[OSX-Users] Re: OS X Mountain Lion (Gold Master) released

[Nick Gibbins]

Yes - so why am I being told that I need to "Create a free @me.com email address to turn on Notes"?

Nick

(this is iOS 5.1.1, fwiw)

On 12 Jul 2012, at 11:55, Les A Carr <lac at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> Didn't all the MobileMe, me.com and mac.com services and users get transferred to iCloud last month?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 12 Jul 2012, at 11:53, "Nick Gibbins" <nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Possible, but everything else works with iCloud.
>> 
>> We may need to do a compare and contrast at lunch...
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> On 12 Jul 2012, at 11:48, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12/07/2012 09:56, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>>>> I've taken the plunge too.
>>>> 
>>>> Apart from a couple of graphic glitches with the genie effect, it seems
>>>> okay. I can see the notification centre killing off growl.
>>>> 
>>>> The main niggle I've found so far is with the new notes app; it allows you
>>>> sync with iCloud, but the iCloud sync in the corresponding notes app on iOS5
>>>> requires you to set up a MobileMe account! I assume that this will be fixed
>>>> in iOS6, but it's surprising that Apple has let this happen.
>>> I've used Notes on iCloud, and I never saw anything about MobileMe, it all "just worked" for me.
>>> 
>>> Are you sure Notes doesn't just work with iCloud on your phone?
>>> 
>>> Jules.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Nick
>>>> 
>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 21:05, Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Well I cracked and did it on my Air :-)
>>>>> No problems at all so far.
>>>>> Just started it off and went for a bath and it was done when I got back.
>>>>> And I seem to have an extra more than 15G free space on my disc!
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 13:38, Vladimiro Sassone <vs at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Still waiting for the first negative report from early installers....
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (from iPad)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 13:36, "Tim Chown" <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I can confirm it's OK from eduroam using VPN (to staffvpn.ecs.soton.ac.uk).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Run the VPN first, then in the Finder do "Go.. connect to server", and then plug in cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software, and then enter your ECS credentials to complete the drive mount.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If you're not VPNed correctly, you'll not get the login window to mount the drive.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 10:02, Neil White wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jules,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I can't seem to get access to the software server from my new Mac Air. I
>>>>>>>> can only get a signal for ECSWlan (not Eduroam from my office!!!), so I'm
>>>>>>>> guessing that this is the issue? I have tried to vpn but that doesn't
>>>>>>>> work. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Neil
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 10/07/2012 19:57, "Jules Field" <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The waiting is basically over.
>>>>>>>>> Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.0) has reached Gold Master status.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This means that Apple still have the right to change it before it is
>>>>>>>>> released for download by the general public, but it's very rare that
>>>>>>>>> anyone does change it due to the astronomical cost of doing so. They
>>>>>>>>> start building it into new hardware coming off the production line
>>>>>>>>> today, so any changes have to be applied to new Macs that are already in
>>>>>>>>> their shrink-wrap on their way to the Apple Stores and distribution
>>>>>>>>> centres around the world.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So if you want to download it, you can get it from
>>>>>>>>> cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software
>>>>>>>>> then look in the images/apple/Mountain Lion directory.
>>>>>>>>> Copy the Gold Master installer application to your /Applications folder
>>>>>>>>> and run it. It will upgrade your Mac and reboot again when it's finished.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Note: If you have installed the beta release of "Messages" at any time,
>>>>>>>>> uninstall this and restart *before* you start installing Mountain Lion.
>>>>>>>>> The option to uninstall it is in the "Messages" menu of the Messages
>>>>>>>>> application.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jules
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jules
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dr Nicholas Gibbins                                     nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
>> Web and Internet Science                   http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~nmg/ 
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>> 
>> 
> 

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