10.8 All the Little Things! - Page 3

Brendando · Feb 17, 2012, 04:33 AM

I could be wrong, but in the Accounts Pref-Pane when you go to change your picture, it has one of the new white "pop" pop-overs that offers 4 options: Defaults, Recents, Faces and Camera. Nice to see some more UI unification following their own new introductions in Lion, seems neater somehow. Also nice to see faces integration too.

danb77 · Feb 17, 2012, 04:33 AM

Gmail webmail detects the notification centre and offers options for desktop notifications. They don't appear to work yet though (this is really a Chrome feature so may not mean much).

Brendando · Feb 17, 2012, 04:43 AM

Small one:
App Store finally has fullscreen mode. Was surprised that that wasn't incorporated into the release of Lion, to be perfectly honest. Would be nice to see it in a few others for consistency's sake- for example, in System Preferences.

hwojtek · Feb 17, 2012, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crzyrio

I believe thats a third part app, I used to have it installed on Lion.

It's there since PPC Tiger, appears if you have a tablet device connected (or the virtual machine makes the guest OS think it is connected) - and it seems to me by the screenshots, it hasn't changed a bit from the Tiger and the versions following.

Menopause · Feb 17, 2012, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crzyrio

Just type away and it starts filtering, no need to click anywhere

Really Love the 2 finger slide for the notification centre. Although I am not sure how useful notification centre will actually be on a Laptop

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyMoore

You can just start typing.

Thanks guys, sounds great!

Bigtree · Feb 17, 2012, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brendando

Small one:
App Store finally has fullscreen mode. Was surprised that that wasn't incorporated into the release of Lion, to be perfectly honest. Would be nice to see it in a few others for consistency's sake- for example, in System Preferences.

I wonder if it will support gestures?

east85 · Feb 17, 2012, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hidea

Anyone else notice the change in the text rendering in 10.8 when compared to 10.7?

Some texts (in various apps) appear "faint". Like they changed the aliasing method?

http://cl.ly/1G0b1P3x2C202I21193G

http://cl.ly/0i3Q0O3i2R1E2u3q0D0s

I actually prefer the bolder form factor. It's one of the first things I noticed upon switching from PC to MAC. The bold look is nice, makes things a bit easier to read and seems to smooth out the edges for a nice look.

I suppose this could bother people who are trying to design a uniform website, but just speaking personally I prefer it.

GoGa · Feb 17, 2012, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigtree

I wonder if it will support gestures?

Just tested gestures, and it does! Its just like going back a page in safari

OS X Mountain Lion is pretty awesome.

plexdk · Feb 17, 2012, 05:43 AM

Does finder support gestures? (back gesture)

Donza · Feb 17, 2012, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plexdk

Does finder support gestures? (back gesture)

Nope.

JPOWA · Feb 17, 2012, 06:08 AM

Anyone tried to install and run vmware fusion 4 or parallels 7 on a mouton lion clean install?

Vmware doesn't run and parallels fail to open my xp virtual machine!

plexdk · Feb 17, 2012, 06:28 AM

hmm since notification center is a 2 finger swipe, i guess this means you wont be able to swipe forward in safari/app store .. ?

JPOWA · Feb 17, 2012, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plexdk

hmm since notification center is a 2 finger swipe, i guess this means you wont be able to swipe forward in safari/app store .. ?

Yes you can! The swipe for notifications it only works on left corner of the trackpad!

djrod · Feb 17, 2012, 06:56 AM

When you install ML you can't create the main user with no password

DeckMan · Feb 17, 2012, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plexdk

hmm since notification center is a 2 finger swipe, i guess this means you wont be able to swipe forward in safari/app store .. ?

Again, it only opens if you swipe from the right edge. Scrolling and swiping forward will still work.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GoGa

This is now probably my favourite small thing: You can send any file to IOS or OS X with Messages!

Wait, you can send files to iOS? How will they be stored, and can you later send them from there to another Mac?

yetanotherdave · Feb 17, 2012, 07:02 AM

My favourite new feature that will let me drop a $20p/a subscription to spanning sync is that iCal now lets you properly 2 way sync all your google calendars natively in the app, prefs, accounts, delegation. Previously it would only show your main account, or use CalDav which didn't work properly.

innominato5090 · Feb 17, 2012, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayhawk11

Already been answered several times.

Here's a fun one: The checkbox for "Reopen windows when logging back in" now remembers your selection. Uncheck it once and it stays off forever.

halleluja! that's an awesome thing!

Joe HS · Feb 17, 2012, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrod

When you install ML you can't create the main user with no password

I did.

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Large File transfers can be cancelled from the Files or Folders in the new location.

Joe HS · Feb 17, 2012, 07:31 AM

Chess actually supports full-screen now, as advertised an operating system ago, as well as Game Center. Oh, and it's got the worlds laziest backdrop behind the board.

bhillinger · 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brendando

Small one:
App Store finally has fullscreen mode. Was surprised that that wasn't incorporated into the release of Lion, to be perfectly honest. Would be nice to see it in a few others for consistency's sake- for example, in System Preferences.

Also, the back and foward buttons are under the window control buttons.

