Hey, one simple question here. Have they fixed the item chooser, if not anything else, in Safari? I refuse to upgrade if they still haven't fixed that. Really, on my Mac, Safari is almost unusable, even after repairing permitions, and this is from a clean install.
On 10/15/11, Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > Ah, so, if I use the recovery partition in that way and click on "install" > will that count as a truly clean install? I assume, then, that it would be > in my best interest to physically disconnect my time machine backup drive > prior to doing this knowing that I can easily recover all my apps and > settings there from after installation is complete? > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Oct 14, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > >> Ray, you can always download the Lion installation file if you must. You >> can do that at the Mac app store. >> However, in this case you don't need to. Just hold command + r when you >> start your mac and you will boot from the recovery partition. Then turn >> voice over on, and you will be good to go from there. >> >> Nektarios. >> >> On Oct 14, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> >>> Could be right. However, I no longer have the Lion install file. Can I >>> assume that I can get it back? >>> >>> OF course, I do have that disk thingie that let's you put lion on to a >>> USB drive and do the clean install from there. Recovery disk I believe >>> it's called. Anybody did a clean install off that/ IF so, how did it >>> go; and, was it just the same as doing it off the DVD? >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>> >>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>> >>> Skype name: >>> barefootedray >>> >>> Facebook: >>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:28 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: >>> >>>> Hay, I think that you are on for a clean install my friend. >>>> It will solve many of your problems, including faster boot times. >>>> >>>> Nektarios. >>>> >>>> On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>>> >>>>> I could be sarchastic and reply, "how the hell would I know?", but no. >>>>> I aint gonna do that. the simple fact of the matter is that it >>>>> happened, and, know what else? This is the first time that happened >>>>> ever. Also, as an asside, I noticed that under 10.6, my Mac would >>>>> start up and be fully usable in about 30 seconds or so. Now, it takes >>>>> one minute and thirty seconds. Safari does, at least for now, appear >>>>> somewhat more stable though. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>>> >>>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>>>> >>>>> Skype name: >>>>> barefootedray >>>>> >>>>> Facebook: >>>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 13, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So exactly what kind of pictures are on your screensaver that causes >>>>>> the Mac to catch such a fever? <grin> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:19 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Lion 10.72 is now available. >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, let me tell all y'all the real weird thing that just happened to >>>>>> me. I padded in here to use my Mac to check my e-mail; and, when I >>>>>> pressed the control key to bring my machine out of screen saver, I got >>>>>> "Screen saver busy" over and over and my fan went hyper on me. I had >>>>>> to do a hard reset. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anybody else noticed that? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Skype name: >>>>>> barefootedray >>>>>> >>>>>> Facebook: >>>>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:04 AM, David Eagle wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Voice Over not starting at start up? I'm not finding that on my >>>>>> machine. It's always started up fine. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 13/10/2011, Missy Hoppe <melis...@fuse.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Um.. I don't know how that song got attached to my previous post. Am >>>>>> very, >>>>>> very confused. If it went through, and you like >>>>>> it, I guess that's OK, but I didn't attach anything deliberately. I >>>>>> wonder >>>>>> if my computer is possessed! I'm tripple checking >>>>>> this message, and there definitely are not any attachments at the time >>>>>> I'm >>>>>> hitting send. If another one goes through, then I >>>>>> guess I've got problems I need to investigate once I've had sleep. >>>>>> Anyway, >>>>>> sorry for any confusion; I'm definitely not trying >>>>>> to cause any problems, and even without the song, I stand by my >>>>>> comments >>>>>> about lion. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Missy Hoppe >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:31 AM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: RE: Lion 10.72 is now available. >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree. I think the com.apple.doc.extra thing may have been resolved, >>>>>> but >>>>>> VO running at start-up seems to be hit or miss >>>>>> now, and I certainly can't find any other improvements that make me >>>>>> want to >>>>>> officially switch to Lion. I also noticed that >>>>>> Pianopub still isn't read accurately under lion while it reads great >>>>>> in snow >>>>>> leopard. In fact, the only thing I like better >>>>>> in lion than snow leopard is the way skype contacts are read. I have >>>>>> no clue >>>>>> what the difference is; so far as I can tell, >>>>>> I'm running the same version of skype under both operating systems, >>>>>> but it >>>>>> just reads slightly better under lion; none of >>>>>> those favorites checkboxes and stuff. Apart from that, though, I still >>>>>> have >>>>>> absolutely no desire to run lion, and will >>>>>> continue using Snow Leopard as long as it works and meets my needs. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:57 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Lion 10.72 is now available. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah, it still seems like they're sidestepping a lot of the issues >>>>>> that VO >>>>>> has, such as the freaky pitch changes with the >>>>>> Nuance voices and the annoying "Safari busy" messages are still there >>>>>> too >>>>>> when doing easy tasks like reading forum posts in >>>>>> Samnet and such. Speaking of Samnet, I know this is OT but, has >>>>>> anybody with >>>>>> Samnet accounts tried using the socializer with >>>>>> Chrome? I'm thinking of giving Chrome another chance and I'm not too >>>>>> happy >>>>>> that I can't change my screen name with Safari. >>>>>> And I say another chance because last time I used Chrome it was >>>>>> completely >>>>>> inaccessible. 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