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

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    #152
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    It's called the Application Switcher. It's been around forever. Press CMD-tab to bring it up. There are a number of other shortcuts associated with it as well, such as pressing shift to go back, Q to quit, escape to cancel, down to activate expose, etc. I couldn't live without it.


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    #153
    bertie4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭bertie4evr


    squonk wrote: »
    Your issue might be with Gatekeeper. Pop into Security on Sys Prefs and change GK to allow all software. it may be that Paralells isn't bundled with a verifiable vendor cert.

    You don't have to shut it off completely. If you right click on the app and choose open and open again it skips Gatekeeper.


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    #154
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    It's called the Application Switcher. It's been around forever. Press CMD-tab to bring it up. There are a number of other shortcuts associated with it as well, such as pressing shift to go back, Q to quit, escape to cancel, down to activate expose, etc. I couldn't live without it.

    Yep, it's really handy. You can also just click on an application when holding CMD rather than cycle back and forward with repeated tabbing.

    I've also just noticed that X11 is no longer included. I was redirected to the download page for XQuartz when I fired up Matlab. Seems to work fine.


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    #155
    jpt1980
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭jpt1980


    Applied yesterday at lunch time, still no code, its a killer having no patience


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    #156
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    I'm not impressed with Power Nap. I just picked up my MacBook Air and it was very warm to touch and woke up way too quickly, suggesting it wasn't asleep at all. My understanding was that it would wake from time to time to check email, etc. If not, then I don't see the point of it. It's basically the same as running your machine in clamshell mode. There's no way you have could have Power Nap enabled when running on battery.

    I've disabled it completely.


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    #157
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    Updated my mac there last night Mountain Lion finding its making my 2011 mac run a lot faster

    The only thing that i dont like with the update is that it does not tell me how much time i have left on my barratry it just gives me the % hopeing they will fix it with a update


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    #158
    uberwolf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,580 ✭✭✭uberwolf


    finding the airplay very laggy


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    #159
    conor.hogan.2
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    Upgrading to Lion then ML should not delete my apps and settings, right?


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    #160
    DubDJ
    Registered Users Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭DubDJ


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    Upgrading to Lion then ML should not delete my apps and settings, right?

    You don't need to upgrade to Lion first you can skip right over the release and go straight from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion.


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    #161
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    DubDJ wrote: »
    You don't need to upgrade to Lion first you can skip right over the release and go straight from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion.

    Perfect, didn't know that and the upgrade shouldn't wipe any files or settings?


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    #162
    MartMax
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭MartMax


    I think ML eats my MBA battery power quicker. Anyone experiencing the same?


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    #163
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    Perfect, didn't know that and the upgrade shouldn't wipe any files or settings?

    Upgrading leaves everything intact. Have from from 10.6 -> 10.7 -> 10.8 and all my settings, files and applications are fine.

    You're in for a HD reindex and if you use Time Machine, a large enough backup and that's about it.


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    #164
    Stainless_Steel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭Stainless_Steel


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I'm not impressed with Power Nap. I just picked up my MacBook Air and it was very warm to touch and woke up way too quickly, suggesting it wasn't asleep at all. My understanding was that it would wake from time to time to check email, etc. If not, then I don't see the point of it. It's basically the same as running your machine in clamshell mode. There's no way you have could have Power Nap enabled when running on battery.

    I've disabled it completely.

    I thought this feature only ran when connected to power supply?


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    #165
    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    I've installed it. I like the look of Safari and the notification centre. Safari is faaaaasst.


    Is there a way to configure notification centre to work with iTunes?
    Is iPhoto worth the upgrade? I only really use iPhoto 9 to manage my photo library.


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    #166
    bertie4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭bertie4evr


    Just got another Up to Date email. They sent the same code again. Their probably sending everyone the codes again after they ballsed up the first round.


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    #167
    DubDJ
    Registered Users Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭DubDJ


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    Perfect, didn't know that and the upgrade shouldn't wipe any files or settings?

