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

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Post by karolist »

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…

AirPlay mirroring sounds nice. Could it be used to show Photoshop canvas on an iPad when drawing with wacom?

I was thinking of buying an app for this, but if Mountain Lion does that I might hold off till I upgrade.

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

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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…

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

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Post by jaems33 »

irq wrote: post #21
petercooper wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I played with it for 10 minutes when it first came out and since then have either disabled or hidden it. It just seems to do stuff that most people I know leave browser tabs open for instead nowadays. The calculator is rubbish (and Cmd+Space, c, enter isn't hard), Google does better work at conversions and weather, etc..

You don't even have to launch Calculator, you can just type mathematical expressions directly into Spotlight, and it will immediately display the result.

I feel like a fool for not knowing this earlier. Works with Alfred too.

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

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Post by ryannielsen »

karolist wrote: post #41
ryannielsen wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"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…

AirPlay mirroring sounds nice. Could it be used to show Photoshop canvas on an iPad when drawing with wacom? I was thinking of buying an app for this, but if Mountain Lion does that I might hold off till I upgrade.

Out of the box (so to speak), AirPlay mirroring only supports traditional AirPlay destinations, e.g. AppleTVs. I'm pretty sure you'll still want to pick up that app which makes an iPad an AirPlay destination.

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

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Post by div »

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.

Agreed, it's ridiculous. I went out and bought SizeUp which, among a ton of other window positioning shortcuts, gives me a shortcut to resize an app to fullscreen on a single monitor, without making the second monitor useless.

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/

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

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Post by zarify »

iusable wrote: post #10
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?

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.

Does Messages work through a proxy yet? That was driving me nuts when I was playing with it in beta.

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

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Post by Zr40 »

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.

Are you sure about that? Apple lists exactly that as one of the features of Mountain Lion:

Go full screen on any display

If you have a secondary display connected to your Mac, you can take an app full screen on either display. Drag the window to the desired display and click the full-screen button.

http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html#system

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

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Post by mdonahoe »

Zr40 wrote: post #47
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.

Are you sure about that? Apple lists exactly that as one of the features of Mountain Lion: Go full screen on any display If you have a secondary display connected to your Mac, you can take an app full screen on either display. Drag the window to the desired display and click the full-screen button. http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html#system

But you still can't use both screens simultaneously. One of your screens will contain a fullscreen app, and the. Other will have that linen background

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

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Post by Udo »

Zr40 wrote: post #47
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.

Are you sure about that? Apple lists exactly that as one of the features of Mountain Lion: Go full screen on any display If you have a secondary display connected to your Mac, you can take an app full screen on either display. Drag the window to the desired display and click the full-screen button. http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html#system

But the point is they still blank all the other screens.
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