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Lion on a Hackintosh?

Gee Why — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:35:07 +0000

Now this is intriguing… Install Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on a hackintosh. Will have to check this out to breathe new life into my Dell 10v.

Update: So I actually read the manual (aka the FAQ) only to see that Lion removed support for the Atom processor (which is in the 10v). So no go on Lion-izing my Hackintosh.

An Irritating Lion Bug

Gee Why — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:00:18 +0000

If you upgraded to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, you might have noticed an irritating bug, especially if you’re a mobile user. While on the go, you may see this error message pop up quite often.

It reads “There was a problem connecting to the server. URLs with the type “file:” are not supported”. Not too helpful for troubleshooting, right? Seems like the culprit is Time Machine in Lion, and this issue has been captured in several Apple Support Communities:

One fix is to reset Time Machine following these basic steps. Or this doesn’t irritate you that much, you can wait for an update to Lion and hope Apple squashes this bug.

Lion Keeps My Mess

Gee Why — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:40:59 +0000

Boo, now I have to start tidying up my Mac whenever I shut down for the day. Taking a cue from the iPhone and iPad iOS, Lion now features Resume. Whenever you fire up an app, it will return to its last state with files open, windows placed, etc. When I power on my Mac, it’ll resume from the previous shutdown condition, starting up apps that were running, opening files, and moving windows around. So if I had a mess of stuff while shutting down, that mess persists after a restart.

I don’t know if I like this or not. At the end of the day, I’ve had enough. I want to shutdown and have all my apps quit automatically then start the next day with a clean desktop. With Lion’s Resume, my new day already feels like the burden of yesterday. There is that shutdown option to reopen windows when logging back in. I think I’ll uncheck that box to help clean up my mess.

Recovery Steps for Mac OS X Lion

Gee Why — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:13:22 +0000

Mac OS X 10.7 aka Lion has introduced a few new ways to recover from a troubled computer. You can boot your computer and hold down the Command-R keys to perform recovery and maintenance options like running Disk Utility or restoring from Time Machine.

For newer Mac hardware like the Mini and Air, there’s a built-in Internet Recovery for serious problems. If your drive crashes, Internet Recovery kicks in and over a broadband connection will download a minimal but running version of Lion. From here, you can perform recovery and maintenance options.

If you’re more comfortable with the OS on removable media, here’s an article about creating a bootable flash or external drive and creating a Lion install disk.