os x OS X Mountain Lion Discussion

[Lilrich]

Mountain Lion is what Lion should have been

So that means i have to pay twice? :rofl:

[protocol7]

Mountain Lion is what Lion should have been

Pretty much.

Anyway, the fact that they dropped the 32-bit kernel and moved the UI rendering to OpenGL 3.1 means this had to be a new OS release as there are Lion-capable Macs like my MacBook that can't run Mountain Lion.

[Rudy]

So that means i have to pay twice? :rofl:

No, if you patiently waited and you're still using Snow Leopard you can update directly and pay once

[.Neo]

Mountain Lion is what Lion should have been

Leaving all those Macs that aren't upgradable to OS X Mountain Lion behind in the dust running OS X Snow Leopard? Yeah that would have worked really well? I wonder if all Mac models that survived to see another day running OS X Mountain Lion will be home free for a while.

[Rudy]

Leaving all those Macs that aren't upgradable to OS X Mountain Lion behind in the dust running OS X Snow Leopard? Yeah that would have worked really well? I wonder if all Mac models that survived to see another day running OS X Mountain Lion will be home free for a while.

Apple is pretty good at finding reasons to leave older macs behind ;)

[threetonesun]

What's slightly terrible about them cutting out older Macs for ML is the fact that it's based on the GPU being used, coming from a company that loves to spec barebones GPUs in their lowend models and then talk about how amazing their rendering ability has improved over the last crappily-specced model. :punch:

[.Neo]

No, if you patiently waited and you're still using Snow Leopard you can update directly and pay once

I don't think anyone here expected a new OS X release this quick. By comparison it took Apple almost two years to release OS X Snow Leopard.

[Rudy]

I don't think anyone here expected a new OS X release this quick. By comparison it took Apple almost two years to release OS X Snow Leopard.

The release cycle was a lot slower at the time (I believe it's mostly because their developers were mostly focused on iOS...but I can't prove that ;)). I think it's good to see them go back to a yearly cycle

[Prosidius]

Is it just me or does the new dock make it really hard to see which problems are open? That little mark is barely visible, my eye thinks it's part of the screen.

[StandingInAlley]

Did anyone get Facebook integration working?

[Timan Veteran]

Does anyone know of an app, that will force all finder windows, to be the same size, same sidebar width, same icon style? (setting it as default style within finder does not work all the time)

[Unrealistic]

Does anyone know of an app, that will force all finder windows, to be the same size, same sidebar width, same icon style? (setting it as default style within finder does not work all the time)

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/25893/mac-os-x-lion-finder-window-size

This may help you, but I haven't seen that exact issue yet.

I also use a program called Hyperdock to enable Windows 7/8 like, Aero snapping.

http://hyperdock.bahoom.com/

It works perfectly on Mountain Lion. I would suggest getting the Mac App Store version though and not buying it from his website. You lose a feature or two, but it seems to work better for me.

[PyX]

The notification banners are too short. I can?t find a setting about it. Anybody else sees a problem here ?

[CPressland]

The notification banners are too short. I can?t find a setting about it. Anybody else sees a problem here ?

I've yet to actually see one!

[nyolc8]

Did anyone get Facebook integration working?

If you install the separate downloadable facebook plugin, you can share on Facebook, however, the facebook notifications not working yet as you can read in console:

SocialPushAgent[175]: Facebook PUSH is not supported at present.
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[.Neo]

I've yet to actually see one!

:laugh: The allusive OS X notification banner!

[protocol7]

I've yet to actually see one!

Same here and I've been using ML since the first DP. I don't use anything that works with Notification Center.

[what]

Updated (clean install) to Mountain Lion this morning. I can't get along with the new Safari. I don't like how the tabs spread across the whole window, and I hate how the address bar doesn't take focus in a new window/tab.

[StandingInAlley]

That notification center is quite useless imo. I hope more apps start supporting it. ML is more like a service pack imo but I'm happy. Its fast and snappy.

[SuperKid]

I think the main feature for me is the iMessage on ML, makes it much easier for me to reply to messages on my phone when I am on my mac!

[Elliott]

and I hate how the address bar doesn't take focus in a new window/tab.

It always takes focus for me, but I'm using Top Sites as my "new page". Looks like Top Sites, Empty Page, and Bookmarks always focus. Homepage and Same Page don't.

As for Notification Center, the only third-party app I currently own that uses it is Sparrow. I'm sure more apps will be dumping Growl and moving to it in the future.

[Vice]

I think the main feature for me is the iMessage on ML, makes it much easier for me to reply to messages on my phone when I am on my mac!

I feel the same way.

[shifts]

In previous version of OSX like snow leopard you get an error when installing onto a device that doesnt used the GUID partition table. Am I right in thinking here that you simply have to format and start again?

If thats the case and ML isn't coming with a boot time installer (i'e run from DVD or USB stick) how do you get around this. Surely you don't have to install operating system to install an operating system?

At the moment all I can come up with is booting with a SL disk, formatting, setting up GUID, installing SL then running the ML installer. There's got to be a better way surely?

[Miuku.]

If thats the case and ML isn't coming with a boot time installer (i'e run from DVD or USB stick) how do you get around this. Surely you don't have to install operating system to install an operating system?

All Macs come pre-installed with an OS and a USB stick to install the OS from.

Alternatively you can create one from the App Store image.

[.Neo]

[...] and I hate how the address bar doesn't take focus in a new window/tab.

Apple hasn't fixed that?! Damn. It's a bug introduced by Developer Preview 4 or some following update. Builds before didn't have the issue. :(