Mine is also customized, meaning I know they don't have it in store, so I'd definitely be out of a computer for an extended period of time.
Man, this is really a bummer.
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Mine is also customized, meaning I know they don't have it in store, so I'd definitely be out of a computer for an extended period of time.
Man, this is really a bummer.
GreatMightySymp
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Click on account on Game Center's homepage, go to view account and the window that pops up should let you change your visible nickname.
Excellent, thanks.
um I think apple lets you hold on to the computer until replacement comes in. Try calling them.
Have a look in Rules. You should be able to get notifications on certain rules, set it up so all VIPs trigger the rule.
Apple has always been gay friendly.
Yeah, I'm hoping so. Something tells me I doubt that's the case, though. I'm gonna call AppleCare tomorrow, I think. Wish me luck.
Good idea, I'll look into doing that later. Thanks.
criesofthepast
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I'm not getting notifications for Mail. Is anyone else having problems with Mail specifically? Reminders and Calender work fine. Haven't tried Messages yet. Sucks the official Twitter app doesn't have notifications yet. Do these apps have to be open for notifications to work? I've tried open and closed and Mail is the only one I can't get working.
Macho Madness
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Mail works for me. Tweetbot Alpha has notifications, and is already much better than the unsupported official app.
njean777
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I got the burn in also today, just noticed it with the calculator when moving from the dashboard... me and you really seem to be having the exact same problems lol, I wonder if ML has anything to do with it? I am debating just putting Lion back on at this point...I fresh installed it three times now and the lag is still really bad compared to lion.
Luckily I bought the base model and my store had a couple in stock, they exchanged mine for a new one. Funny thing is I showed them the exact problem on one of their display units cuz it burned in when I went from dashboard to the desktop with the calculator.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It's not classic burn-in in the plasma TV sense. It's image retention. It'll go away.
I don't disagree. I absolutely know what gestures an do. I LOVE the gestures on the trackpad. Amazing.
And I can only imagine it would get better with BTT..
Part of it, though, is I don't want to be able to ONLY use my mac setup. I guess that always happens to an extent. But I also don't want to install an Apple update that breaks BTT or anything like that.
Again no denying the wonderful advantages of BTT.
criesofthepast
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I'll look into tweetbot alpha. The official app falls short in many areas, not just notifications. Shame about Mail not working properly for me.
Mammoth Jones
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I ran into a strange issue where I stepped away from my rMBP for a while and it locked...yet after coming back my password wasn't accepted. I had to shut the thing down and reboot to get it to accept my password and let me back in. I took my time and entered it in properly. Made sure capslock wasn't on...etc.
Has anyone encountered an issue like this? I really hope it was a brain fart on my end.
Has anyone encountered an issue like this? I really hope it was a brain fart on my end.
Sye d'Burns
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There's really only one solution to our conflict. Apple must hire the skilled German behind BTT and release iBTT.
There's no conflict here, but yes, that would probably push me into using it.
It's just extensive customisation, isn't it? See even some of Apple's stuff I couldn't get into. Hot corners had me all flustered.
criesofthepast
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I don't know what that could have been but reminds me of my iPhone 3G a few years back would not accept my password at all. Kept saying wrong password and nothing would fix it. I was locked out. I think the keychain somehow got corrupted or something. Ended up having to format and losing all my shit because I wasn't backing up regularly back then. It was one of the worst bugs I've ever encountered.
Hopefully that doesnt happen to you with your MBP lol
Sye d'Burns
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Nah, I know there's no conflict. I'm only teasing.
I never liked hot corners and don't use them either.
I like how they've made the dashboard accessible as though it were another desktop, or space, I suppose. I do love my multiple desktops. I came up from snow leopard, so having the dashboard accessible like that is a new feature to me. Before, the only time I'd see them is for a unit conversion or to grab an image. I actually use widgets more frequently now.
ok is it just me or did Mountain Lion improve startup speed by a lot? I'm using a 2012 Air and before it was OK speed, but this is like twice as fast, which is what I expected when I bought an SSD
edit: ok, for sure, I timed it and it turned on in around 12 seconds. thats insane. i dont know what it was on Lion exactly, but it was at least 25
edit: ok, for sure, I timed it and it turned on in around 12 seconds. thats insane. i dont know what it was on Lion exactly, but it was at least 25
I'm opposite, I actually like the fact that widgets fly in from nowhere. But using them as a separate space is the only way I can access them via gestures (yeah, yeah....BTT
)The Real Abed
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I wish there was an opposite analog to the right-side notifications drawer that came up on the left side that let you have real widgets (Kill off DashBoard) that looked nicer and integrated better. Be neat if it could be built by a third party, could intercept the two finger gesture when done from the left side instead, and could have widgets built with the same combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript with some system accessing API's like Dashboard and Konfabulator had.
