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Are you satisfied with Mountain Lion?
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Mountain Lion is GREAT for me. Performance is ALOT better than Lion!!
I allso like all those new gadgets and sspecially SAFARI!
I think all you people are just having too much time to be smart. Why did you buy it then if its not good?!?!? ML is doing all Apple promised!
I allso like all those new gadgets and sspecially SAFARI!
I think all you people are just having too much time to be smart. Why did you buy it then if its not good?!?!? ML is doing all Apple promised!
The only thing I miss is the old all-windows expose+spaces.
Other that that, I find ML to be a very good OS.
Other that that, I find ML to be a very good OS.
iMacFarlane
macrumors 65816
Everything runs faster and smoother. Load times are reduced, very little beach-balling, and I like the multi-touch trackpad mission-control/expose gestures.
Mail runs much better than under Lion.
As much as I disliked Lion, Mountain Lion looks to be markedly improved!
Mail runs much better than under Lion.
As much as I disliked Lion, Mountain Lion looks to be markedly improved!
definitely. My mac runs alot better now, and the icloud integration seems to be only getting better each day. iMessages has been working better now than the day I got ML.
Sluggish UI
I have always loved OSX for its snappy interface but Lion and Mountain Lion have really disappointed - In particular, its performance with multiple desktops a la mission control (what used to be spaces).
The desktop switching animations and the increased time it takes to change focus between programs are killing my workflow (mountain lion being considerably worse than lion).
Apple at the very least should include options to turn off animations!
We shouldn't be waiting for OS user interfaces in this era of computers!!
I'm running mountain lion on a mid-2012 MBP. 2.66 GHz i7. 8 GB ram, NVIDIA 330M - 512MB, with Intel SSD.
I have always loved OSX for its snappy interface but Lion and Mountain Lion have really disappointed - In particular, its performance with multiple desktops a la mission control (what used to be spaces).
The desktop switching animations and the increased time it takes to change focus between programs are killing my workflow (mountain lion being considerably worse than lion).
Apple at the very least should include options to turn off animations!
We shouldn't be waiting for OS user interfaces in this era of computers!!
I'm running mountain lion on a mid-2012 MBP. 2.66 GHz i7. 8 GB ram, NVIDIA 330M - 512MB, with Intel SSD.
That ML sucks we all know by now...but why don't you try Onyx? It should be able to deactivate such animations, or not?
I am very happy with ML. It was well worth the $20 upgrade cost. I especially like the integration with Documents in the Cloud. I now have all my Pages and Numbers files as well as my PDF files stored out on iCloud and accessible on my iPad and iPhone. I've been doing a lot of updates to various Number files on my iPad and it's nice to see those changes reflected immediately on my Mac. I also like having Notes and Reminders available on my Mac. I've been using Notes heavily. Safari seems snappier in ML also. Overall I'm very pleased with ML.
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I like it! 😀
The only thing that bugs me is before updating I was using SL and had the ability to open apps automatically in their own space.
It doesn't seem to do it in ML, does anyone have any suggestions? 🙂
The only thing that bugs me is before updating I was using SL and had the ability to open apps automatically in their own space.
It doesn't seem to do it in ML, does anyone have any suggestions? 🙂
I've got a mid-2010 Macbook Pro, is it me, or is the battery much better? I've spent most of my afternoons since ML just lounging watching DVD's (2 weeks off work, don't judge me 😛) and I'm getting a good 7 hours almost.
It could just be me because I used to have the hours/minutes displayed but obviously now its the percentage.
Overall, very impressed, can't wait till it plays nice with the iPad/iPhone with iCloud tabs etc.
It could just be me because I used to have the hours/minutes displayed but obviously now its the percentage.
Overall, very impressed, can't wait till it plays nice with the iPad/iPhone with iCloud tabs etc.
Had the same issue, bussy noisy fans.
Solved it by resetting the SMC
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Good luck!
J!
Cursor disappears after loading Mountain Lion
After loading Mountain Lion when I work on Word documents, the cursor disappears if I idle it for a few minutes
After loading Mountain Lion when I work on Word documents, the cursor disappears if I idle it for a few minutes
matrix07
macrumors G3
Ditto. Haven't tried Dictation yet but everything else is just as good or better than Lion.
Now if they can fix a bug in Safari where you "Email this Page" but the link appear beneath your signature I'll be very happy.
32KFJ
macrumors regular
same here with exception the dictation function.. i don't use it really.
the only problem is battery life.
Very happy. But I'd love to know what does it mean when Safari is "snappy"?
snap·py
(snp)
adj. snap·pi·er, snap·pi·est
1. Informal Lively or energetic; brisk.
2. Informal Smart or chic.
My Safari is neither "lively or energetic" and not sure how it could be brisk...
Yeah it's the internet so it's smart, but it has always been smart.
I'm guessing people here don't know what snappy means?
snap·py
(snp)
adj. snap·pi·er, snap·pi·est
1. Informal Lively or energetic; brisk.
2. Informal Smart or chic.
My Safari is neither "lively or energetic" and not sure how it could be brisk...
