os x OS X Mountain Lion Discussion

[StandingInAlley]

Installed OSX Mountain Lion. Its really fast compared to OSX Lion. Tried installing Facebook Preview Package but it doesn't seem to work for me :/

[Vice]

One thing I really like about this release is I can switch GPU's from my 9400m to my 9600GT without having a blue screen flash up like in Lion and Snow Leopard. It's just seamless. I'm talking about with gfxCardStatus which is a 3rd party app I use for it. My Mac was before they had NVIDIA Optimius so I don't get automatic switching unfortunately, but this is just as good for me.

[Unrealistic]

One thing I really like about this release is I can switch GPU's from my 9400m to my 9600GT without having a blue screen flash up like in Lion and Snow Leopard. It's just seamless. I'm talking about with gfxCardStatus which is a 3rd party app I use for it. My Mac was before they had NVIDIA Optimius so I don't get automatic switching unfortunately, but this is just as good for me.

2008 Unibody Macbook Pro?

[Vice]

2008 Unibody Macbook Pro?

I have an Early 2009 17" Unibody MacBook Pro. 2.93GHz / 4GB / 320GB 7,200RPM SKU which I've upgraded myself to 8GB RAM / OCZ SSD (In the place that the Optical Drive used to be) / 320GB HD. If anyone knows where I can get a replacement battery for an Early 2009 17" MBP I'd be grateful. I can't seem to find one anywhere and the Mid-2009 17" MBP uses a different battery connector :(

[SuperKid]

Nope, Power Nap needs a SSD that's soldered onto the motherboard, as far as I'm aware of. Even if you install a SSD into your other devices, it still doesn't meet the requirements. Even then, the feature is also going to be an update, which will be pushed via the app store.

I have the Apple SSD in my iMac, Dno what the difference would be to an SSD soldered to an SSD just plugged in :s

[Rudy]

I don't think it has anything to do with soldered or not. In the keynote Apple said so far the only computer that supports it are the new MBA and the Retina MBP

[.Neo]

Nope, Power Nap needs a SSD that's soldered onto the motherboard, as far as I'm aware of.

Do you have an actual source for that or is it something you thought of yourself? :p

[game_over]

Especially considering the SSD isn't soldered, it's just custom.

[matt4pack]

Is there a way to burn it to a single layer dvd? It's too large now apparently.

I guess I'll just burn the dmg file then.

[.Neo]

Is there a way to burn it to a single layer dvd? It's too large now apparently.

I guess I'll just burn the dmg file then.

It just might fit!

(That's what she said)

[CPressland]

I wasn't able to get my version of the GM to boot from USB or DVD.

Not sure how to do clean install... Hmm *scratches head*

[.Neo]

I wasn't able to get my version of the GM to boot from USB or DVD.

Not sure how to do clean install... Hmm *scratches head*

There's a sticky for that.

http://www.neowin.ne...d-or-usb-stick/

If the above steps don't work your DMG is most likely corrupted and you'll have to download it again.

[shifts]

I've read that you need to have an Apple ID that's purchased Mountain Lion for the GM to work. Could anyone comment ;-)

[StandingInAlley]

^ that's not true.

[.Neo]

I've read that you need to have an Apple ID that's purchased Mountain Lion for the GM to work. Could anyone comment ;-)

No. However, you do need it when you want to re-download the installer for whatever reason.

[CPressland]

There's a sticky for that.

http://www.neowin.ne...d-or-usb-stick/

If the above steps don't work your DMG is most likely corrupted and you'll have to download it again.

Yes, I've used this method hundreds of times with Lion, it simply doesn't work on my mountain lion image

I'll download it again and see if that works :)

[.Neo]

I had it fail a few times as well. For whatever reason it had to do with the DMG. Re-downloading the thing fixed the issue every time.

[Lunfai]

Whoops I was wrong it isn't soldered haha, I was just thinking how OWZ would be able to supply upgrades. Just the firmware then, but I think the device needs to be plugged into the power for it to work, which I wouldn't mind if I wanted to use Power Nap.

[Prosidius]

I installed ML last night and this seems like the most minor OS upgrade. The only big thing I noticed was notification center. There are no noticeable changes that will have me change how I use OS X.

[SuperKid]

I installed ML last night and this seems like the most minor OS upgrade. The only big thing I noticed was notification center. There are no noticeable changes that will have me change how I use OS X.

There are quite a lot more under the hood changes though, maybe not so many visually but you got things like the deeper integration with iCloud now logging into iCloud sets up App store, iTunes etc, and probably just general optimising of the OS itself :)

[.Neo]

The average consumer really isn't going to say "OMFG look at all the amazing under the hood changes!!1!1!!!!11!"

[nyolc8]

OMFG look at the all new reinvented dock reflection and shadow! :D Anyway, I think it's really snappier than Lion, so it's not bad at all. I like it.

[Lilrich]

The average consumer really isn't going to say "OMFG look at all the amazing under the hood changes!!1!1!!!!11!"

Kind of begs the question as to weather this should have been an incremented released rather than a full version release.

[.Neo]

Kind of begs the question as to weather this should have been an incremented released rather than a full version release.

Well Apple did gave it the name "Mountain Lion". Let's be honest, from past experiences we all knew from day one what that meant. Yes, I personally did go into heavy denial around Developer Preview 2-3 thinking "More new major features will come! They must come dammit!". But deep down I knew this was pretty much going to be it, I just wasn't willing to face reality.

Anyway, I'm off pretending OS X Lion never happened and this has been a major step up directly from OS X Snow Leopard! :p

[Rudy]

Mountain Lion is what Lion should have been