they can provide notifications like they always have

confused :confused:

[schurik01]

i believe in the mission control there is a Hot Corners option which you can assign this function (i think it is called Apps Windows or something sorry i dont have my MAC with me right now) there is the options where you assign keyboard commands as well but it may be inside Keyboard if not in mission control System Prefs.

Thank you. I found it. But there is still one feature left. When I click for about 1 second on safari, snow leopard showed me all opened windows of safari. is this function still available?

[Tom8]

Apologies for the stupid question, but what benefit does push notifications bring

I thought the idea for them on iOS was because apps didnt actually run in the background so this filled the gap

as apps on OS X run in the background they can provide notifications like they always have

confused :confused:

In my view, they would help out when using Apps in full screen mode, since you can't see your dock, you can't see badges etc, and you won't see a icon on your menu bar unless you flash over it for it to drop down. If you were to get a push notification you'd know that you have something new to deal with. Just my thoughts.

[paulsalter]

In my view, they would help out when using Apps in full screen mode, since you can't see your dock, you can't see badges etc, and you won't see a icon on your menu bar unless you flash over it for it to drop down. If you were to get a push notification you'd know that you have something new to deal with. Just my thoughts.

Good points, never thought of that

[pvmacguy]

Gripe: Has anyone else noticed that there is no more swipe left or right to go backwards and forwards on webpages? I used that feature all the time... :(

[paulsalter]

Gripe: Has anyone else noticed that there is no more swipe left or right to go backwards and forwards on webpages? I used that feature all the time... :(

I think by defaut it is now 2 finger swipe instead of 3

[Tom8]

Back and forward is now 2 fingers. But can be changed to 3 in system preferences, but it no longer has the slick animation.

Also, my friend is downloading Lion, if they turn their MBP off, they can restart the download where they left off, right?

[roadbloc]

Yes, it's there. Apps must be updated to use it.Fair enough.

Apologies for the stupid question, but what benefit does push notifications bring

I thought the idea for them on iOS was because apps didnt actually run in the background so this filled the gap

as apps on OS X run in the background they can provide notifications like they always have

confused :confused:

I agree with you actually. What will exactly be the difference between push notifications and what we already have?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3306839352_108bdfb0be_o.png
Surely that is an OS X push notification? Or is it something a bit more Growl-like?

[Tom8]

I was thinking more along the lines of "You have a new twitter message" or whatever, since you can't see that sort of information when in full screen.

[goinskiing]

Does anyone know if Lion now boots the 64 bit kernel by default?

My MBP 5,1 is capable of booting the 64 bit kernel in SL (holding down 6 and 4 during boot) but boots the 32 bit kernel by default. :rolleyes:

Has Lion changed this by any chance?

I'd like to know this as well.

[sou1 so1di3r]

Gripe: Has anyone else noticed that there is no more swipe left or right to go backwards and forwards on webpages? I used that feature all the time... :(

I'm using the magic mouse, and if I swipe left with 1 finger it goes "back"

If I swipe left with 2 fingers it goes to my desktop, and then again goes to dashboard.

Are you guys talking about using trackpads then?:confused:

[Kilamite]

Fair enough.

I agree with you actually. What will exactly be the difference between push notifications and what we already have?

Image (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3306839352_108bdfb0be_o.png)
Surely that is an OS X push notification? Or is it something a bit more Growl-like?

That isn't a push notification, that is just an application giving a message that would appear offline or online.

Push Notifications come from Apple's servers, and an example would be the badge count on the App Store increasing automatically when there's updates available.

I'm not really sure why we need push notifications on the Mac - things like widgets in dashboard work fine, along with Mail coming an unread message count and IM programs doing their thing.

Push notifications on iOS are really just to combat multitasking and battery. Something that isn't really an issue with a laptop or desktop.

[Skorpion24]

I believe there is an option in the System Prefs > Mission Control where you can check if you want the desktops arranged by when they were last opened. IE. I believe it always goes to desktop 1 because it's the most recently opened, you can uncheck this if I'm not mistaken.

No man there isn't an option, I checked :(

[andyffer]

I think it is bogus that I can scroll with two fingers, scroll left and right with two fingers, but yet, I can not go back or forward with two fingers.
I have the black macbook and I think it is stupid they don't allow me to change the inverted style back to normal. yes Ill get used to it but still..

