Comments for ElaineGiles.co.uk http://elainegiles.co.uk - Semper Fi - Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How to Create a Lion Installation Disk by The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0060 http://elainegiles.co.uk/how-to-create-a-lion-installation-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-560 The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0060 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:38:28 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=974#comment-560 [...] Walker loves the Lion DiskMaker which we covered in Episode [...] [...] Walker loves the Lion DiskMaker which we covered in Episode [...]

]]> Comment on How to Create a Lion Installation Disk by The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0057 http://elainegiles.co.uk/how-to-create-a-lion-installation-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-545 The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0057 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:53:33 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=974#comment-545 [...] Lion DiskMaker [...] [...] Lion DiskMaker [...]

]]> Comment on Lion – One Month On by Thoughts on Lion | iand.net http://elainegiles.co.uk/lion-one-month-on/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Thoughts on Lion | iand.net Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:27:13 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=937#comment-521 [...] access too). It’s also on the back of a couple of great posts in a similar vein, Elaine Giles Lion – One Month On and Craig Grannell’s My review of OS X Lion: the good, the bad and the ugly. Both posts [...] [...] access too). It’s also on the back of a couple of great posts in a similar vein, Elaine Giles Lion – One Month On and Craig Grannell’s My review of OS X Lion: the good, the bad and the ugly. Both posts [...]

]]> Comment on Lion – One Month On by John Herdman http://elainegiles.co.uk/lion-one-month-on/comment-page-1/#comment-509 John Herdman Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:00:37 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=937#comment-509 I have Lion installed on my Works MacBook but SL on my MacBook at home due to the fact it is only Core Duo (The 32bit version). For work, Lion is okish but there are some things that get annoying. The main issue for me is every time I open a document, it opens that document as expected but opens the last document as well. This is happening in ClearWriter and Microsoft Word. Apple Mail is NOT fully compatible with Exchange 2007 out of the box, as you need 2 plugins (Attachment Taimer and Letter Opener) to get it to work with the system properly if you have an image in your signature and also to automatically open winmail.dat files. App Launcher is a joke, its ment for iOS and should have stayed there. Now the good. I think iCal and Adress book are very good. I prefare the new interface (After changing the theme from the rubbish leather to silver via Lion Tweeks) to the old interface. Mail on the whole is good. The interface is amazing and I havnt experienced any lockups etc. BUT the main things is all the small tweeks Apple as done. Most of them you dont relize but they all add up to it being a solid upgrade for Apple, not to mention the big LDAP hole at the minute tho ! ! John. I have Lion installed on my Works MacBook but SL on my MacBook at home due to the fact it is only Core Duo (The 32bit version).

For work, Lion is okish but there are some things that get annoying.

The main issue for me is every time I open a document, it opens that document as expected but opens the last document as well. This is happening in ClearWriter and Microsoft Word.

Apple Mail is NOT fully compatible with Exchange 2007 out of the box, as you need 2 plugins (Attachment Taimer and Letter Opener) to get it to work with the system properly if you have an image in your signature and also to automatically open winmail.dat files.

App Launcher is a joke, its ment for iOS and should have stayed there.

Now the good.

I think iCal and Adress book are very good. I prefare the new interface (After changing the theme from the rubbish leather to silver via Lion Tweeks) to the old interface.

Mail on the whole is good. The interface is amazing and I havnt experienced any lockups etc.

BUT the main things is all the small tweeks Apple as done. Most of them you dont relize but they all add up to it being a solid upgrade for Apple, not to mention the big LDAP hole at the minute tho ! !

John.

]]> Comment on Lion – One Month On by Graham Russell http://elainegiles.co.uk/lion-one-month-on/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Graham Russell Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:11:25 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=937#comment-507 I actually don't like the resume feature. I shut my machine down at the end of the day and like to boot to a clean desktop so I would be constantly un-ticking that little box each time I shut down (I haven't taken the plunge yet - I have Lion installed onto an external disk) I want Apple to make a teeny change here. I want Lion to remember the ticked/un-ticked state of the shutdown dialogue box. You can then leave it ticked and it will stay ticked and I can un-tick it and have it stay un-ticked. Simples! I actually don’t like the resume feature. I shut my machine down at the end of the day and like to boot to a clean desktop so I would be constantly un-ticking that little box each time I shut down (I haven’t taken the plunge yet – I have Lion installed onto an external disk)

I want Apple to make a teeny change here. I want Lion to remember the ticked/un-ticked state of the shutdown dialogue box. You can then leave it ticked and it will stay ticked and I can un-tick it and have it stay un-ticked.

