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OS X 10.7.3 Build 11D42 Seeded to Developers [Update: Release Description]

smulji said:
How do you enjoy using Office for Mac 2011? I was thinking of buying but I'm not sure well the compatiblity is with Office for Windows documents & spreadsheets. It's important because I need to share documents with people who run Office for Windows.
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I've been using both iWork and Office 2011.

I honestly prefer the interface in iWork and use it when I can. Generally faster, more intuitive, etc... But for work, I use Office 2011 so I don't have any compatibility issues. I routinely share spreadsheets (albeit nothing super complicated) and Word documents with Windows computers running Office 2010. No compatibility issues at all.

As for 10.7.3... Since performing a clean install of Lion (as opposed to the original upgraded install, which was on top of another upgraded install from Leopard to Snow Leopard), things have been truly fast and generally problem free. Nevertheless!

A few minor gripes:

- I'd like to have more control over the trackpad gestures. I'm not really a fan of three finger+thumb ones. I'd rather set it to four fingers up or down.

- I'd like to be able to change the default setting for "re-open windows on startup" in the shutdown dialog. Since performing a clean install, Resume has been orders of magnitude faster for me. But, I still don't really need it.

- An option to not use Versions would be nice. Since I mostly use Office 2011, I haven't run into many difficulties with it. But, again, it's just not something I need. I'm pretty organized when it comes to saving things. If the document is important and I know I want to keep my changes, I hit command S basically every time I stop typing. If I'm just fiddling and don't want to keep my changes, I don't. This has become so ingrained in me that I don't need the OS holding my hand.

- No iCloud support for the desktop version of iWork is a rather strange omission. Maybe they're releasing a 2012 version soon or something?

- Full screen mode in Logic is still rather buggy. It's a feature I'd love to use, because on a 1280x800 screen, I'll take all the screen real estate I can get when I'm mixing. But, it just isn't reliable enough yet.

- The ability to remove icons from Launchpad. I don't really need five million random Adobe icons in there. Just the core application icons are enough. I have entirely too many folders called "Adobe (Crap)", "Microsoft (Crap)", etc...

- I've been wanting this for a while. A truly effective way to "format" a Finder window how I like it... view type, sidebar dimensions, window dimensions, and all that, and apply it to every Finder window I ever open again.

- This is an iTunes thing. But, the album art syncing in iTunes Match definitely still needs work. The service has been flawless for me otherwise. But, I'd like to see that fixed.

Yeah :)
 
- I'd like to have more control over the trackpad gestures. I'm not really a fan of three finger+thumb ones. I'd rather set it to four fingers up or down.

Better touch tool:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32953/bettertouchtool

- I'd like to be able to change the default setting for "re-open windows on startup" in the shutdown dialog. Since performing a clean install, Resume has been orders of magnitude faster for me. But, I still don't really need it.

spacebar+enter

- I've been wanting this for a while. A truly effective way to "format" a Finder window how I like it... view type, sidebar dimensions, window dimensions, and all that, and apply it to every Finder window I ever open again.

Path finder:
http://cocoatech.com/

Total finder:
http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/
 
miquee said:
- I'd like to be able to change the default setting for "re-open windows on startup" in the shutdown dialog. Since performing a clean install, Resume has been orders of magnitude faster for me. But, I still don't really need it.

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So this is the way to permanently disable this checkbox in the OSX Lion Shutdown menu?
 
installed 11d42 on macbook air 2011 and hackintosh. Air is not a single nanosecond faster at waking up from sleep, so this problem is still here. Preview and animation glitches are also still here, while lost wireless connection after waking up from sleep is gone, so thats good...

This is not some important upgrade that would resolve issues that bug me most...
 
MobiusStrip said:
Exactly. The state should be persistent. I don't even care if it defaults to ON after you install the OS. I click it ONCE, and from then on I don't have to worry about it. And people like you, who like the feature, would never have to do anything. Everyone is happy.

But that's common sense, which is unknown at Apple.
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Or there should be an option that says:
ON after power failure and reset and OFF after shutdown. This would help for those times you have to reset your computer.

But the point still remains. A few options you click once and done.

But don't QQ at Apple for no common sense. Look at some of the competitors. They are even worse at knowing what common sense is.
 
I totally agree on the "Restoring windows when logging back in" issue, Auto-Save/Versions, Mission Control and stability.

I'd like to have the scroll bars be darker or a different color when set to "always" show. The light gray they are right now is simply way to light and I can't even see the scroll bar out of the corner of my eye. Changing it to blue (or better yet "aqua" style like Leopard) would solve the problem.

I'd also like there to be an on/off preference on the rubber banding effect while scrolling to the edge of a page (and before anyone tells me, this is NOT the same as inertial scrolling—I like that).

Sending feedback now.
 
Can anyone using the 10.7.3 beta on a machine with an Intel HD300 graphics card confirm that Apple has fixed the problem that makes brushes in Photoshop and Lightroom go haywire?
 
Has anyone notice an improvement in system stability under Mac OS X 10.7.3 compared to 10.7.2 (which I have to say it fixed some stuff)? Are there have been performance improvements as well?

Thanks. I am really looking forward to this build, I am really tired of the annoying bug where my MacBook Pro beachballs at the log in screen forcing me to perform a forced restart.
 
Phrasikleia said:
Can anyone using the 10.7.3 beta on a machine with an Intel HD300 graphics card confirm that Apple has fixed the problem that makes brushes in Photoshop and Lightroom go haywire?
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I really hope so LOL.

what version of PS are you using because it CS5 does it on my 2011 Mini and my Mac Pro. Both machines run Lion so Im not sure if its a Lion issue or an Adobe one.
 
5aga said:
I really hope so LOL.

what version of PS are you using because it CS5 does it on my 2011 Mini and my Mac Pro. Both machines run Lion so Im not sure if its a Lion issue or an Adobe one.
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I'm using PS CS5.1. According to folks posting in Adobe forums, it's a Lion issue--something to do with the driver for the GPU, I believe. The Adobe reps say they can do nothing about it; only a Lion update can fix the problem. That update can't come soon enough...these buggy brushes in Photoshop and Lightroom are driving me nuts. :(
 
The Phazer said:
It's getting downvoted because it's wrong.

Duplicate is not the same thing, and a vastly inferior, clumsier workflow.

Phazer
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Save as shouldn't even leave a copy in the original place.
Duplicate is what it actually does. Save as was wrong to begin with..

I know the way you're used to -seems- superior, doesn't mean that it is tho.

Save as should have been called: save a copy
 
SvP said:
Save as shouldn't even leave a copy in the original place.
Duplicate is what it actually does. Save as was wrong to begin with..

I know the way you're used to -seems- superior, doesn't mean that it is tho.

Save as should have been called: save a copy
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And when it's a new file you've created? Surely that is when it is save as?
 
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