10.7 All the Little Things!

[mohammadmirza]

- Some applications quit when they have no windows and enter background state (preview, grab)

Please tell me this happens with Quicktime as well.

 

[antmarobel]

Oh my, this is going to take some getting used to.

Even iOS has a multitasking panel..

System Preferences>Dock>mark the last box "show light indicators in open applications"

 

[djrod]

C'mon it's not that hard CMD Q kills the app, CMD W closes the window app, it's exactly as always has been

 

[pad07]

If you minimize windows to the app icon, then you can only see them in Expose via the App-only Expose view, which you can access by F10 or clicking and holding on the app icon.

Actually, you can also four finger swipe down for this. Up is mission control.

 

[DVD Plaza]

and when you open apps they now "zoom" in from the middle of the screen. anybody noticed that?

I only notice that in Safari.

Actually it happens for a number of apps - Safari, TextEdit, Disk Utility, AirPort Utility, etc... It also happens for numerous dialogs - the File/Open dialog in those apps, the Empty Trash confirmation dialog, etc. Very likely intended to (eventually) be system-wide - probably when they implement the final GUI in the final beta(s).

 

[DoFoT9]

Actually it happens for a number of apps - Safari, TextEdit, Disk Utility, AirPort Utility, etc... It also happens for numerous dialogs - the File/Open dialog in those apps, the Empty Trash confirmation dialog, etc. Very likely intended to (eventually) be system-wide - probably when they implement the final GUI in the final beta(s).

ahh thanks for pointing that out, i hadnt noticed some of those add ons.

 

[Synaesthesia242]

It's bringing the philosophy across that we should not care anymore if an application is running or not. Just like with iOS we should let the system take care of that.

That said, I still turned them back on.

Tried it out - I have a fast SSD, and opening apps is almost instantaneous, so I almost don't notice it. But iTunes still takes a second or two, so I also turned the indicators back on.

 

[msjones]

Made a quick video of some the the new key features:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g__MbkKbBXE

 

[tourada]

looks like the only new one is Mt Fuji. might be new ones down more in nature.

It is only Mt Fuji. I compared both desktop pictures folders in Lion and SL. Nothing else is new yet. I'm sure by time the GM rolls around, we'll get some good Lion pictures. Hopefully many others as well.

 

[zefram70]

Safari

after doing a search in safari and click on a search result, the search field show you a "SnapBack" option.

 

[jeznav]

WiFi login screen

When connecting to a non-free public Wi-fi such as hotels, airport hotspots, a login webpage diaglog box appears. As soon as you login, it fades away to the background.

I did not launch Safari, just selected the wifi network.

 

[collegitdept]

Time Machine - backing up Whole Copies or Delta

Can any one please tell me if Lion FINALLY fixed Time Machine to so that the whole copies are not duplicated when it is changed - instead only the delta's are backed up???

Please check. This has made Time Machine completely useless for me and so many others who work with large (very large) files like data bases, or video files.

Thanks.

 

[msjones]

The version of FaceTime that comes with Lion is 1.1. The paid for version currently in the AppStore is version 1... just saying

 

[jeznav]

Can any one please tell me if Lion FINALLY fixed Time Machine to so that the whole copies are not duplicated when it is changed - instead only the delta's are backed up???

Please check. This has made Time Machine completely useless for me and so many others who work with large (very large) files like data bases, or video files.

Thanks.

I think there is a feature called Local Snapshots which backups file per bit/block level instead of file level. I haven't tested it myself yet. There is a hidden folder called .MobileBackups in root and user folders which it stores it local snapshots. Can anyone look into that?

UPDATE: Yep. I just looked at time machine logs and diagnotic info and it does make delta backups.

 

[Nishi100]

Is this correct:

Versions - every time you close a document, save it or every hour it creates a version; it's saved on external drive.

Time Machine - every hour; saved on external drive

 

[Lukeit]

Safari tabs behaviour

I don't know if it has been reported already: new tabs in Safari now open close to their "mother" tab where they originate from and not like in SL that all new tabs were opening at the bottom.

 

[bobdard]

When connecting to a non-free public Wi-fi such as hotels, airport hotspots, a login webpage diaglog box appears. As soon as you login, it fades away to the background.

I did not launch Safari, just selected the wifi network.

Yes!! I've been hoping for this feature since they added it to iPhone OS 2 or 3 (not sure which one). It makes accessing school WiFi so much easier.

 

[Steffen.]

Don´t know if this is a new feature but if you press and hold alt and then space to get a quicklook of a file, osx will open the quicklook window in fullscreen.

 

[blondepianist]

HomeSync? Homefolder sync on the way

This has been a feature for a long time, as part of mobile accounts. It lets corporate users with a portable Mac sync their network home directories as a local home.

 

[tourada]

Don´t know if this is a new feature but if you press and hold alt and then space to get a quicklook of a file, osx will open the quicklook window in fullscreen.

you can do the same in SL

 

[shno9]

New terminal themes and background blur!

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but I discovered a new blur function for terminal windows. It looks great! It is on by default with the new "Silver Aerogel" theme, but you can add it to others as well as control blur intensity on inactive windows. The other new themes are "Man Page" and "Solid Colors".
Oh yeah, and you can also pick custom ANSI colors. I love terminal updates

 

[antmarobel]

you can do the same in SL

Come on...SL is doomed!

 

[allR]

What I don't get is it's cool, they removed the lights under running apps. But if I don't quit it, I still see it my dock, and it gets bloated pretty fast! I mostly want my shortcuts in my dock and my 2-3 running apps, not you?

does Apple wants to only have running apps in the dock and people go through the Launchpad everytime? I don't think so cause when you download an app with the Mac app store, it places a shortcut in the dock, so...

Thoughts? What's apple mentality with the dock in Lion?

 

[mrblack927]

New terminal themes and background blur!

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but I discovered a new blur function for terminal windows. It looks great! It is on by default with the new "Silver Aerogel" theme, but you can add it to others as well as control blur intensity on inactive windows. The other new themes are "Man Page" and "Solid Colors".
Oh yeah, and you can also pick custom ANSI colors. I love terminal updates

Great find! I hope to see them adding this kind of thing to other apps as well.

 

[msjones]

What I don't get is it's cool, they removed the lights under running apps. But if I don't quit it, I still see it my dock, and it gets bloated pretty fast! I mostly want my shortcuts in my dock and my 2-3 running apps, not you?

does Apple wants to only have running apps in the dock and people go through the Launchpad everytime? I don't think so cause when you download an app with the Mac app store, it places a shortcut in the dock, so...

Thoughts? What's apple mentality with the dock in Lion?

You can set the running app notification in the dock settings in system prefs.