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10.8 All the Little Things!
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Less switching required? More optimized graphics work that cuts down on the requirement of the dGPU?
OS X tend to be strict about what actions requires dGPU, so it is possible ML is even more optimized in this area allowing for more animations without the use of dGPU.
This is what happens when I try to play some Flash video (not every time)
http://cl.ly/2p3o1A1a1P2j3Z0z472W
and when I force a shutdown and get back now I'm receiving this pop up, this is new for me
http://cl.ly/1u140J1f2E3B2t0T0O3x
http://cl.ly/2p3o1A1a1P2j3Z0z472W
and when I force a shutdown and get back now I'm receiving this pop up, this is new for me
http://cl.ly/1u140J1f2E3B2t0T0O3x
I got this a lot with DP2 on a machine with NVIDIA graphics (2010 13" MacBook Pro). Haven't gotten that yet with DP3. Crossing my fingers that I don't again. But the release notes for DP3 imply that while they've done some work on the NVIDIA graphics front, there's still a fair bit of work to do.
Has anyone noticed rearranging apps on the dock doesn't have an animation any more?
Update: Turns out a restart fixed this.
Update: Turns out a restart fixed this.
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I have the same machine, I uninstalled the Flash player and installed the Flash Player beta 11.3, no problems yet
I have a bug with time machine saying that my sparsebundle is in use and I can't backup anymore
Since you're talking about sparsebundles, you're using either Time Capsule or an AirPort Extreme with a drive attached. I have the latter and that used to happen to me and my wife on Lion all the time. I think they fixed it with 10.7.2. Interesting you're seeing that again now. Our interim solution was to restart the AirPort.
Yeah I've had the same thing when running flash videos. I think that popup is new.
I'm a little bummed out that this newest release doesn't have too much in the way of new features or changes. If Mountain Lion is now fully matured in terms of its featureset, it's going to be a boring few months until it comes out in late summer. Oh well, I only have myself to blame.
Well you've got to admit that this release is pretty close to the release of Lion. If they would have waited years like they did between Windows 7 and 8 there would be a lot more to see.
Yes and no. It's the sum of the little things that makes it a decent update. It's not finished yet so they could add more, and it's buggy enough to leave hope for more speed and refinement. But still, I find it quite difficult to go back to Lion because of the new big features (especially Notification Center, but also Messages, Safari, Twitter, and App Store; and I look forward to using Airplay extensively when I get an AppleTV this summer) and all the little things. You may not be able to appreciate it until you use it.
But as far as more frequent but smaller updates go, I think I'm going to be a big fan. Older major OS updates were $129 and took an average of 2 years to be released but could be longer than that. If they break up the price and features and release more frequently because of it, I think it's a win for everyone. It could possibly speed up the rate of feature and security innovation while simultaneously giving us more for less (it'll take nearly 4 of these smaller OS revisions to equal the cost of one older major revision).
Even people who don't want to update that frequently will benefit. You may choose to update every other year or every third year and jump into all the features at once, but your cost will still be a bit less for the equivalent of an older more massive update like Leopard was. The only thing that might be a problem is if you have to purchase and install each version in between individually to get to the latest one (i.e. pay $30 for and install Mountain Lion before you can pay $30 for and install 10.9, etc.).
Of course, all of this is based on the assumption that each version will be priced at $30.
Yeah I have an Airport Extreme with a drive attached (I think a non exchangeable hard drive nonsense lol) I will try your suggestion!
Internet sharing now has the option to use WPA2 security. Previously, WEP was the only security option. Interestingly enough, WEP's been removed (not that it matters that much anyways now that we have WPA2).
That was already in DP2.
Yeah, that happens to my tabs frequently. Still more work to be done, but overall DP3 is the most stable so far. That's a good thing.
One more thing... Try to click on "show all favorites" in Favorites Bar. You'll see that Favorites page is not working properly...
This is probably one of the smallest findings
Now text fields have a subtle grey border around them:
ML:
Lion:
EDIT: More!
Reordering Spaces no longer changes the space number! No more confusions!
Now text fields have a subtle grey border around them:
ML:
Lion:
EDIT: More!
Reordering Spaces no longer changes the space number! No more confusions!
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Although financially it makes sense, but how Apple does OS updates (ex. neglecting past OS users almost completely) - it will be difficult for people to be having yesterday's OS as opposed the latest & greatest. It works for iOS but I see trouble with OS X.
For example, I'd say people who run Office/Adobe/ or other major suites, may have trouble upgrading to an OS every year as compatibility issues may come into play. Hell, it took Adobe/Microsoft how long to issue updates for Lion? If that trend continues, major apps won't be updated until the OS is about 1/3 to 1/2 through its cycle. In the future, developers will have to worry about supporting 2 or 3 versions of OS X within a 2 to 3 year span. As opposed to maybe 2 OSes within 4 years.
This yearly model makes sense with iOS, as people's businesses don't depend solely on their iPad/iPhone; if app compatibility is lost on Photoshop Touch (or whatever its called), it wouldn't be the end of the world to users. But with desktop apps, that currently are much more intricate in function, apps that are broken will take longer to update - and users may not find that acceptable.
I was just thinking out loud & may be wrong about this but it seems like a logical analysis.
Grapher, DigitalColor Meter, Disk Utility, and Keychain Access don't support Full Screen. Grapher doesn't have resume, but does have "Save As"!