Simples!

]]> Comment on Lion – One Month On by The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0052 http://elainegiles.co.uk/lion-one-month-on/comment-page-1/#comment-499 The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0052 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:47:34 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=937#comment-499 [...] Elaine’s Lion blog post [...] [...] Elaine’s Lion blog post [...]

]]> Comment on iPad 2 Launch – What a Day! by The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0052 http://elainegiles.co.uk/ipad-2-launch-what-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-498 The MacBites Podcast – MacBites Episode 0052 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:45:11 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=751#comment-498 [...] The photo of Elaine that Google missed [...] [...] The photo of Elaine that Google missed [...]

]]> Comment on Lion – One Month On by Mac OS Lion – One month on – The Tech Lounge http://elainegiles.co.uk/lion-one-month-on/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Mac OS Lion – One month on – The Tech Lounge Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:30:31 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=937#comment-495 [...] Technical Wonder Woman, Geek Goddess, and one of the hosts of the MacBites PodCast, recently blogged about her experiences of Apple’s new operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 [...] [...] Technical Wonder Woman, Geek Goddess, and one of the hosts of the MacBites PodCast, recently blogged about her experiences of Apple’s new operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 [...]

]]> Comment on iPad 2: Worth the Upgrade? by John Herdman http://elainegiles.co.uk/ipad-2-worth-the-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-337 John Herdman Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:58:36 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=802#comment-337 I dont agree with everything said in this artical. Dont get me wrong, Apple makes the best computers and OS in the world, and as an apple mac engineer, but I think there is room for the iPad and Android Tablets. Personally I do have an Galaxy Tab. It does everything I need and more. Yes it is fast, but also logically laid out. Programs I use are 1Password (Yes is it available for Android), Documents to go, built in Mail, Calendar and Contacts, Google Tasks, Co-Pilot, which works brill with the car kit, browser with adoble flash support, a twitter client, and Memento Database. All these apps syncs with google services apart from 1Password which uses Dropbox. As with your other apps, there are android eqivilents on the market. i could aurgue that it is cheaper to own an android tablet (this tablet cost £50 upfront and £25 per month, a lot cheaper than the iPad. The app store was a revolution, BUT the android market now has a web based front end which you dont need any special software to access and yes, you can install software on your android device on it. What I am trying to say there is room for both iOS tablets and Android Tablets. I dont agree with everything said in this artical. Dont get me wrong, Apple makes the best computers and OS in the world, and as an apple mac engineer, but I think there is room for the iPad and Android Tablets.

Personally I do have an Galaxy Tab. It does everything I need and more. Yes it is fast, but also logically laid out.

Programs I use are 1Password (Yes is it available for Android), Documents to go, built in Mail, Calendar and Contacts, Google Tasks, Co-Pilot, which works brill with the car kit, browser with adoble flash support, a twitter client, and Memento Database. All these apps syncs with google services apart from 1Password which uses Dropbox.

As with your other apps, there are android eqivilents on the market.

i could aurgue that it is cheaper to own an android tablet (this tablet cost £50 upfront and £25 per month, a lot cheaper than the iPad.

The app store was a revolution, BUT the android market now has a web based front end which you dont need any special software to access and yes, you can install software on your android device on it.

What I am trying to say there is room for both iOS tablets and Android Tablets.

]]> Comment on iPad 2 Launch – What a Day! by Mark Johnson http://elainegiles.co.uk/ipad-2-launch-what-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Mark Johnson Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:04:25 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=751#comment-336 Good to see you guys again and at least share in the purchase of an iPad2, even though I did not actually buy one I felt part of it! LOL!!! Good to see you guys again and at least share in the purchase of an iPad2, even though I did not actually buy one I felt part of it! LOL!!!

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