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10.7 All the Little Things!

monokakata said:
1. Keyboard (Apple KB) letter repeat won't work. If I want to type AAAAA, for example, the A key won't repeat. Symbols and punctuation marks will repeat. Numbers won't.
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This is because of the iOS-type popup that shows up on certain letters when you hold the key down. I'm not sure if there is a way to disable this.
 
Etnies419 said:
This is because of the iOS-type popup that shows up on certain letters when you hold the key down. I'm not sure if there is a way to disable this.
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Thanks. I noticed that popup and wasn't sure what it meant. I have an iPad but don't do much text work on it, or I probably would have recognized it.
 
I'm overall pretty happy with Lion. But what's killing me is the placement of the dictionary app in the spotlight menu. I've installed a German dictionary and thesaurus, and as a sixth year student of German (as a foreign language), I use the spotlight dictionary to get the general sense of words I don't know. In SL, I had it placed right below the Top Hit item so that I could get there as quickly as possible, since that's what I use Spotlight for most (I use Alfred for everything else). Now it looks like you can't move the dictionary app up from it's place under everything else. Does anyone know if I'm just missing something in the preferences or if I'm just stuck this way?
 
<insert favorite deity name> help us, repeating letters are gone everywhere.

Obviously it's happening at a lower level in Lion than I thought.

I thought it was only in Mail, but it's in every application that can accept text from the KB -- except Terminal.

It's hard to understand why there's no setting for this (assuming there isn't). I accept that it makes sense on iOS devices, but I don't see the point on any other device.
 
monokakata said:
Yes, of course. I'm aware of that option.

My complaint has to do with the style of correction, not whether correction is on or off. I much prefer the old style, and fear that it's been wholly replaced by this intrusive iOS style.
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I have that tick taken out of mine

I have tested in Mail and also the update pages, I get NO auto correction like iOS that I can see

everything works as it did in Snow Leopard, mis spell a word and it underlines it in red, right click and I chose the correct spelling
 
paulsalter said:
I have that tick taken out of mine

I have tested in Mail and also the update pages, I get NO auto correction like iOS that I can see

everything works as it did in Snow Leopard, mis spell a word and it underlines it in red, right click and I chose the correct spelling
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Hmmm. That's very good to know. I'll try to figure out what I've set wrong. Maybe there's some interaction between Mail Preferences and System Preferences. I'll set everything back on and go test.

I hope I didn't panic. I hate panicking publicly.
 
monokakata said:
Hmmm. That's very good to know. I'll try to figure out what I've set wrong. Maybe there's some interaction between Mail Preferences and System Preferences. I'll set everything back on and go test.

I hope I didn't panic. I hate panicking publicly.
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there are a few other options, but I cant remember if i changed them or not

when you are composing a new email, have a look under the edit option at spelling, there is another one there for auto correct spelling, I have this un selected but cant remember if i changed it or not
 
spending time looking at new features does make sense (as some people said)

I didnt initially like the 'All My Files' section in Finder

just been looking into it and it is genius, seems to nicely replace the search folders from Snow Leopard
 
paulsalter said:
there are a few other options, but I cant remember if i changed them or not

when you are composing a new email, have a look under the edit option at spelling, there is another one there for auto correct spelling, I have this un selected but cant remember if i changed it or not
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I think I've got it, thanks to your hint.

If Check Spelling in Mail Prefs is set to "as I type," and under Language and Text in System Prefs "Correct spelling automatically" is selected

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in Mail, under Edit (where you led me) the Substitutions option has "Text replacement" selected -- then you get the behavior that bothered me.

Thanks! I could have lived with what I was getting, but I didn't like it.
 
MUCKYFINGERS said:
Does anyone feel like they are using the dock less now that there's the launchpad and full screen apps? I am :D
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HECK YEAH! Using Safari Full Screen plus a couple of additional screens (spaces), using Launchpad (rearranged the apps) and of course Mission Control = NO NEED for dock! I've hidden it for the first time ever, and for the past couple of days I haven't used it but a couple of time.
It's amazing how much difference these gestures make for me... I'm ALL for Lion! :cool:
 
I've never been more in touch with the Force Quit window, another thank you Apple

reubs said:
I just wish the new airs still had a disk drive for all of those 3.5" diskettes I've got. How will I install drivers for my 56K modem without it?
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I tried to open Disk Inventory X to see what I could erase to possible smooth out Lion :rolleyes:
 
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Bugs I encountered:

1. Two/Three finger swipe to go back and forth in Finder does not work all the time. I will have to scroll up and down first before it works.

2. Going into System Preference to adjust the 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay until Repeat' for the keyboard DOES NOT WORK. I tried putting it at all settings but pressing down on a key will NOT repeat.


Edit. To fix the key repeat, enter this into terminal : defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

and press enter.


Someone else please tell me they also encountered these bugs.
 
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iMerlin said:
To be honest this is the one feature Win 7 has that I like. However, it can be obtained in Lion by downloading the Better Touch Tool.
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Wow, I'm ever surprised when I hear someone in favour of snap! I hate how much control it takes away - "oh you're moving this window off the screen and out of the way, I suppose you actually want it to take up the WHOLE SCREEN!" To me it is Clippy mentality. What I do like about it is you can turn it off, under the guise of improving performance :).
 
Inopia-Vi said:
Just for that feature, i am willing to drop windows, as it is sooooo usefull when working :cool:
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This is one of (if not everything) that JiTouch does better than BTT (for me). I used to use BTT for a very long time and loved it. But then it glitches on me and I had to re-assign all my gestures again (as they had been lost) and this is when I discovered JiTouch and it's just a much simpler, much cleaner program and with it's character recognition I find that it even further streamlined my workflow more so than BTT did with all it's gesture enhancements.

But the windows snap feature is a simple gesture in JiTouch, if i swipe to the left with my index and ring finger, the window snaps to the left half of the screen and vice-versa. The only things is BTT allows you to actually snap into quarters, which JiTouch doesn't, but considering i'm on a MBP, I don't really need that as the area gets too small. If I was on a 27" iMac, quarters wouldn't be such a bad idea.

The only problem is that JiTouch isn't free. But I found it worth the money. Regardless BTT is great, I just prefer the ease and simplicity of JiTouch.
 
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