Does Lion "reset" the file system? I have stuff like Perl and Python that I installed myself. Some stuff resides in /usr/local/bin and other stuff in ~/Library/.
Was wondering if that all got wiped on the install?
OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't downvote you but I would guess it was the hyperbolic wording of "insanely low" and "unusable".
How is it hyperbole? If the machine can not support the workloads it will be put under, how is it not unusable for him?
Also not a downvoter, but it's hyperbole because he didn't qualify it by saying that he has very particular needs. It would be like saying, "the Ford Excursion is an unusable piece of junk due to the lack of interior space...I can't even fit my 42 foster kids in it for a trip to Disneyland."
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#143Anyone have any idea on how I can redeem the "free Lion upgrade" on my newly bought Mac?
Looks like you can punch your serial here:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?...
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
> mail: the new mail is great. finally email conversations are grouped. Is it grouped with the email you sent as well? Because shitty threaded convos (all mails you received) have been available since forever ago.
You can command-click any number of mailboxes to group them, and it threads them as it should. Wonderful feature.
It already works in 10.6
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Xcode is no longer there It was never part of the base install so that's unsurprising. > App Store doesn't seem to have a 10.7 compatible XCode update yet. > Ho hum for the most part and even nightmarish for people using Xcode. Thanks for being the coalmine canary, I'll be waiting for next week as planned.
> It was never part of the base install so that's unsurprising. No, but it was always included along with the install disks. No install disks this time and no X Code. It's worth mentioning.
I fail to see how it's worth mentioning. Xcode not being included in the Lion DMG is not surprising, it's "no shit": Xcode was never in the OSX image in the first place, why would Lion be any different?
The only difference is that 4.1 is not released yet, and thus not currently available. That's it. That it's not part of lion (let alone installed by default) is anything but surprising.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Xcode is no longer there It was never part of the base install so that's unsurprising. > App Store doesn't seem to have a 10.7 compatible XCode update yet. > Ho hum for the most part and even nightmarish for people using Xcode. Thanks for being the coalmine canary, I'll be waiting for next week as planned.
I was told 4.1 is working fine.
As far as I know, 4.1 is still in GM, not released yet, you need a paid developer account to get the GM. In fact, not only is 4.1 not available, 4.0 is gone from MAS.
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#147"Preparing to install. Your computer will restart automaticly." Wait - what? Didn't they say update without restart? I told all my friends how cool it is - the first OS updating itself without a restart. .... "Click Restart to install Mac OS X." Okay.jpg
They never said that.
you're right, i misunderstood it.
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was told 4.1 is working fine.
As far as I know, 4.1 is still in GM, not released yet, you need a paid developer account to get the GM. In fact, not only is 4.1 not available, 4.0 is gone from MAS.
I forgot people really used it without the developer program. Good point for those users.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
Give it a few days and you'll think going back to the old way will take a lot of getting used to.
I gave it about two hours. To me it's more intuitive to scroll my two fingers down to scroll down the page. Granted, it is odd that it's the opposite way round on the iPhone which I use almost as much as my laptop. Go figure!
> Granted, it is odd that it's the opposite way round on the iPhone which I use almost as much as my laptop. Go figure!
It's pretty simple: on a touchscreen you're moving the application itself. So having the application "stick" to your finger makes intuitive sense, that's like moving a sheet of paper on a desk, behind a stencil.
On a laptop, you're not really moving the application itself, it's closer to moving a remote-controlled window in front of the application, so moving "up" will move the "window" upwards, and show you what's above the current stuff in the process.
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From my personal experience, I liked coding Python with Textmate on a MBA, but not Objective-C with Xcode. Py/Text didn't take up much space and was easy to work with. Obj-C/Xcode demand lots of real-estate space, so the tiny screen was a hinderance. So I'd advise that if you have a language that's 'tiny' and a minimalist editor, you'll probably do fine on a MBA. If the language and editor take up lots of space, I'd…
I am mainly an Android developer and use Eclipse, which is by no means light...So I guess, in this case, I should stay away from the MBA?
The biggest issue with IDE is screen real estate, rather than performance. While eclipse is an absolute dog, 4GB RAM and an SSD should be sufficient to work with it. The painful part is the surface eaten by the various panes and bars of the IDE.