I never got around to upgrading from 10.5 - does anyone know if there's a way to upgrade straight to this new release? (Guessing probably not.)
OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
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Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#262Tried to update to Lion: couldn't do it.
Tried to update Snow Leopard so I could update to Lion: computer now kernel panics on boot.
Tried to reinstall Snow Leopard from DVD: turns out the disk drive is broken.
Tried to install a Linux distro from a USB key: turns out they're nearly impossible to boot on a Mac. Still haven't figured out how to do it.
This went well.
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#263Tried to update to Lion: couldn't do it. Tried to update Snow Leopard so I could update to Lion: computer now kernel panics on boot. Tried to reinstall Snow Leopard from DVD: turns out the disk drive is broken. Tried to install a Linux distro from a USB key: turns out they're nearly impossible to boot on a Mac. Still haven't figured out how to do it. This went well.
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Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#264Tried to update to Lion: couldn't do it. Tried to update Snow Leopard so I could update to Lion: computer now kernel panics on boot. Tried to reinstall Snow Leopard from DVD: turns out the disk drive is broken. Tried to install a Linux distro from a USB key: turns out they're nearly impossible to boot on a Mac. Still haven't figured out how to do it. This went well.
This is why i cloned my drive to an external drive prior to the upgrade. Just in case.
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#265I've been using the developer previews, including the GM, and OpenGL performance seems to be better. Haven't run any proper tests, but my 3D stuff does seem zippier in most cases. Still, I'll probably wait until XCode functions okay before overwriting my Snow Leopard install.
No full opengl 3.0 support. I'm a bit disappointed
Lion fully supports OpenGL 3.2 Core Profile, but not Compatibility Profile.
If you're checking the version in OpenGL Extensions Viewer, get v4 and change to Core profile.
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#266A small word of warning: I mostly use Windows 7 on my MacBook Air, but I decided to upgrade anyway. Unfortunately for me, the upgrade rendered my Bootcamp partition inaccessible (it doesn't show up in startup disks, and does show up in Disk Utility, but cannot be repaired).
Wow, thanks for the warning. I was just about to upgrade. I have an entire drive devoted to Boot Camp I'll probably be okay? It looks like there is one error situation detected during install:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649
The anandtech review implies that boot camp assistant works and the boot camp drivers (a separate download) are now 4.0 but I can't actually find them, I assume the apple updater has them.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4485/back-to-the-mac-os-x-107-...
I suspect it is probably because Lion adds a new Recovery Partition, and when it redoes the partition layout it doesn't take the boot camp partition into account. That's kind of a scary oversight.
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#267"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
Way back (2000? 2001?) when I was solely a windows guy, a friend was helping me install a linux box (showeq...). I can't remember the distro he used, but I do remember starting from an old windows box and installing linux, installing the applications and so forth. Two hours into playing with the new system, my friend asked if I'd noticed how many times we'd rebooted during the installation and setup - none. We installed from scratch to a functioning system without ever rebooting.
Of course, you want a reboot with any major upgrade to make sure that your system works from a cold start, but it was very cool at the time to have a working system from scratch with no reboot...
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#268Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having an external DVD drive to install it is advised though, it is really difficult to do it with a USB drive.
Apple EFI drivers suck. I've been trying to get windows installed on my MBP17" where I replaced the optical drive with a SSD and it's been pure pain. You'll need the superdrive in particular most likely.
yep I had the same issue on my MBP13, they dont let you boot off USB basically. Sucks.
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#269The reversing of the scrolling direction is certainly going to take a lot of getting used to. The new way feels semi-natural with the track pad, but with a mouse wheel not so much.
I actually like it so far. I'm just worried I won't get used to it on all of my other computers now.
Re: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store
#270Not being a Mac user, is this significant? Like when Windows is released?
I feel that if you're a big user of the Mac native apps then this is well worth the $30. Fullscreen mode is a nice thing to have too. In the end, I don't think you can lose for $30.