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Apple Launches OS X Lion Via Mac App Store
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Er, try paying attention to what you're installing before you do it.
The gestures are all changed, for the better. Start getting used to it. Its a thousand times better than it was, and thats no exaggeration.
I have a terrible Internet connection at work. I have to wait 6 hours for the download. I just might stop it and continue when I get home.
Based on what? How about based on every other GM ever issued by Apple whether it be mac or iOS? Because that says, I'm right, and the hysteria is ridiculous.
GM Startup Gray Apple Screen
Did anybody else with the GM have a problem in startup where the Gray apple screen went from a blue-ish gray to a brown-ish gray before going to the desktop? Just curious, because I'm wondering if downloading from the app store may fix this problem.
Did anybody else with the GM have a problem in startup where the Gray apple screen went from a blue-ish gray to a brown-ish gray before going to the desktop? Just curious, because I'm wondering if downloading from the app store may fix this problem.
Someone earlier had mentioned the possibility of OS updates coming over the App Store, instead of through Software Update.Its the exact same thing and you'll receive updates like any one else.
Users of the GM (myself included) would obviously be in the queue for updates pushed through Software Update, but if they come through the Mac App Store, I don't know if we'd get them or not.
Siracusa's review is amazingly great, as always.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars/19#conclusion
All that you can't leave behind
Though the Lion name suggests the end of something, the content of the operating system itself clearly marks the start of a new journey. Seemingly emboldened by the success of iOS, Apple has taken a hatchet to decades of conventional wisdom about desktop operating systems.
The same thing happened ten years ago in an even more dramatic fashion when Apple replaced classic Mac OS with Mac OS X. The new operating system changed the rules on the desktop, wedding composited graphics, smooth animation, and photorealistic artwork to a solid Unix foundation. Apple tried to leave all vestiges of its old operating system behindthe platinum appearance, the Apple menu, even the desktop itselfbut eventually bowed to some demands of long-time Mac users. Lion's changes will no doubt meet with similar resistance from experienced Mac users, but I suspect Apple will remain unmoved this time around.
In the same way that Mac OS X so clearly showed the rest of the industry what user interfaces would look like in the years to come, Apple's own iOS has now done the same for its decade-old desktop operating system. iOS was less shocking to users because it appeared to come from nothing, and the mobile operating system conventions it defied were ones that nobody liked anyway. The same is not true on the desktop, where users cling like victims of Stockholm syndrome to mechanics that have hurt them time and again.
It may be many years before even half of the applications on a typical Mac behave according to the design principles introduced in Lion. The transition period could be ugly, especially compared to the effortless uniformity of iOS. In the meantime, let Apple's younger platform serve as a lighthouse in the storm. The Mac will always be more capable than its mobile brethren, but that doesn't mean that simple tasks must also be harder on the Mac. Imagine being able to stick a computer neophyte in front of an iMac with the same confidence that you might hand that neophyte an iPad today.
The technical details of Apple's operating system that were once so important that they practically defined its existence (e.g., memory protection, preemptive multitasking) are now taken for granted. Mainstream reviews of software and hardware alike spend far less time pondering technical specifications and implementation details than they did only a few years ago.
This phenomenon extends even to the geekiest among us, those who didn't just skip to the conclusion of this review but actually read the entire thing. Fellow geeks, ask yourselves, do you know the clock speed of the CPU in the device you're reading this on? Do you know how much RAM it has? What about the memory bus speed and width? Now consider what your answers might have been ten years ago.
Over the past decade, better technology has simply reduced the number of things that we need to care about. Lion is better technology. It marks the point where Mac OS X releases stop being defined by what's been added. From now on, Mac OS X should be judged by what's been removed.
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Done.
In the mouse settings, uncheck the first box "Scroll direction: Natural" if you want it back to normal.
MD5 (/Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg) = b5d3753c62bfb69866e94dca9336a44a
~45 minutes for the full download for me here in Canada! For those looking (and I apologize if it has been posted here), the install file, once completed, is simply located in your /Applications directory. Be sure, if you want to hold onto it (ie. for creating a bootable install disk), to make a copy to an alternative directory as the install process deletes the installer after the update.
A lot less painless than I anticipated, but only because I came into work early and I am using the fat pipe that almost no one else is using right now.
Purchasing the USB/ethernet adapter for my MBA was a good idea. It's been sitting in my laptop bag for months without any reason to use it until now. 14 minutes to download.
Purchasing the USB/ethernet adapter for my MBA was a good idea.
It's been sitting in my laptop bag for months without any reason to use it until now. 14 minutes to download.partition scheme
Trying to install Lion, I got this message:
This disk doesn't use the GUID partition scheme.Use Disk Utility to change the partition scheme. But when I go to Disk Utility, I can't change the partition scheme.
Anyone else encountering this?
Trying to install Lion, I got this message:
This disk doesn't use the GUID partition scheme.Use Disk Utility to change the partition scheme. But when I go to Disk Utility, I can't change the partition scheme.
Anyone else encountering this?
Up-to-Date
I called AppleCare about the issues with getting the redempetion code for the Up-to-Date program, and the person I spoke to said that other people have called in about it, and at this point, the only way to get around it is to visit a physical Apple Retail store.
I called AppleCare about the issues with getting the redempetion code for the Up-to-Date program, and the person I spoke to said that other people have called in about it, and at this point, the only way to get around it is to visit a physical Apple Retail store.
Just tried this with four macs that were bought within the dates....they are all considered invalid
Same here. I bought an iMac on July 6, 2011 from the Apple Store online and the online up-to-date form is telling me it doesn't recognize the serial number :-/
It emulates touchscreen scrolling. When you get accustomed to the new way, both ways are thus unified. Especially good for iOS users coming over to Macs.
Use with the Magic Trackpad for best results.
Thanks! This is the same hash I get for the GM. Well, it looks like the release and the GM are identical then
Well, I bought my Mac around 3 weeks ago (After the announcement) and Im suppose to be under the "up-to-date program" and it still charge me the $30!!!
Im calling Apple to ask for my money Back!!
Im calling Apple to ask for my money Back!!