Jeff Wexler Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 I have LION on the main computer now and all is well except for one very odd thing that really threw me. After installing LION, the Library folder that was always in the User's Home folder has moved out. It is now on the boot drive, the main hard drive, not in the Home folder. I am wondering if it has something to do with the way all my computers are set up. I often go into the Library folder, Application Support folder, etc., and now I have to look somewhere else. The Library folder used to be one of the default folders, like Music, Sites, Documents, Public, etc. Anyone else see this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Here is the way to "fix" that to your liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Here is the way to "fix" that to your liking. Brilliant! Thanks for finding that (I probably should have searched myself, but thank you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petros Kolyvas Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 It was one of the first things I noticed too. Because we use SSDs for boot disks at the office, I move "extra content" from Final Cut/Logic/CS5.5 onto another drive after install as the space is limited. I think there's another method for accessing the Library. When Finder is the active application, holding down the "Option" key while using the "Go" menu will show the ~/Library (local user Library) folder. Jeff, I've been trying Lion out since it's release - I created a new partition on a production machine to ease the transition and maintain an image of that machine in-case we need to dig up older projects/toold - and really like the improvements. They're very subtle but have made working with multiple applications (I used spaces a lot) that much easier. I also like the natural scrolling; ie. move the content not the scroll bars. Today, on the Plus, I found this post from a Googler with a link to a utility to match the same scrolling behaviour on previous versions to keep behaviour consistent across our machinesthat are still running SL (https://plus.google....sts/h3ryKPGjSmv). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Piñero Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Has anyone tried using Zaxconvert on Mac OS Lion? Does it work? Issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyG Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I am unable to load from source using ZaxConvert on my MacBook Pro laptop, I deleted v6.11 with AppDelete, then in disc utility I verified and repaired permissions and downloaded an earlier version (v5.97) and even tried logging in as another user but still no go the program will not load from source. Funny thing is on my MacPro running Lion with v6.11 it works fine. Anyone got any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I have problems with zaxconvert on my laptop running 10.6 I've managed to get it working by right clicking on the zaxconvert application and selecting show package contents then finding the console version of zaxconvert - I think it's in the macOS folder and opening that. This way lets me see tand export he contents of the cards. I've not even looked at lion, so have no clue if this will work for you, but it might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTurkey Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Rich, thanks.. that did work for me on my MacBook Pro running Lion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 General Lion question for some of you guys.... has it messed up any software registrations/licenses for programs you might have been using or installed while using a previous OS like 10.6? I'm having a hard time debating to upgrade or not. I want the new cloud abilities and other perks, but don't want to deal with software that's not "stable" for 10.7 yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 No problems with any software that I hadn't already read about (Quicken for example) so there really weren't any surprises. I did go through every bit of software I have installed and looked to see if it was Universal and researched whether it had been running under Rosetta or not. I also did not upgrade all my Mac all at once so if problems cropped up that I had not anticipated I would have a machine that would run the older OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 App Compatibility Chart can be found at this link. This could help you prepare for Lion upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've decided not to upgrade after watching some pro/con videos. Maybe the next cat version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Bit the bullet and upgraded about a week ago, mostly to use iCloud to sync my calendars. No problems to speak of so far and some nifty new features to boot. I did have to update VMWare Fusion and iToner but no big deal on either one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpiegari Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 I cloned my laptop hard drive onto an external before updating to Lion. In a pinch, I can boot from that drive and still be running the old OS. I've only had to do that to access older filemaker databases to convert them for the new version. I still boot that drive on occasion just to sync mail and such but haven't needed to. Losing Quicken was a bummer; I'm not liking iBank so much. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Intuit is coming out with a Quicken 2007 version for Lion. Why they don't update it to Quicken 2012 is beyond me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Many articles written already about why we shouldn't trust Intuit --- this announcement is just as ominous as all the rest. No one is saying what Intuit will do to make Quicken 2007 (already antiquated and underwhelming from the first day it was released) compatible. I have serous doubts that they will do a complete re-write, update it to modern and compatible code and call it Quicken 2012 or something. I have always had a love-hate relationship with Quicken (well, love is a little strong, never really loved Quicken but it was better than anything else out at the time) turning more towards hate as Intuit chronically and repeatably behaved very badly to Mac users. I have tried all the others and am presently running iBank AND Quicken Essentials for personal use (and sticking with Quickbooks for my company stuff). We'll see what happens in the future but I wouldn't hold my breath in the hopes that Intuit will do something right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benr Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Thankfully I have always been a PC and a Mac user myself and am currently using Quicken 2011 on Windows 7 64-bit with no problems. Quicken on Mac was one of the reasons I could never go all Mac at the times Ive tried. Im glad its been working problem free all year though. To be honest I have never had a problem with Quicken and my Database dates all the way back to Quicken 1996. Its been upgraded many times over the years and all my data is still intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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