os x OS X Mountain Lion Discussion

[mattburley7]

can't wait till this comes out in july :) anyone have a guess for release date? I'm going with end of july and on a tuesday or wednesday.

[Quillz]

July 20, so it will be released exactly one year after Lion.

[Depicus]

Probably but that's why gatekeeper exists, apple won't verify the developer and will require the end user to allow unverified apps to be installed in order for the end consumer to install the application.

Well I have a dummy app running that uses it and that isn't in the store so I cannot see how or why they would allow not app store apps to use it. Yes it will be a fight to get it installed on ML but it does, at this time, work.

[.Neo]

I doubt Apple will be able to stop 3rd party apps from using it. They will find a way to use the frameworks without Apples consent and there wont be anything Apple can do about it.

I hope so.

[.Neo]

Yep. I've read this too. Also, I like the old icon more.

I prefer the new one. The dot in previous versions doesn't say anything to me whereas the new one actually symbolises the Nofications sidebar.

[mattburley7]

July 20, so it will be released exactly one year after Lion.

makes sense to me.. GM build probably first or 2nd week of July.

[.Neo]

Dammit Apple, two-finger swipe still doesn't work in Finder!

[Jub]

Damnit Apple, two-finger swipe still doesn't work in Finder!

And it's the most annoying thing ever!

[Menge]

Apparenly only App Store apps are allowed to use notifications.

Isn't that just for push notifications? Local notifications should work on non-AppStore apps.

[.Neo]

Isn't that just for push notifications? Local notifications should work on non-AppStore apps.

According to an interview with Apple it shouldn't.

[.Neo]

And it's the most annoying thing ever!

Yes, yes it is.

[Quillz]

Has the Trash can icon changed in Mountain Lion? I know the Dock has different perspective/reflections, but the icon itself looks different. It also doesn't seem to get "fat" anymore when you add things into it.

[Timan Veteran]

Been using it on my main production main (LIVING ON THE EDGE!) since monday, havn't had a single crash. Stupid stable right now, loving it so far. As little as things have changed since Lion, my new Air that came with Lion, felt old as crap, really weird.

Hopefully someone finds a way to force airplay to work on older machines, also how to disable this nasty dock shadow.

[.Neo]

Has the Trash can icon changed in Mountain Lion? I know the Dock has different perspective/reflections, but the icon itself looks different. It also doesn't seem to get "fat" anymore when you add things into it.

Yeah, Apple finally included the Trash icon they've been using for their PR material. :woot:

[protocol7]

Still can't cycle through Launchpad windows with the mouse wheel. Dunno why they haven't fixed this yet. If they want us to use it they should make navigating through it as easy as possible.

[.Neo]

Still can't cycle through Launchpad windows with the mouse wheel. Dunno why they haven't fixed this yet. If they want us to use it they should make navigating through it as easy as possible.

I'm using Launchpad these days and with my Magic Trackpad it really couldn't be any easier.

[Menge]

According to an interview with Apple it shouldn't.

This is non-app store and used to work in ML. http://collect3.com.au/hiss/

Did it stop working?

[.Neo]

This is non-app store and used to work in ML. http://collect3.com.au/hiss/

Did it stop working?

I have no idea. I'm just relaying to you what I've read in the interview.

[Quillz]

Yeah, Apple finally included the Trash icon they've been using for their PR material. :woot:

Nice, I knew it looked different.

I've finally switched back to the Dock on the bottom after so many years of side-docking. Thus, I had no idea the Dock even changed until DP4. Man, it looks great.

At this point, I'll probably just go ahead and install ML over my primary Lion install. DP4 has been rock solid for me and I don't foresee any major issues between now and the GM.

[.Neo]

The Dock didn't change until Preview 4... :p

[Wickedkitten Veteran]

Been using it on my main production main (LIVING ON THE EDGE!) since monday, havn't had a single crash. Stupid stable right now, loving it so far. As little as things have changed since Lion, my new Air that came with Lion, felt old as crap, really weird.

Hopefully someone finds a way to force airplay to work on older machines, also how to disable this nasty dock shadow.

It's easy enough to do it in terminal

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1

then just kill the finder and voila

[protocol7]

I didn't notice the dock shadow until I switched to a lighter wallpaper. It is pretty extreme. Hope they tweak it a bit more.

[Timan Veteran]

It's easy enough to do it in terminal

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1

then just kill the finder and voila

Nopers, didn't work :(

[BoDEAN]

DP 4 runs well on my mac air. Only issue, Macintosh HD window is always popping up at random, not sure why. Anyone else have this issue??

[protocol7]

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1

That's for AirDrop. Might not work for AirPlay.

Also it seems hard disks are set to sleep after a set time by default now and the option to disable it has been removed from the Energy Saver prefs. To disable sleep (on battery and AC) run this from the terminal: sudo pmset -a disksleep 0