Same as Lion, just tested it, open the package contents, look for InstallESD.dmg, chuck it on a stick with Disk Utility...
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yeah, you'll love Safari... it feels, a bit more.... what's the word?....
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Apple to Launch OS X Mountain Lion on July 25th?
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Same as Lion, just tested it, open the package contents, look for InstallESD.dmg, chuck it on a stick with Disk Utility...
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yeah, you'll love Safari... it feels, a bit more.... what's the word?....
They always release earnings on a Tuesday afternoon. Last year they released earnings on July 19th and announced the availability of Lion and the new MacBook Airs on the 20th.
This year they are releasing earnings on the 24th, prompting speculation that Mountain Lion will be released the next day. Of course this year, they have already released the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines (including the Retina Display model). Perhaps they will refresh the Mini and iMac lines, or perhaps they will just let Mountain Lion have the spotlight.
man im on 10.8 and its fine, its not a total rewirte. I found nothing wrong to be honest, I found 10.8 much better.
I did have it crash once. but I think it was my fault because I had 3vms going at the same time
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Has anyone else who has been playing with the ML GM noticed that to "take advantage" of Dictation that you have to allow Apple to access your Contacts? For those who store more than contact info in our Address Books, and given all of Apple's Privacy gaffs in the past couple of years, I find I can't grant and won't recommend to folks to allow Apple this access. Thus Dictation is not going to be part of my ML experience.
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...well it's supposed to recognise people from your contacts and add their names in... but I'm having trouble getting it do anything meaningful so far!
1. User Quartz Filters are broken in Lion. Any new filters created in ColorSync Utility do not work. I'd say that's pretty major failure of an existing bit of technology.
2. Several .plist attributes are not actually saved to the relevant plist file. e.g. PVImagePrintingScaleMode. You can set this value with defaults write; you can confirm it with defaults read. But defaults delete flags an error and the key isn't in the xml of the plist file you put it in.
3. If you have Preview set to open each file in a new document, you cannot select files to be printed directly from the Finder (e.g. select file, press <Command> P.) Error message is produced.
Lots of similar issues that are just sloppy and careless. Menu items not working under certain circumstances; things not behaving as expected; things not conforming to Apple's own interface guidelines.
There's also the intermittent wireless dropping bug, which loads of people report. Seems to have something to do with the Firewall.
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My contacts are already "in the cloud", so that they stay synced between my notebook, iPad, and iPhone. This won't be a barrier for me.
I'm not sure why people are complaining about upgrading. I have a MacBook pro from 2007 and when I installed lion on it, it made it feel so new. Everything ran better. Creative suite ran to fit my needs. I considered almost getting a new laptop but when I installed lion, that saved me about 2,100.
It's happened a few times in which a model is refreshed but has no announcement or keynote. Just looking at last year alone - the early 2011 Macbook Pros, 2011 iMac, 2011 Macbook Airs, and 2011 Mac Mini - all received their 2011 hardware bumps without much fanfare outside of the Apple Store website being updated.
Finally ordered more ram and SSD for my mid-2009 MBP to give it a new lease on life, but I'll be waiting a while before upgrading to ML after the dust settles.
Here are some instructions posted back in February.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/17/make-bootable-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-usb-install-drive/
I found it using an obscure site called "Google", don't know if you are familiar with that one.
Anyhow, enjoy.
It is always amazing how people post questions anywhere pretending they can't google. (or lazy comes to mind)
So far out of say 50 tasks I needed info for I have always found an answer that helped.
Even MacForum posts are listed depending on the topic.
Was hoping the 17th Tuesday that long whaaat waaah waahh lol
I'd rather they hammer out any and all imperfections. Lion was great, but my experience was ruined because of minor bugs...
Especially the launchpad icons "ghosting" around.
And the Mail Client that takes *forever* to close, and usually seems to cancel shutdown sequences, etc.
I've actually decided I wont use a simple "upgrade" command, and I'll just do a wipe, and then a clean install, and move my files back in place.
Or . . . those updates could include the posting of marketing information and the unboxing and setup of new iMacs with Mountain Lion already on them.
Put GM on 2011 iMac last night. It's certainly a subtle upgrade. The notifications aren't earth shattering, iMessage working better then beta is welcome, and it's kind of nice for Reminders and Notes to have dedicated apps. Dictation was spotty but supposedly learns and improves over time. Better then Lion? Yes. A massive overhaul worthy of fanfare? Not so much. I'm glad it's priced reasonably for what it is -- a tweak.
I've seen a few walkthoughs of the new features.
However, I have Lion on one machine and Snow Leopard on the rest. Lion is the first version of OS X that I have ever complained about or considered unusable for my day job.
I am wondering if any of the "new features" in Lion that got mixed reviews have been given additional treatment (e.g. prefs to disable.) For example, the fact that when you reboot to "start over" because you had too many apps open, some apps were hung, etc. you have to wait while the system painfully reopens EVERY SINGLE APP. Also, some apps do not have a "Save As" feature, instead you are forced to try to understand some odd new way that the apps work, e.g. internal versions, export vs. save as, etc. There is more but you get the flavor of the concerns. I'd love to know whether Mountain Lion addresses any of these...
However, I have Lion on one machine and Snow Leopard on the rest. Lion is the first version of OS X that I have ever complained about or considered unusable for my day job.
I am wondering if any of the "new features" in Lion that got mixed reviews have been given additional treatment (e.g. prefs to disable.) For example, the fact that when you reboot to "start over" because you had too many apps open, some apps were hung, etc. you have to wait while the system painfully reopens EVERY SINGLE APP. Also, some apps do not have a "Save As" feature, instead you are forced to try to understand some odd new way that the apps work, e.g. internal versions, export vs. save as, etc. There is more but you get the flavor of the concerns. I'd love to know whether Mountain Lion addresses any of these...
Ah "after you use your gift card".
That's exactly what I meant. So we are in agreement.
And Marty was smart enough to know a Doc who invented time travel. SO not so dumb after all.
Really hope they announce something about the iMac updates soon. I'd like to purchase one by the end of August, but I sure don't want to buy it too soon and miss out on some/any upgrades.
This'll be my first Mac computer
This'll be my first Mac computer