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Unexpected Features of OS X Lion

Published on August 29, 2011

Actually, most of the stuff in Lion is really, really awesome and I’m glad I upgraded. However, here are some of the WTF’s that nobody is talking about:

  • Built-in Emoji characters! If you had OS X Lion you would see that this glyph is a little smiling pile of poop: đź’©
  • You have to download Java as a separate installer, but once you do Minecraft performance is improved! (maybe)
  • In the User Switcher menu, user icons are now inside circles. Because circles are awesome.
  • Ships with Python 2.7.1 (though any sane person would disregard that and install an official package, or compile it via MacPorts the way God intended)
  • Broken compatibility with RME professional audio interfaces so you can go to their forum and scream like a maniac until they fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it…
  • It’s 64 bit! You don’t know what that means but more bits sounds great!
  • Text autocorrector will correct your text or, failing that, transform German and French words into utterly wrong English words and mess up your tweets until you turn it off. (System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Text -> Correct spelling automatically (unckeck))
  • Finder is vastly changed with awkward font sizing in UI elements, and complete failure to respond to Back, Forward, or Up trackpad gestures (I mean, why would you want to navigate back or up in your filesystem amirite?)
  • By default new Finder windows open an All My Files view which sorts by file type and puts the most recently added photos of you totally wasted at a party at the top of the window in front of your boss because you’re doing a presentation and are connected to the projector aaaaaaaaaahhhh!
  • Safari is improved or something I dunno you use Google Chrome, right? You don’t? What the heck is wrong with you?
  • You know that Finder view with all the files on display and they flip in from left to right? I think it’s called Coverflow, only it’s for files. Dear Fileflow: why do you still exist?!

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2 Comments

  1. smeggles says:

    i’m waiting for the 467-bit version of mac os. then i’ll update from snow leopard. and people use their trackpads for something other than moving the cursor around the screen? o_0

  2. Glen says:

    As a Snow Leopard user, I remain unconvinced that the upgrade is worth even $30.

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