Re: Lion notes
Re: Lion notes
- Subject: Re: Lion notes
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:12:05 -0400
On Jul 23, 2011, at 03:14 , Christopher Stone wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 18:20, Alex Zavatone wrote:
>> Is it just me or is the general impression that Lion sucks?
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> Hey Alex,
>
> I'm quite unhappy with some of the ridiculous garbage Apple has decided is cool or useful.
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> For instance:
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> I think the accented character doodad is handy, but since I use key-repeat for numerous things on a frequent if not daily basis I find it gets in my way. I only use accented characters now and then. So far I haven't found any way to turn the bloody thing off or change it to require a modifier key. Bad Apple; bad! :)
Here is the solution for you:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
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> I've turned off inertia but still have to put up with the bloody spring-loaded nonsense - with my trackpad - but it seems not with a mouse. This "feature" actually gives me vertigo.
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> The Desktop folder has turned into something really alien that doesn't properly display the modified date unless the window is really large. Expanding folders in it is a peculiar experience.
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> Stupid and slow animation on open/close folder in list-view in the Finder.
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> Useless Address Book redesign.
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> I think I could write about 6 pages of complaints, and I've only just used the new system for about 24 active hours.
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> On the other hand there are some distinct improvements. Spotlight is way faster on my machine (MacBook Pro i7). Mail has some Applescript improvements although still no 'get/set selection'.
>
and you can search more than one condition only (for instance subject is "AppleScript" date is "07/22/2011") which I find helpful.
> So it's a mixed bag.
>
> I hope to God there are vociferous complaints and that Apple is smart enough to make revisions.
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> I also hope there are hidden settings that will let me fix some of the major things I don't like.
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> Getting back to Applescript:
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> Has anyone else had crashes on Lion with Script Debugger's OSAImporter for Spotlight?
>
> I'm having crash after crash of the mdworker process, and the log's show:
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> Process: mdworker32 [5951]
> Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker32
> Identifier: mdworker32
> Version: ??? (???)
> Code Type: X86 (Native)
> Parent Process: launchd [174]
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> PlugIn Path: /Applications/Applications (Chris)/*/Script Debugger 4.5.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/OSAImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/OSAImporter
> PlugIn Identifier: com.latenightsw.OSAImporter
> PlugIn Version: 1.0 (4.5.7)
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> --
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> I'm corresponding with Mark Alldritt about this, but I'd be glad to know if I'm not the only one having issues.
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> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
>
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