Comments on: Mac OS X Lion Review

By: Golfchipper

Golfchipper — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Have you even tried to install Lion or are you just unimpressed with the new features they are raving about? I too use my Mac (and Wacom pad) for graphics and I an not sure if I want to try Lion after all the bad press…

By: Totalapps

Totalapps — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:28:00 +0000

I am a big fan Mac OS X Lion, so thank you for such a detailed review

By: Corinna Nairn

Corinna Nairn — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Wow, after reading this article I was just about to upgrade to Lion… but after reading all the reviews I think I’ll stick with my Snow Leopard… just too may bad reviews to consider switching to Lion just yet. Maybe I’ll wait till a newer version comes out.

By: j0hnny

j0hnny — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:56:00 +0000

My experiences with OS X Lion have been horrible. On my year old Powerbook laptop it basically has slowed my ability to do things down to a crawl. Add onto that issue the fact that it freezes my system up indefinitely with the spinning circle icon (with no way to escape out!) until I do a hard reboot and OS X Lion has basically ruined my laptop for any of the work I need to do on it. Thanks for this piece of garbage OS update Apple… I am starting to think that Apple is practicing forced obsolescence on its computers.

By: Paul Langmead

Paul Langmead — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:51:00 +0000

Is it just me or is the multiple desktops thing just spaces with a new dress on? The author talks about using it the same way I’ve been using spaces for years.

Some interesting new features, but as someone who has never liked trackpads and wasn’t a big fan of the iPhone, I’m not sure it’s worth the grief. It seems this release is aimed specifically at mobile computing, and hasn’t added too many hooks for those of us trapped behind a desk.

I think I’ll follow my usual rule and wait for the .3 release…

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:58:00 +0000

Dell basically sucks. I am a lifelong Windows person and a former software consultant, but I could never envision wanting to use a mouse and keyboard over the Macbook pro track pad with its most useful functionality unless, of course, I want to make my life more difficult. No comparison between a Dell with a mouse and keyboard and a Macbook Pro running Leopard/Lion and its track pad. None at all. The latter destroys the former.

By: guest

guest — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:47:00 +0000

I hate the Lion, and want my snow leopard back! I hate the way it arranges my files now, my You Tube Grabber will not work, and I had how my pictures open. . . . .

By: Mike Dannyboy

Mike Dannyboy — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:15:00 +0000

“One small snag…if you’re using an older router for your internet connection…” This is a SMALL snag!? If it connects to the internet it connects, why the hell would the age of the router matter? How “old” is old? This seems like it’d be a pretty severe hangup for potentially many many users, especially how there’s already been reports of people having lots of issues with downloads and installs. So far it seems Lion is the Vista of Mac

By: Lynn Bass

Lynn Bass — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:15:00 +0000

I also have the same problem. Very annoying.

By: Dratter24

Dratter24 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:07:00 +0000

I too have the same problem, but on a 2009 iMac. I have to show the Lion which WiFi to connect to.

By: TobyL1039

TobyL1039 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:53:00 +0000

Hey Guys
In my own personal opinion i do not like lion that much as my programs u can’t use as it is not supported yet.
Also i find it really laggy and safari takes for ever to load a page.
They need to fix these problems or everyone will try and revert back to snow leopard as i know a way to do it

By: Chung Yang

Chung Yang — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:43:00 +0000

You probably need to fix the permissions. Use a tool link Onyx to fix your new OS files and remove old cache … etc.

http://www.titanium.free.fr/

I hoped that you backed up your old OS prior to updating to Lion, so you can go back. I always save a copy either via Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner,

By: Cir9753

Cir9753 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:06:00 +0000

Lion is the absolute worst operating system I have ever used in my life. It is so sluggish and buggy on my Mid-2010 i5 15″ MBP 4GB I cannot even run iTunes and Lightroom at the same time without the music skipping when I am moving the sliders in Lightroom. Everything runs slower, Firefox takes 10+ seconds to load, Boot takes over a minute every time, not all of the same gestures that were in Snow Leopard are offered in Lion…I could go on forever. After the first hour of use I knew I was downgrading to Snow Leopard ASAP. I stuck it out a week to be fair, and it is still the worst operating system I have ever used. I had Windows ME for 6 years.

By: Gsothon

Gsothon — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:50:00 +0000

On my old leopard my mac was ready to work 25seconds after I turned on, now I counted more than 1 minute.
The other thing is that my mindmanager does not work well anymore, I called Mindet, and they told me they were working to fix that problem, they estimate to have it solved in the midle of August.I need to work with Mindmanager, how can I return to Leopard?

By: Sander Schat

Sander Schat — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:52:00 +0000

if a user gets what he wants from certain apps, isnt that freedom already?
dont make life so complicated…

By: Levi McPherson

Levi McPherson — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:22:00 +0000

Deciding whether to upgrade to Lion…

By: Wbzoo

Wbzoo — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:37:00 +0000

The silent Microsoft monopoly, the Mac users just go along with.

By: Wbzoo

Wbzoo — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:37:00 +0000

The silent Microsoft monopoly, the Mac users just go along with.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:40:00 +0000

Apple seems to be trying to turn their computers into huge iPhones/iPads. Merging two entirely different products is a dumb move, in my opinion.
They’re calling it “Back to the Mac”. I think a “Bring Back the Mac!” plea is in order.