[OH Mac Fan]

Not sure if it was mentioned but 1 finger double tapping the magic mouse zooms into reader mode similar to iOS on a webpage and back/forward page is now a 1 finger left or right swipe. Going between the desktop and dashboard is now the 2 finger left to right swipe and a 2 Finger double tap takes you into Mission Control.

[3bs]

I think it is bogus that I can scroll with two fingers, scroll left and right with two fingers, but yet, I can not go back or forward with two fingers.
I have the black macbook and I think it is stupid they don't allow me to change the inverted style back to normal. yes Ill get used to it but still..

You can change the scrolling back to normal in preferences under trackpad. You can also change it so you can go back and forth in finder or google chrome for example. Also in trackpad > more gestures and change Swipe between pages to "Swipe with two or three fingers"

[Etnies419]

You can change the scrolling back to normal in preferences under trackpad. You can also change it so you can go back and forth in finder or google chrome for example. Also in trackpad > more gestures and change Swipe between pages to "Swipe with two or three fingers"

You can only do it on MacBooks with glass trackpads. On the older models, you're SoL.

[andyffer]

You can change the scrolling back to normal in preferences under trackpad. You can also change it so you can go back and forth in finder or google chrome for example. Also in trackpad > more gestures and change Swipe between pages to "Swipe with two or three fingers"

they don't allow that on the "old" style trackpad with the non-multi touch (yet it recognizes two fingers vs one). So I have kept it inverted on my macbook pro so I don't get confused

[Cougarcat]

Push notifications on iOS are really just to combat multitasking and battery. Something that isn't really an issue with a laptop or desktop.

Push notifications will allow for automatic updating across iOS devices and (now) your Macs.

[aresinferno]

Are Quick Look plugins now working again in 10.7? I missed being able to preview inside of zips and folder when Snow Leopard broke it. Now it seems that I can see inside of zip files again.

[coasterider]

Has anybody figured out a way to run two fullscreen programs? Its a huge waste of space when I have two screens but can only use one of them in full screen.

[HappyDude20]

Has anyone found a solution regarding being able to use multitouch gestures in Safari (or any web browser) that'll allow for opening and closing tabs, including switching between them?

I do enjoy the 2 finger swipe to return to previous safari pages, but I'd truly consider Safari a powerhouse if I was able to open and close tabs and switch between them all on the trackpad and not having to hit command+t or command+w...

I heard Multi-Clutch is proving errors for many people w/ Lion, as i'd imagine BetterTouchTool would be doing the same.

[redgaz26]

Back and forward is now 2 fingers. But can be changed to 3 in system preferences, but it no longer has the slick animation.

Also, my friend is downloading Lion, if they turn their MBP off, they can restart the download where they left off, right?

yeah but only on apples browser, i use chrome and its a total pain now!!

[Nimoy]

Does anyone know how to remove the profile name in the top right corner of my main task bar? For some reason Lion decided to slip it in there between spotlight and the time. No need for it for me.

[Tom8]

Is there a way to configure auto save in Pages so that it saves versions of the document at a set interval? I'm currently working on a document, and Versions only shows 3 different copies of the document, each of them have been from when i have pressed CMD + S just out of habit.

TLDR Is there a way to set Auto Save to save a version every 5/10 minutes in Pages?

[Etnies419]

Does anyone know how to remove the profile name in the top right corner of my main task bar? For some reason Lion decided to slip it in there between spotlight and the time. No need for it for me.

System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options > Uncheck "Show fast user switching menu as"

[kuebby]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet (57 pages!) but in iChat my AIM and Facebook buddy lists are now condensed into one (which is awesome).

I also noticed that when I used to put my iMac to sleep using the back power button it used to take a few seconds (up to 15-20) to shut the screen off, now it's instant every time (it would seem).

[phl0w]

Does anyone know how to remove the profile name in the top right corner of my main task bar? For some reason Lion decided to slip it in there between spotlight and the time. No need for it for me.

Press CMD and just pull it out of there. If you want to put it back, go into preferences < users&group < login options < show fast user switching

[3bs]

I know it's only 99 cents but I'm glad I didn't buy FaceTime since it apparently came with Lion

[MacManiac76]

Has anyone found a solution regarding being able to use multitouch gestures in Safari (or any web browser) that'll allow for opening and closing tabs, including switching between them?

