*** The Official OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Thread ***

Logsi said:
Because i hate the Appstore and never open it.
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The MAS is growing on me. Having several Mac's in the household the convenience of not having to fudge with serials on a per app basis and being able to install all my purchased apps hassle free across Mac's is very welcome. So will be the additional security features especially as OS X is clearly being targeted more & more.

I now often re-purchase apps I already own and use a lot on the MAS if they become deeply discounted. Of course there are some cons ie some apps have to sacrifice a few features due to sandboxing and other constraints. Those I continue to use from the dev.
 
uniQ said:
The MAS is growing on me. Having several Mac's in the household the convenience of not having to fudge with serials on a per app basis and being able to install all my purchased apps hassle free across Mac's is very welcome. So will be the additional security features especially as OS X is clearly being targeted more & more.

I now often re-purchase apps I already own and use a lot on the MAS if they become deeply discounted. Of course there are some cons ie some apps have to sacrifice a few features due to sandboxing and other constraints. Those I continue to use from the dev.
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I'm not saying the MAS is bad. It's a great way to consolidate all apps or download apps that have gone missing like Steam or the iTunes Store with Music. It's just that i never use it or have any use to using it, so being forced to open it when updating the OS is a bit contrived and would rather have the old way.
 
Might sound like a silly question, but if I install the GM do I then have to update this when the retail version comes out? Is the version number and all components/functionality identical to the one that will be released in ~2 weeks?

Edit: How big a USB drive would I need?


rp2000
 
rp2000 said:
Might sound like a silly question, but if I install the GM do I then have to update this when the retail version comes out? Is the version number and all components/functionality identical to the one that will be released in ~2 weeks?

Edit: How big a USB drive would I need?


rp2000
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8GB should be enough. - Mountain Lion is extremely smooth, it's like Snow Leopard.
 
mrbell1984 said:
8GB should be enough. - Mountain Lion is extremely smooth, it's like Snow Leopard.
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Which, coincidentally I am still using :)

I have only ever done a clean install, but this time (due to laziness) I fancy just using Time Machine. I think that does a clean install then manually copies back files, applications and settings.

Anyone know what it would do with applications I have that are not compatible with (Mountain)Lion?


rp2000
 
rp2000 said:
Might sound like a silly question, but if I install the GM do I then have to update this when the retail version comes out? Is the version number and all components/functionality identical to the one that will be released in ~2 weeks?

Edit: How big a USB drive would I need?


rp2000
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Unless they find any serious bugs the version from the App Store will be exactly the same and you'll have no problems installing any updates once they get released through System Updates (or the App Store now I believe).

I did this with Lion and never had any problems.
 
I was the first to criticise Mountain Lion for lack of features, I'm trying it out now and in all honesty I cannot believe what an improvement over Lion it is.

They have much a ton of under the hood improvements they haven't told us about I'm sure, comparing how fluid and intuitive the OS is over Lion is like Night and Day.

So worth the upgrade for £13 or whatever it is. Brilliant buy.
 
mr.sly said:
Unless they find any serious bugs the version from the App Store will be exactly the same and you'll have no problems installing any updates once they get released through System Updates (or the App Store now I believe).

I did this with Lion and never had any problems.
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Cheers, I might have a go at installing it this week.
mrbell1984 said:
@rp2000 a little off topic, I love your sig. Can you make me one like that pweese?
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I wish! I have no idea on how to make it, I got someone in the forums to make it for me. "thesnipergecko" is his username.


rp2000
 
Also anyone noticed that previous apps that fired up the discrete GPU (on MBP's) no longer do?

I'm talking reeder, sparrow, tweetbot etc.
 
9to5Mac.com said:
We’ve heard a few whispers (3 and counting) that Apple Stores both in the United States and overseas have planned overnights for Tuesday, July 24th. With OS X Mountain Lion launching “in July”, according to Apple, we believe that it is sensible to speculate that this overnight may point to a public launch the following day...
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Source

25th July sounds about right :) Not long now!
 
I'm assuming a clean install of Mountain Lion will be the same process as before? Just burning the download to CD/USB?

I've been meaning to do a clean install of my OS but will now hold out for ML.
 
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Faded said:
I'm assuming a clean install of Mountain Lion will be the same process as before? Just burning the download to CD/USB?

I've been meaning to do a clean install of my OS but will now hold out for ML.
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Indeed :)

Think I might do a clean install with ML also :)
 
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