Macformat Lion - Learning on the Loop
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1. 24 U r Words lan Osborne and Ben Harvell OS X 10 7 is here and It s looking good We take a look at Apple s new operating system how to get your Mac ready for Lion and how to use Its key features 250 new features many of which were inspired by iOS With Lion Apple takes note of lessons learned developing the engine that powers the iPad iPhone and iPod touch and brings them to the Mac Take LaunchPad You can tell at a glance Lion s new app launcher is based on the iOS home screen Lion brings full screen apps to OS X too At the push of a button your application fills the screen offering the same distraction free usability you get with an iOS device Mail Apple s respected email client also benefits from qualities and features developed for the small screen But it s not all about features gleaned from iOS OS X has also learned a few new tricks of its own Mission Control brings together OS X s Spaces Dashboard and Expos in one easy to use bird s eye view showing everything that s currently running on your computer AirDrop lets you share files over Wi Fi and Resume starts up your Mac in exactly the same state it was in when you shut down With all these fine features on offer and an asking price of just 21 most Mac owners are keen to upgrade Over the next few pages we show you how to get your Mac ready for Lion and how to use some of its key functions T eighth release of OS X is packed2. A three fingered upward flick summons Mission Control Lion s combined Expos Dashboard and Spaces feature completely This means PowerPC applications cannot run on Macs using the new operating system Apple famously described Rosetta as the most amazing software you ll never see It works so well you don t notice it s there so it s worth checking if you re running applications you ve long since forgotten were written for the PowerPC architecture From the menu select About This Mac In the window that opens press the More Info button at the bottom to open the System Profiler showing even more about your Mac In the left hand column labelled Contents open the Software list by clicking on the hides all windows A three fingered upward flick summons Mission Control Lion s combined Expos Dashboard and Spaces feature and flicking three fingers downwards gives a single app Expos Another gesture carried over from iOS is Tap to Zoom With your pointer on a specific part of a web page tapping with two fingers zooms in on it to give a clearer view You can also enlarge and shrink web pages using pinch and unpinch These extra gestures will certainly be welcomed by Apple notebook users and if you own a desktop Mac it might be time to buy a Magic Trackpad Apple s standalone device Lion is downloaded from the Mac App Store and it follows the same licencing rules as other Mac apps bought from App
3. Lion is sold and installed through Snow Leopard s Mac App Store installed and what processor you have go to the pull down menu in the top left corner of your screen and select About This Mac Instructions for fitting more memory can be found in your user manual or Store is now an integral part of Snow Leopard but isn t compatible with older versions of OS X This means if youre still running Leopard or even Tiger you must upgrade to Snow Leopard before you can install Lion Is your trusty old machine prepared for this latest version of OS X and if it isn t what can you do It s time to get your Mac ready With gestures becoming an ever more integral part of OS X it s a great time for desktop Mac owners to buy a Magic Trackpad doesn t have to cost a fortune To check how much RAM is currently on Apple s support site The Mac App Store was introduced to 26 MacFormat co uk Make sure you follow the correct instructions for your model of Mac Previous versions of Mac OS X installed from optical discs or in the case of the recent MacBook Airs flash drives Lion takes anew approach Instead of delivering the operating system on physical media you download it Launched in January to great success the App from the Mac App Store Snow Leopard with the 10 6 6 upgrade and Apple has now made available for download 10 6 8 which gets your Mac ready for Lion b
4. a new iMac or Mac Pro from Apple s online store you can opt for a Magic Trackpad instead of or indeed as well as a Magic Mouse or you can buy one from your local Apple Store or reseller for 60 So how do you go about upgrading After purchasing from the Mac App Store the new OS downloads and installs automatically The download is around 4GB and after buying it once you can install it on all your personally authorised Macs This is generous given previous versions of OS X were also sold as family packs with licences for up to five machines If you ve already bought Lion and want to install it on another Mac August 2011 Updates to the new OS come through Software Update so there s no need to enter an Apple ID sfere 4HE PAR Pai T L a il ub THH H Ta amp r g D e He amp resi ames g amet hel jam reat a hw bo pag ra If you re planning to upgrade to Lion you need to update or abandon all your PowerPC applications gt gt DID YOU KNOW THIS If you bought a new Mac from Apple or an authorised reseller between 6 June and OS X 10 7 s release you might qualify for a free upgrade to Lion through Apple s Up To Date programme See http bit ly loVdmr for more details MacFormat co uk 27 Getting ready for Lion Find out if your Mac is set to run OS X 10 7 and what to do If It isnt gt gt DID YOU KNOW THIS Lion includes its own drivers for most popular pri
