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Consensus on 10.7.2?
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Upgraded from Snow Leopard directly to 10.7.2. OS feels faster, full-screen apps are a better solution than Spaces, Safari runs much more smoothly. No graphics issues here.
In general, Lion is definitely an improvement over 10.6; not only in terms of features, but also in performance.
In general, Lion is definitely an improvement over 10.6; not only in terms of features, but also in performance.
Hot Corners no longer work for activating my screen saver on my 09' Mac Pro. Kinda sucks as it's my home office machine and I use the hot corners as a way to lock my Mac so my children can't wipe my machine hah.
Thanks much!
I just ordered Lion and am downloading... (and making a DriveGenius clone of my 2011 MBP before upgrading... if all works, my 2009 MBP will be upgraded next. With Rosetta gone, I will lose out on Dramatica, but I've never used it.
With luck maybe a new version of it will come out; I recall it seemed "old" when I bought it in early 2010...)I was on Snow Leopard and upgraded straight to 10.7.2
I can say it is worth the £21 or $29.99 price tag.
Particularly love the Mission control plus the multi-touch gestures. Full screen app is great too.
I'm still waiting for my iPhone 4S to see that iCloud 'magic' :roll eyes: apparently iPhone 3G is not playing well with iOS 4, let alone iOS 5
I can say it is worth the £21 or $29.99 price tag.
Particularly love the Mission control plus the multi-touch gestures. Full screen app is great too.
I'm still waiting for my iPhone 4S to see that iCloud 'magic' :roll eyes: apparently iPhone 3G is not playing well with iOS 4, let alone iOS 5
10.7.2 is the release that 10.7 should have been. Lots of the early issues have been addressed/fixed but there's still a lot more than needs to be done.
I skipped the initial release after reading all the negativity and went right to 10.7.2. So far so good. In installed it on an external HD to test it for a few days and it didn't seem all that different, so I stuck it on my MBP's internal earlier today and same deal (2011 15" MBP). Most programs low slow the first time I start them, but after that initial startup they open and close fine.
Now that I've seen it in person I don't understand a lot of the negativity for the iOS style changes, although some of the animations are kind of clumsy and do slow things down as you have to wait for them to complete. As for the actual changes in how the OS behaves my first reaction is that it's kind of different, then once I'm used to them it's followed by a "well... that actually makes sense". I did ditch the (un)natural scrolling... but it wasn't all that difficult (checkbox in the mouse system preferences). The remainder of the gestures are starting to grow on me and I'm kind of liking them.
That said, they really shouldn't have removed spaces. While the ability to swipe between fullscreen apps is good sometimes I need two or more apps to interact and wouldn't mind having them active in their own space so I can swap back and forth quickly.
I understand the pains the IT guys are going through, but from a home user perspective it works and the improved integration with my iPhone is a nice touch.
Now that I've seen it in person I don't understand a lot of the negativity for the iOS style changes, although some of the animations are kind of clumsy and do slow things down as you have to wait for them to complete. As for the actual changes in how the OS behaves my first reaction is that it's kind of different, then once I'm used to them it's followed by a "well... that actually makes sense". I did ditch the (un)natural scrolling... but it wasn't all that difficult (checkbox in the mouse system preferences). The remainder of the gestures are starting to grow on me and I'm kind of liking them.
That said, they really shouldn't have removed spaces. While the ability to swipe between fullscreen apps is good sometimes I need two or more apps to interact and wouldn't mind having them active in their own space so I can swap back and forth quickly.
I understand the pains the IT guys are going through, but from a home user perspective it works and the improved integration with my iPhone is a nice touch.
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True and true.
Still can't get it to default to not saving state / resuming when restarting. Such an evil default for network situations, if you had shared documents opened when you shut down, good luck to you. TextEdit and Preview, at least, completely lock up trying to restore files, showing networking 'smarts' the likes of which we haven't seen since Panther.
Autosave/versions is still just as destructive to files, has serious issues with networked drives and different file systems, and makes things incredibly slow if you are working with large documents.
In short, I still wish like mad that we could disable the evil triumvirate. Other than that, things could be worse. Launchpad is much improved, but still so temperamental
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NO IT IS NOT
1 Since installing Lion 10.7.2, Time Machine cannot find the imac sparse bundle, and so my machine has not backed itself up once.
2 Since upgrading to iCloud, I cannot access my @me email on my computers. Instead I get password errors.
My advice is to wait for the next iteration.
i ran into connection issues after installing 10.7.2 so i rolled back to 10.7.1
I could get no internet connection for safari, mail, iTunes or the appstore. Strangely enough, google chrome was working (though intermittently).
I've read a couple of posts on it, and am gonna try installing 10.7.2 once more, and try a couple of fixes if the problem is still there. else, I'm gonna stay in 10.7.1 till 10.7.3
I could get no internet connection for safari, mail, iTunes or the appstore. Strangely enough, google chrome was working (though intermittently).
I've read a couple of posts on it, and am gonna try installing 10.7.2 once more, and try a couple of fixes if the problem is still there. else, I'm gonna stay in 10.7.1 till 10.7.3
I've been having intermittent issues with Wi-Fi since I updated to 10.7.2. Namely, when I log out and log back in (without restarting), the Wi-Fi connection somehow fails. It doesn't always happen, but when it does, I need to turn AirPort off and back on manually. That usually reconnects to Wi-Fi.
Other than that, 10.7.2 works great for me, including iCloud.
[EDIT] Mightee, have you been having that issue since the GM?
