OS X lion – 5 Star Rating From Over 8,000 Users – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
With well over 8,000 downloads from the US Mac App Store complete with 5 star ratings, there’s no doubt that OS X Lion is a huge sucess for Apple. There are currently 1,765 written reviews in the Mac App Store. Looking through the comments though, there are also quite a few customers experiencing speed problems amongst other things, check out our final paragraph in this post for some solutions.
Take a look below at what most users find to be the greatest feature of this new best selling app to hit the Mac App Store.
AirDrop
Looking for a fast way to share files with people nearby? With AirDrop, you can send files to anyone around you wirelessly — no Wi-Fi network required. And no complicated setup or special settings. Just click the AirDrop icon in the Finder sidebar, and your Mac automatically discovers other AirDrop users within about 10 metres of you. To share a file, simply drag it to someone’s name. Once accepted, the fully encrypted file transfers directly to that person’s Downloads folder.
Mission Control
Mission Control brings together full-screen apps, Dashboard, Exposé and Spaces in one new feature that gives you a bird’s-eye view of everything on your system. With a single swipe on the trackpad, your desktop zooms out to Mission Control. Think of it as the hub of your system: view everything and go anywhere with just a click.
Full Screen Apps
OS X Lion offers system-wide support for gorgeous, full-screen apps that use every inch of your Mac display. You can have multiple full-screen apps open at once — along with multiple standard-size apps. And it’s easy to switch between full-screen and desktop views.
System-wide support for full-screen apps means you can work and play without distractions, using every inch of your display. Everything looks great full screen, from Mail to iPhoto to Safari. And since full-screen apps use every available pixel, they make working on smaller screens more practical than ever.
The Problems
It seems many users are posting comments from very slow to download to incompatiabilty issues with some of their existing software and even odd scrolling problems.
Before you install OS X Lion you must ensure, to the best of your knowledge, that your computer is compatible. Firstly, your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon processor to run Lion. Find out if your current Mac has one of these processors by clicking the Apple icon at the top left of your screen, then choosing About This Mac. Secondly, you must ensure that you have the latest version of Snow Leopard running before attempting to upgrade to Lion. To do this click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install the latest version. Thirdly, you must ensure that your computer has 7GB of available disk space and fourthly, you need a minimum 2 GB of RAM to run OS X Lion.
If your computer does not meet these minimum requirements you will need to upgrade your computer before you can install OS X Lion.
Adobe have also published a list of products that they state have been affected by this upgrade. There are a sleuth of products affected, these include:
Acrobat family
Adobe Drive
Contribute
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash Builder
Flash Catalyst
Flash Player
Illustrator
Lightroom
LiveCycle
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
To view the Adobe knowledge base and fine answers to any issues you may be experiencing, go here.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
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rozmi
One unexpected result of installing Lion: my fans speed up very easily, even when I open multiple windows in a web browser, and my computer is running warmer than it did under Snow Leopard. I’ve heard one suggestion to try zapping the PRAM; hoping that’ll help things when I get home from work.
rozmi
Apparently indexing is the actual culprit here. Spotlight is saying I have several hours to go.