LyleLanley
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I think we'll have to wait for more apps to integrate it before it really becomes useful. Although you can tweet directly from Notification Center, not really sure what the point of that is but it's there.
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Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Move your Mac even further ahead
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I think we'll have to wait for more apps to integrate it before it really becomes useful. Although you can tweet directly from Notification Center, not really sure what the point of that is but it's there.
tanooki141
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Noob question, sorry:
Is there a way to sync notes between my iPhone and MacBook Pro w/o using iCloud?
iCloud is causing me trouble but I still want my notes to sync together when I plug in my phone.
Is there a way to sync notes between my iPhone and MacBook Pro w/o using iCloud?
iCloud is causing me trouble but I still want my notes to sync together when I plug in my phone.
Go to Google.com on Safari, on the lower right there should be a "Google.com in English" link. If you click that, your preference is saved and it should always search through the .com page instead of the local alternative.Is there anyway to change the Safari default search engine? For Germany it's google.de (with tons of local results), i need my google.com fix. It's unbelievable how incompetent Apple and Google are at browser development. Safari and Chrome are great but they almost always screw up one basic feature
aparisi2274
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It's like that on the iPhone, so I can see why they pulled it over to ML, but it seems more suited for the iOS, because if I am browsing a website, and I post it to twitter or FB, I can click the share button and pick one of them.
When I am browsing at home, whatever site I am on, already has a tweet button or a FB button or a G+ button.
Got the Shakes
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I just hit the 24 hour mark and still no key from Apple.
Swipe left/right with two fingers?
Any IMAP email account should work, including Gmail.
Put me in the minority who will keep it the Lion way. Grouping off is a huge pain in the ass for dealing with multiple windowed apps (TexEdit, in my case) and wanting to move all those windows into another space, at once.
The new Safari keeps sounding better and better. :lol I literally installed an extension in Lion Safari to keep the del key from working as a back function. That shit got annoying super fast.
Baller. PhD
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Best thing about Mountain Lion? Sync of iMessages between all devices. No more 4 convo windows with the same person on my iPad. So nice.
You can also use command+arrows for back/forward btw (and cmd+shift+arrows to go through the tabs), more intuitive than command+[ imo.
Same here, when I need a specific window and there are too many open I just use app exposé with the specific app. Never had a problem with the Lion way as I feel it uses the screen real estate better and I like the grouping.
My Name Is Luke
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Likewise, I hate being so impatient hahahaha. Everytime I got an email yesterday, I was hoping that it was the ML Key.
Got the Shakes
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I have patience when it comes to most things, but the newest tech is one thing I'm not patient for. Haha.
Wont be truly be OK until iOS6. Imessages that use the phone as the ID still only show up in the phone. Finally this is being fixed in ios6
mescalineeyes
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I don't get why people are "waiting for their codes".
You are eligible. Download it from wherever. Install it. No one cares where your installation is from.
You are eligible. Download it from wherever. Install it. No one cares where your installation is from.
Got the Shakes
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My only other option is to pay for it from the App Store if I don't wait for my code since I don't know anyone who can give me a copy.
mescalineeyes
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Do you not have a torrent client?
I tried using imessage across my iPad and iPhone three months ago and my friends went apeshit on me complaining about our conversations getting split up into multiple message threads. It was such a pain in the ass.
This has truly, finally been rectified?
So after a day I say it's faster and better than Lion. For 20 bucks it should really be a no brainer.
I've been using safari for a while after using Chrome for the longest time. Who knows if I'll switch back yet. My #1 reason for using chrome was being able to sync with my windows desktop.
I've been using safari for a while after using Chrome for the longest time. Who knows if I'll switch back yet. My #1 reason for using chrome was being able to sync with my windows desktop.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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If Apple fucked me over too I probably would've went this route.
Is it stealing when you're entitled to it anyway? Probably not.....
Gary Whitta
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I think this is the best OSX update Apple has done in a long, long time. Agree/disagree?
It's certainly the best since Lion.
