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Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by danbee » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:31 AM UTC

publicfig wrote: post #22

cstuder wrote: post #2

Hey, Dashboard still exists. I'm wondering why I never use it anymore. It was fun to play around with and design for, but nowadays I... well, I actually forgot the shortcut to open it. Am I the only one?

I use it for iStatPro and for the sticky notes feature. Those two thins are actually pretty useful for me. The calculator is typically useless though, and I've never found anything else that can't be solved quicker by just typing it into an address bar to put on there.

I find iStat Menus much more useful.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:31 AM UTC

lloeki wrote: post #26

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is Mission Control any faster in switching spaces? It's incredibly annoying to wait 2-3 seconds to switch spaces, every, time. Especially since it was configurable in Snow Leopard.

On Lion machines, using the keyboard shortcuts (ctrl/cmd+1/2/3/4), switching spaces is well under a second (my guess would be 500~750ms). From MC (which takes again less than a second to enter), entering a space is more in the 750~1000ms range but still, I don't know where you get that 2~3s figure. This may help, although I found too fast an animation makes me dizzy after a while. defaults write com.apple.dock expose…

That's the mission control expose animation, I know of that and use it. I want the four finger swipe sped up. I don't know the absolute numbering of my spaces, it's a relative association for me.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by mehulkar » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:32 AM UTC

beloch wrote: post #30

Could rebranding OSX to OS10 be in preparation for OS11? OSXI doesn't sound or look as good as OS11 to me. They're also almost out of large cats... The time for OS11 is rapidly approaching. OSX has evolved substantially since its release, but is still very much the same OS. If Windows 8 is a fundamental leap (that doesn't lead to a face-plant) then OSX might soon be in the same position as OS9 was after Win95 came ou…

I hear they're moving to dinosaurs and other extinct species by smoothly transitioning through the Sabretooth Cat[1].

[1] Wikipedia says the official name is Smilodon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by mehulkar » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:33 AM UTC

ryannielsen wrote: post #28

jlarocco wrote: post #6

The "features" in that video are a joke. Does anybody know if there are under the hood improvements in this version that would make upgrading worth the money?

"Under the hood"? Not really. There are a few nifty new APIs – SceneKit, NSXPCConnection, NSUserNotification, the sharing stuff – and the 64-bit kernel (with kernel ASLR) is now the default. Regarding user-visible features, I think there are a couple nice ones: - AirPlay mirroring is slick, especially in meeting situations - Document auto-save and versioning are a lot less annoying and more useful - Improved sharing…

Integrated iMessage is all the extra features I need.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:34 AM UTC

illicium wrote: post #29

risratorn wrote: post #25

It's a joke they still haven't fixed the fullscreen feature rendering your second monitor useless. I can't understand why they did it that way and why it hasn't been fixed already.

Everyone keeps saying this, but I think it's FUD. They've fixed the main gripe with Lion's full screen: not being able to full screen an app on the monitor of your choice (as opposed to the main monitor only). Why is the second monitor useless? I'm sure you can still drag app windows to it and interact with them. edit: You can drag child windows of the full-screened app to the second monitor. The whole point of the f…

> Why is the second monitor useless? I'm sure you can still drag app windows (as well as other apps) to it and interact with them.

Uh, no. You can't. That's the gripe. Way to be dismissive when you don't even grok the complaint.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by clhodapp » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:35 AM UTC

beloch wrote: post #30

Could rebranding OSX to OS10 be in preparation for OS11? OSXI doesn't sound or look as good as OS11 to me. They're also almost out of large cats... The time for OS11 is rapidly approaching. OSX has evolved substantially since its release, but is still very much the same OS. If Windows 8 is a fundamental leap (that doesn't lead to a face-plant) then OSX might soon be in the same position as OS9 was after Win95 came ou…

The rebranding is from "Mac OS X" (read Mac O S Ten) to "OS X" (read O S Ten)

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by risratorn » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:38 AM UTC

illicium wrote: post #29

risratorn wrote: post #25

It's a joke they still haven't fixed the fullscreen feature rendering your second monitor useless. I can't understand why they did it that way and why it hasn't been fixed already.

Everyone keeps saying this, but I think it's FUD. They've fixed the main gripe with Lion's full screen: not being able to full screen an app on the monitor of your choice (as opposed to the main monitor only). Why is the second monitor useless? I'm sure you can still drag app windows to it and interact with them. edit: You can drag child windows of the full-screened app to the second monitor. The whole point of the f…

Well that's the real problem, you can't ... when you fullscreen an app the second monitor just displays a gray fabric background but you can't put apps, widgets, or anything else for that mater on it. It's a fail I wasn't expecting from Apple.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by neutronicus » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:39 AM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #14

iusable wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Been using it on a fully loaded macbook air. Completely anecdotal but I think my boot times are faster. But my encryption seems slower. Safari is wayyy more stable and faster. Messages is integrated better and love Notifications! Launchpad is way smoother imho.

Is Mission Control any faster in switching spaces? It's incredibly annoying to wait 2-3 seconds to switch spaces, every, time. Especially since it was configurable in Snow Leopard.

Being unable to cycle through windows with tab in exposé is what really hacks me off about Lion at the moment.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by metatronscube » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:39 AM UTC

Looks like some solid improvements, especially for the price they are charging. I hope they keep pushing though, I feel it could be a little quicker (especially on my older macs) and I feel compared to Snow Leopard it is noticeably slower (things like airdrop don't work either). Performance and stability improvements would be a good next step. Easier said than done however.

Re: 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

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Post by siglesias » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:43 AM UTC

beloch wrote: post #30

Could rebranding OSX to OS10 be in preparation for OS11? OSXI doesn't sound or look as good as OS11 to me. They're also almost out of large cats... The time for OS11 is rapidly approaching. OSX has evolved substantially since its release, but is still very much the same OS. If Windows 8 is a fundamental leap (that doesn't lead to a face-plant) then OSX might soon be in the same position as OS9 was after Win95 came ou…

I don't think that the rebranding to OS10 is factually accurate [1]. As a matter of pronunciation, OS X has always been pronounced "OS Ten" (as opposed to "OS EX").

1) See branding for Mountain Lion http://www.apple.com/osx/