Other than that, 10.7.2 works great for me, including iCloud.
[EDIT] Mightee, have you been having that issue since the GM?
I've had some serious wi-fi issues after upgrading to 10.7.2, my MBP doesnt detect any wi-fi networks around, checked the router, tired all the possible channels on the router (1-11), tried resetting the PRAM, rebooted a couple of times, still no luck.
I was aware that these wi-fi issues existed since Lion debuted, untill 10.7.2, but read a lot about these issues being fixed in 10.7.2, ironically I've had no issues with the earlier versions but the demon stuck me in 10.7.2
Ive scheduled a visit to the store this weekend, any help before that would be appreciated.
I was aware that these wi-fi issues existed since Lion debuted, untill 10.7.2, but read a lot about these issues being fixed in 10.7.2, ironically I've had no issues with the earlier versions but the demon stuck me in 10.7.2
Ive scheduled a visit to the store this weekend, any help before that would be appreciated.
LOL of course the irony with #1 is that if we still had full scrollbars, Lion would be the very first version of OS X in which they DID resize correctly!
For #2, I've never gone past about 20 open so can't say I've ever found Safari wanting.
Lion 10.7.2 is locking up my iMac
I was not thrilled with 10.7.0 but could live with slower performance in opening, closing and saving. However since upgrading to 10.7.2 my iMac constantly locks up. It is 2010 3.2GHz w/4gb memory, not exactly a power machine but not chopped liver either. At first I was unable to get out of the screen saver mode using either mouse (usb) or keyboard (wired). Same thing when the computer went to timed sleep. Each time I had to press the power button to shut down.
I set Powersaver options for screen and sleep to "Never" and the screen save as well. Now with only a few apps open the computer will often lock when I attempt simple menu items such as "save" or "open file." I first get the beach ball and can't access force quit through the Apple menu. I tried leaving the Force Quit window open once but when the machine locked the Force Quit would not work. If I try to work in another window I will have the arrow instead of the beach ball but after the first click the beach ball will appear in that app too. If I leave it as is, in about 10 minutes it goes to white screen with the spinning bars as at startup but it never restarts. My only recourse is to use the power button to shut down and restart. I have done this at least 10 times today.
I am fairly certain this has to do with 10.7.2 as it began immediately after the upgrade.
I do have Time machine backups. Can Time Machine restore a previous version of the OS?
Any help would be appreciated. Right now my Mac is barely useable.
I was not thrilled with 10.7.0 but could live with slower performance in opening, closing and saving. However since upgrading to 10.7.2 my iMac constantly locks up. It is 2010 3.2GHz w/4gb memory, not exactly a power machine but not chopped liver either. At first I was unable to get out of the screen saver mode using either mouse (usb) or keyboard (wired). Same thing when the computer went to timed sleep. Each time I had to press the power button to shut down.
I set Powersaver options for screen and sleep to "Never" and the screen save as well. Now with only a few apps open the computer will often lock when I attempt simple menu items such as "save" or "open file." I first get the beach ball and can't access force quit through the Apple menu. I tried leaving the Force Quit window open once but when the machine locked the Force Quit would not work. If I try to work in another window I will have the arrow instead of the beach ball but after the first click the beach ball will appear in that app too. If I leave it as is, in about 10 minutes it goes to white screen with the spinning bars as at startup but it never restarts. My only recourse is to use the power button to shut down and restart. I have done this at least 10 times today.
I am fairly certain this has to do with 10.7.2 as it began immediately after the upgrade.
I do have Time machine backups. Can Time Machine restore a previous version of the OS?
Any help would be appreciated. Right now my Mac is barely useable.
No change. Lion is still the worst OS I've ever used on anything (yes, worse than Windows ME). Endless spinning beach balls, takes literally minutes to foreground an already "running" app on a C2D 3.06Ghz with 8GB. Even my wife and 70-year-old father-in-law complain about how unusable it is.
I'm reverting to SL when I get back from vacation.
I'm reverting to SL when I get back from vacation.
I'm pretty happy - wrote about it today http://www.windowstomac.net/2011/10/mac-osx-lion-–-the-10-7-2-update/
I'm in the same boat. I had no issue with Wi-Fi until I upgraded to 10.7.2. It now doesn't re-connect when the machine wakes up from the sleep mode. If you hear anything helpful from Genius, I'd appreciate your sharing it with me!I was aware that these wi-fi issues existed since Lion debuted, untill 10.7.2, but read a lot about these issues being fixed in 10.7.2, ironically I've had no issues with the earlier versions but the demon stuck me in 10.7.2
... or I may as well schedule a Genius appointment myself.
Still can't get it to default to not saving state / resuming when restarting. Such an evil default for network situations, if you had shared documents opened when you shut down, good luck to you. TextEdit and Preview, at least, completely lock up trying to restore files, showing networking 'smarts' the likes of which we haven't seen since Panther.
Autosave/versions is still just as destructive to files, has serious issues with networked drives and different file systems, and makes things incredibly slow if you are working with large documents.
In short, I still wish like mad that we could disable the evil triumvirate. Other than that, things could be worse. Launchpad is much improved, but still so temperamental
Yep and until they fix these issues, I will sadly be forced to stick with SL. Shame really, as I liked Lion otherwise. It wouldn't be so bad if they disabled autosave on non-HFS drives, at least that would save people from accidental overwrites on SD/USB drives or network shares.
Yeah it's working fine for me. I'm not doing anything intense - just safari, mail, and ical. iCloud is awesome, it was the main reason why I've upgraded.