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

[Jules]

I wonder if it's a quirk of the 3GS?

No-one on a 4 or a 4S has seen this on their phones.

I assume you've done the iCloud migration stuff once?

Jules.

On 12/07/2012 11:56, Nick Gibbins wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>> -- 
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>>>
>>>



Jules

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