Installed this morning and it took FOREVER. It started off saying it would take 33 minutes, counted down to "less than a minute" then started going negative. When it finally said "-10 minutes remaining," it jumped up to "20 minutes remaining."
Not sure if serious.
Not sure if serious.
I agree.
Buddha Beam
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Does anyone know how this impacts HDD space? I remember when I jumped from 10.6 to 10.7, I gained a good bit of disc space back. Is that the case in ML too?
Lord Error
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I really hope this works as I've yet to find a software on Mac that can really fix the broken (non existent, actually) mouse acceleration curve. They figured out what works for trackpad, and use the same system for Mouse, but it just can't be like that.Every other OS got this right, even Mac OS had it right at some point but they just flat out broke it sometime during OSX revisions and never fixed it.
*edit* Yeah, this probably won't work on ML or even Lion. One of the user comments says so. It's probably tapping into (also borked) acceleration API that was eventually removed in Lion. It was better than nothing that we're left with now though.
There's a promising project called Mouse Curves, a guy seemed to have finally figured it all out, but it's been stalled for two years now and no release.
Disagree. The changes are largely cosmetic if you aren't invested in the Apple ecosystem (iCloud, iPhone, ATV) and / or own an older (pre 2011) Mac.
Gary Whitta
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If you only installed it this morning I'm not sure if YOU'RE serious!
My gf and I both got about 1.5gb back.
LyleLanley
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I think it's a nice update but it's not exactly a huge update, I definitely don't think it's the best OSX update.
mescalineeyes
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The best OS X Update ever was Tiger and you know it, the 2nd best being Snow Leopard. Took balls, man.
Gary Whitta
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What do you think has been the best one? I guess it's subjective, I think it's the best as it has the most features that appeal to me.
NekoFever
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It's probably the best 10.x.0 version I've seen. A handful of minor bugs but way more impressive and stable on day one than any of the others I've been using since the beginning, which is all of them since Tiger.
Gary Whitta
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The only one I use is 1password. Might re-install imgur if it's compatible. I had an omnibar plugin which was a hassle (why I used to prefer Chrome) but I don't need it any more.Trying to see if I can get used to using only Safari on osx... no pinned tabs sucks
It also seems really bizarre and stupid that you can't search within the safari extensions gallery. What extensions are people using with Safari?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It's better than Lion that's for sure. It brought the UI speed back to the os that Lion took away, and then some.
Buddha Beam
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Good to know, thanks.
LyleLanley
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I'm not really sure which one I think has been the best, maybe Leopard because of Time Machine. This one just feels like not much has been added to it. That being said I do like the features that have been added to it mostly Notification Center.
Gary Whitta
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Docs in the cloud, notifications and twitter integration are all huge for me so this is a very Gary-centric update
It's kind of weird cause Tiger to Leopard was a big jump, but Snow Leopard was very fast and improved a lot under the hood to make Leopard better. Then Lion added some stuff but wasn't amazing. Now Mountain Lion is out and improved a bunch on Lion. Leopard was probably the biggest upgrade (I started on Tiger so my knowledge is limited) but I feel Mountain Lion is damn good so far and is most likely the best iteration. So I guess I pretty much agree with you.
Docs in the cloud, notifications and twitter integration are all huge for me so this is a very Gary-centric update
docs in the cloud uses your 5gb of icloud storage though, so dropbox is still the better option for me. i already have icloud mostly filled up with my ipad/iphone backups and other data. i hope apple expands icloud storage more as they add new features to it.
mescalineeyes
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I don't think you can individually store any files "in the cloud" as you could with .mac, it's more of an app specific thing.
CarbonatedFalcon
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In terms of pure, noticeable/everyday feature count?
Leopard by far.
Snow Leopard was also very, very good, but as mentioned, it was a lot more about under the hood optimization stuff than new, usable features.
I'm using Mountain Lion right now on one computer (not my regular laptop), and there really are no noticeable differences for me in the way I've been using it for the past day.
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