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Upgrading to Lion
Vanity | 07/20/2011 | Glenn

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.


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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I'm slowly learning the Mac but out here in the woods, it's tedious...

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.

41 posted on 07/20/2011 2:26:33 PM PDT by doc11355
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To: antiRepublicrat

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.


42 posted on 07/20/2011 2:41:21 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Hodar
Hodar. This is my big boy. He is the one that is joined at my hip. He loves surfing on the computer. Has a standard poodle girlfriend named Sophie down the street. LOL Photobucket
43 posted on 07/20/2011 3:02:15 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Leonard210; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
Apple puts Mac OSX Lion on the App Store for upgrading! —PING!


Apple Lion!

Please, No Flame Wars, Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!

Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
PLEASE IGNORE THEM!!!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

44 posted on 07/20/2011 3:46:44 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: kevkrom

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..


45 posted on 07/20/2011 3:48:22 PM PDT by tje
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To: Glenn

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!


46 posted on 07/20/2011 3:52:15 PM PDT by TheStickman
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Does that seem right to you?


47 posted on 07/20/2011 3:57:09 PM PDT by luigi
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To: freekitty

You need 3.47GB for the download, and about 3.5GB of free space to install it. Voila, 7GB of required install space.


48 posted on 07/20/2011 4:16:55 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: freekitty
Thank you and now if I can figure out how to back up files. LOL

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.

49 posted on 07/20/2011 4:24:23 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Glenn

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?


50 posted on 07/20/2011 4:27:11 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Swordmaker

Thanks.


51 posted on 07/20/2011 4:30:50 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Swordmaker

Well, I’m glad they got that figured out.

and this:

“The upgrade on my MBP was a freebie.”


52 posted on 07/20/2011 4:51:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: doc11355

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...


53 posted on 07/20/2011 5:50:12 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: Glenn
BEFORE YOU LIONIZE! Go to About This Mac, go into the Software | Applications section to get a list of all your applications. Click on the Kind column to sort by app type. Now make sure that you have no remaining apps of type "Power PC". These are the apps that will not run under lion.
54 posted on 07/20/2011 5:55:24 PM PDT by BlazingArizona
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To: Glenn; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; ...
Apple upgrade to Lion experience—PING!


Apple upgrade to Lion !

Please, No Flame Wars, Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!

Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
PLEASE IGNORE THEM!!!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

55 posted on 07/20/2011 6:32:06 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Swordmaker
If you do not like adjusting to "natural scrolling" the solution is simple:

Apple Logo> system preferences> track pad> uncheck "scroll direction: natural" back to normal.

56 posted on 07/20/2011 6:38:26 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (This message carfully checkd to misteakes by powerful softwhere)
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To: Glenn; Swordmaker; dayglored
Installed Lion OK on a Mac Pro.

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.

57 posted on 07/20/2011 7:36:07 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro
The disk you are installing Lion on is a RAID volume
or
The disk has a non-standard Boot Camp partition setup, where further partitioning was performed after running Boot Camp Assistant, or the configuration that Boot Camp Assistant created was manually modified

Do either of those apply?

58 posted on 07/20/2011 7:39:18 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: Glenn
No!

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.

59 posted on 07/20/2011 8:00:07 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: freekitty

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.


60 posted on 07/20/2011 8:04:13 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
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