Mac OS X Lion Discussion

[Simon Veteran]

^ Probably not a big difference with indicators off?

Was pointing to the updated style of the "new mail" indicator - more like iOS now.

[Quillz]

i am surprised that apple has already released a developer preview of xcode 4.1 :blink:

no just open it once its finished and let it run, it will reboot and you will install lion as you would normally do with mac os x

That's what I thought. But, is there an actual ISO I can burn to a DVD?

Although I do like it being tied to the App Store. So now I can put Lion on my MacBook for testing purposes rather easily.

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

That's what I thought. But, is there an actual ISO I can burn to a DVD?

Although I do like it being tied to the App Store. So now I can put Lion on my MacBook for testing purposes rather easily.

no there is no iso, its only an app and its DRM protected from the app store

[Rudy]

I just purchased a mac dev account.... I guess that answers my debate about porting my game to OSX or not ;)

[Quillz]

With the running application indicators on, does it continue to work just like before, or only for running apps with visible windows? I'm still a little confused on how Resume is actually going to work. Is there still an actual quitting command (Cmd+Q)?

[Sakanade]

Was pointing to the updated style of the "new mail" indicator - more like iOS now.

You mean badge ;)

I was just asking that because it is related to the dock :D

[Elliott]

With the running application indicators on, does it continue to work just like before, or only for running apps with visible windows? I'm still a little confused on how Resume is actually going to work. Is there still an actual quitting command (Cmd+Q)?

Yep, quitting is still there. I'm still a little confused on the specifics of Resume, and there aren't many cases where you can see it in action. So far, I've noticed that iChat will quit when no windows are open and you switch focus away. Same goes for Address Book.

[Simon Veteran]

Just found this little gem while typing out a document in TextEdit:

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Just found this little gem while typing out a document in TextEdit:

oh dear god no, thats 1 feature i do not want to see in lion D:

[Jase]

Does anyone know if I can update to Lion from Snow Leopard but not have to format my macbook?

[thefarewellnote]

Does anyone know if I can update to Lion from Snow Leopard but not have to format my macbook?

Yep - currently there is no way to reformat the machine. You download the app from the AppStore. It does it's install over SL

[Jase]

Yep - currently there is no way to reformat the machine. You download the app from the AppStore. It does it's install over SL

Sweet! so all my settings/ Apps will still be there and usable?

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

yes, none of my settings/apps have been affected

[lunarworks]

Yep - currently there is no way to reformat the machine. You download the app from the AppStore. It does it's install over SL

I guess this isn't going to be like Windows betas, where they sternly warn you to do a fresh install of each beta.

I wonder if there will be an upgrade path like this through the betas all the way to the final.

[.Neo]

That system profile has a hint of Windows 7, especially the battery icon.

That's funny because the battery icon is from iOS. ;)

Anyway, Mac OS X Lion leaked onto the internet. That didn't take too long. :laugh:

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Anyway, Mac OS X Lion leaked onto the internet. That didn't take too long. :laugh:

putting the app online is easy as pie, its getting the app into an iSO format and ridding the DRM protection that would be the tricky bit

edit: i stand corrected, seems this has already been accomplished (Y)

[Simon Veteran]

oh dear god no, thats 1 feature i do not want to see in lion D:

It seems much less intrusive than its iOS brother - I'm typing up a hands on to go on the front page of Neowin, and it's caught a few minor slip ups, but it's missed a few others that would normally be caught, because of my horrendously sloppy typing. It strikes a nice balance.

[.Neo]

putting the app online is easy as pie, its getting the app into an iSO format and ridding the DRM protection that would be the tricky bit

Apparently it runs just fine.

[Southern Patriot]

Why do you start every new word with a capital?

Yeah, good luck getting an answer to that question.

[.Neo]

Yeah, good luck getting an answer to that question.

Thanks.

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Apparently it runs just fine.

just remembered Apples' failure in the how simple it is to crack mac apps. :laugh:

[.Neo]

just remembered Apples' failure in the how simple it is to crack mac apps. :laugh:

It took people 2 hours to crack the new FaceTime app and put it online, it surprises me the leak of Mac OS X Lion took as long as it did.

[Quillz]

Okay, finally got done installing Lion onto an external drive. So far, I'm quite impressed.

However, it is really weird having iOS scrolling on a computer with a mouse. Having to scroll up to go down and having to scroll down to go up will take me a long time to get used to. Is there any way to bring back the old behavior? It seems of the three options, all it affects is the visibility of the scroll bar, not the actual scroll behavior.

And I really love all the little new animations in Lion. For a developer preview, I'm finding it remarkably stable. It's a bit slow, but that's to be expected running from an external drive.

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Okay, finally got done installing Lion onto an external drive. So far, I'm quite impressed.

However, it is really weird having iOS scrolling on a computer with a mouse. Having to scroll up to go down and having to scroll down to go up will take me a long time to get used to. Is there any way to bring back the old behavior? It seems of the three options, all it affects is the visibility of the scroll bar, not the actual scroll behavior.

And I really love all the little new animations in Lion. For a developer preview, I'm finding it remarkably stable. It's a bit slow, but that's to be expected running from an external drive.

uncheck the top option in trackpad preferences

[.Neo]

Is there any way to bring back the old behavior?

There's a checkbox in the Trackpad preferences (answered in this threat few times before).