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PS Can anyone explain why my home folder suddenly isn't allowed to start with a capital anymore? I like my name to start with a capital, if only to match all the other folders... It's like I'm using Linux now... :/

Same here. It's like rubbing our OCD with salt and pepper.

iOS versions?

Glassed Silver:mac

I'm talking about the AppleTV's iOS version ;) If you have 4.3 or lower this plugin works great http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ . Anything after 4.3 will start streaming and cut off after about 1 min

But I have a new AppleTV 3rd gen and it came with a newer iOS version.

Yes, Google could implement Share Sheets in Chrome. It's a system-wide API similar to Contracts in Windows 8.

But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Google to support a system API. :p

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Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3

Just over a month after the arrival of the previous build, Apple today seeded registered members of the Mac Developer Program with the third developer preview version of OS X Mountain Lion.

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The new version arrives as Build 12A178q, up from the earlier 12A154q version. Changes included in the new version have yet to be discovered, but those with access to the build will undoubtedly be searching for Apple's latest tweaks as the company continues to work on the next-generation operating system.

Apple does list a number of known issues with the current build:

- On systems with FileVault enabled, canceling the restart to the Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3 Installer may leave your system unable to present a password dialog at boot time. You can repair the problem by holding down command-R to boot to the Recovery OS and then using Disk Utility to unlock and Repair your volume.

- Installing OS X 10.8 over 10.7.2 or earlier with FileVault turned on may fail

- Pre-Lion FileVault user accounts are not supported in this Developer Preview

- Some Apple menu items such as Restart may not work when a sandboxed app is in the foreground

- iTunes no longer syncs Notes

- Mail's photo browser cannot access the iPhoto library

- Back to My Mac doesn't work for the first 5 minutes after rebooting

- DVD Player may not launch after inserting a DVD on some systems

- Most help topics are unavailable in this Developer Preview

- In the Recovery HD:

- Some icons may be missing

- Network Utility's Lookup pane does not work

- Time Machine restoration via a AFP share does not work

- Restoring from a Time Machine backup via AFP does not work

- Migration from a Time Machine backup that excludes paths such as /System may yield an unusable system

- Brightness settings may change unexpectedly after reboot

- Display brightness may be dim after sleep or reboot

- If Mail is hidden at logout time, it may not be correctly relaunched during a subsequent login but will appear to be running

- Java applets may not work in Safari

- QuickTime screen recordings may produce corrupted videos or cause an exception when run on machines with NVDIA graphics

Apple also appears to be continuing to put a fair amount of effort into getting Game Center up and running on OS X with the new build.

OS X Mountain Lion is Apple's next major operating system version and is scheduled for release in "late summer". The release will offer greater integration with iCloud, as well as a number of new feature including some drawn from iOS.

Did anyone install the new preview? Anything new?

From Macrumors forums:

When closing an unsaved document, the "Don't Save" button has been renamed to "Delete." (Which I think makes more sense.)

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Automator has a tweaked icon.

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New build of Safari 5.2. Has some minor UI/icon tweaks. Example:

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Doesn't look like you can change the Launchpad spacing anymore, at least with pinching on a trackpad.

Nice new Alerts panel in Calendar preferences. You can set default alerts for each calendar account, each event type (all day vs. timed events vs. birthdays), and set whether you want those alert settings only for the Mac you're on or all your devices.

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Here's one a lot of people will probably enjoy. You can do folders inside folders in iCloud. But subfolders only show in the new list view. Icon view only shows the top level.

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K, I'm not sure if this is new or not, but it being checked by default is definitely new and annoys me quite a bit. Option in General pane of System Preferences to close all windows when apps are quit. Reverses Option-Quit to be "Quit and Keep Windows" instead of "Quit and Close All Windows" like I've been used to now.

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Security pane in System Preferences now has an Advanced button under the General tab where a bunch of stuff has been moved to (nothing new, just moved).

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Also, Gatekeeper seems to be working now (I think apps just crashed before). Right-clicking and choosing Open gives a different pop up that allows you to make an exception.

Might be kind of hard to see in this image, but the Notification Center banners have been tweaked a bit. Fonts have slightly different color, size, and shading.

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It?s starting to look good !!! It?s good to go back in the Snow Leopard days, where a released looks complete. All the bugs in Lion and opened loops about iCloud will be shut down in Mountain Lion.

I cannot wait to put my hands on the final version. The day it?s released, my money is in Apple?s hands, waiting to be used in lawyers cabinets against Google and Samsung?s lawyers.

I still wish they didn't take away the Activity window in Safari 5.2, though. It was very useful for being able to isolate and download specific on-page elements.

Didn?t they merge it with the all new and shiny inspector ? Please? they can?t get rid of that?

I regret my installation of 5.2b2 this week. I didn?t even know it went out in March, so I had to install it ASAP. And I had to use it yesterday. Huge mistake.

Enable the Develop menu under Safari > Preferences > Advanced. Then you can go to Develop > Use WebKit Web Inspector.

Okay, I found it, but I still can't get it to work the way the old one did. It used to be you could isolate any given element on a page, such as an embedded image, double-click the link and it would download it automatically. I can't figure out how to do that with this new inspector.

Okay, I found it, but I still can't get it to work the way the old one did. It used to be you could isolate any given element on a page, such as an embedded image, double-click the link and it would download it automatically. I can't figure out how to do that with this new inspector.

Double click the file name in the browser and it'll open it in a new tab.

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Or

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Holy $hit!!! After installing DP3, my mid 2010 MBP feels alive again !!! :D I cannot find words to express myself how happy I am!

The Intel HD graphics is finally working lag free during transition animations as well as Safari scrolling. I think they have updated it's driver or changed the openGL handling. It's a joy to use OSX for my daily work again. Thank you Apple for convincing me not to throw out my mbp out of the window.

The bugs so far:

1. Installing from USB did not go smooth. After initial copying of files and reboot, it threw an error message that OSX Mountain Lion DP3 cannot install because it failed to create recovery partition. Then I had to reset PRAM and try again. Then same error. Finally restored Lion from time machine and did an upgrade install.

2. In list view, if you expand a folder, the animation is glitchy.

Will report more as I use.

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