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Thing that Do/Don't work in Lion
- Thread starter mogallin
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exfat not working
I can't even get Lion to recognize my exfat partition. Did you install anything separate to get exfat to work?
I can't even get Lion to recognize my exfat partition. Did you install anything separate to get exfat to work?
few complaints for me here.
1) usb ethernet does not work. i have to use wifi which sucks when i use bluetooth. thus, slow internet.
2)unable to pinch zoom in mail. SL was able to zoom with pinching to enlarge the fonts of the mail. have to use command +/- now.
3)natural scroll direction works oppositely for 2 finger scrolling and 4 finger swipe between full screen apps. i can't configure individually for each of these. so it's like if i check the natural, 2 finger is natural and 4 finger is unnatural.
anyone having the same annoyance? solutions will be appreciated.
1) usb ethernet does not work. i have to use wifi which sucks when i use bluetooth. thus, slow internet.
2)unable to pinch zoom in mail. SL was able to zoom with pinching to enlarge the fonts of the mail. have to use command +/- now.
3)natural scroll direction works oppositely for 2 finger scrolling and 4 finger swipe between full screen apps. i can't configure individually for each of these. so it's like if i check the natural, 2 finger is natural and 4 finger is unnatural.
anyone having the same annoyance? solutions will be appreciated.
If you have your finder windows set in "icon view" mode, which is the first box (icon, list, columns, cover flow), then you'll see the icon resize bar in the bottom right corner of the finder window.
Screen sharing virtual displays pooched
Screen sharing to a virtual display is utterly broken, from what I can tell.
I've got 5 macs that I upgraded, and whenever I switch to a virtual display, the login window on the physical display winds up wedged and non-functional - complete with the Beach Ball of Fail. I generally wind up having to power-cycle the machine.
Screen sharing to a virtual display is utterly broken, from what I can tell.
I've got 5 macs that I upgraded, and whenever I switch to a virtual display, the login window on the physical display winds up wedged and non-functional - complete with the Beach Ball of Fail. I generally wind up having to power-cycle the machine.
DVD Player doesn't work
It is amazing to me that Apple apps don't work like DVD Player. Specifically, with 2 monitor or laptop and projector configs, you can't go full screen on the second display. Used to be able to command-f to get the player to display full screen on the second display. Not with Lion.
Crud.
It is amazing to me that Apple apps don't work like DVD Player. Specifically, with 2 monitor or laptop and projector configs, you can't go full screen on the second display. Used to be able to command-f to get the player to display full screen on the second display. Not with Lion.
Crud.
Mindjet Mindmanager for Mac doesn't work
And the guys at Mindjet don't have a timeframe for support.
Argh
And the guys at Mindjet don't have a timeframe for support.
Argh
I found two other workarounds.
There is a keyboard shortcut to exit full screen. I think it's cmd-shift-f or perhaps option-shift-f to exit full screen.
Then there's option-tab which allows you to pick another app and it runs in front of chrome which has now become your wallpaper. Strange looking.
Things that are broken for me:
iTap VNC: waiting for iOS app to be updated.
LaCie NAS: loading 7/22/11 firmware which is supposed to fix issue
Crashplan: quick fix is run the crashplan app which forces java to load.
Scrollbars: I'm trying so hard to resist going in and "fixing" this in system preferences.
All my old rosetta apps (All 2 or 3 of 'em, none of which have I run for close to a year now): I wonder if Apple will let me run SL in a VM?
AFP version
Interestingly, I had to connect to a Terastation and upon attempting, Lion threw up an error about an outdated version. This has been my only problem. Luckily, I had a Snow Leopard machine around so accessing data on the Terastation was no big deal. BUT, as far as things that don't work in Lion, this has been my only stumbling block. I'm most pleased with this upgrade than with all previous upgrades.
Interestingly, I had to connect to a Terastation and upon attempting, Lion threw up an error about an outdated version. This has been my only problem. Luckily, I had a Snow Leopard machine around so accessing data on the Terastation was no big deal. BUT, as far as things that don't work in Lion, this has been my only stumbling block. I'm most pleased with this upgrade than with all previous upgrades.
The clear key isn't working anymore in the calculator widget (the key above 7). Which renders the only usefull dashboard widget useless for me. I used to use it a ton for quick calculations.
The "spin down hard drives when idle" feature is permanently set even though it's uncheked in my system preferences. This is extremely annoying on a Mac Pro full of hard drives. You need to wait ages for them to spin back up all the time.
That together with the tons of other issues and usability weirdness in Lion make for a huge disappointment, a first for an OSX upgrade!
The downsides far outweigh the upsides for me. But unfortunately we don't have an option, we have to upgrade since support for older OS's quickly disappears.
The "spin down hard drives when idle" feature is permanently set even though it's uncheked in my system preferences. This is extremely annoying on a Mac Pro full of hard drives. You need to wait ages for them to spin back up all the time.
That together with the tons of other issues and usability weirdness in Lion make for a huge disappointment, a first for an OSX upgrade!
The downsides far outweigh the upsides for me. But unfortunately we don't have an option, we have to upgrade since support for older OS's quickly disappears.