10.8 All the Little Things!

[Howard Ellacott]

I hate the full screen thing, how it makes the second monitor almost obsolete unless the app you're using has other windows. When it said 'go full screen on any display' I though that fixed it... Turns out it just makes the first monitor useless!!

Love dictation though...

 

[Seyedo]

if I install mountain lion would it erase my files? like would it format the computer?

I really don't want to do a back up and I was wondering if installing the new OS would erase my files or not.


thanks

 

[mrapplegate]

if I install mountain lion would it erase my files? like would it format the computer?

I really don't want to do a back up and I was wondering if installing the new OS would erase my files or not.


thanks

Nope it does not erase files. You should back up just in case though.

 

[Dragoro]

if I install mountain lion would it erase my files? like would it format the computer?

I really don't want to do a back up and I was wondering if installing the new OS would erase my files or not.


thanks

Do the upgrade and not fresh install and your files should be fine. Always have a back up though.

 

[3460169]

Mission Control & Multiple Monitors

Question for you folks w/ ML (still waiting for my up-to-date redemption code. grrr) and more than one physical monitor:

When in Mission Control, can you now drag a window (or window group) from one physical display to another? Or can you still only drag them between spaces on the same physical display?

 

[jamesjimmy23]

When swiping for Notification Center, the wallpaper extends in the menubar. You can see this best with bright wallpapers.

 

[jamesjimmy23]

You can no longer display how much time is left on a charge.

 

[riay388]

There is no animation (cycle or indicator) when sending a message in Mail.

Yes there is -- in Activity.

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

I absolutely love how smooth safari 6 is.

Same, I'm extremely impressed how quick it is. Dare I say snappy?

 

[jtrenda33]

I've been wondering how the two finger left swipe will work for Notification Center while Safari is in the foreground. Right now the two finger swipe is to go forward a page.

It works fine because the gesture is that you have to swipe left from the edge of the right side of the trackpad, so, basically, I start the gesture while my fingertips are still on the aluminum casing and then swipe left until the notification center appears. By the way I used the new feature, dictation, to type this post with only a few typos. Pretty cool.

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

1. I think Launchpad doesn't go that deep down the hierarchy of the Applications folder in Mountain Lion anymore. Previously in Lion my Launchpad was inundated with Adobe uninstallers and Microsoft Office apps that cannot be used alone. Now they are nowhere to be seen.

View attachment 348214

Great improvement

 

[riay388]

where are they ???

There are heaps of new Emoji.

 

[zerodfg]

My favourite 'little thing' is probably that safari tabs now sync with iOS via iCloud.

How exactly do you do this? I have tabs open on my ipad, but they aren't showing on my computer.

 

[snyder76]

when downloading an app or update, the progress is shown in the dock and launchpad, a nice feature that I was ironically hoping for this morning before updating

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

How exactly do you do this? I have tabs open on my ipad, but they aren't showing on my computer.

I think you have to have iOS 6 once it's out.

 

[zerodfg]

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this but

1. Software update is now integrated with the App store.
2. It no longer tells you how big the update is. (which is annoying for me because I usually use the size to determine when to download an update)

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when downloading an app or update, the progress is shown in the dock and launchpad, a nice feature that I was ironically hoping for this morning before updating

That's been there since Lion, at least for me.

 

[ECUpirate44]

You can no longer display how much time is left on a charge.

Image

Really!?

 

[riay388]

Safari - Notifications?

Can someone help me with understanding how this will work?

Which websites has been established to work with this? (if any)

and what exactly does this mean?

 

[Bevz]

Little progress bars appear next to the filename when copying files.

 

[koolmagicguy]

I have downloaded ML but it is still "sitting" in the application folder waiting for tonight... One question though about installation process... is there an option to upgrade from 10.7 or a clean installation over Lion is the only way possible?

I'm shivering to the thought of having to reinstall ALL my applications, and passwords, and preferences ...

Just install it. It took about 45 minutes for me on my MBP. All settings, files, passwords and even the desktop picture stayed the same. Good luck!

 

[george-brooks]

A small annoyance, on a laptop, you can no longer set the battery status icon in the top bar to show the estimated time remaining, only the percentage. You must click the icon to see time remaining. This was always my favorite display option but it seems to be missing from ML.

 

[benthewraith]

A small annoyance, on a laptop, you can no longer set the battery status icon in the top bar to show the estimated time remaining, only the percentage. You must click the icon to see time remaining. This was always my favorite display option but it seems to be missing from ML.

They've also switched which side the percentage appears.

 

[ParagJain]

Can someone help me with understanding how this will work?

Which websites has been established to work with this? (if any)

and what exactly does this mean?

This is for the website enhancements, soon they'll be able to create websites that also sends out notifications and location information provided your safari app is open

Something like twitter or facebook website..or many be going forward company websites, etc

 

[Sylon]

This is for the website enhancements, soon they'll be able to create websites that also sends out notifications and location information provided your safari app is open

Something like twitter or facebook website..or many be going forward company websites, etc

It would be nice to see if MacRumors would do something like this for Quote and PM notifications.

 

[Exotic-Car Man]

ML vs. Lion System Prefs

I don't have ML installed yet, but from another screenshot I was able to create a Mountain Lion vs. Lion System Preferences image, for those interested. ML is on the left; Lion is on the right.