OS X Mountain Lion Discussion

By Damian
in Apple (macOS)

 Share

Recommended Posts

Mentor

DeadEndAccount

Posted
Posted

I'll give this a go anyway - I heard rumours that Mountain Lion would ship 19 July - any word on whether that rumour is from a reliable source? it sounds about right but I want to take a few days off from work (annual leave) to spend some time with it :D

Grand Master

.Neo

Posted
Posted

I'll give this a go anyway - I heard rumours that Mountain Lion would ship 19 July - any word on whether that rumour is from a reliable source? it sounds about right but I want to take a few days off from work (annual leave) to spend some time with it :D

July 20, 2011 was OS X Lion's release date. So sounds to me it's purely based on that. No real rumor just something someone made up.

Grand Master

Rudy

Posted
Posted

July 20, 2011 was OS X Lion's release date. So sounds to me it's purely based on that. No real rumor just something someone made up.

So far all they said was July, no specific date was given. Like you said the current rumor is just based on Lion's release date
Grand Master

PyX

Posted
Posted

Never had that problem. Not once.

It?s not because you didn?t find any bug in the Finder that it?s bug free. Trust me, technically speaking, it hasn?t evolved much since Tiger.

You never ever thought of looking under View > Show/Hide Toolbar? Really? The functionality has been there since forever. It also seems fairly obvious it's there since you want to change something about how you're viewing things. Then there's even the search, in case you're unsure where to find something. Again, typing in "toolbar" - since that's what you want to enable - seems like an extremely logical place to start. Never thought about doing that either? :/ In the worst case you can even open your own Finder window, let's say your home folder, and select the mounted disk image there in order to have access to a full toolbar. Not sure why this wouldn't be possible in your case.

That?s what I ended up doing. Problem is, that was plan B.

Right click on the Dock > New Window should have worked.

Grand Master

AltecXP

Posted
Posted

I've been using ML since DP1 and I'm still not sold on it being an OS upgrade and not "a bunch of add-ons and social stuff we thought we could milk money out of."

I have yet to see any OS as good as 10.5/6 They were both good solid upgrade, and 10.7/8 do nothing for me, really I could move back to 10.6(if it wasn't for iCloud locking me into 10.7, though I could just move back to gmail) and not miss a single change.

Grand Master

AltecXP

Posted
Posted

Strange that you focus only on the social stuff, I haven?t noticed a lot of it in 10.8.

A bunch of other features are interesting and bring nice fixes to Lion, which has brought users backwards in a few areas.

Being as it was the second thing that I mentioned I wouldn't say that I "focus on" it. Though they did enjoy pushing it at WWDC.

Grand Master

Quillz

Posted
Posted

They mentioned at the keynote that you could stick Notes onto the Desktop, but I can't figure out how to do it. Dragging and dropping from the sidebar doesn't seem to work.

I also wonder if that means Stickies will be going away by the GM. I made some new Stickies today and I just realized that the UI hasn't changed at all from the classic Mac OS days, since it appears to still be using Mac OS 9 window widgets.

Grand Master

.Neo

Posted
Posted

It?s not because you didn?t find any bug in the Finder that it?s bug free. Trust me, technically speaking, it hasn?t evolved much since Tiger.

Except for the fact the Finder is completely rewritten in Cocoa during OS X Snow Leopard's development you mean?

That?s what I ended up doing. Problem is, that was plan B.

Right click on the Dock > New Window should have worked.

Like I said you described an issue I've never encountered before.

Grand Master

.Neo

Posted
Posted

I also noticed that Grab hasn't gotten a UI update in quite some time. Wonder if Apple forgot about it. It also ignores the vectorized cursors and the larger sizes you can set in Accessibility.

With the exception of timing Grab really doesn't have much of a purpose. Together with Sticky Notes I have no idea what it's still doing in OS X.

Grand Master

Quillz

Posted
Posted

The only use I found for it was it lets you take screenshots with the mouse cursor included.

