10.8 All the Little Things!

[upsguy27]

Can someone either post pictures or speak to what iCal (now Calendar) and Address Book (now Contacts) feels like under Mountain Lion?

I must say, I absolutely cannot stand the iOS-y versions found in 10.7 and hope they are looking to improve them. Particularly the print views in iCal.

Calendar feels exactly the same as iCal under 10.7, same design and features. I never used the print feature before now but I attached screenshots.

Same for Contacts, besides a few UI changes it feels the same to me. The bottom "views" bar is new, I think.

 

[CarsonGallo]

Liger

Liger (Half Lion, Half Tiger) is a Cat they haven't used, and they could've used instead of Mountain Lion, but I get why they didn't. Too bad Leopard & Snow Leopard didn't come before Tiger. So then Tiger would've come before Lion, and this name would've been perfect.

 

[LiesForTheLiars]

Liger (Half Lion, Half Tiger) is a Cat they haven't used, and they could've used instead of Mountain Lion, but I get why they didn't. Too bad Leopard & Snow Leopard didn't come before Tiger. So then Tiger would've come before Lion, and this name would've been perfect.

They're not naming the OS's in order of cat-ness. Puma (10.1) has already come out a long time ago and that's a mountain lion. And the beta of the original OS X was a bear. They can call it whatever they want.

 

[*LTD*]

Liger (Half Lion, Half Tiger) is a Cat they haven't used, and they could've used instead of Mountain Lion, but I get why they didn't. Too bad Leopard & Snow Leopard didn't come before Tiger. So then Tiger would've come before Lion, and this name would've been perfect.

"Liger" is unmarketable. Sounds odd, and most consumers don't know what it is.

 

[pdjudd]

"Liger" is unmarketable. Sounds odd, and most consumers don't know what it is.

And the ones that do associate it with Napoleon Dynamite.

 

[LiesForTheLiars]

And the ones that do associate it with Napoleon Dynamite.

Which is millions of people. I didn't even realize it was a real animal for a while.

 

[johnsmclean]

I don't know if it was already posted but I noted a new thing. When copying files to a pendrive or whatever it is, copied folders during transfert show a X button to cancel action and they also show a progress bar.

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in case it was already seen, sorry!

I have tried to replicate this. Can't see it.

 

[*LTD*]

I don't know if it was already posted but I noted a new thing. When copying files to a pendrive or whatever it is, copied folders during transfert show a X button to cancel action and they also show a progress bar.

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in case it was already seen, sorry!

It's a nice little touch.

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

Heres a screenshot of the New Calendar App Side-Pane mention before.

This looks nice.

I'm actually looking forward to ML; will throw it on my Late 07 MBP after the GM release. Finally enough new features to justify the hassles of a clean install.

 

[HelveticaNeue]

Is someone willing to check if Address Book lets you choose what Row and Column on a label sheet to start printing from? This has bothered me for years. I have to keep Word on my Mac just so I can print labels since Address Book will only let me print from the first label on the sheet. Would love to see this rectified.

 

[Germen3]

Calendar feels exactly the same as iCal under 10.7, same design and features. I never used the print feature before now but I attached screenshots.

Same for Contacts, besides a few UI changes it feels the same to me. The bottom "views" bar is new, I think.

If you compare those shots with Lions calendar there are some differences. The stitched leather is gone. The color is adjusted a little and the traffic lights are gone.

 

[fredcintra]

If you compare those shots with Lions calendar there are some differences. The stitched leather is gone. The color is adjusted a little and the traffic lights are gone.

Traffic Lights are still there

 

[Germen3]

Traffic Lights are still there

Why are they not visible in upsguy27's screenshots?

 

[iGrouch]

Rude Apple

also two-finger gestures are in the app store and itunes now, still not in finder though

Yes I noticed that the other day when I tried to get something from the App store and it would not my card details!!

 

[upsguy27]

Why are they not visible in upsguy27's screenshots?

Oh, sorry, I forgot, I have a SIMBL plugin that removes the traffic lights from all Mac OS apps.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Which is millions of people. I didn't even realize it was a real animal for a while.

So is a tion. One is female tiger/male lion, the other is female lion/male tiger. Liger is bigger, though.

 

[fredcintra]

I just notice one behavior change that I did not like in the new open/save dialog boxes. when you drag one file from Finder to them, it used to change the folder destination to the folder of the file you drag in. Not anymore, in Mountain Lion the file you drag in will be moved to the folder that is shown in open/save box. Just like MS Windows does. =\

I made a video to show how it works now.
http://cl.ly/180u1Y2l3Q3O3A2h2Q0m

 

[AdeFowler]

I just notice one behavior change that I did not like in the new open/save dialog boxes. when you drag one file from Finder to them, it used to change the folder destination to the folder of the file you drag in. Not anymore, in Mountain Lion the file you drag in will be moved to the folder that is shown in open/save box. Just like MS Windows does. =\

I made a video to show how it works now.
http://cl.ly/180u1Y2l3Q3O3A2h2Q0m

I realise it's different to how it previously worked, but I think the new way is more logical and certainly more useful. It's also consistent with the behaviour when you drag a file to the iCloud part of the dialog box.

