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10.8 All the Little Things!

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ScottishCaptain

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Oct 4, 2008
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I was wondering... Is it possible that Apple got the new trash icon from a "real" 3D rendering?

How Apple gets such realistic icons? It just works in 2D or even in 3D?

Anyone knows?
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What is a "real" 3D rendering?

They're not photos.

The original Aqua icons were a hybrid between 2D renderings done in something like Photoshop, and 3D renderings from Cinema 4D and Infini-D 4.5.

I'm not sure what they're using these days. Probably Photoshop and Cinema 4D, though the new trash can definitely looks like it was drawn in PS rather then rendered in C4D.

-SC
 
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nextstop

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Jun 27, 2007
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ScottishCaptain said:
What is a "real" 3D rendering?

They're not photos.

The original Aqua icons were a hybrid between 2D renderings done in something like Photoshop, and 3D renderings from Cinema 4D and Infini-D 4.5.

I'm not sure what they're using these days. Probably Photoshop and Cinema 4D, though the new trash can definitely looks like it was drawn in PS rather then rendered in C4D.

-SC
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Nice to know. :cool:
 
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MikhailT

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Nov 12, 2007
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3bs said:
Have they fixed the 3 finger double tap to define a word? It works on and off.
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They changed it to a single tap, not a double tap. Try a single three-finger tap on a word to get it to show up. Double-tapping is going to make it work inconsistently.
 
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3bs

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May 20, 2011
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MikhailT said:
They changed it to a single tap, not a double tap. Try a single three-finger tap on a word to get it to show up. Double-tapping is going to make it work inconsistently.
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I'm on 10.7.4. I'm just asking to see if they fixed it in 10.8 because on 10.7 it's unreliable and doesn't always work. Thanks for the info.
 
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MikhailT

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Nov 12, 2007
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3bs said:
I'm on 10.7.4. I'm just asking to see if they fixed it in 10.8 because on 10.7 it's unreliable and doesn't always work. Thanks for the info.
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This isn't the thread for that but it always work fine for me on 10.7.4. The wikipedia article takes a bit longer to show up but the definitions works great for me.
 
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paul117

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Feb 17, 2012
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Not to sure if this is a new feature or not but i noticed i can backup to 2 or more drives on Time Machine e.g my Time Capsule and an External Hard Drive it simply takes turns.

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nextstop

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tkermit

tkermit

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nextstop said:
It is different but the icons at apple.com doesn't match the ones on Os X.
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Some of the icons on that page look a bit unexpected, contrast-wise. Here's the Lion Mail icon compared to the Mail icon Apple put up on that page:

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ps3zocker

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May 3, 2012
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tkermit said:
Some of the icons on that page look a bit unexpected, contrast-wise. Here's the Lion Mail icon compared to the Mail icon Apple put up on that page:

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They're doing this for every screenshot and icon to make it more appealing to the user. Old marketing trick ;)
 
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nextstop

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Killa Aaron said:
I managed to pull a bigger image from Apple's website and it's been redone like the trash cans in DP4. I suppose it will be put in Safari 6 when the GM build comes out in a couple of weeks.
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Nope. Really.

tkermit said:
Some of the icons on that page look a bit unexpected, contrast-wise. Here's the Lion Mail icon compared to the Mail icon Apple put up on that page:

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I have to repeat...

The graphic items on http://www.apple.com are always - not just now with Mountain Lion - been different in some way compared to the ones on Os X, so is for the printed material, too.

The same icon - let's say the Trash - is represented with subtle changes in the os manual or on the site with respect to the original icon in Os X.

And it make definitely sense.
An operative system, a book and a web site are three different animals, there is no need to match the graphics.
 
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MacRenegade

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Mar 26, 2008
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Has anyone else noticed mds and mdworker (metadata server for Spotlight etc.) popping up every few seconds?

First mds starts running at 50% CPU for a few seconds. When it's done it fires up two mdworker processes at 25% each which also run for a few seconds.

I feel like it's wasting my precious battery life. And since no previous OSes have done this, why should ML have to?
 
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jouz3

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Jan 25, 2011
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MacRenegade said:
Has anyone else noticed mds and mdworker (metadata server for Spotlight etc.) popping up every few seconds?

First mds starts running at 50% CPU for a few seconds. When it's done it fires up two mdworker processes at 25% each which also run for a few seconds.

I feel like it's wasting my precious battery life. And since no previous OSes have done this, why should ML have to?
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It happens to me too, 40% CPU used by both.
 
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