I do enjoy the 2 finger swipe to return to previous safari pages, but I'd truly consider Safari a powerhouse if I was able to open and close tabs and switch between them all on the trackpad and not having to hit command+t or command+w...

I heard Multi-Clutch is proving errors for many people w/ Lion, as i'd imagine BetterTouchTool would be doing the same.

BetterTouchTool is working perfectly fine for me under Lion. I have the 2 finger Pinch-In and Pinch-Out gestures set to close and open new tabs respectively. You can also set a gesture to switch between tabs by setting the gesture's option to the keystroke (Control-Tab) that switches between tabs.

[ErikGrim]

2 finger swipe not work for finder & chrome or only work for safari & ical?

There's absolutely no reason to use Chrome over Safari on a mac.

Yes, you can even use the address bar for search if you install GlimmerBlocker (which you should anyway).

[iBunny]

There's absolutely no reason to use Chrome over Safari on a mac.

Wrong.

Personal Preference.

I enjoy a superior browsing experience, as well as almost daily automatic updates (including a built in Adobe Flash player which is updated along side with chrome).

With Safari, I have to wait the months it takes for Apple to update it, then deal with getting the latest and greatest Flash and Installing that Separate. No thanks.

[chaipaani]

Has anyone figured out how to crop videos in QT? Apple says it's a built in feature.

[ErikGrim]

I enjoy a superior browsing experience, as well as almost daily automatic updates (including a built in Adobe Flash player which is updated along side with chrome).

With Safari, I have to wait the months it takes for Apple to update it, then deal with getting the latest and greatest Flash and Installing that Separate. No thanks.

Safari is using WebKit2 which is far beyond Chrome's forked WebKit 1 engine autoupdates or no.

And I've uninstalled Flash completely.

But please indulge this web developer to what makes Chrome a "superior browsing experience" on a Mac.

[cmaier]

There's absolutely no reason to use Chrome over Safari on a mac.

Yes, you can even use the address bar for search if you install GlimmerBlocker (which you should anyway).

Here's a reason. Safari 5.1 (and iOS 5.0 safari), unlike previous versions, doesn't play nice with OWA (at least the version my firm uses). Chrome does.

[lurrego]

before in SL, when using firefox, a three-finger swipe up and down would bring me to the end and the very top of the page in an instant. It was actually one of the things I used the most, and it now does not exist as far as I can tell. Does anyone know how to get this back?

[iVeBeenDrinkin']

I am not going to read thru 58 pages to see if this has been mentioned, but the iTunes screen saver is pretty sweet!

[bocomo]

before in SL, when using firefox, a three-finger swipe up and down would bring me to the end and the very top of the page in an instant. It was actually one of the things I used the most, and it now does not exist as far as I can tell. Does anyone know how to get this back?

I used that too

But i miss the three finger swipe left and right for Forward and Back even more!

[iVeBeenDrinkin']

I used that too

But i miss the three finger swipe left and right for Forward and Back even more!

You can add three finger scroll in trackpad prefs.

[Takuro]

I've been using GM on a spare partition for a while now, but after upgrading my main disk from SL to Lion, I noticed Coverflow view no longer as a horiztonal scrobbler/scroll bar near the bottom of the icons to let you quickly navigate through them. Anybody else notice this, because I could have sworn it wasn't gone before...

[robbym]

Didn't know about that spotlight trick. Very useful, thanks!

[Etnies419]

I've been using GM on a spare partition for a while now, but after upgrading my main disk from SL to Lion, I noticed Coverflow view no longer as a horiztonal scrobbler/scroll bar near the bottom of the icons to let you quickly navigate through them. Anybody else notice this, because I could have sworn it wasn't gone before...

Shows up for me.

[Takuro]

Shows up for me.

What the... I literally have no single idea that comes to mind as to why it's randomly gone for me. I may have to do a clean install. If this somehow got messed up, God knows if something critical is screwy too...

EDIT: You need to have the option "Show scroll bars: Always" selected in the General pane of System Preferences. I *think* that in earlier builds, though, coverflows scrollbar showed up irrespective of this setting. Technically, it shouldn't be there if you don't have this option selected, so i guess they fixed it.

[Tech198]

Having 10.6, for a while you could disable Spaces, (as a whole), and re-enable it later when needed without needing to mess round with "per application" basis (e.g. removing, reading to list etc)

Can you completely disable it with 10.7 and re-enable at will ?

