OS X lion – 5 Star Rating From Over 8,000 Users – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

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 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.

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.

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.