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OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store

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Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store

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Post by cicloid »

fredoliveira wrote: post #61
tedsuo wrote: post #59

Are there any memory management / performance changes after the upgrade?

I've been running the GM since the day it got released (the GM is the same build as the one now for sale), and it's been performing as well as Lion did.

Did you notice the drop on memory consumption?

Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store

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Post by fredoliveira »

metafour wrote: post #52
0x0 wrote: post #12

No compatible XCode release yet, it seems. Holding off since I can't afford being unproductive at the moment.

If you log in to developer.apple.com and click on the Mac Dev Center there's a button that says 4.4 in the App Store. Wasn't there yet but if you click on the View all downloads link in the section just below the dmg is available there for download. This is without the paid developer account.

Here's the direct link to the xcode downloads which includes the 4.4 final DMG: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=Xcod...

Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store

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Post by bluthru »

bvlaar wrote: post #3

AirPlay won't work unless you have a 2011 or 2012 Mac. This is highly disappointing.

AirPlay requires a GPU that has hardware h.264 encoding. This is so there isn't a performance hit to compress and send video to the AppleTV.

You can download AirParrot if you'd like the functionality to work with a small performance hit.

Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store

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Post by mileswu »

metafour wrote: post #52
0x0 wrote: post #12

No compatible XCode release yet, it seems. Holding off since I can't afford being unproductive at the moment.

If you log in to developer.apple.com and click on the Mac Dev Center there's a button that says 4.4 in the App Store. Wasn't there yet but if you click on the View all downloads link in the section just below the dmg is available there for download. This is without the paid developer account.

It's now showing in the Mac App Store for me as 4.4, but when I try to update to it, it says my OSX is too new. Hurr...

Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store

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Post by Lewisham »

davej wrote: post #55

I still can't believe the 'skeuomorphic' interfaces for Calendar and Reminders made it into the final version of Mountain Lion. These apps are often in the corner of the screen while working with different applications; they should be minimal and not full of harsh textures and deep bevels. Also, they're just plain ugly. Here's a screenshot for those not familiar: http://f.cl.ly/items/3R0I3X2Y041b091l0j1w/Screen%20Sho…

This doesn't seem like it is going to change. Ever. The course Apple was on software-wise when Jobs passed away Apple seems terrified of moving away from, even when it was clear at the time that desktop was not getting full attention over iOS.

No one in software at Apple seems to have the vision required to make positive changes, rather than cribbing from iOS as the Lions have. Jonny Ive can keep hardware running well, but software is languishing.

It used to be such an easy choice as to what OS I wanted. Mac OS X was prettier, more stable, more fluid and had better apps. I think Windows 8 is a much prettier OS, although the apps aren't there yet. Ubuntu is also plenty usable, has the UNIX underpinnings, and is less ugly in a number of spots than OS X (god I hate linen, and I have no love for skuemorphism). I've strongly considered running Windows 8 as my host system and virtualizing Mountain Lion, although I'm leaning towards sticking to Mac as host for now.

EDIT: FWIW, I would note that Apple's core programming: system libraries and such, remains top notch. It's the front-end that seems fairly clueless.

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