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[Artemisia]

Surprised there are no actual Mountain Lion desktop images (the animal itself).

Didn't notice any either. I too was surprised.

 

[scorcho]

so it looks like both my machines are somewhat hosed, and have been hosed since Lion. i'm not sure whether it's due to a system extension or not, but it manifests in not being able to mount the InstallESD.dmg image inside the Mountain Lion upgrade app. this likely explains why the upgrade kept failing. i was only able to install by booting off my coworker's ML USB drive.

using the updated recovery partition, i installed a clean operating system on an external firewire drive (4 hours to download - thanks Apple!) that exhibited no mounting problems. looks like my weekend will be spent wiping and installing the OS on my two machines, then reinstalling apps bit by bit.

hooray. all this for a damn Notification Center and those 200 (or 199!!) new features.

 

[mescalineeyes]

so it looks like both my machines are somewhat hosed, and have been hosed since Lion. i'm not sure whether it's due to a system extension or not, but it manifests in not being able to mount the InstallESD.dmg image inside the Mountain Lion upgrade app. this likely explains why the upgrade kept failing. i was only able to install by booting off my coworker's ML USB drive.

using the updated recovery partition, i installed a clean operating system on an external firewire drive (4 hours to download - thanks Apple!) that exhibited no mounting problems. looks like my weekend will be spent wiping and installing the OS on my two machines, then reinstalling apps bit by bit.

hooray. all this for a damn Notification Center and those 200 (or 199!!) new features.

Shit, man.
Are you sure you didn't download Windows 98 by accident?

 

[scorcho]

Shit, man.
Are you sure you didn't download Windows 98 by accident?

i checked. that ran flawlessly

 

[LCfiner]

I think part of the reason safari seems faster is that new loading progress bar. when it speeds up and zips to the end when a page loads, it adds a feeling of extra speed to the operation. I'm only half joking. I know Safari is more responsive than before but I think that accelerating loading animation really does affect our perception.

 

[mescalineeyes]

I think part of the reason safari seems faster is that new loading progress bar. when it speeds up and zips to the end when a page loads, it adds a feeling of extra speed to the operation. I'm only half joking. I know Safari is more responsive than before but I think that accelerating loading animation really does affect our perception.

you are not even half-joking.
everyone who works in UX knows this, especially Apple.

 

[plasticpassion]

Still no code. What the hell? Almost 24 hours now.

 

[NekoFever]

Will the MAS let you buy Mountain Lion if your Mac doesn't support it? My brother's MBP is right on the borderline and I can't remember which exact model it is, and he certainly wouldn't know, so if it will tell him when he tries to buy it that would be extremely useful.

 

[gotoadgo]

Didn't notice any either. I too was surprised.

There is one though, it's a side shot of one with a mountain range in the background.

 

[Artemisia]

There is one though, it's a side shot of one with a mountain range in the background.

Let me look again...

EDIT: That's a snow leopard wallpaper.

 

[Rockman]

Finally got my key after nearly 24 hours wait. Not so bad I guess considering they are most likely backlogged like hell with requests.

 

[Artemisia]

Whenever I scroll up really quickly in safari, I get a bunch of choppy white screens (or black on some other sites).

It's really a non-issue, but is anyone else seeing something similar?

 

[X-Frame]

Whenever I click the Friends tab in GameCenter to view my friends it seems to go to one of my friends and I see their profile. I can't see a way to view my own friends. Weird.

 

[Hari Seldon]

How do I get new tweets to show up in the notification center? I can tweet out to it but nothing shows up inside of it when I get a new tweet. Do I need a special twitter app for this? I thought it was built into the OS now.

 

[mescalineeyes]

How do I get new tweets to show up in the notification center? I can tweet out to it but nothing shows up inside of it when I get a new tweet. Do I need a special twitter app for this? I thought it was built into the OS now.

It only shows up if you get tweeted at.

or you know, just download tweetbot for mac and forgo the apple silliness.

 

[Hari Seldon]

It only shows up if you get tweeted at.

or you know, just download tweetbot for mac and forgo the apple silliness.

Thanks! Is there a similar solution for having gmail show up properly in notification center. This notification center is not working at all for me. I configured the mail app with gmail imap and it is showing like 3 year old unread messages instead of the most recent.

