Hey guys...I have a nice editing setup on Snow Leopard for photos and video. I can't stand reinstalling everything after fresh installs.
I usually only do fresh OS installs when upgrading, but I'm curious if any of you have successfully upgraded to Lion (without wiping the drive first!) with everything working.
I did an upgrade in place first and everything was working fine and better than expected. I then wiped the system to start fresh and I had a few issues. Those have been resolved. If I was to do it again then I would have just done the upgrade and not bothered with the fresh install.
I'm still on Snow Leopard. Nothing in Lion tempts me enough to upgrade. I don't need another App Store. I got enough on iPad and iPhone. But, at some point, I may upgrade to whatever comes after Lion (Mountain Lion, or Pussy or something). I still have Leopard on my older 20" iMac.
My updates from Snow Leopard to Lion on my MBP and Mac Pro went smoothly, unlike when I went from Leopard to Snow Leopard. If it weren't for Apple's stupid iCloud requirements, I would have stayed with the original Leoplard.
ELinder wrote:
My updates from Snow Leopard to Lion on my MBP and Mac Pro went smoothly, unlike when I went from Leopard to Snow Leopard. If it weren't for Apple's stupid iCloud requirements, I would have stayed with the original Leoplard.
I wasn't so fortunate. The update to Lion has been a very large pain in the butt. My 2007 MBP was running Leopard with no problem for years, but somewhere along the line, Apple pushed out an OS update for the iPhone and made it incompatible with Leopard insofar as making iCalendar syncing possible (90% of the reason I carry a smart phone). However, there's no way to go directly to Lion from Leopard without having to go through Snow Leopard.
The update from Leopard to Snow Leopard was the only thing that went smoothly for me. The update to Lion was the most difficult part. I have experienced more system "hangs" on boot-up with Lion than I ever did with Leopard (or the 2-week period when I ran Snow Leopard because I couldn't get Lion to operate well enough on its own). Installing Lion rendered my previous version of MS Office suite unusable as well as my display calibration software. I have since updated both packages, and finally the computer seems stable and reasonably responsive (though I still experience an occasional system hang at start-up).
*Before* you do it you might want to check which of your apps are not Universal. Go to the Apple Menu->About This Mac, click on the More Info button and select the flippy arrow next to Software for Applications. It'll take a bit to produce a list but the list will show which apps you have are Power PC. If you can live without those then go ahead with Lion, if not then don't do it until you upgrade those apps or find Universal app solutions.
Unfortunately I have to say Lion is one of the worst updates Apple has put out. It's slow, slow, slow.
Also in the unfortunate area is the fact that sooner or later you have to update/upgrade if you want to use the latest programs/apps and whatnot. Such is life.
Perhaps wait a little longer for mountain lion for (hopefully) some better performance out of Apple's OS.
I did the upgrade about 3 months ago. I only did it because of iCloud. So far no problems with any software. If you are using old Mac software via Rosetta you may be upset. But honestly how long should Apple keep old stuff working? At some point we must move on.
I don't find Lion much of an upgrade over Snow Leopard. I find some of the features in Lion useless. Launchpad, App Store etc is not really for me. I don't understand the point of Mission Control. I do not find it any slower of faster the Snow Leopard but I have not actually done measurements.
I can say this. Compared to my Windows computers the Mac is far easier to upgrade and for significantly less money. Also I do not have to agonize over which version. With OS X there is only regular and server. Plus I get 5 installs with the license.
Check the FCP forum…found quite a few people with problems, so we haven't bothered to upgrade…leave things alone for now. Spouse uses FCE so we don't want to take a chance…don't mess with something that is working fine.
WWDC 2012 is going on and Tim Cook's Keynote is on now. Mountain Lion will be $20 through the App Store, which means you need to be already on Lion. Gaah!!!
I had no issues doing the Lion update on my MacPro, though I don't think it is a necessary update by any means. There may be some upgrades under the hood, but the Lion upgrade didn't really add a lot to Snow Leopard, and actually created a few new annoyances.
saaketham wrote:
WWDC 2012 is going on and Tim Cook's Keynote is on now. Mountain Lion will be $20 through the App Store, which means you need to be already on Lion. Gaah!!!
Actually, you'll be able to upgrade directly from Snow Leopard. So, just wait a month and go straight to Mountain Lion! No worries!
VKM2F wrote:
So, just wait a month and go straight to Mountain Lion! No worries!
You don't think Mountain Lion is going to be over the top bloatware?
Supposedly 200 new features, Facebook, Twitter integration and so forth.
Sounds suspiciously like iOS.
k7xd wrote:
You don't think Mountain Lion is going to be over the top bloatware?
Supposedly 200 new features, Facebook, Twitter integration and so forth.
Sounds suspiciously like iOS.
I'm really unsure. It's just that Snow Leopard doesn't cut it for the latest Aperture upgrade so it looks like we have no choice if we want to continue with the latest versions of Aperture. Though, if I don't have to spend the $30 on Lion only to spend $20 more on Mountain Lion next month, I'm happy. Looks like that's the case, fortunately.
I went directly from Tiger to Snow Leopard with only a file authorities issue which Disk Utility took care of. No reinstall was needed there...
My iMac has only 3 GB useable, so I'm not looking to upgrade it anytime soon. I'm running some old calibration and other software. I just got my large format printer going beautifully with CS6...
Tiger>Leopard>Snow Leopard>Lion here. I think Apple needs to grow the hell up and quit putting kiddie titles on UI features, like Launchpad and Mission Control. There was nothing wrong with Dashboard, except that name was used with Windows 3.11 (Windows for workgroups) in the mid-1990's right before Windows 95 came out. Lion dropping the computer icon from the desktop and forcing me to use a funky version of Finder was an annoyance too. I hope they fix that with Pussy, er, Mountain Lion. Actually, with SJ gone, is it coincidence or conspiracy that the cats are getting less fierce/predatory? The Lion is the king of big cats in the real world. I'm sure they're merging the 'user experience' with iOS, but tighter integration with Twitter and Facebook is something I definitely don't want or need. Some of us still value what's left of our privacy.
I got enough on iPad and iPhone. But, at some point, I may upgrade to whatever comes after Lion (Mountain Lion, or Pussy or something). I still have Leopard on my older 20" iMac.