Upgraded to Lion (10.7) from Snow Leopard (10.6.
on a 2010 Mac Mini model. One of the most bafflingly infuriating upgrades I have ever done. Not 100% angry, but as far as I am concerned this stuff is still “beta.”
First, the new version of “Mail” blows hard. I don’t know about how everyone else works, but the layout stinks and the fact the users have 100% no choice over the old layout or new is wretched. Not to mention the lack of basic color coding on the sidebar items (folders, smart folders, trash, boxes, etc…) is baffling. It all looks the same!
The UI is annoying. The scrollbars and other small elements are really retarded. They mimic the whole iOS aesthetic but are a pain on a desktop setup. Not to mention they changed “Expose” to some new crazy name and it simply works weird. Heck, “Dashboard” which shows simple little widgets over your desktop in Snow Leopard and previous is now it’s own WHOLE SCREEN!?!?!? WHY!?!?! And “Calendar”? It was literally the first app I opened and the second I saw that faux leather and faux “torn pages” stuff I knew I was in for trouble.
Also, while I know Rosetta is gone (so no PowerPC code) my Canon MP160 scanner won’t scan correctly. NO PREVIEW! It can scan as previously with the Canon “MP Navigator” software but with no preview it’s a pain in the arse to say the least. And if I attempt to use “Image Capture” to scan, it works! But the top limit in the software is 600dpi; not the 1200dpi max. WTF?!?!
This might seem like a decent update for the casual user, but there are no new features and too many annoyances for anyone doing real work-a-day work. And I don’t even do print production work anymore so I cannot imagine the headaches anyone who does that kind of work will get from this.
Oh, also things did not seem faster at all in Lion. In fact it all seemed more sluggish at best. I am using the a 2010 Mac Mini with 8GB of RAM and with Lion it felt “quirky.” What a waste of time.
I backed up my old (as of 6 hours ago) Snow Leopard (10.6.
install, but this is literally the first time I have ever had to roll back OS X since 10.2 or so. And prior to that I think I rolled back Mac OS 9 to Mac OS 8.6 when things were equally off-kilter in the pre OS X days.