Yeah it's the internet so it's smart, but it has always been smart.
I'm guessing people here don't know what snappy means?
duggram
macrumors 6502
sanctimonious
adj. [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uhs]
1. Making a show of being morally better than others
I installed ML late yesterday and I'm happy with how snappy everything is. Remember Windows 2.1, 3.0 and 3. where performance was described in terms of bugginess or crashing? Then as hardware and software became better it just became common sense to say that things ran snappier.
common sense
adj. com·mon·sense
1. sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts
dusk007
macrumors 68040
With two complete freezes and crashes in the last two days I am beginning to see the benefit of the resume feature. Totally pointless if that darn thing was stable.
In most other cases.
Performance is good for scrolling but that is about it. All else is worse or the same, a clean install might fix it when I have the time for it.
Mission control is half backed nonsense. Full screen mode is a joke in its current form.
iCloud should really be more than it is. MS is offering something better with Skydrive.
All in all I wouldn't pay for it again. If it was a free upgrade to SL I am not sure I would install it. The resume feature is neat after crashes but I would prefer there wasn't any crashes.
I like some of the GUI changes but that is about it. Like the minimalism about that. That and the terribly researched idea that iCloud is probably great was my reason for paying the 15 and try it. I also am not the typ who like to stick with old software. I usually like good changes. I liked the Office Ribbon, and all the neat new feature Opera has come up with.
In most other cases.
Performance is good for scrolling but that is about it. All else is worse or the same, a clean install might fix it when I have the time for it.
Mission control is half backed nonsense. Full screen mode is a joke in its current form.
iCloud should really be more than it is. MS is offering something better with Skydrive.
All in all I wouldn't pay for it again. If it was a free upgrade to SL I am not sure I would install it. The resume feature is neat after crashes but I would prefer there wasn't any crashes.
I like some of the GUI changes but that is about it. Like the minimalism about that. That and the terribly researched idea that iCloud is probably great was my reason for paying the 15 and try it. I also am not the typ who like to stick with old software. I usually like good changes. I liked the Office Ribbon, and all the neat new feature Opera has come up with.
Overall, yes I am happy with Mountain Lion. If I had to rate it I'd probably give it a solid 7/10.
Things I am happy with:
- Lovely smooth animations.
- Launchpad is fantastic.
- Mission control isn't as bad as I thought, since you can tweak expose.
- Love full screen apps!
- New dock is fantastic.
- The reminders app is very handy.
- The iCloud connectivity is so seamless, can't imagine being without it now!
- Notification centre shows good potential.
- Safari 6 is Awesome, with a capital A. That's how awesome it is.
Thing I am not happy with:
- The new calendar app looks hideous.
- iMessage is far from perfect, conversations should be merged to one user if they have an email and number under the same contact. Right now we have two separate conversations for the same person, not great. My phone also beeps off the hook when I'm conversing on my Mac, it should know I am talking on my Mac and shouldn't notify me on the phone.
- Mail seems to forget passwords sometimes which is annoying.
- Notification centre needs to be a lot more responsive.
- The App store still looks bad, it needs a new aesthetic. It looks like website.
- Quicktime seems to have become more laggy, adjusting volume during playback results in stuttering.
Thing I am REALLY not happy with:
- iPhoto is still SO slow, please fix this terrible performance!
- I know you need to sell new macs Apple, but stopping every pre-2011 mac from using Airplay was a cheap move.
- My mac has experienced a buggy crash since upgrading, and a lot of people seem to be experiencing this.
Things I am happy with:
- Lovely smooth animations.
- Launchpad is fantastic.
- Mission control isn't as bad as I thought, since you can tweak expose.
- Love full screen apps!
- New dock is fantastic.
- The reminders app is very handy.
- The iCloud connectivity is so seamless, can't imagine being without it now!
- Notification centre shows good potential.
- Safari 6 is Awesome, with a capital A. That's how awesome it is.
Thing I am not happy with:
- The new calendar app looks hideous.
- iMessage is far from perfect, conversations should be merged to one user if they have an email and number under the same contact. Right now we have two separate conversations for the same person, not great. My phone also beeps off the hook when I'm conversing on my Mac, it should know I am talking on my Mac and shouldn't notify me on the phone.
- Mail seems to forget passwords sometimes which is annoying.
- Notification centre needs to be a lot more responsive.
- The App store still looks bad, it needs a new aesthetic. It looks like website.
- Quicktime seems to have become more laggy, adjusting volume during playback results in stuttering.
Thing I am REALLY not happy with:
- iPhoto is still SO slow, please fix this terrible performance!
- I know you need to sell new macs Apple, but stopping every pre-2011 mac from using Airplay was a cheap move.
- My mac has experienced a buggy crash since upgrading, and a lot of people seem to be experiencing this.
Carl Sagan
macrumors 6502a
After over a month with it I can say on the whole I'm very happy with it, the Message issue is one area that needs real work. Everything else iCloud works beautifully but that really doesn't.