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OS X Mountain Lion: Ready or not, here it comes.
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since your expectations are at about -1, I reckon you might actually be impressed by this release
since your expectations are at about -1, I reckon you might actually be impressed by this release
There are some people who wouldn't be impressed even if SJ rose from the dead
They would find a way to critique that
Not me; most of my comments are rabidly pro-Apple - but ML is definitely a downer for most longtime/experienced Mac users when compared to earlier OS X releases.
nampramos, I've not come across the issue. I've always installed the ML releases from my main partition and have never created a bootable stick version.
Have you followed all the steps from here? http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/08/make-a-bootable-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-installer-from-a-usb-flash-drive/
Also look at http://ameinikan.com/blog/2012/07/1...-you-create-your-mountain-lion-bootable-drive as it deals with ML
I'm still on Snow Leopard and don't see any compelling reason to upgrade for what I do. I don't need any of the iOS-like stuff. I don't need the updated Mail, I don't need the new Mission Control or Launchpad, full screen apps is nice but I don't need it... I certainly don't need the autosave feature or whatever it's called. I'm not bashing Lion or ML I just don't need it!
I will upgrade to ML a day or two after its release. I suspect that access to the App Store will be difficult with all those people doing all those large downloads all at once. I'd also want to see what issues people run into with their upgrades. Of course, I will back up my computer before installing it.
I will go ahead and upgrade my rMBP because I get ML free and because ML most likely was thoroughly tested on it during hardware development.
Just today I upgraded my 2009 iMac to Lion from SL and do not plan to upgrade it to ML until several updates; at least 10.8.3 or higher. My wife and kids use it and I want it stable.
My 2011 Mini is on Lion and I will wait to upgrade to ML after 10.8.1.
My 2009 Mini is on Lion and I will wait to upgrade to ML after 10.8.2 or higher.
Just today I upgraded my 2009 iMac to Lion from SL and do not plan to upgrade it to ML until several updates; at least 10.8.3 or higher. My wife and kids use it and I want it stable.
My 2011 Mini is on Lion and I will wait to upgrade to ML after 10.8.1.
My 2009 Mini is on Lion and I will wait to upgrade to ML after 10.8.2 or higher.
I don't know if excited is the right word but I'm a little excited that I get to play with some new features Airplay in particular.
And I'm also wondering if rumors are true that they've added Intel QuickSync support for quicktime h.264 exports. That'd be nice.
Airplay in particular. And I'm also wondering if rumors are true that they've added Intel QuickSync support for quicktime h.264 exports. That'd be nice.
I will be upgrading when released. My main interest is in the iCloud changes. I am hoping I can replace Dropbox completely with Documents in the Cloud, but I do have some concerns that I will need to investigate when released next week before I start copying all my files over (the least of which is how to copy files from Finder into iCloud without doing it one by one). Also anxious to see if I can copy PDF's into iCloud and then view them within IOS. This is a biggy for me. If not possible, I won't be using Documents in the Cloud. I'll just stay with Dropbox.
I'm confused how this can replace Dropbox if iOS doesn't have it's own file system. For example, if I currently want to see a Word document, I open Dropbox and click on the document and read it. How is it possible to do this same thing with iCloud when there is no iCloud app?
You do it within the app itself. For a Word document you would have to go into Pages and open the file there.
This may be a stupid question, but if I have a MBP and a MBA, do you have to pay twice to install mountain lion on both?
Apple's always been cool about this. When you had to buy your OS on a CD or DVD, there were two options. One was a license for one computer *wink wink* and the other was a family pack good for five computers. In reality, it was the exact same disc. The only difference was the price and how it made you feel at the end of the day. They actually sold a good number of the family packs. Neither version checked back with Cupertino to see how many times it had been installed.
I think Lion inherited the App Store's limit of 5 machines, but Craig Federighi said one Mountain Lion purchase will upgrade all of your personal Macs at WWDC.
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I think the question is whether Mountain Lion is like a normal 10.x.0 release or whether it's like 10.7.5. Although, even if it were called 10.7.5, I'd probably wait a little while for the canaries to fly down into the mine. I'm mainly hoping for little bug fixes and performance enhancement over Lion. The cool feature I'd likeAirplaywon't work on my Mac.
I will probably download it that day. I am not crazy excited, but I am anticipating the new features. I know a lot of people on here are complaining about "its just a bunch of iOS features" but if you own an iPhone and/or iPad its another big step in integration.
As silly as it might sound, one of the big features of ML (for me at least) is reminders. The reminders pane in iCal is lame, and more so since iCloud because they behave very different. Now reminders on my iPhone and Mac are the same.
I am also looking forward to Notification Center. No need for all these growl plugins everywhere, that stop working as soon as you update your system. I stopped using growl a while back, but since I like to know as soon as an email comes in, I can't hide my dock unless I want my mail icon to bounce. Drives me crazy!!!
As silly as it might sound, one of the big features of ML (for me at least) is reminders. The reminders pane in iCal is lame, and more so since iCloud because they behave very different. Now reminders on my iPhone and Mac are the same.
I am also looking forward to Notification Center. No need for all these growl plugins everywhere, that stop working as soon as you update your system. I stopped using growl a while back, but since I like to know as soon as an email comes in, I can't hide my dock unless I want my mail icon to bounce. Drives me crazy!!!