OS X Lion 10.7.1 update hits Mac App Store - one week later
One week after its release through Software Update, the 10.7.1 update for OS X Lion has made its way onto the Mac App Store. It's not clear if the delay was intentional or not. Unforeseen technical issues may have complicated issuing an update to such a large piece of software on Apple's new app distribution platform.
However, it's just as likely that this will be Apple's strategy going forward: offer OS X updates through traditional channels like Software Update and direct download to more tech-savvy users who typically watch for these kinds of things, give the update a week to settle, then offer the download to the more casual set who only updates via the Mac App Store. In that case, those of us who update right away might end up acting as de facto beta testers during that week.
It's too early to tell either way what Apple's intent for future OS X updates will be. However, if the 10.7.2 Lion update has the same weeklong delay between Software Update and the Mac App Store, it makes it more likely that Apple plans to follow that pattern going forward.
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One week after its release through Software Update, the 10.7.1 update for OS X Lion has made its way onto the Mac App Store. It's not...
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My Mac started to slow down after the Lion Update 10.7.1 I tried everything to speed it up from uninstalling software to closing start up applications. Its absolutely worthless. Its like I have a Linux computer!!!
October 30 2011 at 10:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, I pretty much hate Lion. The Wifi is still wonky, the spotlight sorts things in a weird way (firewave comes before firefox when typing fire, and it doesn't learn from my selection), and i feel like more CPU is used. I'm rolling back soon.
August 24 2011 at 3:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust can't keep up with these dudes.
August 24 2011 at 1:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis update in the MAS has *nothing* to do with updating existing machines. This is intended for new upgrades or clean installs. Basically, instead of installing to a stock image and downloading large combo updates immediately after reinstalling, this ensures that you download the latest version of Lion every time you reinstall the OS.
It's like an iOS device - delta updates for existing users, full image restores for everything else. This way, you don't spend the first hour or so after a reinstall getting the latest version - you'll always be up to date.
Leko
Not happy with Lion, It slowed down the thing I was most proud of my mac, the start-up and shut down speed. I hate it now. Did everything to make it faster, remove any program from start-up, but it still slow. My advice is don't get it.
August 23 2011 at 8:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyStill didn't fix the loss of Wi-Fi when the computer sleeps.
Finder still isn't sorting folders at the top.
Launchpad is still a fiasco, with no way to remove things.
WTF Apple.
Stop whinging and download this free (donation ware) system pref: Launchpad-Control-1.3 from
http://chaosspace.de/launchpad-control/
waitWHAT
Finder has NEVER sorted folders on top.
August 24 2011 at 9:26 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyAnd with any luck, it never will. I utterly hate that about Windows.
August 24 2011 at 11:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate downPretty sure that this is being misunderstood. If you buy Lion today through the MAS, you'll now get 10.7.1. If you bought Lion in the past week, you'd just have to run Software Update like everyone else.
You don't upgrade from 10.7 to 10.7.1 through the MAS -- that's done through Software Update. So it took them a week to update the MAS Lion image? Not that big of a deal.
And I bet it still doesn't fix the wi-fi issue.
August 23 2011 at 6:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTook a week to get through the AppStore approval process ;)
August 23 2011 at 5:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo you mean it'll show up as an update to download within the MAS? Upon reading the title and first paragraph, I thought it meant the installer for new purchasers had 10.7.1 rather than downloading and then downloading an update.
I'm not sure having updates via the MAS even makes much sense (full version yes, just not individual updates). Software Update checks every day or so for updates, and I'm prompted when there are updates to install. But I've never seen similar behaviour with software purchased from the MAS. I only ever see updates when I specifically open the MAS app, which rarely happens as it's not like I'm browsing the catalogue every couple days. Almost everyone would see the update through Software Update long before MAS tells them there's a Lion update.
I just found a report about this on another site, which states "Apple has today updated Lion and the roughly 4GB installer to 10.7.1 on the Mac App Store. Apple will most likely carry on this new trend of releasing the delta update via SU first, followed by updating Lion in the Mac App Store for new downloaders."
That wording indicates to me that delta updates are NOT going to be in the Mac App Store as this article seems to indicate, and like I pointed out doesn't make sense to do anyway. Unless someone who has not yet updated via Software Update can open the MAS and confirm that it appears as an update there?
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