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All the little things [that don't work] in Mac OS 10.8!
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I just added my own Google Apps account by simply giving my email address and password. It detected that it was a google apps account automatically.
I can change the Finder window size while in list view to any dimension. Seems odd you can't do that. MBP 13 - late 2011
I found this option to be rather confusing. The "Time Remaining" would change too quickly and too much based on seemingly small changes, such as closing a website running a Flash video or dimming the screen. I suspect that many users were confused, so Apple decided to go with a more reliable indicator: percentage remaining (just like in iOS).
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This isn't a problem, just something that needed a firmware update (which came yesterday or today, depending on your machine).
i can't seem to add a custom avatar to my login!
Check out Settings (System Prefs) > User & Groups. You can specify your custom avatar there. Took me a while to find this!
USB Speakers Disconnecting
My little ML problem involves my Mac disconnecting my USB speakers.
Specifically, I have a pair of Creative N400 USB speakers running through my Cinema Display. With Lion, everything came through them fine. Now, after waking up from sleep, everything is silent until I unplug and reattach the speakers. Resetting PRAM didn't help, so I'm hoping 10.8.1 fixes this.
My little ML problem involves my Mac disconnecting my USB speakers.
Specifically, I have a pair of Creative N400 USB speakers running through my Cinema Display. With Lion, everything came through them fine. Now, after waking up from sleep, everything is silent until I unplug and reattach the speakers. Resetting PRAM didn't help, so I'm hoping 10.8.1 fixes this.
Do you have any other USB devices connecting through the display? Have you tried connecting the speakers directly to the computer?
Try a "hard reset" - for the 13 MBP late 2011, it's a press and hold the power button until screen goes black. Wait a minute or to and re-start. Might clear the leftovers from the update.
BTW, I've found this is a good idea after many changes have taken place on the hard drive. Gives the MBP a chance to settle all into place and clean up misc weirdness.
Notes from Snow Leopard are gone
I had them in "On My Mac" in Snow Leopard and after the Mountain Lion upgrade they are nowhere to be found -- not in the Notes app and not in Mail. I don't do anything fancy like sync Notes with iCloud, so I can't figure out how my notes all disappeared.
I can't live without my old notes, so I will have to revert to Snow Leopard if this does not get resolved.
Could there be some kind of manual step to import old notes from Mail into Notes?
I had them in "On My Mac" in Snow Leopard and after the Mountain Lion upgrade they are nowhere to be found -- not in the Notes app and not in Mail. I don't do anything fancy like sync Notes with iCloud, so I can't figure out how my notes all disappeared.
I can't live without my old notes, so I will have to revert to Snow Leopard if this does not get resolved.
Could there be some kind of manual step to import old notes from Mail into Notes?
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i figured this out, its not that.
i know how to find the menu to customise and change the login picture, but the option to add a file from finder has gone. the only way to add a file from finder is to drag and drop it under 'recents'.
There's a small update to activate the PowerNap feature for the '11 /'12 MBA/MBP units -- PowerNap for MBA / MBP '11-'12
AirPlay, 1080p, over wifi doesn't work very well. High expectations never fail to yield disappointments...
Airplay issue in more detail
That is terrible advice. The only time you need to do this is if your computer is frozen and non-responsive and you can't reboot normally.
Suddenly turning off power from your system is NOT how you fix miscellanous issues.
Dont worry. The problems are rare. Post in forums if you need anything. Pretend that you never read this.
I also keep my iPhone connected through the display. Plug in an external hard drive to the third port only when I need it.
I haven't tried connecting the speakers directly to the Mac, but my desk setup is such that I'd never do this. It might isolate the issue (USB hub vs. speaker drivers) but I need to run the speakers through the monitor to have things the way I want them.
personally, i cant get iMessages on my phone to work with Messages app. I have seen a lot of other people have this issue. If you are using one apple id for your itunes and a @me.com address for your iCloud, it seems to be causing a lot of the issues.
The only way I can get my stuff to sync is to have the person I am messaging enter my icloud account email address in my contact in their iPhone, erase all current conversations we are having on all devices involved, and then initiate a new conversation from the Message app on my mac and bam every thing is on all devices. This is the only way it will work. I have spent hours on the phone wil Apple Care and they couldnt figure this out and how to actually get it to work properly, like advertised. Obviously, this crap isnt ready and it doesnt "just work". Really disappointed.
If I send a message from my phone first with a NEW conversation, it comes from my phone number. The conversation DOES NOT SYNC with the MAC!
I even tried to do this and then continue the conversation on the MAC and it wouldn't even send the message!
Now if I send a message first on a NEW conversation via my MAC it WILL show up on the phone with the settings described above and sync to BOTH devices. Works great. Problem is it's VIA MY EMAIL! Many people do not want this to happen!!!
The only way I can get my stuff to sync is to have the person I am messaging enter my icloud account email address in my contact in their iPhone, erase all current conversations we are having on all devices involved, and then initiate a new conversation from the Message app on my mac and bam every thing is on all devices. This is the only way it will work. I have spent hours on the phone wil Apple Care and they couldnt figure this out and how to actually get it to work properly, like advertised. Obviously, this crap isnt ready and it doesnt "just work". Really disappointed.
If I send a message from my phone first with a NEW conversation, it comes from my phone number. The conversation DOES NOT SYNC with the MAC!
I even tried to do this and then continue the conversation on the MAC and it wouldn't even send the message!
Now if I send a message first on a NEW conversation via my MAC it WILL show up on the phone with the settings described above and sync to BOTH devices. Works great. Problem is it's VIA MY EMAIL! Many people do not want this to happen!!!
Safest thing to do it to clone your mac to an external drive (use Carbon Copy Cloner) then so can clone it back to the MacBook if something goes wrong.
10.8 ML wouldn't install straight onto my MacBook - I had to wipe the drive, install ML fresh and then use Migration Assistant to bring everything back from my backup drive (Carbon Copy Cloned). That worked.
Yea, I know it was unreliable, but I liked having a general idea based on time - I never let it get too far down. Oh well though it isn't a deal breaker.
when i try to quick preview (space bar) in my finder it just shows a white blank screen... not sure if ML caused this? help?