 

[KingKong]

Finally got my key after nearly 24 hours wait. Not so bad I guess considering they are most likely backlogged like hell with requests.

ahh fuck, i was hoping to get mine before work but no such luck :< i only requested it last nigtht at 5 pm though

 

[mescalineeyes]

Thanks! Is there a similar solution for having gmail show up properly in notification center. This notification center is not working at all for me. I configured the mail app with gmail imap and it is showing like 3 year old unread messages instead of the most recent.

Why yes, there is.

 

[Kurdel]

Performance is great on ma 2009 MBP.

I regret upgrading to Lion, because SL to ML would have been awesome.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Why yes, there is.

Thanks. Kind of disappointing that the notification center seems like a PoS out of the box.

 

[mescalineeyes]

Thanks. Kind of disappointing that the notification center seems like a PoS out of the box.

It has been nothing but fantastic for me but I don't use GMail :/

 

[Hoo-doo]

Thanks! Is there a similar solution for having gmail show up properly in notification center. This notification center is not working at all for me. I configured the mail app with gmail imap and it is showing like 3 year old unread messages instead of the most recent.

I have zero issues with Gmail and notification center. Something is wrong on your end.

 

[Kosmo]

Performance is great on ma 2009 MBP.

I regret upgrading to Lion, because SL to ML would have been awesome.

Great performance on my 2009 27" iMac. I went SL to ML.

 

[LCfiner]

you are not even half-joking.
everyone who works in UX knows this, especially Apple.

true. true. It was just something I thought was funny. they really speed that animation up when the page is almost done loading.

question about mail notifications. I admit I haven't looked at it too much, but has anyone found if it's possible to set a notification alert for mail that's only from certain accounts? I don't want work/ exchange email to pop up on screen but I would like it if my other accounts did.

Is this a job for growl?

 

[linkboy]

Great performance on my 2009 27" iMac. I went SL to ML.

I'm running ML on a 2007 Macbook Pro and it runs just as well as when I got the computer. Totally impressed.

 

[Pringler]

Still no key. Apple is starting to get on my nerves. Np fun at all.

 

[Baller. PhD]

On a laptop sure but on a desktop Mac where you may not have that option it's a great alternative.

Psh. People need to swallow their pride and realize that the trackpad is the future! No reason to use a mouse with a Mac unless you're playing a game or doing photo editing.

 

[LCfiner]

I got the mouse and the trackpad hooked up to the iMac. i prefer the mouse for some operations - pretty much anything file related (moving files, dragging and dropping) or when writing, using iphoto, etc.

But for browsing, the trackpad is just, well, better for achieving ultimate lean back vegetation, laziness mode. the trackpad may as well be tumblr branded, for how well it works with that site and some of the infinite scrolling pages on there.

 

[Mr. F]

Most important question; is there a welcome/bienvenue/willkommen Etc. video when you first boot? The grey screen on Lion was a step down from flying through multilingual outer space in Snow Leopard.

 

[JackEtc]

TWENTY FOUR HOURS since I requested a code right when the page went up. This is ridiculous, Apple.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Still have yet to get a replacement code for my new mac.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Most important question; is there a welcome/bienvenue/willkommen Etc. video when you first boot? The grey screen on Lion was a step down from flying through multilingual outer space in Snow Leopard.

I think that's there only if you do a clean install.

 

[bbagwell]

Been waiting over 24 hours now, no code. I am totally waiting it out though. There is no way that I will reward them with an extra $20 for screwing up.

 

[Boaty McBoatface]

Just bought it from the App store and downloading now. Im planning to fresh install on an mid 2007 2.2 Macbook Pro model (after installing an SSD), anyone think this is worth it?

If this goes to plan, I might just build a desktop Hackintosh, otherwise I'll just buy a new MBP in a few months or so.

fake edit: before anyone mentions I wouldn't mind at all to stick to Snow Leopard but some apps have require Lion (like SkyDrive)

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I wonder if anyone else uses USB Overdrive and has tried it out. I really don't like the default mouse acceleration curve, and USB Overdrive is my current means of fixing it as well as allowing the extra button to be used for stuff like expose.

http://roaringapps.com/app:1546

 

[Hitokage]

http://roaringapps.com/app:1546

Conflicting reports, with the positive one being from February.