    It's not supposed to wipe any files and for most users everything is perfect once the upgrade is complete. BUT always have a backup. I wouldn't risk it TBH. I have an external HDD connected running Time Machine. And then I have a second external that I backup onto every few months just in case. I'm overly careful but I still think everyone should have at least 1 backup.


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    #168
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Just updated now, now too big on the new dock. Would prefer more transparency. Haven't tried Safari yet as I'm quite happy with Chrome.


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    #169
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    I use the old 2D dock still and the update was kind enough to remember the setting!


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    #170
    Sad Professor
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    Stainless_Steel wrote: »
    I thought this feature only ran when connected to power supply?

    By default, yes, but it can be enabled for on battery power as well.


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    #171
    jpt1980
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭jpt1980


    3rd day waiting on a code, seriously pissed off at this stage


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    #172
    DerryRed
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭DerryRed


    grizzly wrote: »
    Does anyone find their sync is off using airplay as an audio output? When watching streaming video it's poor. Perhaps I need to re-configure my Airport?

    Installed Mountain Lion last night. Just tested Airplay with AppleTV and seriously poor sync. Video content and Audio is constantly stuttering.


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    #173
    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    DerryRed wrote: »
    grizzly wrote: »
    Does anyone find their sync is off using airplay as an audio output? When watching streaming video it's poor. Perhaps I need to re-configure my Airport?

    Installed Mountain Lion last night. Just tested Airplay with AppleTV and seriously poor sync. Video content and Audio is constantly stuttering.

    This is the only feature I was interested in, but it's unusable for me.


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    #174
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Extremely smooth upgrade, I have to say. I had worries about how this yearly upgrade cycle was going to work out, but based on this experience I reckon Apple should adopted this more incremental approach to OS upgrades years ago.

    The only small issue I've encountered is a delay on my MBA when waking from hibernation. I have it set so that I have to enter my password when waking from sleep. But since 10.8 there's now a slight delay before key strokes are recognised. Anyone else experienced this?


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    #175
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    When I was testing Airplay last night, I found it worked quite well. No perceivable lag for general usage or watching media. I'll have to fire up a game tonight and see what the delay is like. Probably enough to make things unplayable.

    I did notice one thing that disappointed me a little though. When I turn off Airplay mirroring, it didn't reset my MBP's resolution back to native (1650 * 1050)

    Is this standard behaviour?


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    #176
    Gonzovision
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 4,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzovision


    Just got my code there after 3 days


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    #177
    DubDJ
    Registered Users Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭DubDJ


    Colonel Panic wrote: »
    When I was testing Airplay last night, I found it worked quite well. No perceivable lag for general usage or watching media. I'll have to fire up a game tonight and see what the delay is like. Probably enough to make things unplayable.

    I did notice one thing that disappointed me a little though. When I turn off Airplay mirroring, it didn't reset my MBP's resolution back to native (1650 * 1050)

    Is this standard behaviour?

    Same thing happened to me. It's seems to be the only big with the whole update. If it is even a bug. I had to go back into the display settings and set it for my MacBook Pro. I'd imagine it's supposed to change back automatically.

    Edit: Just seen a post on TUAW and it said if you use AirPlay a few times it eventually fixes itself and switches back to the MBP resolution.


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    #178
    talla
    Registered Users Posts: 1,614 ✭✭✭talla


    Sad Professor wrote: »

    The only small issue I've encountered is a delay on my MBA when waking from hibernation. I have it set so that I have to enter my password when waking from sleep. But since 10.8 there's now a slight delay before key strokes are recognised. Anyone else experienced this?

    Yep I've noticed this as well on my Mabook Pro Retina. Its also taking longer to shut down now, it was practically instant before the mountain lion update.


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    #179
    DubDJ
    Registered Users Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭DubDJ


    Really not happy they removed Activity Window from Safari. I used it a lot and it'll be missed. Dunno why they removed such a handy feature.


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    #180
    miralize
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Got my Up To Date code! Good timing, my MBPr is arriving early next week with Lion on it


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    #181
    Kbeg3
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Kbeg3


    Waiting for my up to date code :(


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