Why do I get the feeling that Apple wants to turn my laptop into a big ipad with a keyboard? Facebook sharing, Twitter integration... These features make sense for users like my Mom, but I couldn't care less. Are there any compelling features for developers? Why should I hassle with upgrading, especially after a lot of the stability issues people had when upgrading to Lion? I want to keep being productive, not turn my laptop into a gizmo toy.
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
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been considering a fulltime move to Linux for a long time, but have yet to take the plunge- I tried a few years ago, but the driver support for my Macbook was less than great. Now, Lion seems to have slowed down my 2010 Macbook Air- at times it absolutely crawls when I'm positive it never used to. Is there anyone out there running Ubuntu full time who can say how good driver support is? In particular the trackpa…
Are you running time machine? Time machine brings my SSD MBP to a crawl.
Yeah, SSD is completely negated when the file system has to wait for an external drive to spin up before it will be responsive, even if you're only using the local drive.
Because there's no setting for automounting and unmounting a Time Machine drive, I ended up using my old Macbook Pro as a file server and plugging in the external to that, then using a hack to get Time Machine to recognize it as a Time Capsule.
sigh
Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, when I upgraded to ML, my boot time was cut down from 20 seconds to 5. Awesome.
While boot times make for good review copy, how often does anyone actually reboot a Mac these days? Once a year?
Things that make me reboot my Mac:
1. Software updates.
2. My Bluetooth headset hangs in a way that requires a reboot via power button. Happens probably once every six weeks on average.
3. VM software (mostly VirtualBox) crashes my system. Has probably happened at least twice in the past three months.
4. Booting in to Windows to play games.
Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store
#94Am I the only one who had problem installed the GM (dev. final release) with FileVault 2 enabled? Anyone can confirms he had difficulties installing from the MAS too with FV 2 or it worked flawlessly?
Anybody had the same problem with the MAS version ?
Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store
#95Why do I get the feeling that Apple wants to turn my laptop into a big ipad with a keyboard? Facebook sharing, Twitter integration... These features make sense for users like my Mom, but I couldn't care less. Are there any compelling features for developers? Why should I hassle with upgrading, especially after a lot of the stability issues people had when upgrading to Lion? I want to keep being productive, not turn m…
Imagine how Mac Pro users like me feel. Now my Mac Pro feels like a phone. Yippie. I'm staying on Snow Leopard for as long as the hardware works. When it fails, it's time to move on. Linux is looking prettier every day. I don't know what the hardware choices are going to be in 5 years though. If Apple has their way, general computing will go away by the end of the decade.
Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store
#96I 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…
I loathe Calendar, but Reminders seems OK to me. The texture is quite subtle.
Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store
#97I 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…
> These apps are often in the corner of the screen while working with different applications;
Maybe that's the rationale behind it in the first place? "It's so cluttered... Let's make these apps' looks really distinct so they really stand out..."
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#98This might be a newbie question — if I upgrade, will it mess up my rbenv, homebrew, and postgres installs?
I'd like to know that myself. I'm pretty sure homebrew should be okay (for the most part, and when it's not, just "brew update" it), but am not 100% sure. Sadly I don't remember what happened when I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion, and homebrew's homepage on github doesn't say much about the transition.
Re: OS X Mountain Lion available on the Mac App Store
#99I 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…
I like it. I saw many blog posts and rants either way, but never concrete usability data saying it's bad. The Calendar and Reminders apps don't work a whole lot different than their non-virtual counterparts, minus the automatic notification. Borrowing the metaphor makes people more quickly familiarize themselves with the software (even if by feeling only, which is a plus).
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#100Looks like I've lost all the command line tools. Trying to install them via Xcode 4.4 results in telling me I don't have the appropriate permissions to download them (I have an Apple Developer account but I'm not signed up to any programs).
This of course breaks homebrew installs (I found the issue when trying to run an application that uses image magick).
Anyone else having this issue?