OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) to be released July 25th?

Colonel Panic

Hmm, I think that's for external monitor resolution only. If you select the scaled option, does it show a list of resolutions?

I should really just install it, I've got a developer account! I'm just in the middle of a few things and don't want the downtime!

From Apple Insider

McFry

fjon wrote: »

Did you ever try this out? I'm pretty disappointed too that my laptop can't use AirPlay mirroring, but this app may work instead.

I tried it and it works very well, haven't set up the audio on it yet though but I didn't need to seeing as the TV I used was right beside my monitor. 2010 MBP, here's hoping that Airplay works anyway. I usually don't mirror, I use the MBP in clamshell mode but set it as a second screen when it's open.

Left to right: TV, monitor, MBP.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68056707@N03/7606410224/in/photostream

taylorconor95

Colonel Panic wrote: »

Hmm, I think that's for external monitor resolution only. If you select the scaled option, does it show a list of resolutions?

I should really just install it, I've got a developer account! I'm just in the middle of a few things and don't want the downtime!

From Apple Insider

Hmm, as you can see from the image I posted, there is no option to choose my Apple TV for AirPlay mirroring so it's definitely not supported, and the 'scaled' option just lets you choose the resolution if you want to. Bummer

silvine

Any other features worth the price of admission for those of us who won't be able to use AirPlay?

Zapp Brannigan

Gatekeeper will be pretty cool, but only really useful for people who have no idea what they're doing and decide to install any apps that they see on dodgy sites. Apart from that, notifications maybe? Oh, dictation?

Colonel Panic

That's up to you to decide! Here's the list.

I'm glad fullscreen apps play nicely with multiple displays now, and the multiple backup locations for TM backups is a welcome addition too.

taylorconor95

Colonel Panic wrote: »

That's up to you to decide! Here's the list.

I'm glad fullscreen apps play nicely with multiple displays now, and the multiple backup locations for TM backups is a welcome addition too.

How do they? I have 3 monitors (& running ML) and the only difference I can see is you can choose which display to make the window go fullscreen in, the other two still have that stupid dark linen background!

Colonel Panic

WHAT? The feature list lied to me! (Or I misinterpreted it).

Well, time to do a Conor Hogan (:P :P :P) and moan about it whenever I can!

fjon

So what are the chances of this being released tomorrow? I saw some rumours of this but nothing recently.

brav

fjon wrote: »

So what are the chances of this being released tomorrow? I saw some rumours of this but nothing recently.

We will find out at 9pm GMT time tonight when Apple will have an earnings call

taylorconor95

fjon wrote: »

So what are the chances of this being released tomorrow? I saw some rumours of this but nothing recently.

No issues with GM seed so release is imminent. Wouldn't get your hopes up though..

Sean Quagmire

I'd say it will be tonight.

So who's going to update right away?

I will probably hang on a few days and make sure I do a time machine back up before hand but generally I think it will be a good update (on Lion anyway).

Bigcheeze

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

So who's going to update right away?

Yeah probably.

If you have more than one mac do you need to buy two copies?

Also does the screen resolution of your mac impact the quality of Air Play ?

Brian017

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Yeah probably.

If you have more than one mac do you need to buy two copies?

Also does the screen resolution of your mac impact the quality of Air Play ?

No one purchase is good for all your macs like a normal MAS purchase

miralize

The GM has been working perfectly for me, but I think I'll wait to get my license when I get my new machine in a few days..

jenno86

Its coming tomorrow,

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57479042-37/apples-mountain-lion-launches-tomorrow/

DubDJ

Just as rumoured from the first post on the thread Mountain Lion will be released tomorrow for $19.99 (€15.99) at 6pm GMT.

lee_baby_simms

Thinking of ditching time machine as a backup option before I install this - it doesn't create a bootable backup.

Can anyone recommend a backup utility that can boot?

miralize

Carbon Copy Cloner.

Colonel Panic

CCC is good, but in a pinch, booting into the Recovery HD and using Disk Utility to restore your install drive to another drive works perfectly.

Hobbes

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

Thinking of ditching time machine as a backup option before I install this - it doesn't create a bootable backup.

You normally install from a recovery disk and then your TM backup overlays onto it.

For OSX version changes TM will do a migration rather then a restore.

swingking

but the servers are getting hammered so might wanna wait

jakdublin

Available now. Download in progress

bertie4evr

Don't forget to claim your free copy here if you bought a new Mac or are buying one soon.

Bigcheeze

"error in the appstore"

"item temporarily unavailable"


is all i get

chrislad

Downloading. Time to go out for a bit!

DubDJ

Gonna login to my MacBook Pro now and give it a try downloading. I'm wary because of the issues people seem to be having.

Also Safari has been released as a seperate update. I'm running Lion and using the new Safari as I type.

jpt1980

Applied for my Up To Date free upgrade, still waiting on reply

bertie4evr

Just got the Up to Date emails. Downloading now.

DubDJ

I'm currently downloading all the app updates before I jump on ML. Pretty heavy file sizes. Around 1GB - 1.5GB per app. Updated iWork, iPhoto, iMovie and Safari. All I can say is thank God for UPC broadband. Updates are flying by so far. Gonna go for the big 4.5GB now in a bit. Are people still having issues?