5. can jump between them Space To move back to the desktop swipe three using a three finger swipe on the trackpad fingers to the right on the trackpad You can Apps are added to a new space to the right of pick up a file or folder from the desktop and the active space and can be reordered drag it back to a full screen app using Mission Control rem With Lion s Resume feature you can boot right back in to where you left off gt August 2011 MacFormat co uk 29 KEED work sate with Auto Save 6 amp 6 lt Summer Holiday rtfd Laz amenan Type E eguia CTE aaa H poets osakin a Having Jan Ta Mi Our summer holiday by the lake L 4 es E The new menu Here s a document we ve been working onin TextEdit It has been saved already and also has a downward pointing arrow next to that name which when clicked shows the Auto Save menu Selecting Lock will prevent further changes to the saved file ow often have you accidentally overwritten a document you were working on or lost it completely The benefits of a Time Machine backup have always come in handy for the latter scenario but saving over your work normally means it s back to the drawing board Not anymore however as Lion introduces the impressive new Auto Save feature that enables you to prevent the n Ue Sur BOA o bummer Holiday nid SS Browse All Versions Paving Silt Ta lhe Ses Our su
6. computer and once they accept it it will copy wirelessly Files copied via AirDrop are sent to the Downloads folder where a Small progress bar shows the status of the transfer rT i Thee errant mna Be Ged yai usag jag Save and Open Decline oire Mach gemat 2 All My Files Ja Muri Picturi Drepites Drag and share Once AirDrop has found other Macs locate the files you want to share on your Mac and drag them onto one of the local destinations in AirDrop You will now be asked if youre sure you want to send this file If so click the Send button to initiate the transfer Accept and receive The person you are sending a file to will now receive a message asking whether or not they want to receive it They can choose from Save Decline or Save and Open Once they accept the file it will begin to transfer eventually to appear in the Downloads folder Make tne most or Mal fasad i mani hos be sessin ano hes S g o tan ee eee CSTD we mee oom Oper Tames er comme beer top Lowi o gt r m e eate ue m n lt ban Bex ge les 1 ve hare ng r e erem oe cr arp iii Kone thet a e Metod Mente bene nere Brome Search success Previously searching for email was a bit of a chore because you needed to make sure you got your search criteria correct in terms of spelling In the new Mail however search looks for names subject lines and keywords as part of the s
7. ame search to bring you the best results ail has seen a big overhaul in Lion and makes it even more enjoyable to send and receive email First on the list of new features Is the ability to work with Mail in full screen mode This provides a great way to view messages inboxes and folders in one go especially if there are images attached to your emails Your inbox will now show Snippets of each message you receive SO you can quickly spot what you re after or decide whether or not to open an email right away Then there s a slick new Conversations view that shows related messages or those that are part of a conversation much like threading in the previous Mail but far more attractive and easier to understand There s also an enhanced search that looks for people Subjects and keywords as you type Enlarged email The clean new design of Mail in Lion is Ser Dee Rat ES La aig eT Pomm ir a eem Se See a n v ed Pi Stakes ee ee ee om m Dar Conversations Conversations is anew way to view made even better when viewed in full screen mode The three column view splits the interface into a list of accounts and folders inbox and messages and provides everything you need on one screen email chains If you and another person or group of people have been emailing back and forth within the same email subject Mail groups all these messages together so you can view them in a chronological timeline Aug
8. art dialog box If you click the check box next to this message every application and window you had open at the point of restarting will be restored and positioned in exactly the same way when your Mac boots up again This is a brilliant timesaver for when you shut down your Mac from a day of work and need to remember what you were doing when you start it up again Using Resume also does away with the need to set applications to launch at login for the most part which can become annoying ontinuing the iOS theme Lion also C offers full screen applications that can quickly be switched between with a simple swipe Most apps offer a full screen option but some third party apps will need an update to work in this way Of course Apple s apps are already designed to work perfectly at full screen size and actually benefit from the larger space Mail iCal and Safari can all be quickly sent full screen by clicking ona Small button at the corner of each interface Once an application is in full screen mode it takes up its own space to the right of your desktop and you can jump between apps by swiping three fingers to the left and right ona trackpad And don t worry you can access the menu bar simply by moving the mouse to the top of the screen Back and forth Multiple apps When working in full screen an app If you have more than one app open in positions itself next to the desktop in its own full screen mode you
9. e bar on the right to move back and forth through minutes hours and even days to view all of the saved files select it in Versions and click the large Restore button to make it the current version Once done it s a good idea to duplicate the file or save it under a different name so you don t lose your information again You could even lock the file share Tiles raster with A r Drop Ready to drop To access AirDrop open a new Finder window and youll spot AirDrop under the Favourites section in the left hand pane Click on it to show all of the available AirDrop computers within 30 feet of your Mac If you don t see any make sure Wi Fi is turned on irDrop is a great little addition to A X that acts like a mix between Dropbox and DropCopy Unlike those two however AirDrop is built into the OS and can automatically find other computers that can accept file transfers There s no tricky setup and you don t even need to be connected to a Wi Fi network AirDrop does all the boring stuff for you so you can focus on transferring De you want to send Sunshine te MacFormat s aw Maciook Cancel Send Macfor MacBook basking E banhan ey App cations Deturnar Mower files AirDrop is available from within the Finder and once selected opens a window that searches for other AirDrop users within 30 feet of you From here you can simply drag a file onto the name of another AirDrop user s
