Hi all,
Well after much frustration with Lion I think I have a handle on the beast.
Granted it still needs some major tweaks but I will cover these below.
For those of you struggling with the new interface and switching between windows apps etc read below for my mods to make it as painless as possible.
1. Go and buy a magic trackpad if you don't have one. Lion will be all but impossible to navigate without one unless you want to remember a half a dozen key modifiers and use a min 4 button mouse (it is possible)
2. Download Better Touch Tool from boaster.de It says snow leopard only but it will do an update once downloaded and give some lion options.
3. Scrolling direction. This one is a user preference go to
System Preferences
Trackpad
Scroll and Zoom
Uncheck Scroll direction and viola its back to normal.
I recommend giving it a few days and see if you can get used to it. It does make sense just sooo different from what we are accustomed to on a desktop/macbook.
4. Expose - Spaces - Dashboard vs Mission control
Ok its similar but different. Granted that you do lose the up down left right functionality of using spaces but it can work equally well.
I currently have it set so that I enter mission control see a stack of windows overlapping for one program select it by clicking on it then quickly launch into app expose which shows all of them.
i.e. Mission control four finger swipe down, Select the group I am interested in, while its animating back t the desktop five finger swipe up to application expose and it shows all windows including those in the dashboard minimized.
It sounds like more work but it does give you a better view of whats going on especially if you have a lot of windows open.
To configure Trackpad
If the dashboard on its own space bugs you under
System preferences
Mission Control
Uncheck show dashboard as a space and it will float on top as it did before
Below are my modifiers for the trackpad getting it all to work
System Preferences - Trackpad - Point & Click
Tap to Click checked option Tap with one finger
Secondary Click checked option Click or tap with two fingers
Look up checked option Double tap with three fingers
Three finger drag checked option Move with three fingers
System Preferences - Trackpad - Scroll and Zoom
Scroll direction : natural unchecked (try it before you kill it)
Zoom in or out checked
Smart zoom unchecked (personal preference i found it annoying)
Rotate checked
System Preferences - Trackpad - More Gestures
Swipe between pages checked option Scroll left or right with two fingers
Swipe between full screen apps checked option Swipe left or right using four fingers
Mission Control unchecked
App Expose unchecked
Launchpad unchecked
Show Desktop unchecked
Better Touch Tool - Preferences - Advanced Mode- Gestures- Trackpad / Magic Trackpad
Five Finger Swipe Left - Move left a space
Five Finger Swipe Right - Move Right a space
Five Finger Swipe Up - Application Expose
Five Finger Tap - Show Dashboard
Four Finger swipe Down - Expose
Four Finger Swipe up - Show Desktop
Under the other tabs you can set preferences to enable window snapping as in Windows 7 where by dragging to the left of the screen it splits the window left etc etc from there you can then use additional modifiers of swipes and clicks to arrange your windows i.e five finger click sends the widow to the bottom half of the screen etc etc... and under the General tab BTT will launch on startup.
5. Finder Sidebar Colors, Still no work around for this blight on our senses. FAIL Apple FAIL.
I tunes patch currently out there is buggy on 10.4 use at your own risk.
Mail Sidebar Colors - As per Finder
IPhoto Sidebar Colors - As per Finder
etc etc.
Yes I get the argument that its cleaner blah blah blah. Fact is History has shown that a greyed out icon is one that is not available. Why change that its clear and easy.
Secondly we have beautiful displays on our macs that show brilliant vivid color - use it.
Thirdly this isn't communist eastern Europe but it certainly resembles it from the options given to us and the color scheme forced upon us.
***UPDATE****
Use SIMBL and Colorful sidebar to restore color to Finder only.
See Link
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&s...YhwFo174w&sig2=CU-AbGdwHtFaSYlNjUq_bA&cad=rja
6.
Launchpad is a fantastic application. I haven't set a track pad modifier for it but you can easily do that using BTT. I have it set using hot corners. Configure these using System Preferences - Mission Control
7. Finder Information
To get your path bar (showing wht folder your in under what structure) When in Finder select View and select Show Path Bar
To get your Status Bar (showing how large a file or folder is)
When in Finder select View and select Show Status Bar
Thats about it for now Happy Hunting.
