“I suppose this is the sort of uncertain question that many ask in one form or another whenever Apple or Microsoft releases a major OS upgrade,” Gene Steinberg writes for TechNightOwl. “Early so-called ‘version one-point-zero’ bugs appear, one or two quick updates are released, and you have to wonder whether they might have done better to wait rather than rush the product out.”
“With Lion, Apple has changed the mold. Unlike previous versions of OS X, most Mac users are expected to download their copies from the Mac App Store, for $29.99,” Steinberg writes. “But the methodology of delivering Lion isn’t the problem. It’s the persistent bugs reported in the initial 10.7 release that trouble a number of Mac users.”
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Steinberg writes, “First and foremost, I do not regard OS X Lion is necessarily buggier than other OS X upgrades. They all had early-release flaws of one degree or another. It makes sense there will be problems because of all the serious changes in Lion. At the same time, I have little doubt that Apple is going to straighten out the worst ills in the months to come… Despite some of the complaints, I do not see Lion as being necessarily less stable than other versions of OS X. But there’s nothing wrong with waiting out a few maintenance updates before diving on.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Aside from some funkiness with artifacts on desktops with dual monitor setups (iMacs), we’ve had smooth sailing with Lion. No issues to report at all with Lion on any of our MacBook Airs or MacBook Pros.
Are you experiencing issues with Lion? If so, please describe them below.
Mail 5 with Exchange is a HUGE problem. Loses folders left and right. Once they all disappear (they do stay OK on the server) the finally come back. Apple support said (pre 10.7.1) that it’s a known bug but no idea when it will be fixed. Waiting for 10.7.2 to fix it. Also, when replying to the top message in a conversation, it replies to the second message which is the one you sent to someone so you end up replying to yourself if you’re not careful. And not exactly a bug,; but the 3 panel view is useless with a minimum of two lines in the middle panel. Why not allow for single lines in the center panel with From, Subject, Date, Size, etc. There’s plenty of room and then message can easily be sorted by those columns. On an iPad this two line (or more) format work, but on a desktop, it’s counterproductive.
Mail.app is not deleting local copies of messages though they are being deleted from the MS Exchange server. Apple support had me removed the account and add it back. It worked for a while and is now broken again.
1 – New address book sucks, where’s the 3 column?
2 – Mail needs to be restarted sometimes to get all the messages
3 – Other hard drives on the system do not load fast, have tp wait for them to spin back up, even after they are set not to sleep
4 – spinning beach ball
5 – apurture is slow
6 – lack of ‘save as’ in text edit blows, and also when you want to edit a text edit doc, it gives all these warnings… dumb
7 – should still support rosetta
8 – don’t like the side swipe to get to dashboard… when editing in final cut pro it constantly goes to dashboard when i don’t want it to
9 – safari is sometimes slow to respond
10 – the desktop image has a stupid white star under the “go” word at top and under “history” if you are in safari… need to photoshop that star out.. it’s annoying…
apple needs to:
1 – fix address book back to old way
2 – put rosetta back in OS
3 – create a website editor like golive
4 – create a photoshop and illustrator killer and kiss adobe goodbye
5 – create a mac based database for web servers
6 – make a strong I/O for the audio side
7 – update final cut pro 7 to something respectable and re-name final cut pro X to imovie x …
My airport indicator constantly cycles like it’s looking for a connection, even when it’s connected. Safari seems to be slow at times, too.
Used Lion on my brand new MBP 13″ for 4 weeks, it worked, but SL is still better, so MBP is in its box in garage and I use the old iMac and my new iPad2. Mail app is the biggest problem; how it handles compiling text from different e-mails to what I’m about to send, aaaand more e-mails are coming in that should be checked out too. Lion Mail can’t do that.
Coping files from one mac to another can be buggy saying you dont have permission. Reminds me of windows. A restart fixes it but still anoying
Lion caused my battery life to drop to half – a 2010 MBP 15″ now lasts for 3 hours. Yesterday, my iTunes database completely deleted itself – I had to reimport everything from the iTunes music folder.
@ Jobs a Gonna
Looks like no one gives a flying f*ck he’s dying no wonder when he’s surplus to Apple requirements he’s not needed anymore – might as well have the waste disposed of…
A few, to tell you the truth, no huge issues, but some annoying ones nevertheless
A few issues related to Aperture. Multitouch gestures don’t work with Aperture anymore. Auto logout doesn’t work if aperture open.
Safari starts automatically, but the actual safari window is nowhere to be found. Must restart Safari in order to get it to work.
Takes ages to boot…and it’s slowed down my system entire.