[d3li9ht]

Just now, again the Quick Search Box (QSB) got stuck in the middle of me typing something into it. And I dunno how to KILL it, and it appears frozen in the middle of the screen, in EVERY space :((

[DrDomVonDoom]

The find option in safari is kinda spruced up, I like it. hit Command + f and a popup status bar will pop up under the tabs bar, and as you scroll through the variations of of whatever you typed in, the words are highlighted but also pop outward towards the user, to make the intential word more prominent. Nice.

[d3li9ht]

The find option in safari is kinda spruced up, I like it. hit Command + f and a popup status bar will pop up under the tabs bar, and as you scroll through the variations of of whatever you typed in, the words are highlighted but also pop outward towards the user, to make the intential word more prominent. Nice.

CMIIW as I'm not a regular Safari user, but I believe it's been around for awhile :)

[Sakic10]

I can't get the swipe forward/back in chrome to work unless I use the swipe with two or three fingers" setting, but then it will a) only work with 3 fingers and b) change the "switch between fullscreen" to 4 fingers, which I do not want...

What am I doing wrong?

Also...Expose doesn't bring up all my windows anymore, just moves the open window into the middle, can I cycle windows in this view?

Thanks for any help...

[Ach111es]

I cannot seem to get iCloud to work! i installed it and it prompted a restart but never actually pulled up the control panel for iCloud :(

[iBunny]

Here's a reason. Safari 5.1 (and iOS 5.0 safari), unlike previous versions, doesn't play nice with OWA (at least the version my firm uses). Chrome does.

I cant OWA from Safari either.

[iBunny]

Safari is using WebKit2 which is far beyond Chrome's forked WebKit 1 engine autoupdates or no.

And I've uninstalled Flash completely.

But please indulge this web developer to what makes Chrome a "superior browsing experience" on a Mac.

I could never uninstall Flash. Infact the 64-Bit Flash 11 Beta is very nice :)

But I am Bias as I use Flash, Illisturator, and Dreamweaver to develop content almost daily. :D

[Tech198]

Don't know if its only Safari, but give this a try and tell me if you experience the same thing.

Have multiple desktops set up, and open Safari in one of them. make it full screen, then switch away.

You'll notice, when you switch back to the full screen app, the Finder menu bar is not reachable as it usually is, therefore u cannot exit Full Screen, only by Keyboard Escape.

[DrDomVonDoom]

I have a question about AirDrop. Its supposed to be able to find mac users over the interwebz, do you need to connect with that person over wifi, and then you can find them if their connected to the web?

[baryon]

From what I've heard, it only works through WiFi. You either have to be connected to the same wireless network, or the two computers will create an ad-hoc network.

So it won't work over the internet, as I understand it, but if someone knows better, feel free to correct me!

[torbjoern]

From what I've heard, it only works through WiFi. You either have to be connected to the same wireless network, or the two computers will create an ad-hoc network.

So it won't work over the internet, as I understand it, but if someone knows better, feel free to correct me!

What if they're in the same LAN but using Ethernet? That shouldn't make any difference (and it's lame if it does).

[lurrego]

is it just me, or does ichat not show when a buddy is typing anymore? i wish apple would also include time-stamps for the conversations, i tend to have fun with those. I wouldn't consider downloading another program to chat though, I like this one enough

[Tech198]

Anyone notice with Finder ignores the options set to open in particular desktop?

Its displays under Options as "Desktop 2" for example, but this is just visual, Finder opens in any desktop you are currently on.

The new lock screen in Lion is good, however previously you didn't really notice the delay in time-outs. Previously, the screen blanked, before the screensaver kicked so it wasn't an issue.


Still ... a good feature.. I just need to get the hang of it.

[Habakuk]

For all the writers among us.

I couldn't live without the keyboard system tool DoubleCommand. It lets the second Enter key on my 2007 MBP 3.1 (right of the right Command key—can anybody tell me why we do need a second Enter key replica?) act as a Forward Delete function (= the only key I really missed when I left Windows years ago—I know there is fn-backspace and ctrl-d but I want it directly with ONE hit).

You can download the free application here:
http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/

After the Lion upgrade the 32-bit-function didn't work any more. I didn't touch it since I bought my MBP, it "survived" all other OS upgrades and I had to think about it for 30 min because I have completely forgotten the name—it resides in the system settings "other" at the bottom and it's NOT a standard Mac OS feature (but maybe it should). In short: A new install of DoubleCommand made it working again.

