You might be better off going ahead with the Lion install...I wish I could go back.
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Apple Releases OS X 10.8.1 with Fixes for Migration Assistant, Exchange, and iMessage Issues
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You might be better off going ahead with the Lion install...I wish I could go back.
Stuck?
My late 2011 MBP downloaded the 7mb update, installed it then prompted me to restart. So I did. However, it's been stuck at that grey screen with the mouse pointer still able to be moved around for about 15 minutes. Should I just press and hold the power button to manually shut the computer down and then turn it back on?
My late 2011 MBP downloaded the 7mb update, installed it then prompted me to restart. So I did. However, it's been stuck at that grey screen with the mouse pointer still able to be moved around for about 15 minutes. Should I just press and hold the power button to manually shut the computer down and then turn it back on?
That explains it! I have both Lion and Mountain Lion Installers sitting on my Mac.
I made a copy of Lion on DVD but haven't gotten around to doing that for Mountain Lion. Once I do that, I'll feel comfortable removing both installers from my system, and I think I'll finally be putting it on my MacBook's HD.
(I currently only had 10.8 on my USB Flash Drive, just to test it, and I love it.)
Un-freaking believable. It still isn't fixed. My laptop has now been turned into a VERY expensive desktop.
Still stuck...
Going on like 20-25 minutes. What do I do??
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Manually shutting it down fixed it. If anyone else has this same issue, that's how I got it to work.
Going on like 20-25 minutes. What do I do??
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Manually shutting it down fixed it. If anyone else has this same issue, that's how I got it to work.
Try going to System Preferences>Trackpad>More Gestures>Swipe Between Pages; change to "Swipe with two or three fingers". That seems to have worked for me.
Try going to System Preferences>Trackpad>More Gestures>Swipe Between Pages; change to "Swipe with two or three fingers". That seems to have worked for me.
nice thx! worked for me too
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Also after update to 10.8.1, I lost default bookmarks on bookmarks bar in Safari. (eg Facebook, iCloud, twitter etc...)
I resolved this by just searching for all "Safari" criteria in Spotlight. trashed all files/folders found, then re-launched the app.
Also after update to 10.8.1, I lost default bookmarks on bookmarks bar in Safari. (eg Facebook, iCloud, twitter etc...)
I resolved this by just searching for all "Safari" criteria in Spotlight. trashed all files/folders found, then re-launched the app.
Still has the extremely annoying bug of no pretty mountain lion photo for my desktop.
In seriousness, installed the update (7.8mb, I think?) on my rMBP without any hiccups. I haven't noticed any changes in battery life but my battery life's been outstanding since day one so I guess I'd be pretty lucky to have it get any better! In fact I've not noticed anything different at all. Which, in a machine which was running fine, is alright with me. Good luck to anyone unlucky enough to be experiencing battery issues - hope this does actually fix it for you.
In seriousness, installed the update (7.8mb, I think?) on my rMBP without any hiccups. I haven't noticed any changes in battery life but my battery life's been outstanding since day one so I guess I'd be pretty lucky to have it get any better! In fact I've not noticed anything different at all. Which, in a machine which was running fine, is alright with me. Good luck to anyone unlucky enough to be experiencing battery issues - hope this does actually fix it for you.
Yes, I know. I should have been more clear in my description. Under light web browsing, when running 10.8, my estimate would on average read 6.5 hrs from 100%. Performing the same non scientific test on 10.8.1 yielded an estimate of 8.25 hrs. This could literally mean nothing in real world performance. For all I know, Apple could have gone with more liberal estimates with the update.
Installed on MBA & iMac without incident. Battery life on MBA seems better now. It all works as it should.
Dude, that's the entire OS, not the update....
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At 100% charge before the 10.8.1 update, battery was reporting 4:05 hours left.
After the update, at 100% charge, the battery is reporting 7:33 hours left.
Not too shabby!
Edit: Now reporting 8:13 hours left! I think they slid in that battery fix.
You don't get rid of it.. You can download it, but it will still show up as downloaded...
You're right, it's not a show stopper unless you don't happen to be SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO A POWER POINT!
Exactly.
Thanks for testing and reporting on your real-world usage before announcing to everyone what your menu bar does or doesn't report.
This is a deal breaker IMO.
Indicated battery life worse w 10.8.1
m-2011 i7 256G 11" MBA here, new last Christmas.
Had two different fully-charged values for same conditions prior to update, 2:31 and 2:10 ( both corresponding to ca. 97% and Service Battery status. )
After update, 2:03! (I've not bothered with any of that fresh install or SMC reset b.s.; if Apple doesn't tell me, in this situation, to do X or Y, I'm not going to experiment.)
I was one of the folks who, after complaining in an Apple forum, Apple called-up and loaded diagnostic software on their device, and then called up a 2nd time for more data.
I sent a note and screen-shots, of the current retrograde situation, to my contactat Apple.
Let's hope that 10.8.2 will be the charm.
m-2011 i7 256G 11" MBA here, new last Christmas.
Had two different fully-charged values for same conditions prior to update, 2:31 and 2:10 ( both corresponding to ca. 97% and Service Battery status. )
After update, 2:03! (I've not bothered with any of that fresh install or SMC reset b.s.; if Apple doesn't tell me, in this situation, to do X or Y, I'm not going to experiment.)
I was one of the folks who, after complaining in an Apple forum, Apple called-up and loaded diagnostic software on their device, and then called up a 2nd time for more data.
I sent a note and screen-shots, of the current retrograde situation, to my contactat Apple.
Let's hope that 10.8.2 will be the charm.