10. le s online downloads shop This means if you have more than one Mac you can install the new operating system on all of them at no extra charge Apple has also announced volume licencing deals for business and education users Business customers can buy Lion or Lion Server directly from Apple or by using the Business Store found at http store apple com uk business Business volume licences cost 29 99 each or 49 99 for maintenance contracts and a minimum Business users of Lion can take advantage of volume licencing deals offered by Apple at its online store of 20 licences must be purchased Education users can volume licence the Apple Software Collection consisting of Lion iLife and iWork through the Education Store or by contacting their Apple Education Account Representative Prices start at 39 with a minimum order of 25 licences Volume licence customers receive a single App Store code for each transaction after using this code to download Lion the installer is downloaded to your Applications folder from where you can retrieve it and copy it to an external drive optical disc or network location You can then use it to install Lion on all Macs for which you have licences features the same multi touch controls and glass finish as the trackpads built into the MacBook Pro range but it s almost 80 larger Like the Magic Mouse and wireless keyboard it connects to your Mac over Bluetooth If you re planning on buying
11. may be using Windows can be dragged between different desktops to help organise your screen or you can simply click on a specific window to bring it to the front Mission Control is a powerful feature that will surely speed up the way you work and help those with Smaller screens cope with multiple applications and Finder windows The search Is over Click on any window to bring it to the forefront of your screen or drag it to anew position Click on one of the images at the top of the screen to jump to anew desktop from within Mission Control To exit click a window or drag three fingers down the trackpad o you use an iOS device Then D you ll be familiar with the way Launchpad works Available by clicking the Dock icon or pinching a thumb and three fingers on your trackpad Launchpad brings up a view of all of your applications as icons just like an iPad home screen You can even drag icons on top of one another to create folders as you would in iOS Also like Apple s mobile Organise apps with _auncnpac Get into folders Again as found in iOS apps can be organised into folders and given specific names within Launchpad Click a folder to open it apps can be launched and moved in the same way by clicking and dragging To rename a folder click on its title when open and type a new one We have lift off Just like on iOS devices you can swipe between multiple screens of apps and click on an apps icon to la
12. mmer holiday by the lake Doubling up From the same menu there s also the worst happening as you work on documents in the likes of iWork apps and TextEdit By clicking next to the title of your document in an app s menu bar youre shown alist of available functions including Lock Duplicate and Browse All Versions When Saving or editing apps also ask whether you want to make a duplicate in order to avoid accidental overwrites This could be a lifesaver E H O TETES TELF aigi atira Kma documant bamme Holhdar nid r i bo a priou A mai H aran pia LE kEi ol E i alee sist onan amie canna nil eee Io iii Seal Wer er noe Summer Holaday itd jie bi seers tee tte it sj F Dih erigi Cance a Sa ep ee A Stepping back You do a quick word count and realise option to duplicate your current document from within your chosen app Normally this would require returning to the Finder to do but instead another identical document opens with the word Copy added to its title that before your last save you deleted a whole passage of your document Simply access the Auto Save menu and revert the document to the last saved version Your document is full again and you can stop pulling your hair out Fall Dack tC DrEVIOUS Versions a Summer Halids tid idited ce aes Ee itil Linck E q Duplicate Revert to Last Saved Version Brase All Wersicers Having ae ult Sun Our s
13. nters If your printer works with Snow Leopard it will probably work with Lion If you use the manufacturer s own software though it might be worth contacting their support departments and asking about specific OS X Lion compatibility ou know you want it After V 2200 months of tantalising previews excited blogs and leaks from registered developers you re just dying to get your hands on Lion But can you run it Is your trusty old machine prepared for this latest version of OS X and if it isn t what can you do It s time to get your Mac ready for the upgrade If you re going to install OS X 10 7 Lion your Mac must meet the operating system s minimum system specs Naturally you need an Intel processor Support for PowerPC based Macs was dropped with OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard so an Intel only Lion was inevitable Also inevitably Lion makes greater demands on your computer than its predecessor Snow Leopard could be installed on any Intel Mac but with Lion you must have a Core 2 Duo Core i series or Xeon processor Intel Macs with Core Duo chips cannot run it So if you own a PowerPC or a very early Intel model you need to buy anew Mac Lion also needs more RAM than Snow Leopard 2GB against its predecessor s 1GB Thankfully upgrading your computer s memory is a fairly painless task and as long as you buy from a third party vendor it Final Cut Pro X Sete hte TE ae Paa Tae Fem r F amp e pz