 

[fredcintra]

I realise it's different to how it previously worked, but I think the new way is more logical and certainly more useful. It's also consistent with the behaviour when you drag a file to the iCloud part of the dialog box.

yeah I thought the change was to be consistent with iCloud and I agree with the consistency of the new behavior, but I desagree about the usefulness. I usually have a finder windoe open in the folder that I want to save my work, so I just drag a file from that folder to change the folder on dialog box, that was very useful for me

 

[kockgunner]

yeah I thought the change was to be consistent with iCloud and I agree with the consistency of the new behavior, but I desagree about the usefulness. I usually have a finder windoe open in the folder that I want to save my work, so I just drag a file from that folder to change the folder on dialog box, that was very useful for me

That was one of my favourite features and time savers! It's so much more useful because I don't have to navigate again to whatever folder in a cramped version of Finder. If I wanted to manage my files and move them around, I would do that in Finder.

 

[dthoang65536]

Not sure if this is an intended feature or a bug. When I open launchpad, if I zoom in then the icons come closer. If I zoom out they zoom out.

 

[AndyMoore]

Funny how sometimes the little things are what matter most.

On the other hand:

Finder still has the grey icons.

This wasn't something that bothered me, I was just answering a question from the bottom of page one . . .

 

[MacFly123]

General
-Option to save directly to iCloud from Save dialog in TextEdit (and presumably any app that supports iCloud document syncing)

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-When a document that is using Versions is changed, the "Edited" in the titlebar of the document pulsates blue for a few seconds.

-"Duplicate" now has a keyboard shortcut: Cmd-Shift-S. When you select Duplicate, a copy of the current document pops out and the titlebar becomes an editable text field, allowing you to enter a new name, hit enter, and be done.

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-Option to show the Displays menu item "Never," "Always," or "Automatically" (presumably only when you have a second display connected)



Safari
-New "Passwords" tab in Safari preferences

-"Tell websites not to track me" option

-Option to turn off Google/Bing/Yahoo search suggestions

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-Websites can provide notifications in Notification Center

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-"Display images when the page opens" option (default is obviously checked)

-Several sharing options when right-clicking on an image on a page: Email, Message, Twitter, AirDrop, and Flickr

-Ability to rename bookmarks directly in the Bookmarks Bar

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Finder

-New "Share" submenu when right-clicking on a file: Email, Message, AirDrop

Dashboard

-The widgets bar along the bottom for adding new widgets has been replaced with a Launchpad-style picker - including the ability to search.

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QuickTime X

-Controls remain hidden when the movie is paused

I am REALLY glad to hear about the command-shift-S! It is annoying always forgetting you can't save as in Lion. I feel like the whole file system theory in Lion is not finished but in Mountain Lion it will make much more sense and will be complete!

This is not a change in Mountain Lion but I WANT it to be hehe The switches in OS X are the ugly old ones and they waste UI space with unneeded on and off titles outside of the button which makes them more cluttered. I want them to update them to be consistent with iOS 5. I did some before and after mockups you can see below. Anyone agree with me?

 

[Solowalker]

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That was one of my favourite features and time savers! It's so much more useful because I don't have to navigate again to whatever folder in a cramped version of Finder. If I wanted to manage my files and move them around, I would do that in Finder.

I wouldn't call it my favorite, but it's definitely something I use very very frequently. And muscle memory has already almost duplicated several files into weird locations because of this.

I personally always thought the very distinct line between app and file system was a great asset to OS X when compare to the confusingly muddy way Windows allowed files to be moved, renamed, and deleted in what should only be an Open dialig box. I think that "feature" by itself is one of the things hindering less technical people from understanding the file system and how to use it properly (trust me, I was a personal computer instructor for more than 2 years).

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping this is just a bug in ML and will be fixed later. Have it there for iCloud, I guess, but have the "On My Mac" part work as it has previously.

 

[MacFly123]

I can do this in Lion.

So can I but I can NOT do it in Mission Control!

I don't have the Skype.app on my computer but when I opened up Address Book and clicked on the title next to a number, this menu appeared. Looks like apple will integrate Skype in messages to have the mac make phone calls

Interesting. I hope they do something like that because Messages has one glaring omission, SMS! Without it the entire point of your messages from every device anywhere is pointless.