OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store • Hacker News Board

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by nevinera » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 6:28 PM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #188

Johngibb wrote: post #176

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XCode was in fact always included with the OS X images.

No. Xcode was on a separate disk, never on OSX's. Again, Xcode was never a part of the base install or of the OSX image. edit: wow, is that how low HN has sunk, voting down reality-based statements and voting up complete nonsense?

Or maybe some of us are holding the single disc that came with our computers, from which we've installed both OSX and Xcode.

But no, we're probably just jerks, and out to get you.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by kissickas » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 6:36 PM UTC

mirkules wrote: post #211

Tyrannosaurs wrote: post #50

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I suspect that Apple would suggest that that was what Time Machine was for. But physical media is still nice. Supposedly you'll be able to buy a USB install for $69 next month.

I have given up on TM because it chews up my external drives at an alarming rate. I have had three hard drives die in the last 2 years because of TM. My other drives of the same brand that didn't have TM are just fine still. Either I have extremely bad luck with WD drives, or time machine is just not a reliable backup mechanism (I'm inclined to think the latter). Plus, the drives have to be HFS formatted which is als…

I've only been using Time Machine for about a year but my hard drive just crashed last week, conveniently three days after my MbP's hard drive. I've found it useful for restoring individual files, but I wish there was a way to customize the frequency of backups- plugging it in once a week is hardly ideal.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by callahad » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 6:51 PM UTC

mitchty wrote: post #179

Anyone that has it, will it fit on a 4g usb stick or should I buy an 8 before I get home?

Disk Utility refused to write the image to a 4 GB stick, complaining about limited space. An 8 GB stick worked just fine.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by mirkules » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 6:52 PM UTC

kissickas wrote: post #242

mirkules wrote: post #211

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I have given up on TM because it chews up my external drives at an alarming rate. I have had three hard drives die in the last 2 years because of TM. My other drives of the same brand that didn't have TM are just fine still. Either I have extremely bad luck with WD drives, or time machine is just not a reliable backup mechanism (I'm inclined to think the latter). Plus, the drives have to be HFS formatted which is als…

I've only been using Time Machine for about a year but my hard drive just crashed last week, conveniently three days after my MbP's hard drive. I've found it useful for restoring individual files, but I wish there was a way to customize the frequency of backups- plugging it in once a week is hardly ideal.

You can change the frequency, but you have to use an external app. There are a number of ones out there, for example: http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ or http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html

Note: I can't remember which one I tried so I can't recommend one, these are just quick ones I found off Google. I do remember as I used them that despite scheduling it in the App, time machine would incorrectly display "Next Backup: Tomorrow" or something like that.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by kaffeinecoma » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 7:08 PM UTC

Hmm, my two-finger swipe to move back/forward in browser history via Magic Mouse seems to invoke Spaces/Mission Control now. Anyone know how to fix that? Or what the new gesture for browser nav might be? I don't see anything helpful in System Prefs for that.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by rrrazdan » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 7:27 PM UTC

D4236 wrote: post #143

rrrazdan wrote: post #131

Anyone 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?...

Apparently I cant and the links arent available for India right now. http://www.apple.com/in/macosx/uptodate/

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by checker » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 7:54 PM UTC

rrrazdan wrote: post #126

checker wrote: post #64

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After using my first MBP for a while, I'm kind of regretting getting the 15 inch. With the high-res screen, and as long as you have good eyes, the 13 seems just as functional and more portable. I love using my girlfriend's. My two cents, if Nemesis ends up going with a MBP.

There is no option to upgrade to high-res(higher-res) screen on the 13 inch. I think I am pretty sure on that. Just the plain 1280x800.

You are correct. Sorry about that.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by bodyfour » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:00 PM UTC

bodyfour wrote: post #237

LeeUmm wrote: post #234

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I'm having the same issue so came here to search. Downloaded it twice and get the exact same error. Deleted and removed from trash the first time. Edit Reboot your machine. That worked for me. I can now install fine with the same 'corrupt' file I had before.

I found an Apple Support thread where some others are reporting the same issue: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15660833#15660833 I posted my md5's of the internal .dmg's from the download there. They're different from the two unsuccessful downloads but I suspect that's just App Store watermarking because they differ in so many places. Maybe someone here on HN knows the real story though.

Nope, no watermarking. My third download worked and I got an InstallESD.dmg md5 of b5d3753c62bfb69866e94dca9336a44a. Googling for that it seems to match what the torrent sites are serving up for the Gold Master build.

It's odd that I had two failed downloads in a row... Either an app store bug or this MBP is maybe having memory issues or something. It's odd because I haven't had any issues like that before, and I tax it quite a bit.

Or maybe this was just Apple's way of making me rationalize a MacBook Air purchase :-)

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by ConstantineXVI » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:25 PM UTC

alsocasey wrote: post #223

ceejayoz wrote: post #181

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XCode 4.1 is now on the App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id448457090

...and it's free again? I thought they'd gone to a 4.99$ price for some accounting reason with 4.0?

Said accounting reason made it $5 for SL users, but free (or more accurately, "included") with Lion.

Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Post by adolph » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:37 PM UTC

allwein wrote: post #162

adolph wrote: post #124

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It'll be interesting to see from the upcoming tear-downs if they all have the hardware/cabling to support two internal drives. The $799 one gets the nice graphics and an i7 option but no dual drive option--will someone be able to max it out with a second drive aftermarket?

The $799 one does have a dual drive option. You can upgrade to a 750GB 7200RPM drive, a 256GB SSD, or the SSD+7200RPM drive.

Thanks, I see it now. Interesting.