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How to get your computer ready for Mac OS X Lion

root — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:03:40 +0000

Unlike windows?

Windows 7 requires a minimum 1GHZ processor and 1GB of RAM for 32bit, 2GB for 64 bit

Windows XP is even less, a 233MHz processor with 64MB RAM is all you need for that.

You can run Windows comfortably from a variety of chip-sets including Intel and AMD.

On a PC you can build a machine that fits exactly what you need out of it, you don’t need to spend a small fortune for a name and a trendy looking box with an apple logo on it.

To be fair, I am not anti-mac. I have Mac OS X Snow Leopard running on a virtual machine for iOS development purposes. I just wish the hardcore mac fanboys would stop overhyping the mac operating system as some great gift from Jesus or something. If you put a Mac next to a Windows box and both have EQUAL specs, they both run about the same. And there really isn’t anything a Mac can do that a Windows PC cant… As for “Bloatware” OS X comes with its fair share of preinstalled crap as well.

I find that the reason Mac users don’t like Windows so much is because they complain about the performance of Windows compared to Mac OS. What they fail to realize is that there are about 30 million ways to build a PC and some of them (like the ones you might use at work for example) are built on a budget and may not run as well as your mac at home does. This is not a failure on the part of the OS, it is a failure on the part of the hardware that the OS is running on.

So let me get this straight, if I didn’t purchase Snow Leopard (because it was a pretty small upgrade that I felt I didn’t need for what I use my computer for), I will now have to download it before I can upgrade to Lion?

That can’t be right. That sounds pretty shady for Apple.*

I mean, in order to upgrade my OS, you’re telling me I must first purchase an older version then the one I wish to upgrade to?! Has anybody heard of a way around this? Will they offer a free download of SnowLeopard so you can then purchase Lion?

*Apple haters need not reply. I’m really not all that impressed with your “fanboy” insults and when you start making dumb arguments like that, it makes you sound like a pimple-faced, virgin living in your grandma’s basement.

Mac OS X Lion coming Real Soon Now (today, or next week …

root — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:00:04 +0000

Apple last week completed work on the next version of its operating system, Mac OS X 10.7, and provided the final code to its developers. Never mind the rgeeks, though – when do us regular Mac users get our hands on Lion?

Possibly, according to one of several rumors, today. iClarified reports that Apple tech support told a customer that 10.7 would be released July 6:

The reader, Marc, had recently purchased a refurbished Mac and hoped to receive a free upgrade.

An Apple Support representative reportedly responded saying, “Vielen Dank fur Ihre Mail. Ich komme leider erst jetzt dazu zu antworten. Einen Anspruch auf ein kostenloses Upgrade haben Sie nicht. Dieses Upgrade konnen Sie fur 23.99 Euro ab dem 06.07.2011 im APP Store erwerben.”

Google translated the response reads, “Thank you for your mail. I am unfortunately only now to respond. Entitled to a free upgrade, you do not have. This upgrade can be purchased for Euro 23.99 from 07/06/2011 in the APP Store.“

Another site, T-Gaap, cites its own sources with more specificity: Look for it at 9 a.m. Pacific time – that’s 11 a.m. CDT for us Houston folk – today.

Other rumors have a July 14 release date, which makes more sense to me. Apple just finished the code last week, and promised Lion sometime in July. The company has plenty of time to do some final testing and, more importantly, make sure its distribution system is working properly, which is particularly important for this release of OS X.

That’s because Lion will only be available online and through the Mac App Store. It’s expected to be more than 4 gigabytes, if the developer builds are any indication of what the final download will look like. The initial rush is almost certain to put a strain on Apple’s servers.

It may also test the patience of Mac users with slower connections. Even on my fast, 16-megabits-a-second Comcast connection, it will take me more than an hour to download it, based on this bandwidth test at DigitalLanding.com. As the resulting chart shows, those with slower speeds can expect quite a wait.

Then there’s the issue of bandwidth caps. While the vast majority of users don’t have to worry about coming near the ceiling of caps imposed by Internet providers – such as Comcast’s 250-GB limit, or AT&T DSL’s 150-GB cap – voracious bandwidth consumers should be aware of their usage before downloading this, particularly those with multiple Macs.

