Apple to Launch OS X Mountain Lion on July 25th?

[Winni]

QUICK!

Where can I get a 64-bit kext for my old ATI X1600? I want to install this on my 2006 MacBook Pro!!!

Didn't the 2006 MacBook Pros only have 32-Bit Core Duo CPUs? I know that later 2006 iMac models were upgraded to 64-Bit Core 2 Duo processors, but I don't recall if there were also re-configured MacBook Pros in that year - it's too long ago. If you only have a machine with a 32-Bit Core Duo processor, you can't install ML on that machine anyway.

If I were you, I'd probably put Windows 8 or a Linux flavor on that machine instead of wasting my time on an unreliable Mountain Lion hack.

 

[Flitzy]

I've always been slow to adopt apples newest os and os updates. Only retarded or new os x users adopt early updates. But I will never upgrade to mountain lion. I don't need sand boxing or fewer features or iOS like options. Screw apple.

Sorry, but I don't get this. How is it fewer features than Lion when they're adding features not taking away.

And how is getting an operating system on the day that it's released to the general public being an "early adopter"?

I've updated when OS updates came out back to Snow Leopard (Leopard being the first Mac I had) and have had absolutely no problems.

 

[Winni]

...just bought a new SSD and installed clean ML on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, and it goes like hell! Its a screamer!

Well, you should have tried ML BEFORE you put an SSD disk in that machine -- because on an SSD drive, EVERYTHING goes like hell and is a screamer - even a completely unpatched version of Vista.

 

[clukas]

Perfect for me, just before I go on holiday .

 

[Schizoid]

Well, you should have tried ML BEFORE you put an SSD disk in that machine -- because on an SSD drive, EVERYTHING goes like hell and is a screamer - even a completely unpatched version of Vista.

it went pretty well on a good old spinny disk too!

 

[DudeDad]

Don't forget, it is a leap year... hence the extra day.

Seriously, that makes no sense at all. They can release when they choose. To suggest that they chose a specific date some time ago only to find that leap year pushed it back one weekday is silly.

 

[JohnDoe98]

Gatekeeper: I prefer to call it Dungeon Keeper, but it doesn't really matter because it was the first feature that I had to turn off - VLC does NOT run if you have Gatekeeper activated, and VLC is my default video player.

Apple has a major design flaw in Gatekeeper - you CANNOT leave it turned on and simply add exception for that one application that does not run when Gatekeeper is turned on. It's either all or nothing. So I'd say that this whole security design is useless and Apple does not deserve any laurels for it. But then again, I still suspect that they did not care for security at all and only tried to push more users into the Mac AppStore.

False. Right click VLC, then click open. A prompt will pop up, click open. From now on VLC opens without a hitch and you didn't even need to turn Gatekeeper off. You've just created an exception for VLC.

 

[bommai]

I took a day and installed Mountain Lion on my 2011 Quad i7 MBP, and also upgraded to Final Cut Pro X, CS6, Parallels, Acad & Inventor 2013, all at once.

It's like a whole new computer.

No bugs yet, just noticeably fast like Snow Leopard was, but with a lot of nice new features.

I may consider upgrading only to even-numbered releases from now on.
Like Star Trek movies, they're just better.

Except for nemesis. It blew chunks.

 

[JohnDoe98]

Good to know. Unfortunately, this behavior of Gatekeeper is completely undocumented.

Maybe insufficiently documented, but when you try to turn Gatekeeper off it tells you how to create exceptions without having to actually turn it off, so you can learn about the hidden features that way. Apple is informing you on a need to know basis.

 

[Thunderhawks]

I won't believe it until there is a home button leak or a paw print!

 

[JohnDoe98]

Let's just say that we disagree here. Gatekeeper basically is a "Firewall for applications", and the normal way to setup a firewall is to first shut everything and then drill holes in the cheese to let the stuff through that you need or want.

That's exactly how it works.

An either-or setup is no good here.

That's not how it works.

But as I've learned here, you can apparently disable Gatekeeper temporarily, launch the app, and then re-enable Gatekeeper again and the once launched app still launches afterwards.

That's one way to do it, but a lousy way.

 

[Superman Y2K]

This seems weird timing to me as the 2012 Summer Filmmaking Camps for Kids is going on on the exact same week.

 

[0098386]

This seems weird timing to me as the 2012 Summer Filmmaking Camps for Kids is going on on the exact same week.

It's a conspiracy!

 

[alvindarkness]

I've always been slow to adopt apples newest os and os updates. Only retarded or new os x users adopt early updates. But I will never upgrade to mountain lion. I don't need sand boxing or fewer features or iOS like options. Screw apple.