Though in reality, I also wish someone would create a video player with the ability to play anything that could sit in the corner of the screen like a picture-in-picture that was click-through and when the mouse got near it, it could go partially transparent and would never get in the way, but would stay on screen when switching between Fullscreen and spaces. It's my dream video player. Bonus points if it could act as a window to another space or application. Then you wouldn't need it to be a video player, but could have it "looking at" a video player. It would have a menubar presence to configure it and turn it off an on.
It's completely possible. Bowtie has shown that apps can be set to show up on any screen, including FS windows, and float on top of everything else. If I were to teach myself how to program Cocoa, this is the first app I would make. Literally. I would branch off VLC, rip out the extra stuff, give it an always-on-top show-on-every-display option and a menubar presence. It would be my most wanted application for Lion/Mountain Lion.
Though in reality, I also wish someone would create a video player with the ability to play anything that could sit in the corner of the screen like a picture-in-picture that was click-through and when the mouse got near it, it could go partially transparent and would never get in the way, but would stay on screen when switching between Fullscreen and spaces. It's my dream video player. Bonus points if it could act as a window to another space or application. Then you wouldn't need it to be a video player, but could have it "looking at" a video player. It would have a menubar presence to configure it and turn it off an on.
It's completely possible. Bowtie has shown that apps can be set to show up on any screen, including FS windows, and float on top of everything else. If I were to teach myself how to program Cocoa, this is the first app I would make. Literally. I would branch off VLC, rip out the extra stuff, give it an always-on-top show-on-every-display option and a menubar presence. It would be my most wanted application for Lion/Mountain Lion.
Sye d'Burns
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I'm opposite, I actually like the fact that widgets fly in from nowhere. But using them as a separate space is the only way I can access them via gestures (yeah, yeah....BTT
I'm not sure, but you may find this interesting.
I was hoping for the same thing.
Oh, I know about that. After playing around with it in Lion, I decided access to it via gestures was a better functionality for me, so I've been using it as separate space.
Sye d'Burns
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Mac OSX Noob thread of OSX noobs is probably the best you're going to find. There's good stuff in there but they require a bit of reading to unearth.
I don't know of one thread to rule them all, sorry.
I thought maybe that was the case. I was having a little trouble interpreting your post so I figured I'd throw the link out there just in case.
Good Job Bob
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There's the OS X Software List thread by giga:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404822
It's pretty old and could use a bit of updating, but it's still generally solid.
NYR
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Huh.
Opened Calendar for the first time in full screen. Crashed my machine, screen just went black. Didn't think anything of it, re-booted, but got a time machine error upon log in. The crash wreaked my Time Machine Hard Drive.A back up was happening as it crashed.
Time Machine was corrupted, tried Disk utility and got a bunch of errors. Couldn't repair it, or even copy the contents of off it. Ugh.
Thankfully, only have 111 GB on my HD, took 2 hours to re-backup on a re-formatted Time Machine partition. Was pretty nervous while it was going. Time to use that extra HD I have to do the double Time Machine back-up that ML now allows...
Opened Calendar for the first time in full screen. Crashed my machine, screen just went black. Didn't think anything of it, re-booted, but got a time machine error upon log in. The crash wreaked my Time Machine Hard Drive.A back up was happening as it crashed.
Time Machine was corrupted, tried Disk utility and got a bunch of errors. Couldn't repair it, or even copy the contents of off it. Ugh.
Thankfully, only have 111 GB on my HD, took 2 hours to re-backup on a re-formatted Time Machine partition. Was pretty nervous while it was going. Time to use that extra HD I have to do the double Time Machine back-up that ML now allows...
NYR
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WTF, that is awesome.
I have a 2010 27 inch iMac, with 12GB of RAM and a i7 Quad Core and my machine boots up in 40 seconds, it is brutal (1st world problem).
Ingueferroque
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I had a BTO Retina with a burn-in problem and was in the same situation. Call Apple and explain that you need the machine for work/school and cannot miss it, they will gladly arrange to send you a new model, so you can keep using your current Mac whilst you wait for the replacement to arrive.
Call them within the 30 day period, this is very important unless you want to receive a 'repaired' Macbook Pro. If you call within 30 days they will consider it a lemon and you will just be sent a brand new machine. Waiting times still apply though.. but they will put you in front of the line.
The Real Abed
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That's cool. Is the problem still just limited to a specific batch?
killertofu
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Am I the only one who thought that I'd be using notification center a lot more? All I do is send the occasional tweet (When I can do that with my twitter app)
Slurpy2k20
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Yeah, indeed it is. I thought browsers couldn't get faster anymore, but I was wrong. It just screams.
fierrotlepou
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Yea the notes aren't syncing for me either. But that's about the only gripe I have with Mountain Lion so far. Went from SL to ML and I'm liking it, especially the gestures.
DeadRockstar
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No code at all for 48 hours and now I've received 2 codes in the 12 hours after that. Hilarious. Wonder if this second one is a server code.
PeakPointMatrix
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I like notifications, but I wish you could change the shade of the window. It's so pale I barely notice it.
Origami > Mosaic
Origami doesn't have the fun of guessing what the picture is going to turn out to be.
Yeah, totally sucks
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