Of course, the only version of OS X that currently offers the App Store is Snow Leopard, which means that only those have the latest release will be able to download Lion. And before they do, they’ll want to make sure they have the latest update, 10.6.8.

If you’re still using Leopard (10.5) and want Lion, you’ll have to buy the Snow Leopard upgrade for $29. Then you’ll pay $29.99 for Lion when it’s unleashed.

And if you have multiple Macs, you can buy Lion once and download it to as many as 5 machines tied to your Apple ID.

There are other steps you’ll want to take in advance. Computerworld has an excellent guide for those who want to upgrade. You may also want to check out a chart at RoaringApps that lists the Lion compatibility status for many popular programs.

If Lion is indeed released today, I’ll update it this post with the news.

Dwight- Your bandwidth caps are listed in MB, not GB.

I think it’s funny that people complain about having to wait an hour or two to download 4GB. 4GB is a TON of data! Versus what, spending 15 minutes driving to the Galleria, 20 minutes parking, 10 minutes getting to the Apple store, 15 minutes waiting in line to purchase a DVD, another 10 minutes drooling over new hardware, 10 minutes back to the car, 15 minutes back home, and 30 minutes after that decompressing from dealing with crowds at the mall and traffic on 610. I’d rather spend 5 minutes clicking a few buttons, and get that time of my life back!

Apple may be able to eliminate piracy to a large extent.

They’ll achieve this by pricing the upgrade low ($29.99), allowing you to install on up to five Macs, and controlling distribution online via your iTunes account. That’s very affordable pricing and pretty effective control of distribution. They’ve said they want a large percentage of their users to upgrade right away.

By doing it this way, they should be able to migrate a high percentage of users on the latest version. Contrast that with Microsoft which has half their user base still running ten year old obsolete Windows XP.

We should start a wagering pool on how long it will take Microsoft to copy this approach.

Less than half are on XP now Dave and I would wager 90% of those are corporate/education computers. A $39.99 download upgrade system would not help corporate adoption, at all, if anything it would hinder it. This distribution method is yet another reason OSX will never catch on in the corporate world.

Microsoft already has a pay to download/upgrade Windows system in place, and it’s been around for a long time. This is essentially the same thing, all the App Store does it download the disk image and run it for you.

1. Purchase and download Lion from the Mac
App Store on any Lion compatible Mac running Snow Leopard.
2. Right click on “Mac OS X Lion” installer and choose the option to “Show Package
Contents.”
3. Inside the Contents folder that appears you will find a SharedSupport folder and
inside the SharedSupport folder you will find the “InstallESD.dmg.” This is the
Lion boot disc image we have all been waiting for.
4. Copy “InstallESD.dmg” to another folder like the Desktop.
5. Launch Disk Utility and click the burn button.
6. Select the copied “InstallESD.dmg” as the image to burn, insert a standard sized
4.7 GB DVD, and wait for your new Lion Boot Disc to come out toasty hot.
With this disc you can boot any Lion compatible Mac, and install 10.7 just like you
installed previous version of Mac OS X. You can even use Disk Utility’s Restore
function to image your Lion boot disc image onto a external drive suitable for
performing a clean install on a optical-drive-less MacBook Air, or Mac mini server.
Clean installs with Lion are easy once you find where Apple has hidden the boot disk.
Thanks.

Oh not at all. I’ve grabbed bigger files, and some close to that size. During the Win7 beta period, I was downloading copies of the 32- and 64-bit versions on a regular basis – the latter approached 4 GB. The download times for those varied greatly of course, though I don’t recall specifics.

I don’t consider the test I ran in this entry to be definitive, just a reference point. What’s more of value is the chart, which shows some relative speeds, rather than the raw numbers themselves.

Apple's plans for Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 — and iCloud | Mobile …

root — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:59:52 +0000

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took center stage at the company’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) today to unveil the forthcoming iOS 5 operating system that powers its iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches; to provide more detail on the new Mac OS X Lion operating system shipping next month; and to reveal what the new iCloud service is all about to 5,200 developers.