So maybe that helps some1 who has to ponder like me why and where to that function is gone and how to revive it.

[Tech198]

How do you get rid if the second pane in mail ?

[Skika]

Wow, don't know if it has been discussed but if you double tap with two fingers on an app in the dock it shows recent files that were opened with that app.


pretty cool!

[Tech198]

Wow, don't know if it has been discussed but if you double tap with two fingers on an app in the dock it shows recent files that were opened with that app.


pretty cool!

Just tried it... yep .. sure is, particularly when it takes you direct when you click it.

[Dizzie20vt]

A couple of little niggles. These might have easy fixes I don't know about.

2 finger scrolling backwards in safari. Now fixed to 3 fingers thank you to a previous post.

Finder seems to keep reverting back to sort by name rather than sort by last modified which is annoying for what I do. I have to download a file frequently to upload to our webshop and have almost uploaded an old file by mistake.

Finder no longer has the info bar showing 1 item 250gb available

The new Finder side bar isn't as nice as the old one in my opinion.

Mail has a nice new look, but can it be set to split horizontally rather than vertically?

Mail's mailbox icons are too box and I have to now scroll down to view them all. My many rules for sorting are now hiding emails if the mailbox starts with the letters M and onward

Mail's unread counter in the dock is unreadable unless you have a big dock which I don't. Half my apps seems to have the new icon and half have kept the old icon. Skype has the new one and Adium old...

Chrome is easy to pop into full screen, but not as easy as safari to get out of it. had to go into the view settings to get back out of full screen. safari has the little icon in the top right.

just my 2p :)

[Kilamite]

How do you get rid if the second pane in mail ?

Get rid of what?

[Dizzie20vt]

swap it to classic mode?

or drag the reading pane down to the bottom to effectively hide it

[hollerz]

Finder no longer has the info bar showing 1 item 250gb available


View > Show Status Bar


Mail's mailbox icons are too box and I have to now scroll down to view them all. My many rules for sorting are now hiding emails if the mailbox starts with the letters M and onward


Seems like this is kind of a global setting for all Sidebars in System Prefs > General


Don't know about the others!

[Dizzie20vt]

thank you hollerz! http://www.oople.com/forums/images/smilies/001_wub.gif

[Kilamite]

swap it to classic mode?

or drag the reading pane down to the bottom to effectively hide it

Go to Mail Preferences and then Viewing.

[curtisinoc]

For those using "Reeder" in Lion. I noticed one annoyance:

In SL, if you "opened" an article link in the Reeder pane, it would expand the entire article by taking you to the submitting website (within Reeder). To get back to the "Reeder" compressed format of the article, a three-finger swipe would quickly get you back. Now, the three-finger swipe within Reeder will move you to another desktop (mission control).

[Steelgrave]

Here's a reason. Safari 5.1 (and iOS 5.0 safari), unlike previous versions, doesn't play nice with OWA (at least the version my firm uses). Chrome does.

Neither does our Citrix farm here where I work (both Chrome and Firefox do work with it).

[Michaelgtrusa]

The library is hidden.

[snowleopard13]

is there a way to disable dashboard when swiping through desktops/apps and only get to it by pressing the dedicated dashboard key on the keyboard?

[paulsalter]

is there a way to disable dashboard when swiping through desktops/apps and only get to it by pressing the dedicated dashboard key on the keyboard?

mission control in preferences, untick dashboard in a space

[Tech198]

swap it to classic mode?

Thanks..

[snowleopard13]

mission control in preferences, untick dashboard in a space

thank you very much. must have overlooked that a few times...

[Etnies419]

How do you get rid if the second pane in mail ?

Click the hide button on the top left. I'm assuming that's what you're talking about.

[monokakata]

Two annoying Lion Mail issues. I've tried to fix them without success.

1. Keyboard (Apple KB) letter repeat won't work. If I want to type AAAAA, for example, the A key won't repeat. Symbols and punctuation marks will repeat. Numbers won't.

2. The old spelling notification (the wiggly red underlining) is gone, and in its place the only thing seems to be the iOS style of automatic word substitution or suggestion.

I regularly email in a couple of obscure foreign languages. Auto correct makes this very annoying. Does anybody know how to turn on the simple old-style word-flagging? Is it gone?

