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

[Hugh Glaser]

Bloody hell, that was sneaky.
It deleted the installer after installation.
Now I'll have to download again for my other machine.

On 12 Jul 2012, at 13:31, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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
>>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Dr Nicholas Gibbins                                     nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>> Web and Internet Science                   http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~nmg/
>>>> Electronics and Computer Science                   tel: +44 (0) 23 80598879
>>>> University of Southampton                          fax: +44 (0) 23 80592865
>>>> 
>>>> 
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> Jules
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> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
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