OS X 10.7 (Lion) GM Released
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Caporegime
They haven't ditched spaces though? Just how you access them.
Mission control is good I find, I just got very very used to expose - I imagine you'll get used to it
I've turned my gestures off to be honest, I've never been a fan of them, I've got a magic mouse so they could be used there, but I just decide not to use them, they're just not for me.
I do think it is running a lot faster than it's previous counter part (SL), the boot times are increased, loading times do actually seem to be quicker, which I thought was very surprising.
I don't really use Mission control all that much but it is a nifty piece of software to use, if you're multitasking that much that you've got that many windows going on at once.
Launch pad? I hate it, i'm not going to get my applications through there, i'm just going to go through the normal way of getting them through the folder on my desktop, that's just not for me.
Granted, I've only got a Mac Mini, 2.4ghz, 8gbs of ram so my system isn't exactly high spec, but it still runs reasonably well considering.
I'll be getting either a MBP or an iMac towards september, so i cannot wait for that, that will be so much better and the hardware will be much better then (Will on the imac not so much on the mbp).
I do think it is running a lot faster than it's previous counter part (SL), the boot times are increased, loading times do actually seem to be quicker, which I thought was very surprising.
I don't really use Mission control all that much but it is a nifty piece of software to use, if you're multitasking that much that you've got that many windows going on at once.
Launch pad? I hate it, i'm not going to get my applications through there, i'm just going to go through the normal way of getting them through the folder on my desktop, that's just not for me.
Granted, I've only got a Mac Mini, 2.4ghz, 8gbs of ram so my system isn't exactly high spec, but it still runs reasonably well considering.
I'll be getting either a MBP or an iMac towards september, so i cannot wait for that, that will be so much better and the hardware will be much better then (Will on the imac not so much on the mbp).
Yeah, from the installer?
Caporegime
Tbh I can't see myself using Launch Pad at all - spotlight keyboard shortcut then application name - done. Quickest way I find!
Dunno to be honest, haven't looked! Might be a seperate thing you have to buy.
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It's a separate installer, it's not part of Lion as standard.
Caporegime
You can change the preferences
Not for that. It only lets you choose between a three and four finger gesture.
They feel dumbed down from those in Snow Leopard.
Ah I see
I will do some investigations tonight...
Whoops, typo, it was in the DPs.
God I'm absent minded.
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Well I've got my optibay, old 320Gb from the MBP and 80GB X25-M ready to test Lion.
For a number of reasons I won't be putting Lion on my MP for a while until im happy everything plays ball.
Namely: UnRAID AFP.
For a number of reasons I won't be putting Lion on my MP for a while until im happy everything plays ball.
Namely: UnRAID AFP.
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This is what i posted on Macrumours. It's the only problem I have had with the Full Drive Encryption (If that is the problem). Still decrypting my drive...6 hours later
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Jacob you do know that expose is still there. Its just moved. Its apart of mission control.
Caporegime
Yes mate, point is it's basically redundant now as MC does the same thing and far more.
Just installed Lion GM and now mBox isn't working in Mail.app. Boo. Have sent the developers an email, see what they come back with. I hate the fact that Microsoft have no support other than pop for Hotmail on Mac.
Edit: Also System Profiler said that Trim wasn't on for my SSD.
Edit: Also System Profiler said that Trim wasn't on for my SSD.
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Caporegime
I have just repatched it with trim enabler. Seems to work on lion too.
There are quite a few little issues with this "Golden Master".
I am a little surprised that the full launch is happening in a week. Finder has a few bugs, the gestures control needs a little work, memory usage etc.
Im pretty annoyed about the recovery partition. I have a 120gb SSD and dont want to have a timemachine backup and 10-15 gb of recovery partition.
There are quite a few little issues with this "Golden Master".
I am a little surprised that the full launch is happening in a week. Finder has a few bugs, the gestures control needs a little work, memory usage etc.
Im pretty annoyed about the recovery partition. I have a 120gb SSD and dont want to have a timemachine backup and 10-15 gb of recovery partition.
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I upgraded my Snow Leopard install, and don't appear to have a recovery partition (which on my only-120GB boot drive is handy).
I was a massive exposé user - and was using quite a few spaces too, and wasn't looking forward to mission control. Turns out it's better than I imagined, and actually I quite like it. Being able to create spaces on the fly is pretty neat.
Overall, much happier with it than I thought I would be. I also think Launchpad is awful and pointless, but I use Alfred to launch all my apps anyway - and it does sit out of the way.
The new gestures are going to take some getting used to.