[paulsalter]

2. The old spelling notification (the wiggly red underlining) is gone, and in its place the only thing seems to be the iOS style of automatic word substitution or suggestion.


preferences, language & text, text tab, untick correct spelling automatically

[monokakata]

preferences, language & text, text tab, untick correct spelling automatically

Yes, of course. I'm aware of that option.

My complaint has to do with the style of correction, not whether correction is on or off. I much prefer the old style, and fear that it's been wholly replaced by this intrusive iOS style.

[Etnies419]

1. Keyboard (Apple KB) letter repeat won't work. If I want to type AAAAA, for example, the A key won't repeat. Symbols and punctuation marks will repeat. Numbers won't.

This is because of the iOS-type popup that shows up on certain letters when you hold the key down. I'm not sure if there is a way to disable this.

[monokakata]

This is because of the iOS-type popup that shows up on certain letters when you hold the key down. I'm not sure if there is a way to disable this.

Thanks. I noticed that popup and wasn't sure what it meant. I have an iPad but don't do much text work on it, or I probably would have recognized it.

[pyth]

I'm overall pretty happy with Lion. But what's killing me is the placement of the dictionary app in the spotlight menu. I've installed a German dictionary and thesaurus, and as a sixth year student of German (as a foreign language), I use the spotlight dictionary to get the general sense of words I don't know. In SL, I had it placed right below the Top Hit item so that I could get there as quickly as possible, since that's what I use Spotlight for most (I use Alfred for everything else). Now it looks like you can't move the dictionary app up from it's place under everything else. Does anyone know if I'm just missing something in the preferences or if I'm just stuck this way?

[monokakata]

<insert favorite deity name> help us, repeating letters are gone everywhere.

Obviously it's happening at a lower level in Lion than I thought.

I thought it was only in Mail, but it's in every application that can accept text from the KB -- except Terminal.

It's hard to understand why there's no setting for this (assuming there isn't). I accept that it makes sense on iOS devices, but I don't see the point on any other device.

[MUCKYFINGERS]

Does anyone feel like they are using the dock less now that there's the launchpad and full screen apps? I am :D

[paulsalter]

Yes, of course. I'm aware of that option.

My complaint has to do with the style of correction, not whether correction is on or off. I much prefer the old style, and fear that it's been wholly replaced by this intrusive iOS style.

I have that tick taken out of mine

I have tested in Mail and also the update pages, I get NO auto correction like iOS that I can see

everything works as it did in Snow Leopard, mis spell a word and it underlines it in red, right click and I chose the correct spelling

[monokakata]

I have that tick taken out of mine

I have tested in Mail and also the update pages, I get NO auto correction like iOS that I can see

everything works as it did in Snow Leopard, mis spell a word and it underlines it in red, right click and I chose the correct spelling

Hmmm. That's very good to know. I'll try to figure out what I've set wrong. Maybe there's some interaction between Mail Preferences and System Preferences. I'll set everything back on and go test.

I hope I didn't panic. I hate panicking publicly.

[paulsalter]

Hmmm. That's very good to know. I'll try to figure out what I've set wrong. Maybe there's some interaction between Mail Preferences and System Preferences. I'll set everything back on and go test.

I hope I didn't panic. I hate panicking publicly.

there are a few other options, but I cant remember if i changed them or not

when you are composing a new email, have a look under the edit option at spelling, there is another one there for auto correct spelling, I have this un selected but cant remember if i changed it or not

[nfrpaiva]

This is because of the iOS-type popup that shows up on certain letters when you hold the key down. I'm not sure if there is a way to disable this.

A found this on Web. Just execute this on terminal:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

I'm not sure if I can link the source here but ....

http://stanzani.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/how-to-disable-mac-os-x-lion-accents-popup-and-re-enable-key-repeating/

[paulsalter]

spending time looking at new features does make sense (as some people said)

I didnt initially like the 'All My Files' section in Finder

just been looking into it and it is genius, seems to nicely replace the search folders from Snow Leopard

[snowleopard13]

Does anyone feel like they are using the dock less now that there's the launchpad and full screen apps? I am :D

me too. turned hiding ON for the first time.

[monokakata]

there are a few other options, but I cant remember if i changed them or not

when you are composing a new email, have a look under the edit option at spelling, there is another one there for auto correct spelling, I have this un selected but cant remember if i changed it or not

I think I've got it, thanks to your hint.

