Posted on 07/20/2011 11:29:45 AM PDT by Glenn
I upgraded both of my Macs to Lion this afternoon.
Time to install and reboot (each): 40 minutes
After reboot:
Took about 30 minutes to upgrade my mail. Could do nothing while that happened.
Once the mail was processed, the system fully started.
Spotlight began reindexing in the background and it took a lot of CPU. Everything was running slow. Mail seemed to be the target of the Spotlight reindex.
Some notables:
Launch pad is great for an old man like me. Looking at those itty bitty icons in the application list was getting harder.
The new scrolling took a minute to get used to. You move your finger up the mouse to get it to scroll down. I adapted quickly.
Spell checking in Safari now. Great for FR posting!
I paid to upgrade my Mac Tower. The upgrade on my MBP was a freebie. I hadn't expected that.
Okay. So now I am off to explore what else is new.
Take a look at this page.
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
It contains short, simple video lessons on common Mac features. It makes learning Mac basics and the popular software programs (iPhoto, iMovie, etc.) really easy to learn.
I learned the basics and got started with video editing with iMovie in less than 3 minutes.
I’ve read some speculation that Lion Server may be headed towards offering local iCloud like functionality. Which i wuld like rather than having all my stuff transfered around in the big cloud. Don’t know, I’m just downloading the desktop at the moment.
Apple Lion!
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I was wondering about that, but couldn’t find any mention of that.. Anyway, it’s no big deal for me to run over to the apple store.. Always fun..
Upgraded iMac & both MacBooks without issue this morning. Safari FINALLY seems to be running like a good browser should & I’ve noticed a speed increase in the opening & closing of apps.
Well worth the $29.99!
Does that seem right to you?
You need 3.47GB for the download, and about 3.5GB of free space to install it. Voila, 7GB of required install space.
Step 1: Buy an external hard drive big enough to hold your data
Step 2: Plug it in
Step 3: Click "Use as Backup Disk" when OS X asks if you want to
That's it.
I am excited to get this done. I have to upgrade from leopard to lion. I’ve bought 2g new ram to add, but I don’t have the right little screwdriver. Once I get one I can try to do all this and give my 3 yr old iMac some new life.
If you back up regularly (I use super duper) that should be enough, right?
Thanks.
Well, I’m glad they got that figured out.
and this:
“The upgrade on my MBP was a freebie.”
I bought the iMac for its photo handling system which appears superior to everything else I’ve used.
I use a Canon 60 D and have four pretty good lenses to play with. I’m retired and just like to fart around...
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Apple Logo> system preferences> track pad> uncheck "scroll direction: natural" back to normal.
Then tried installing it on a 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 Macbook Pro with 467.93 GB free space -- and it kept balking, referring me here.
So, like, wtf.
Do either of those apply?
Or not that I know of. < |:(~
I'm just using the Macbook as it came out of the box, pretty much. No RAID, no Bootcamp.
Some one has probably answered all this for you as I slowly scroll down.
I updated this afternoon from Snow Leopard to Lion and it was a piece of cake. It first downloads a small app, about 700k, that handles it all for you. The 4G is RAM, which you need, I think.
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