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Another one: the font "Mac OS X / OS X" in "About this Mac" has changed; in Lion and previous versions it was Lucida Grande, in Mountain Lion it is Myriad Pro.

mystera · Feb 17, 2012, 08:03 AM

Is the toolbar icon next to spotlight notification center? The target like icon.

CrzyCanuck72 · Feb 17, 2012, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yetanotherdave

My favourite new feature that will let me drop a $20p/a subscription to spanning sync is that iCal now lets you properly 2 way sync all your google calendars natively in the app, prefs, accounts, delegation. Previously it would only show your main account, or use CalDav which didn't work properly.

screenshot?

Blipp · Feb 17, 2012, 09:43 AM

I've been quite impressed with the performance and additional features so far with Mountain Lion. Though I was happy enough with Lion this does feel like what Lion was truly meant to be.

My single largest gripe is that they haven't fixed how dual monitor setups are handled with fullscreen apps. It's totally ridiculous that a full screen app on one monitor disables the second monitor from use. I can't fathom how they ended up with that being "working as designed". Giving us the ability to swipe between fullscreen apps on multiple displays independently, have one full screen (and swipeable) app on one and your desktop on the other, or just allow two unique desktops a la Spaces would all be amazing additions. That would really take this release to the next level IMO and add a lot of lost functionality from Lion and Mission Control back into Mountain Lion while enhancing it even further.

rorschach · Feb 17, 2012, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyMoore

I've not seen this mentioned anywhere else but there's a new (to me) icon in the System Preferences pane called Ink that has something to do with hand writing recognition. Also, it's a 32-bit preference pane so requires a restart of System Preferences when selected.

That's actually been there since 2002 in Jaguar.

DeckMan · Feb 17, 2012, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blipp

My single largest gripe is that they haven't fixed how dual monitor setups are handled with fullscreen apps.

So if there's a window on your secondary monitor, and you make it fullscreen, does it still get moved to the main monitor in the dev preview? :/

Feb 17, 2012, 04:33 AM	#51
Brendando macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2010	Popover I could be wrong, but in the Accounts Pref-Pane when you go to change your picture, it has one of the new white "pop" pop-overs that offers 4 options: Defaults, Recents, Faces and Camera. Nice to see some more UI unification following their own new introductions in Lion, seems neater somehow. Also nice to see faces integration too. Attached Thumbnails
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Feb 17, 2012, 04:33 AM	#52
danb77 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2007	Gmail webmail detects the notification centre and offers options for desktop notifications. They don't appear to work yet though (this is really a Chrome feature so may not mean much). Attached Thumbnails
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Feb 17, 2012, 04:43 AM	#53
Brendando macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2010	AppStore Small one: App Store finally has fullscreen mode. Was surprised that that wasn't incorporated into the release of Lion, to be perfectly honest. Would be nice to see it in a few others for consistency's sake- for example, in System Preferences. Attached Thumbnails
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Feb 17, 2012, 06:56 AM	#64
djrod macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Madrid - Spain	When you install ML you can't create the main user with no password __________________ 404 : Signature not found
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Feb 17, 2012, 07:02 AM	#66
yetanotherdave macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bristol, England	iCal My favourite new feature that will let me drop a $20p/a subscription to spanning sync is that iCal now lets you properly 2 way sync all your google calendars natively in the app, prefs, accounts, delegation. Previously it would only show your main account, or use CalDav which didn't work properly. __________________ It's just a ride, & we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings & money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. - Bill Hicks yetanotherdave.com
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Feb 17, 2012, 05:43 AM	#59
plexdk macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2007	Does finder support gestures? (back gesture)
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Feb 17, 2012, 06:08 AM	#61
JPOWA macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	Anyone tried to install and run vmware fusion 4 or parallels 7 on a mouton lion clean install? Vmware doesn't run and parallels fail to open my xp virtual machine!
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Feb 17, 2012, 06:28 AM	#62
plexdk macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2007	hmm since notification center is a 2 finger swipe, i guess this means you wont be able to swipe forward in safari/app store .. ?
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Feb 17, 2012, 07:31 AM	#69
Joe HS macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: United Kingdom	Chess! Chess actually supports full-screen now, as advertised an operating system ago, as well as Game Center. Oh, and it's got the worlds laziest backdrop behind the board.
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Feb 17, 2012, 08:03 AM	#71
mystera macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2011	Is the toolbar icon next to spotlight notification center? The target like icon.
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Feb 17, 2012, 09:43 AM	#73
Blipp macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2011	I've been quite impressed with the performance and additional features so far with Mountain Lion. Though I was happy enough with Lion this does feel like what Lion was truly meant to be. My single largest gripe is that they haven't fixed how dual monitor setups are handled with fullscreen apps. It's totally ridiculous that a full screen app on one monitor disables the second monitor from use. I can't fathom how they ended up with that being "working as designed". Giving us the ability to swipe between fullscreen apps on multiple displays independently, have one full screen (and swipeable) app on one and your desktop on the other, or just allow two unique desktops a la Spaces would all be amazing additions. That would really take this release to the next level IMO and add a lot of lost functionality from Lion and Mission Control back into Mountain Lion while enhancing it even further.
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