Mountain Lion OS X 10.8 Launch Day Roundup

[orfeas0]

Does airplay only allow mirroring?
Can't you use a 2nd screen wirelessly as an expansion of your screen instead of mirroring?

Also, the new tab view of safari seems awesome But apple keeps adding new multi-touch gestures and I wonder if they will work well together...

[F4C4]

Originally Posted by Asclepio

they only changed the wallpaper! propaganda, propaganda!

I am officially down voting this!

[floz]

Amazing MacBook Air they must be using. Check out the magic trackpad action at 2m44s into the video . . .

[Gemütlichkeit]

Still not able to stop Message alerts to the phone when using the app in Mountain Lion? :-/

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Originally Posted by floz

Amazing MacBook Air they must be using. Check out the magic trackpad action at 2m44s into the video . . .

What are you talking about? that's how it works, you start from the right of the track pad and swipe left.

[tomyboy96]

for everybody that is wondering about the Facebook Integration

http://www.cultofmac.com/180818/remi...on-until-fall/

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Originally Posted by Jperkinski

I am having the same experience. I noticed in the video that the Facebook option was right there with Twitter, Gmail etc., but on my machine I don't see a Facebook option. Everything else appears to be there.

http://www.cultofmac.com/180818/remi...on-until-fall/

[Nermal]

Originally Posted by Gemütlichkeit

What are you talking about? that's how it works, you start from the right of the track pad and swipe left.

Or, in this case, you start with your fingers right off the edge of the pad and the screen still scrolls

[Michaelgtrusa]

Still dl.

[milo]

Originally Posted by MacRumors

The launch, however, has resulted in the removal of OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. While this isn't too big a surprise, it could leave some owners of older Macs stuck if their Mac isn't supported by OS X Mountain Lion but were supported by OS X Lion.

How was it not a surprise? How would mac users expect that it would be pulled, particularly since ML doesn't run on some machines?

[Nermal]

Originally Posted by milo

How was it not a surprise? How would mac users expect that it would be pulled, particularly since ML doesn't run on some machines?

It's not a surprise because Apple has discontinued every previous version of OS X once a new one has been released. The only exception that I'm aware of was 10.6, as it was a prerequisite for 10.7.

[Ballis]

facebook isnt coming untill fall

[Jperkinski]

Is display mirroring not available on all machines?
I have an iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and I can't seem to get it to Airplay/mirror to either of my Apple TV's.

My iPad does this without problems.

[Bevz]

Just finished installing on my iMac; have dropped the installer on an SD card and am now installing on my laptop.

Seems nice so far; it's quicker and feels very smooth and solid. Fantastic for the price

However, bit surprised by the lack of support for Airplay mirroring for a Mid-2010 iMac!

[blacktape242]

only took about 30 mins to upgrade and i must say it went much better then lion did for me. im a happy camper!

[milo]

Originally Posted by Nermal

It's not a surprise because Apple has discontinued every previous version of OS X once a new one has been released. The only exception that I'm aware of was 10.6, as it was a prerequisite for 10.7.

Not true. Earlier versions may have been harder to find but they were still available from Apple.

[invalidpath]

One big hiccup for a lot of folks I know is installing the cmd line tools without a pay developer account. Apple was nice enough to provide me with a link to the dmg, however I had to install it manually from terminal (individual package files) since the package itself looks for 10.7 only and won't install on 10.8. You could also make symbolic links to the versions of the tools within XCode.app itself, but this is much easier. Here's what I got from the Apple Dev Center:

Re: Xcode

Hello XXX,

Thank you for taking the time to speak to me regarding the Xcode issue you are experiencing.

I can confirm that there is an error when attempting to download Command Line Tools for OS X 10.8 through Xcode. For now, the work-around is to go to the download site and download it from there. The URL is below:

https://developer.apple.com/download...ion?name=Xcode

I apologize for the issues you experienced.

Best regards,

Eduardo
Apple Developer Program Support

Hope this helps some folks.....

[Jynto]

Well that was something.

Now bring on OS X 10.9!

[ayala421]

mountain lion didn't install any new wallpapers for me...anyone else this happen?

[Nermal]

Originally Posted by milo

Not true. Earlier versions may have been harder to find but they were still available from Apple.

I believe that you had to call Apple and explicitly ask for them; they weren't listed on the site. Presumably it's the same for 10.7 now.

[daneoni]

Originally Posted by sachisme

Why do you say so? I'm on the fence about upgrading. I have a early 2009 MBP machine with 2GB RAM and I loved SL every single time i used it.

my system almost died (slow and often beach ball) after I upgraded to Lion, so much so that I use Windows 7 pretty much all the time. I'm hoping that ML will bring me back to MAC OS which I loved but scared that it might not give me any improvement in stability or speed over Lion.

I would at least upgrade RAM to 4GB. 2GB should only be used with Tiger or Leopard. Mountain Lion is superior to Lion hands down. There is simply no debating that.

If you can't upgrade your RAM then i suggest downgrading to Snow Leopard for a better experience.

Originally Posted by stukick

After using 10.8 for 2 weeks, I have to say, glad I didn't pay $19.99.

$20 is that difficult to cough up and justify to you for an OS upgrade? *shakes head*

[tonydickinson]

Wow - thanks Apple what a big difference, so much faster than Lion, quick to download and install, took all of 40 minutes from start to finish.

Its slick and is what Lion should have been 12 months ago.

Happy Happy Happy.

[Yamcha]

So far very pleased with Mountain Lion, totally worth the upgrade..

[Bevz]

Aww... I kinda miss "Software Update" RIP

[28Gauge]

Originally Posted by ayala421

mountain lion didn't install any new wallpapers for me...anyone else this happen?

No new ones for me. I figured that they would add a Mountain Lion wallpaper. The old Lion wallpaper is still there. I am upset that my Fliqlo clock screensaver doesn't work anymore.

[Mackan]

The removal of Lion makes no sense. People who want it should torrent it?

[Gemütlichkeit]

Originally Posted by Mackan

The removal of Lion makes no sense. People who want it should torrent it?

It's dumb I'll give you that, but I can't see any reason not to upgrade unless there really is some bit of stoneage software that can't run on your machine.