By: Kaklz

Kaklz — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:34:00 +0000

Honestly, I think the problem that most people are having (myself included) is the shift to pretty and simple over useful and powerful. I have stoically and prejudiciously used Macs since I knew how to use a computer, and loved it. In the past several years, however, Apple seems to be putting more emphasis on “look – you can do this with a couple fingers!” and “ooooh – look how pretty our interface is!”. I don’t think the OP is trying to “pick apart Apple”. I think he’s disappointed that they’re not dedicating their efforts to a more serious user base.

I can sort of understand it, as their main clientele these days are rich people’s kids who want to brag about their über computers (even though they only use them for YouTube). But seriously…

By: emadex

emadex — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:18:00 +0000

Lion? Love it! Best ever. My computer phobic wife finds it *so* easy to use.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:51:00 +0000

That literally makes no sense at all. Microsoft makes the OS, not the hardware. While it’s true there are no multiple finger gestures, using a track pad on a Dell computer vs. a pre-Lion Mac is roughly the same. 10s of millions prefer to use a mouse and keyboard over a track pad no matter what OS you are using!

By: Mike Horvath

Mike Horvath — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:54:00 +0000

I absolutely love Lion. It’s the best OS I ever used.

BUT: Lion turns out to be quite dangerous. And this is not Lions fault, but mine…
After roughly one week using Lion on my personal MBP at home, I went to the office and already got into the habit to not save documents on my Win7 machine, and to carelessly save changes, that should not have been made..

Lion is great, but if you have to life in both worlds: Life’s getting actually a little bit more complicated.

By: Down South

Down South — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:51:00 +0000

And dealing with Cookies in Safari is no longer an option. I hate that.

By: Down South

Down South — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:50:00 +0000

With my 5-day old installed Lion, I have found that when I open my MacBook Pro Intel… my WiFi does not recognize what it has always recognized here in my home. I have a Time Machine through which the Internet is delivered to my Mac, and everything about it has always worked perfectly. I can only attribute this to OS X Lion. Anyone else?

By: Jordan M. Badangayon

Jordan M. Badangayon — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:02:00 +0000

right. they want to jail you in an “all-(half-eaten)-apple-product-only world”… well i say, switch to linux where there is freedom…

By: Jordan M. Badangayon

Jordan M. Badangayon — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:59:00 +0000

switch to ubuntu… super better than mac.. :))

By: Winski

Winski — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:02:00 +0000

There have been numerous reports of existing external HDD’s used around the planet in Time Machine on MAC’s no longer work with LION… This is actually WORSE than we think….I got a note from the Seagate folks this morning telling me my 1.5 tb Free Agent Desk model would probably NOT work on
LION and that they had no intention of fixing them. So now on top of every thing else, the HHD makers are telling us to buzz off too??

WTF?

Any hints on a way around this OR do I either just stick where I am now with Snow Leopard or pay 3-times too much for a ANOTHER APPLE device????

By: Winski

Winski — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:02:00 +0000

WTF?

Any hints on a way around this OR do I either just stick where I am now with Snow Leopard or pay 3-times too much for a ANOTHER APPLE device????

By: Nfbhometrainer

Nfbhometrainer — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:41:00 +0000

I don’t know what people are complaining about – I have a macbook and it’s faster than EVER after Lion!! All my gestures work like a charm via trackpad or magic mouse. All my apps are up to date and all works fine. I am actually Loving the gestures, using the mouse and/or trackpad the “microsoft way” was totally unnatural and caused major wrist pain. Lion roars!!

By: Rohith Mohandas

Rohith Mohandas — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:57:00 +0000

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Rohith Mohandas — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:57:00 +0000

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By: Rdmillertym

Rdmillertym — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:18:00 +0000

Installed lion Friday and Safari is worse than the old windows vista…Slow is an understatement Oh to have leopard back….not worth the $30 dollars….To bad Steve…

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:14:00 +0000

I’ve used Macs since 1986 and I’m deeply unimpressed with Lion; flash over substance. In particular, I can no longer run a number of my most useful programs, hence making my computing life considerably harder. Apple have systematically moved away from high-end computing, such as the demise of Xserve, and have focused all their attention on mobile devices. I understand that this is where the money is, but they have abandoned those of us who use Macs for scientific computing. Lion is another step toward this. Sad.

By: guest

guest — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:19:00 +0000

To me it just seems like Apple is trying to move everyone to a world where you can only install apps on your mac that came from the Apple App store!

By: dk

dk — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:52:00 +0000

I think he spent 5000 grand for a machine + 2000 grand for a graphics card + software. It makes total sense. It’s sad that apple is so blind with their success that they are simply ruining their image in the eyes of professionals. Their products are now all about “do it with a finger, two fingers” etc. They claim to be the most advanced OS… that’s a big fat bulls.ht, as well as Apple’s new Final Cut Studio – that was a big spit on the eyes of all professional video editors.

By: dk

dk — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:52:00 +0000

By: dk

dk — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:52:00 +0000

By: guest

guest — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:23:00 +0000

buy a $70 magic trackpad.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:02:00 +0000

You are obviously in the minority in the way that you use your equipment, so it’s not good business sense to make OS’s for that market…… and you already have gestures with your tablet, so stop trolling lol