* The Official OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Thread *

shine · 27 Jul 2012 at 19:16

memyselfandi said:
Well I don't know what's going on with it ... doing stuff via Finder is acting up but file operations via the terminal are fine and perfectly normal. I think a full format and reinstall via USB will be in order ...

I used Carbon Copy Cloner to do my backup - its much easier and faster. It's not free anymore but it has a 30 day trial.

shine · 27 Jul 2012 at 19:18

rp2000 said:
Might install it shortly on my Early 2008 MBP (non unibody).

Quick question, I really like the 4 finger swipe up to show desktop and 4 finger swipe down to show all open windows shortcuts. I seem to recall these were not in Lion when they it first came out. Are they in ML?

Is there any difference if I install the GM as opposed to the one on the app store?

rp2000

You can use BetterTouchTool to customise the gestures to your preferences. I can't remember what is default anymore as I have my own setup. It even let's you setup different gestures for different apps.

Win^ · 27 Jul 2012 at 19:22

Gibber said:
Ah yes this was the thread that first brought the issue to my attention after me thinking I was going nuts! I think there are a few other threads across other forums where people are experiencing the same problems. Judging by the volume of people posting it doesn't seem to be widespread though which I guess doesn't exactly help in getting the problem fixed.

I haven't been able to reproduce the issue since removing gfxCardStatus, which I find very bizarre, although it's bound to happen sooner or later ain't it?

I tried uninstalling gfxcardstatus again, and also did a PRAM reset. Hurrah! Problem fixed so far...

V F · 27 Jul 2012 at 19:39

I don't get how something so simple isn't working. For some reason all my contacts are gone from my iChat account under Messages. Even though it's the same Apple ID I have always used.

rp2000 · 27 Jul 2012 at 20:26

shine said:
You can use BetterTouchTool to customise the gestures to your preferences. I can't remember what is default anymore as I have my own setup. It even let's you setup different gestures for different apps.

Good to know. The touchpad is smaller on my machine so the new 4 finger pinch stuff is a bit tricky.

rp2000

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 20:56

Just received my code redemption email with a password locked PDF file...now i wait for my password email...

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 21:11

This is a joke. The password they've sent me doesn't open the file... :/

EDIT - They sent me two different locked PDF files in the end. Got a second one shortly after the password. I wonder if i should ask what the password is for it.

JediFragger · 27 Jul 2012 at 21:30

Mine is downloading now, took em long enough!!!

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 21:31

7 hours...i can see that datacenter is doing a good job!

Anyone else get 2 pdf emails?

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Jul 2012 at 21:58

Logsi said:
This is a joke. The password they've sent me doesn't open the file... :/

EDIT - They sent me two different locked PDF files in the end. Got a second one shortly after the password. I wonder if i should ask what the password is for it.

It's probably automatically generated.

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 22:02

Strange i didn't get two password emails and two pdfs then. Odd.

rp2000 · 27 Jul 2012 at 22:03

Quick help needed please. Just used a tool to create the bootable USB and I am a bit unsure if it worked correctly.

Can someone mount theirs and confirm this is right (The size is what is concerning me):

rp2000

uniQ · 27 Jul 2012 at 22:34

Looks fine. Not sure why you used a tool though? Simple enough with disk utility.

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Jul 2012 at 22:38

It's fine.

V F · 27 Jul 2012 at 22:39

Why such a big USB disk for a small installer? keeping a 8GB stick is plenty.

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 22:45

Think i may use my 95mb/s SD card for a boot "disk". Should be pretty nippy to install from that!

James J · 27 Jul 2012 at 23:35

Absolutely love this update to the OS. The new safari is superb and from someone who hasn't used any of the third party alternatives in a very long time, the extra speed is very welcome. I also like the power nap function for my 2011 mac air model as it means I can connect my external hdd before I go to sleep and it'll backup all my photos and documents without making a sound or hindering my productivity.

Also noticed that the software update is now part of the mac app store, which is another nice thing for me as I'm a big fan of having everything under 1 program (due to being lazy when it comes to software!)

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 23:37

All updated and ready to go! Much better!

uvarvu · 28 Jul 2012 at 06:55

I managed to get my refund. If you couldn't wait for your code like I did and bought anyway then you should be able to do the same

rp2000 · 28 Jul 2012 at 12:02

uniQ said:
Looks fine. Not sure why you used a tool though? Simple enough with disk utility.

First match on google.

V F said:
Why such a big USB disk for a small installer? keeping a 8GB stick is plenty.

Didn't have anything else handy that I could wipe.

mrbell1984 said:
It's fine.

Thanks.

All installed now. Not that impressed to be honest (Although I guess I have ben using SL for 3 years).

Bootup and shutdown (which to be fair I rarely do) are both much slower. On SL the spinning thing during boot would spin 2.5 times. Now it is 9. On shutdown I would never even see it, now I do.

New gestures are all a bit rubbish and I find fullscreen mode a bit confusing as well. I will have to install the tool someone mentioned earlier to reconfigure the gestures.

iCloud integration seems good, Mainly the seamless sync of Notes to my iPad will be handy.

if I had a copy of the SL DVD (I gave mine away!!) I would just reinstall that back tbh.

rp2000

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