You know there are some of us that have used ML since DP1 through to DP4 and are now using the GM. And amazingly we can decide for ourselves at this point if we think its good enough to run as a permanent every day OS. Wow, deciding based on our own personal experiences, so retarded!

Going back into the past, I thought SL was pretty much rock solid on day one. Although the last developer release of SL did seem more 'snappy' than the final product. Luckily ML GM is the reverse, its saved about 1.2GB of HDD space over ML DP4 on my install, and does seem to run better overall - I guess they removed a bunch of debug code or something.

I can't wait, but I know that I wouldn't be able to get it the day it comes out because Apple's servers would be pounded, and it would take 8 hours to download.

Lucky they are releasing it a day after the Steam sale ends, or theyd kill the internets! Its weird cause Lion seemed to download quickly on release day, but the last few iOS releases seemed to slow their servers to a crawl.

 

[irnchriz]

Running the GM for ML already, got 10.7.4 installed on an external drive so that I can boot into it on ML launch day and buy it then reboot back into ML.

Don't need to download or install but have it licensed for recovery etc in the future.

 

[dempson]

QUICK!

Where can I get a 64-bit kext for my old ATI X1600? I want to install this on my 2006 MacBook Pro!!!

That's not the issue. Lion and Snow Leopard already have a 64-bit kext for the ATI Radeon X1000 series.

The 2008 Xserve has 64-bit EFI, is able to run the 64-bit kernel when running Snow Leopard Server or Lion, and has an ATI Radeon X1300 GPU.

That Xserve model is not supported by Mountain Lion. The only explanations which make sense are:

(a) The ATI Radeon X1300 is not good enough for Mountain Lion's minimum GPU requirements (the X1600 may also be insufficient); or

(b) For some reason the ATI Radeon X1000 driver is not able to be updated to support a required feature of Mountain Lion.

 

[benwiggy]

Buggy? In my experience 99% of "Lion's problems" are user problems.

I've found and reported eight bugs in Lion which are 100% reproducible on any Mac. Some of them are MAJOR failings in aspects which worked fine in 10.6 and which weren't obviously revised for Lion.
I'm aware of several more where basic functionality is impaired or broken.

These are NOT user problems.

 

[brutusvimes]

I've found and reported eight bugs in Lion which are 100% reproducible on any Mac.

Which bugs?

 

[KdParker]

I've always been slow to adopt apples newest os and os updates. Only retarded or new os x users adopt early updates. But I will never upgrade to mountain lion. I don't need sand boxing or fewer features or iOS like options. Screw apple.

So we should all stay on whatever OS you deem appropriate or we are retarded?

 

[iBug2]

Which bugs?

One thing that annoyed me since Lion was that window maximising stopped working properly. Cannot maximise any list view windows anymore. I've reported this 2 years ago and was said that it's a known issue, yet still not fixed by ML. Another bug is in Safari 5.1, not a Lion or ML issue, since it effects Safari 5.1 in SL as well, if you open way too many tabs at once which do contain a lot of images, Safari basically stalls and nothing happens with the infinite beachball. You need to terminate the web process to continue. But that happens if I open like 60+ tabs at once.

Also ML has some very minor UI bugs like things where extra lines or boxes filled with color appearing and then disappearing in windows etc, not urgent stuff and may never got fixed even.

 

[garethjs]

to the ones asking for iMac/mini revisions... OMG it's only going to be in September. Apple now basically waits for a keynote to advertise a revision. First 15min of the iPhone keynote will talk about revised ivy bridge iMacs with SSDs and all that.

Apple ain't going to just update their website with these many changes in their models.

Anyways the rumours are for a 17th, 19th or 25th July

 

[pwhitehead]

Another operating system i wont upgrade to. I purchased lion and wasnt happy with it using final cut pro 7. I'm happy with snow lepard still and wouldnt give it up for the world.

 

[mex4eric]

Looking forward to the 25th.

Is someone going to post the steps required to make an OS10.8 CD or stick between the download and the install?

 

[SiPat]

If, like me, you use Safari as your default or only browser, and like to set your own fonts, be aware that Mountains Lion's Safari 6.0 has lost the Appearance panel in Safari preferences.

You can't change fonts unless you use a Style Sheet or someone finds the Terminal command to set fonts of your choice.

One thing that annoyed me since Lion was that window maximising stopped working properly. Cannot maximise any list view windows anymore.

I feel your pain -- all my windows are set for List View and even using the old OPT+green button trick will no resolve the issue of losing the bottom-most icon/file.

 

[SteveSwish]

is this worth the $20 upgrade if you dont have an iphone? what else is good about it? Im already on Lion.