OS X 10.7 (Lion) GM Released

Jimbeam3678 · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:42

Who's going to be ocuk guniea pig? I'm not jumping in 2 feet first after iPad " upgrade " fiasco

allosunshine · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:01

MrMoonX said:
you cant, you have to install SL first and download from app store, its app store only, no burning to disc etc, jesus how many times do people need to hear this!

Wrong about the burning to disc. Heres how.

allosunshine · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:04

IceBus said:
Jobs said you CAN burn it to disk, but AFAIK you do still need to install SL first.

We'll see when its released, hopefully not.

divaboy said:
Who's going to be ocuk guniea pig? I'm not jumping in 2 feet first after iPad " upgrade " fiasco

I'll gladly do it as I was planning on doing a fresh install first. Even if you have to install SL first I'm sure it'll still be better to do as fresh an install as possible with a fresh install of SL.

Hxc · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:36

New macbook airs on the 14th then

theheyes · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:39

As with all OS changes I'd recommend backing up before you attempt to install Lion.

Personally, I'm not anticipating the release at all. There isn't a single headline feature that makes me think "wow, I'd like that" and since I've lost my SL disc I don't really feel motivated to buy another copy of that as well to upgrade from.

I can see why Apple would want to give the Mac App Store a kick in the pants with Lion to improve its poor performance, but surely users looking to upgrade their Macs to Lion would have at least tried/embraced the App Store already? Practicality has definitely taken a back seat with that one.

For those that do upgrade I'm sure it will be worth the £21, but it doesn't get more than a giant yawn from me and I'll skip it and wait for 10.8.

Fragil1ty · 4 Jul 2011 at 16:50

So now that Apple Lion 10 7 OSX Gold Master has been released and what not, say if I used this version of Lion and didn't upgrade when Lion actually came out, would I miss out really? or?

Skyboat · 4 Jul 2011 at 18:34

Fragil1ty said:
So now that Apple Lion 10 7 OSX Gold Master has been released and what not, say if I used this version of Lion and didn't upgrade when Lion actually came out, would I miss out really? or?

No idea. Saying that you have already

Have you found any trace of the Safari-only mode that everyone's been hyping about?

Marky · 4 Jul 2011 at 19:25

I'm planning a fresh install when this is released

Fragil1ty · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:02

Skyboat said:
No idea. Saying that you have already Have you found any trace of the Safari-only mode that everyone's been hyping about?

I've barely used it, I just upgraded, saw how it looked and that was it, I've been gaming too much lately to see any new features apart from Launchpad and the way that the UI looks a little different >.<
I'll have to fully test it out and what not later, i'll report back to you on this 'safari-only' mode

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Jul 2011 at 10:20

Hopefully the new MBAs will come with Lion but I probably will just do a fresh instal anyway.

allosunshine · 5 Jul 2011 at 11:21

iDroid84 said:
Hopefully the new MBAs will come with Lion but I probably will just do a fresh instal anyway.

I would've thought so if the speculation is true that they'll be out same time as Lion.

Fragil1ty · 5 Jul 2011 at 11:52

I've been keeping up with people I follow on Youtube and there is rumors speculating that MBA have already been made or whatever and they are just waiting for the final touches ie: installation of Lion before they are going to be sent off to it's distributors.

Xenoxide · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:46

I just put Lion on USB drive, booted into it, deleted the old partition and created a new one before installing Lion.

So yeah, a fresh install can be done with the GM.

Fragil1ty · 6 Jul 2011 at 03:00

I did mange to get around to installing Lion GM, it did take a fair bit longer than I previously anticipated but, it is amazing.

I am over-all very happy with how Lion is, the boot times do seem to be increased, but there is no other performance issues that I can see thus far, I'll have to use it more, only used it for like an hour or so, I really love Mail, it's really innovative.

I don't like the way that the applications are displayed, I still access them through the old ways, but so far? It's great.

memyselfandi · 6 Jul 2011 at 05:51

divaboy said:
Will this upgrade work same iPhone etc I.E you don't need to back up all data? Not like re installing windows?

As with any major OS software change of course you should back up any data before applying it. Upgrading may not wipe your data but there's always a risk if something goes wrong.

allosunshine · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:47

Xenoxide said:
I just put Lion on USB drive, booted into it, deleted the old partition and created a new one before installing Lion. So yeah, a fresh install can be done with the GM.

How did you install it onto a USB stick??

Marky · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:54

Xenoxide said:
I just put Lion on USB drive, booted into it, deleted the old partition and created a new one before installing Lion. So yeah, a fresh install can be done with the GM.

What size is it?

MikeHunt79 · 6 Jul 2011 at 17:05

Is Lion still going to be for 64 CPU's only? Are there any workarounds for us Core Duo owners?

IceBus · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:03

MikeHunt79 said:
Is Lion still going to be for 64 CPU's only? Are there any workarounds for us Core Duo owners?

I didn't think that it was only for 64 CPUs?

Dewotter · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:06

IceBus said:
I didn't think that it was only for 64 CPUs?

You need at least a 64bit Core 2 Duo.