14. ummer holiday by the lake File folly You ve realised that the version of the document you want isn t the one currently loaded The correct version may even have been overwritten by the one youre working on Select Review All Versions from the drop down menu next to the document s title 30 MacFormat co uk August 2011 e mentioned Time Machine earlier and while it does remain in OS X Lion it now has a younger sibling for your files that is just as handy Versions lets you look back through the history of a document to find the exact version you are after It looks much the same as Time Machine and includes the same sidebar to help you navigate through different times in order to es Sa oS ee ee Se AS BS Take mei BE Sy et O Step back in time Well isn t this familiar No it s not Time pinpoint the file youre after Once you find it click on it and hit the Restore button The beauty of Versions is that it can be invoked from within an app such as the Auto Save features so you can look for the precise document you re working on quickly and easily Versions is an exciting new feature in Lion and one that we re Sure everybody will use especially as it doesn t require an external drive thant heel Grman bf Ghee ene fe A eit eri Te Bring it back Once you ve located your document Machine but it s Versions showing you every iteration of the document you were working on since it was created Use th
15. unch it The number of screens available are denoted by small dots below the list of app icons Click and drag an icon to move it to a new position in Launchpad 28 MacFormat co uk August 2011 platform holding the key while using Launchpad sets your app icons wiggling and allows you to click the X next to them to delete them If you have more apps than can fit on the screen at one time Launchpad spreads them over multiple screens that you can browse using a Swipe or the arrow keys Launchpad is a brilliant way to access your apps in Lion and also makes it easier to remove them Create your own To create a folder within Launchpad all you need to do is drag one app icon onto another The folder is named after the genre of one or both of the apps based on their Mac App Store category You can rename the folder and also add apps to it by dragging and dropping FOEREN tull screen Getting bigger Here s Safariin its standard form Click the two arrows at the top right of the screen and the app grows to fill the screen and move across to its own separate space on the right hand side of the desktop All other windows and menu bars will also move out of the way Restart ar RESUME uch a simple feature you wonder why S Resume hasn t been included with Mac OS X from day one When you shut down or restart your Mac running Lion it will ask you if you want to Reopen windows when logging back in from the rest
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17. with over MacFormat co uk August 2011 Ne n OOO tp The many innovations ae of iOS are coming soon to a Mac near you August 2011 MacFormat co uk 25 gt gt THE LION LICENCE OS X 10 7 for home education and business iStockPhoto version of OS X Snow Leopard for the App Store then Lion Not that this is a huge expense Snow Leopard sells for just 26 and Lion is even more affordable at a penny shy of 21 As older versions of OS X cost 89 for a single user licence the combined cost of Lion and Snow Leopard is not much more than half the price With Lion Apple makes a complete break from PowerPC Macs by abandoning Rosetta the dynamic translator used to run applications written for PowerPC processors on Intel machines Snow Leopard downgraded it to an optional install but it s been removed from Lion triangle to its left if it s not already open Highlight Applications and click on the Kind column header at the top of the window to sort your apps according to their type Intel or Universal applications run fine in Lion but PowerPC apps must be updated or replaced they cannot be used with the new operating system Lion greatly expands the range of multi touch gestures available to Mac users The new OS adds a four fingered pinch to open Lion s Launchpad feature an iOS like application launcher Unpinching with four fingers takes you back to the desktop or if you re already there
18. y enhancing the Mac App Store be sure to update You can then purchase download and install Lion direct from the App Store which can be launched from the Dock your Applications folder or from the pull down menu As Snow Leopard was so cheap we doubt there are many Macs capable of running Lion that are still using Tiger or Leopard But if you re in this Situation you need to buy two operating systems to run the latest Master MISSION Control ission Control might sound like a M pretty grand title to give an OS feature but the power and efficiency it offers lives up to the name With a simple swipe of your trackpad or click of the mouse this enhanced form of Expos crossbred with Spaces transforms your desktop Not only are all of your open windows shown but they re grouped into the apps they relate to and And boom Mission Control fires open windows into organised piles surrounding a pulled back view of the desktop From here you can select windows and drag them to other desktops at the top of the screen or create new desktops by clicking the plus button at the top right Desktop disaster This is what you would expect to see after working for a while and not closing any windows Several different apps multiple Safari windows as well as Finder windows are cluttering the display So it s time to swipe three fingers upward on your trackpad you can also see a view of all other desktops you
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