 

[LyleLanley]

It's probably been said in this thread before, but I love being able to install this on multiple computers through the App Store.

 

[mescalineeyes]

Use Decelerator.
http://itunes.apple.com/at/app/decelerate/id449448909?mt=12

Also, for it to feel like Windows, you do not want to fully disable Mouse Acceleration, this will make the mouse feel very jumpy when moving slowly. You want very, very little Mouse Acceleration; About 1-2/10

 

[Ken Masters]

I'm still in awe that youtube vids run as smooth as chrome now on safari, when before it was lock up and crash safari half the time for me

 

[Hitokage]

Use Decelerator.
http://itunes.apple.com/at/app/decelerate/id449448909?mt=12

Also, for it to feel like Windows, you do not want to fully disable Mouse Acceleration, this will make the mouse feel very jumpy when moving slowly. You want very, very little Mouse Acceleration; About 1-2/10

Cool, definitely interested in that. I'll have to retest screen distances though.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Conflicting reports, with the positive one being from February.

Yea...

I'll upgrade later today and report back with a definitive answer.

 

[I should be doing hw]

Is there an easy/quick way to check your HDD space in ML? They've removed the indicator that was always tacked at the bottom of folders in Finder in SL. That was always useful.

 

[aparisi2274]

I am liking ML, its a lot zippier than Lion, but I have to wonder what the point of twitter integration was?

I mean if you use Safari (I don't. I use chrome), there is that little action button now that will allow you to post a site to twitter, but aren't like 95% of all sites already linked up to twitter with a button right on the site??

The only cool use I've seen for it so far, is with iPhoto as I can now tweet a photo right from there.

Anyone have any suggestions or tips on how I can use this integration more fully?

 

[mescalineeyes]

Is there an easy/quick way to check your HDD space in ML? They've removed the indicator that was always tacked at the bottom of folders in Finder in SL. That was always useful.

It says so in the bottom bar of the finder when you are browsing your hard-drive.

also, Cmd+I on the drive you want to check on works.

You will probably also want to get Daisy Disk from the app store for the future. Trust me on this one.

Anyone have any suggestions or tips on how I can use this integration more fully?

The best part about the integration in Lion is just to forget about it entirely and download Tweetbot.

 

[I should be doing hw]

It says so in the bottom bar of the finder when you are browsing your hard-drive.

also, Cmd+I on the drive you want to check on works.

You will probably also want to get Daisy Disk from the app store for the future. Trust me on this one.

That bottom bar is what I'm missing though, I think. My Finder seems really barren in general from what it used to be in SL, the sidebar is only showing Favorites. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a screenshot of it's previous layout before installing.

 

[mescalineeyes]

That bottom bar is what I'm missing though, I think. My Finder seems really barren in general from what it used to be in SL, the sidebar is only showing Favorites. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a screenshot of it's previous layout before installing.

View -> Show Status Bar

 

[giga]

Is there an easy/quick way to check your HDD space in ML? They've removed the indicator that was always tacked at the bottom of folders in Finder in SL. That was always useful.

CMD+J on your Desktop.

 

[I should be doing hw]

View -> Show Status Bar

Aha! Thanks again. I feel dumb asking this stuff because it seems all very obvious in retrospect.

 

[Tobor]

I am liking ML, its a lot zippier than Lion, but I have to wonder what the point of twitter integration was?

I mean if you use Safari (I don't. I use chrome), there is that little action button now that will allow you to post a site to twitter, but aren't like 95% of all sites already linked up to twitter with a button right on the site??

The only cool use I've seen for it so far, is with iPhoto as I can now tweet a photo right from there.

Anyone have any suggestions or tips on how I can use this integration more fully?

In a perfect world, all of the browsers would have a similar share button, and the websites could remove them and design better looking sites.

 

[KtSlime]

When checking out the new screensavers I see a few picture collections that I haven't seen before, i'd like to use them as my wallpapers. Collections like Aerial, National Geographic, Cosmos and Nature Patterns.

Any idea where those are located on the harddrive?

I believe the images are pulled down from the web when using the screensaver.