If Check Spelling in Mail Prefs is set to "as I type," and under Language and Text in System Prefs "Correct spelling automatically" is selected

and

in Mail, under Edit (where you led me) the Substitutions option has "Text replacement" selected -- then you get the behavior that bothered me.

Thanks! I could have lived with what I was getting, but I didn't like it.

[monokakata]

A found this on Web. Just execute this on terminal:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

I'm not sure if I can link the source here but ....

http://stanzani.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/how-to-disable-mac-os-x-lion-accents-popup-and-re-enable-key-repeating/

Perfect! Thanks so much. I confess I didn't do a web search for that problem.

What a community this is!

[andyffer]

and thank you so much Apple for removing PowerPC support.

[iMerlin]

Wait, no windows Snap feature???

FAIL


/sarcasm

To be honest this is the one feature Win 7 has that I like. However, it can be obtained in Lion by downloading the Better Touch Tool.

[Inopia-Vi]

To be honest this is the one feature Win 7 has that I like. However, it can be obtained in Lion by downloading the Better Touch Tool.
Just for that feature, i am willing to drop windows, as it is sooooo usefull when working :cool:

[reubs]

and thank you so much Apple for removing PowerPC support.

I just wish the new airs still had a disk drive for all of those 3.5" diskettes I've got. How will I install drivers for my 56K modem without it?

[VSMacOne]

Does anyone feel like they are using the dock less now that there's the launchpad and full screen apps? I am :D

HECK YEAH! Using Safari Full Screen plus a couple of additional screens (spaces), using Launchpad (rearranged the apps) and of course Mission Control = NO NEED for dock! I've hidden it for the first time ever, and for the past couple of days I haven't used it but a couple of time.
It's amazing how much difference these gestures make for me... I'm ALL for Lion! :cool:

[h4lp m3]

I can play my screen saver in iTunes ;)

[andyffer]

I've never been more in touch with the Force Quit window, another thank you Apple

I just wish the new airs still had a disk drive for all of those 3.5" diskettes I've got. How will I install drivers for my 56K modem without it?

I tried to open Disk Inventory X to see what I could erase to possible smooth out Lion :rolleyes:

[notwelby]

I can't move Bowtie themes around on my desktop :(

I like putting them where I want to - Very small issue I suppose :P

[bully worm]

Bugs I encountered:

1. Two/Three finger swipe to go back and forth in Finder does not work all the time. I will have to scroll up and down first before it works.

2. Going into System Preference to adjust the 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay until Repeat' for the keyboard DOES NOT WORK. I tried putting it at all settings but pressing down on a key will NOT repeat.


Edit. To fix the key repeat, enter this into terminal : defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

and press enter.


Someone else please tell me they also encountered these bugs.

[MartiNZ]

To be honest this is the one feature Win 7 has that I like. However, it can be obtained in Lion by downloading the Better Touch Tool.

Wow, I'm ever surprised when I hear someone in favour of snap! I hate how much control it takes away - "oh you're moving this window off the screen and out of the way, I suppose you actually want it to take up the WHOLE SCREEN!" To me it is Clippy mentality. What I do like about it is you can turn it off, under the guise of improving performance :).

[singhjeet29]

Just for that feature, i am willing to drop windows, as it is sooooo usefull when working :cool:

This is one of (if not everything) that JiTouch does better than BTT (for me). I used to use BTT for a very long time and loved it. But then it glitches on me and I had to re-assign all my gestures again (as they had been lost) and this is when I discovered JiTouch and it's just a much simpler, much cleaner program and with it's character recognition I find that it even further streamlined my workflow more so than BTT did with all it's gesture enhancements.

But the windows snap feature is a simple gesture in JiTouch, if i swipe to the left with my index and ring finger, the window snaps to the left half of the screen and vice-versa. The only things is BTT allows you to actually snap into quarters, which JiTouch doesn't, but considering i'm on a MBP, I don't really need that as the area gets too small. If I was on a 27" iMac, quarters wouldn't be such a bad idea.

The only problem is that JiTouch isn't free. But I found it worth the money. Regardless BTT is great, I just prefer the ease and simplicity of JiTouch.

[hollerz]

I can't move Bowtie themes around on my desktop :(

I like putting them where I want to - Very small issue I suppose :P

There's a new beta out for Lion that fixes things like this:

http://updates.13bold.com/release-notes/bowtie/1.4beta