Pete
Well after much frustration with Lion I think I have a handle on the beast.
Granted it still needs some major tweaks but I will cover these below.
For those of you struggling with the new interface and switching between windows apps etc read below for my mods to make it as painless as possible.
1. Go and buy a magic trackpad if you don't have one. Lion will be all but impossible to navigate without one unless you want to remember a half a dozen key modifiers and use a min 4 button mouse (it is possible)
2. Download Better Touch Tool from boaster.de It says snow leopard only but it will do an update once downloaded and give some lion options.
3. Scrolling direction. This one is a user preference go to
System Preferences
Trackpad
Scroll and Zoom
Uncheck Scroll direction and viola its back to normal.
I recommend giving it a few days and see if you can get used to it. It does make sense just sooo different from what we are accustomed to on a desktop/macbook.
4. Expose - Spaces - Dashboard vs Mission control
Ok its similar but different. Granted that you do lose the up down left right functionality of using spaces but it can work equally well.
I currently have it set so that I enter mission control see a stack of windows overlapping for one program select it by clicking on it then quickly launch into app expose which shows all of them.
i.e. Mission control four finger swipe down, Select the group I am interested in, while its animating back t the desktop five finger swipe up to application expose and it shows all windows including those in the dashboard minimized.
It sounds like more work but it does give you a better view of whats going on especially if you have a lot of windows open.
To configure Trackpad
If the dashboard on its own space bugs you under
System preferences
Mission Control
Uncheck show dashboard as a space and it will float on top as it did before
Below are my modifiers for the trackpad getting it all to work
System Preferences - Trackpad - Point & Click
Tap to Click checked option Tap with one finger
Secondary Click checked option Click or tap with two fingers
Look up checked option Double tap with three fingers
Three finger drag checked option Move with three fingers
System Preferences - Trackpad - Scroll and Zoom
Scroll direction : natural unchecked (try it before you kill it)
Zoom in or out checked
Smart zoom unchecked (personal preference i found it annoying)
Rotate checked
System Preferences - Trackpad - More Gestures
Swipe between pages checked option Scroll left or right with two fingers
Swipe between full screen apps checked option Swipe left or right using four fingers
Mission Control unchecked
App Expose unchecked
Launchpad unchecked
Show Desktop unchecked
Better Touch Tool - Preferences - Advanced Mode- Gestures- Trackpad / Magic Trackpad
Five Finger Swipe Left - Move left a space
Five Finger Swipe Right - Move Right a space
Five Finger Swipe Up - Application Expose
Five Finger Tap - Show Dashboard
Four Finger swipe Down - Expose
Four Finger Swipe up - Show Desktop
Under the other tabs you can set preferences to enable window snapping as in Windows 7 where by dragging to the left of the screen it splits the window left etc etc from there you can then use additional modifiers of swipes and clicks to arrange your windows i.e five finger click sends the widow to the bottom half of the screen etc etc... and under the General tab BTT will launch on startup.
5. Finder Sidebar Colors, Still no work around for this blight on our senses. FAIL Apple FAIL.
I tunes patch currently out there is buggy on 10.4 use at your own risk.
Mail Sidebar Colors - As per Finder
IPhoto Sidebar Colors - As per Finder
etc etc.
Yes I get the argument that its cleaner blah blah blah. Fact is History has shown that a greyed out icon is one that is not available. Why change that its clear and easy.
Secondly we have beautiful displays on our macs that show brilliant vivid color - use it.
Thirdly this isn't communist eastern Europe but it certainly resembles it from the options given to us and the color scheme forced upon us.
***UPDATE****
Use SIMBL and Colorful sidebar to restore color to Finder only.
See Link
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&s...YhwFo174w&sig2=CU-AbGdwHtFaSYlNjUq_bA&cad=rja
6.
Launchpad is a fantastic application. I haven't set a track pad modifier for it but you can easily do that using BTT. I have it set using hot corners. Configure these using System Preferences - Mission Control
7. Finder Information
To get your path bar (showing wht folder your in under what structure) When in Finder select View and select Show Path Bar
To get your Status Bar (showing how large a file or folder is)
When in Finder select View and select Show Status Bar
Thats about it for now Happy Hunting.
Pete
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