Mac OS X Lion Discussion

[PyX]

I noticed a lot of you were complaining about the new Dashboard function

you can turn it off easily, re-enabling the old style dashboard

Ahh this is great to know! I will uncheck this one.

I hope they will add a at least minimum of support for OpenGL 4.X as it can be a game-changer for OS X. A lot of people don?t switch because they will miss gaming on their computers.

[Elliott]

I hope they will add a at least minimum of support for OpenGL 4.X as it can be a game-changer for OS X. A lot of people don?t switch because they will miss gaming on their computers.

Doubt it. Their target is OpenGL 3.2, and I highly doubt they'll even completely support it, but I'd be happy to be wrong.

[.Neo]

It's great we can have the old Dashboard back. It looks absolutely dreary as a space... As if I accidentally ended up in some wrong side of the tracks back ally of my iMac. Not to mention you don't see the ripple effect! That just kills it for me. :laugh:

Is there a checkbox to get Mac OS X Snow Leopard's Expos? back too? :p I honestly wonder how many of these preferences will actually make it into the final release. I really thought Apple would get rid of the "minimize into application icon feature" as well once Mac OS X Snow Leopard would hit GM, or force it into us. Never thought it would remain optional.

[Quillz]

It's great we can have the old Dashboard back. It looks absolutely dreary as a space... As if I accidentally ended up in some wrong side of the tracks back ally of my iMac. Not to mention you don't see the ripple effect! That just kills it for me. :laugh:

Is there a checkbox to get Mac OS X Snow Leopard's Expos? back too? :p I honestly wonder how many of these preferences will actually make it into the final release. I really thought Apple would get rid of the "minimize into application icon feature" as well once Mac OS X Snow Leopard would hit GM, or force it into us. Never thought it would remain optional.

I like that feature simply because I don't like minimized windows constantly affecting the width of my Dock. (This is why I try to hide things whenever possible.)

However, I do think most of the preferences that can be toggled in this developer preview will remain. I see no reason why they should be removed, especially knowing that many of the "required" features in Leopard became options later on (such as the transparent menu bar.)

[.Neo]

However, I do think most of the preferences that can be toggled in this developer preview will remain. I see no reason why they should be removed, especially knowing that many of the "required" features in Leopard became options later on (such as the transparent menu bar.)

Because generally Apple doesn't like options. ;) Not too many at least.

[irunwithknives]

It's great we can have the old Dashboard back. It looks absolutely dreary as a space... As if I accidentally ended up in some wrong side of the tracks back ally of my iMac. Not to mention you don't see the ripple effect! That just kills it for me. :laugh:

Is there a checkbox to get Mac OS X Snow Leopard's Expos? back too? :p I honestly wonder how many of these preferences will actually make it into the final release. I really thought Apple would get rid of the "minimize into application icon feature" as well once Mac OS X Snow Leopard would hit GM, or force it into us. Never thought it would remain optional.

Hey, we are lucky we still get our per-application expose still

id be freaking stoked if i could get normal expose back. i think that Mission Control is a good substitute for Spaces, but i don't like it replacing my all applications expose.

but I'm surprised nobody else noticed or posted about the Dashboard fix yet. i noticed it the first hour i was using Lion

[Quillz]

I'm sure it's been pointed out by now, but it seems Cover Flow's background has changed slightly. It's no longer pure black but rather sort of a glossy black gradient:

Also, I think the handle-less scroll bar is new, as well.

[DeadEndAccount]

Well you have a few options left :

- wait for the WWDC where it will be unveiled with a few more features

- wait until you have to buy a new Mac, it'll come for free

- never buy it, never use it. you're not forced to and you'll save a few bucks

And yeah,Ii read about Gabe Newell. I can understand the guy. It's not like Apple has to help a 12 years old that'll change his mind in two weeks and will scrap everything...

I wouldn't be surprised if Lion ships around 4 weeks after WWDC. The big question is whether QTKit will be developed further or has it been replaced with AV Foundation. There are rumours that AV Foundation will be replacing QTKit instead of trying to build up a comprehensive QTKit from the ground up - that the Final Cut rumours of two versions being available, one which uses bridges to the 32bit Carbon QuickTime with the version for Lion being based on AV Foundation.

I'm sure there are lots of features that haven't been announced but have been included but not enabled yet - it would be interesting to see how long the developer build has been getting 'tested' before being released; whether one is in store for another big update before the final release :)

[sundayx Veteran]

It resizes the Quick Look window now, unless image is smaller than the minimum size of the Quick Look window. In that case, it just shows the image at actual pixels in the center of the Quick Look window instead of scaling it up and pixelating it like it used to.

Thanks Elliott! Finally they fixed this dreary inconsistency.

[TheLegendOfMart]

So they're scared to loose customers. You could ask yourself how many people with older 32-bit machines will be upgrading their PCs to Windows 8. My guess is not that many.

Of course they are the main bulk of their business is software, if they decided to drop 32bit support only enthusiast and system builders would install 64bit windows everyone else would be out in the cold.

[AltecXP]

my biggest issues are random lag spikes, and that the backlight on the keyboard keeps turning off even when I have told it not to.

[tra]

And does anybody's knows where to find the

Signature capture tool?

http://www.examiner....-lion-10-7-beta

[Elliott]

And does anybody's knows where to find the

Signature capture tool?

http://www.examiner....-lion-10-7-beta

In Preview's preferences.

[tra]

In Preview's preferences.

Thankyou.. but where is that?

Can't find in "System Preferences"

[instant.human]

Thankyou.. but where is that?

Can't find in "System Preferences"

Let me guess... Open Preview.app, go to "Preview" in the MenuBar and select "Preferences". :-)

[tra]

Ok.. thank you.. didn't know it was in the preferences of a app.

found it...

great

[.Neo]

Have you guys tried copying (by drag-'n'-drop) multiple items from one folder to another? Apple has really gone all out on the animations in Mac OS X Lion! Really cool.

[Jan Veteran]

Have you guys tried copying (by drag-'n'-drop) multiple items from one folder to another? Apple has really gone all out on the animations in Mac OS X Lion! Really cool.

Video?

[.Neo]

I don't have any hosting space atm. Anyway, the OS will swing and stack all icons together underneath the cursor similar to the Mac OS X Leopard grid stack animation.

I noticed that collapsing and uncollapsing lists shows an animation now too. I'm really hoping they will go all the way this time around and give everything smooth animations that lack them in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. While Cheetah was way ahead of anything at the time Apple kinda slacked off with future releases. They seem to be correcting that with Mac OS X Lion. (Y)

[instant.human]

Damn, host that video somewhere. :D I really want to see that!

[Elliott]

Here's a video of the animation. Kind of neat.

http://gallery.me.com/synerage/100219 :)

[Jan Veteran]

Here's a video of the animation. Kind of neat.

http://gallery.me.com/synerage/100219 :)

Holy ****. That's amazing.

No offence to Windows - but it's little details like that which keeps the OS fresh and exciting.

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Time to save for a 27 inch iMac :)

[TheLegendOfMart]

lol?

Youd buy a mac just because of some silly folder animation?

[CPressland]

Recorded and uploading now....

[.Neo]

lol?

Youd buy a mac just because of some silly folder animation?

And the Most Retarded Comment Of The Day Award goes to... ...Jenson! Congrats!