And yeah, Stickies are a real relic. Notes/Reminders seem to be the replacement. Just can't figure out how to drag Notes to the desktop, I believe that was demonstrated at the WWDC keynote but it hasn't been working for me.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Dell, HP PCs ran into endless reboot, BitLocker recovery loops but Windows 11 isn't to blame

      By eiffel_g · Posted

      Funny, but I didn't had the issue. All PC's at work are Dell and we had the culprit version of Support Assist for about 2 weeks until we got the new one. No problem at all. And for checking you can also use Dell Command Update, no need to search in windows settings. Just check the Upgrade History.
    • "CRAZIER than ever!" Crazy Taxi: World Tour is officially coming soon

      By margrave · Posted

      YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Apple's AI smart glasses and Vision headset plans reportedly delayed, again

      By AnalystDan · Posted

      Apple are scared of their customers! They have built a brand over the years of "it just works out of the box", but that slows innovation. Samsung's master stroke was the Galaxy Ultra: "Let's cram everything into one handset, make it so stupid only real nerds will love it, some of the features will work, some won't, but the audience will have such a high tolerance they won't care". Apple has no such device and so they are constantly worrying these days about the fallout of creating a new experience that customers might not like. I know it is often cited the reason they don't build a touchscreen Mac Book is they don't want to cannibalise the the iPad market, but I think it's equally cold feet after the criticism Microsoft receive trying to make a touch compatible desktop OS
    • HandBrake 1.11.2

      By Copernic · Posted

      HandBrake 1.11.2 by Razvan Serea HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection. Here is a detailed breakdown of HandBrake’s features: Built-in Device Presets—Get started with HandBrake in seconds by choosing a profile optimized for your device, or choose a universal profile for standard or high quality conversions. Simple, easy, fast. For those that want more choice, tweak many basic and advanced options to improve your encodes. Supported Input Sources—Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or Blu-ray sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection. Outputs: File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-4 and MPEG-2, VP8 and Theora Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks Additional features: Title/ Chapter Selection Queue up Multiple Encodes Chapter Markers Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT) Constant Quality or Average BitRate Video Encoding Support for VFR, CFR and VFR Video Filters—Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and Scaling Live Video Preview HandBrake 1.11.2 changelog: All platforms Video Fixed a crash that happened when doing a 2-pass lossless x265 encode Fixed a memory leak that happened when doing a 2-pass MPEG-4/MPEG-2/VP9/FFV1 encode Audio Updated the list of supported dithers and encoders combinations Fixed the Core Audio AAC encoder 7.1 channel layout Subtitles Fixed the VobSub palette creation in the MP4 container Build system Improved build system compatibility with older build tools Third-party libraries FFmpeg 8.0.2 (decoding and filters) SVT-AV1 4.1.0 (AV1 video encoding) Linux Added WebM MIME type to the list of the supported formats Mac Improved handling of unsupported presets Updated Sparkle automatic update library Windows Improved handling of unsupported presets Improved queue low space pause behaviour Fixed the automatic audio track name generation Fixed the summary description of HDR video Download: HandBrake 64-bit | Portable 64-bit | ~30.0 (Open Source) Download: HandBrake ARM64 | Portable Links: HandBrake Website | Other Operating Systems | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Dell, HP PCs ran into endless reboot, BitLocker recovery loops but Windows 11 isn't to blame

      By grunger106 · Posted

      So, an article that has nothing to do with Windows 11, still gets Windows 11 in the title and a build number as the picture? Dell have a buggy build of Support Assist HP have UEFI settings that need unlocking for the secureboot cert upgrade to take place.

  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      DJC50PLUS earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      DJC50PLUS earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Proficient
      Eric Biran went up a rank
      Proficient
    • Dedicated
      Conjor earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Week One Done
      Windows Guy earned a badge
      Week One Done

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      493
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      243
    3. 3
      Steven P.
      72
    4. 4
      neufuse
      67
    5. 5
      ATLien_0
      67
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!