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All our Lion tips in one convenient place

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Jul 20th 2011 at 5:50PM

First, make sure you've updated your 10.6 system before installing Lion -- there's a Migration Assistant update.

While you wait for the download, here's where to see your progress.

If you wanted to do a clean install, Macworld has some info. If you want to make an installer disc, here's info on that.

Once Lion is installed:

If you find Apple's Natural Scrolling is melting your brain's muscle memory, here's how to turn it off.

Learn more about Launchpad.

Find out how to see your drive's capacity in Finder again.

Get the scoop on revamped Mail.

Learn how to use and customize Mission Control.

Full Screen apps have some hits and misses.

Some gripes about Lion, and some workarounds.

How Lion handles saving, and the new Versions implementation.

Lion and Time Machine, plus info on locked documents.

Lion Server is the least expensive OS X Server ever, and it's easier to setup than ever before.



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Mohit Dhanjani

Somebody please help me with this.

I am running Mac version 10.6.6
So, is it really necessary to update to 10.6.8 before upgrading to Mac OS X Lion?
Because I don't feel like downloading a update of 1 GB.

Please do reply
-Mohit Dhanjani

July 22 2011 at 8:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Mohit Dhanjani's comment
afacerov

Yes it is. get over it, you have 3.74 G for lion.

July 24 2011 at 9:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

No it's not necessary, as the App store comes with Mac OS X v10.6.6. I successfully upgraded to Lion from my installation of 10.6.6, without upgrading to 10.6.8.

July 29 2011 at 2:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lzybdha

I've been looking for this, but sorry if I missed it...

Pre-release, people advised laggards like myself to wait to see if there might be an update path from Leopard to Lion without the inconvenience of having to install Snow Leopard simply to the mac app store. Has anything like this emerged?

July 21 2011 at 6:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark Sumner

Lion breaks Mac App Store.

Since moving to Lion, neither update nor purchased tab works. I can click them all I want, but they don't work. I can log into my account, purchase a new app, and download just fine, but I can't get at updates -- including the updates for Pages and Keynote.

July 21 2011 at 5:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kevinrmoon

Any ideas on the sound issue with Macbook Pros and Macbook Airs? It was easy in the beta to change the Audio Midi output to 32 bit float, but it doesn't work with this release. Here is the Apple Support Discussion https://discussions.apple.com/message/15672760#15672760

July 21 2011 at 12:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Kendig

Here's a Lion tip. After upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion, my Mac OS X Mail app stopped being able to log in to my email account; it complained that the password wasn't accepted. I see lots of other posts from other people hitting this problem, too. At "https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191688?start=30&tstart=0" I found a post stating that Lion authenticates differently than SL did, and that's probably what's causing the problem. My mail server is UW-IMAPD - I don't know whether this'll require an upgrade to that or a patch to Lion.

July 21 2011 at 12:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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MulderDSM

This is definitely the case for my hotmail.com account. Even using mBox Mail for Mac is no longer working.

July 21 2011 at 12:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan Kolcun

I haven't heard mention of the fact that now, windows can be sized from any side or corner (except for the top right where Full Screen icon sits. Cool!

July 21 2011 at 11:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
YellowDeskLamp

It actually takes time to remember all the gestures but they are so awesome and extreamly useful =D

July 21 2011 at 1:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mihai

I just bought a new iMac with Snow Leopard.
I am entitled to a free Lion upgrade, but in the upgrade process, Apple asks for a credit card number and I don't have one.
Any ideas how I can pass that?

July 21 2011 at 12:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Mihai's comment
Emton

You might have to wait until they release the OS on a physical medium (thumb drive in this case I heard) and bring your receipt to an apple store to get a copy. Just a guess. I can see why they would want your credit card account, but I think it's a dick move to require a credit card for something included with your purchase.

July 21 2011 at 12:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
atnkotb

go buy an iTunes gift card. It charges your iTunes account... so have a minimum in there. I do that for my daughter all of the time.

July 21 2011 at 9:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mihai

I just bought a new iMac with Snow Leopard.
I am entitled to a free Lion upgrade, but in the upgrade process, Apple asks for a credit card number and I don't have one.
Any ideas how I can pass that?

July 21 2011 at 12:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mihai

I just bought a new iMac with Snow Leopard.
I am entitled to a free Lion upgrade, but in the upgrade process, Apple asks for a credit card number and I don't have one.
Any ideas how I can pass that?

July 21 2011 at 12:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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