The next Mac OS X: Lion
Jobs had already detailed many of Mac OS X Lion’s expected features in a preview made last October, and the company has posted more details on its website. Among Lion’s key new capabilities of interest to business users are whole-disk encryption for both the startup and external disks, a wipe capability for all data, full-screen applications, a capability app developers can use so that documents autosave intermediate versions within them and that automatically locks documents from unintentional saves after two weeks of nonuse, a revamped Mail client that offers enhanced message threading, the ability to open applications and their documents where you left off when you restart the Mac, support for iOS-style gestures throughout the OS and applications, and a navigation tool for applications and documents called Mission Control. Apple marketing VP Phil Schiller demoed these capabilities at WWDC today.

Developers can create sandboxed apps for greater security, as well as add in-app purchases to programs delivered through the Mac App Store. Schiller says Lion comes with 3,000 new APIs.

Mac OS X Lion Server is also to be made an optional install of Mac OS X Lion (essentially, you download the Server apps into Lion, Schiller said), no longer a separate product. Furthermore, Lion Server will add the ability to create configuration profiles for both Macs and iOS devices that can be delivered to users over the air.

Lion, which will ship in July, will not be available on disc — just from the Mac App Store, with as many as five installs allowed. (For commercial and educational license, the Lion download covers all Macs that a specific individual uses in that organization or a single Mac if it is used by multiple users.) Lion will cost $30, a discount of $100 to $170 over previous versions.

The next iOS: 5
iOS VP Scott Forstall revealed a new notifications capability for iOS 5 that does not interrupt users with a confirmation dialog box. Instead, an auto-dismissing animation appears. The new Notification Center and revised lock screen show all notifications and open the relevant app for any notification with a gesture.

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root — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:08:37 +0000

Botany
The plant is a small perennial shrub, growing to a height of 90 cm. Leaves are ovate, acuminate and light green with toothed margins. Flowers are glabrous, bilabiate and bright red.

Distribution
Native to Brazil.
Recently introduced to the Philippines.
Grows well in Baguio City and other elevated regions.
Popular ornamental bedding or pot plant.

Parts utilized
Bark, leaves.

Properties and constituents
• Study of methanol extract of aerial parts yielded three new diterpenes named splenolide A, B and C.
• Contains neo-clerodane diterpenoid compounds – salviarin and splendidin – believed to have psychoactive effects.
• Considered anxiolytic and psychotropic.

Uses
Folkloric
• No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
Others
• Believed to have psychoactive effects.
• Tincture used by some in combination with Salvia divinorum for meditative effects.

Studies
• Splenolides: Study of aerial parts yielded three new diterpenes: splenolide A, B and C.
• Antimicrobial: Study isolated three major compounds – compound 1 showed larger zones of inhibitions against Gram-positives (B pumilus, B subtilis, S aureus), Gram-negatives (P vulgaris, E coli, P aeruginosa) and Candida albicans.
• Anticoagulant / Toxicity Study: Study of aqueous extract showed the drug to be toxic only in higher doses and causes hemorrhages. Results showed it possesses anticoagulant property, increasing the prothrombin time from 10-15 to 35 seconds, an effect that was plant part-dependent.

Availability
Wild-crafted.
Tinctures in the cybermarket.

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Diterpenoids from Salvia splendens / Da-Pend Hu et al / Phytochemistry, Vol 46, Issue 4, October 1997, Pages 781-784 / doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00180-5
(2)
PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF SALVIA SPLENDENS SELLO / F Zia Khan and Asif Saeed / Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 11(2) July 1998, pp.13-21
(3)
TOXICITY AND ANTICOAGULANT ACTIVITY OF SALVIA SPLENDENS / I H Qureshi et al / Pakistan J. Pharm. Sci. Vol.2 (No.2), 1989.
(4)
Salviarin, a new diterpenoid from Salvia splendens / SAVONA G. et al / 1978, J.Chem.Soc.Perkins Trans. I, :643-646.
(5)
Splendidin, a new trans-clerodane from Salvia splendens / SAVONA G. et al / J.Chem.Soc.Perkins Trans. I, :533-534, 1979