{ OSX Lion Possible Impacts on SMU Life and FAQ!

{ July 6th, 2011 | By kianhean | Under: SMU, Technology | Tags: Apple, Mac OS X Lion | No Comments »

Q: Will it help me with school? (These are based on my experience in school and i have not personally tested Lion in SMU yet)

A:

• The auto-saving feature will definitely end all the “I FORGOT TO SAVE!!!!!!” kind of happenings, coupled with the versions feature will make project version control easy.
• Airdrop will increase the ease of which you can share files tho I am not sure if it will work on the school’s network
• Internal visualizations of Lion can be done for IS projects if they require extensive system hacking and you don’t want to mess up your current working installation
• Better mail (I hope) will end the dependence of Outlook once and for all (in a much nicer interface)
• New photobooth effects will keep you occupied thru the boring days in school
• Digital signing support for PDFs in preview will make signing forms for school/events/cca easy and fun!
• Migration manager for windows will hopefully make migration much easier to your new mac! (for new users)
• iMessage will most likely come to Lion only (maybe?), making messaging in class SO MUCH EASIER and integrated with your messages from your iPhone!
• iCloud will end the need for syncing and will backup selected files and contacts automatically!
• Windows users will feel the much greater urge to upgrade to a mac!

Q: When will it be released?

A: 14 July on the App Store ONLY

Q: Will it work in SMU?

A: I have no idea, you will need to check with http://smumacness.com/, i have retired from providing support for mac users in SMU as i have graduated and there is no way i can test settings. Expect printer settings to change (from experience upgrading from tiger to leopard and lion to snow leopard)

Q: How do i make a backup bootable copy since its only released via App Store

A: http://eggfreckles.net/tech/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/ this can be done with thumb drives as well, you just need need to format the usb disk as mac osx extended.

Q: Whats new?

A: http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html it’s a long list

Related articles

• What’s new in OSX Lion (onsoftware.en.softonic.com)
• Apple’s New Mac OSX Lion: What You Need To Know [News] (makeuseof.com)
• OSX Lion Features Continue With Mac App Store (slashgear.com)

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