Lion and partial volume notches?

I agree. Please bring it back Apple! 🙂

Yes please do! this was an incredibly useful feature if you have loud speakers! and i can't understand why it would have been removed but there doesnt seem to be an alternative?

Please bring it back!

Hi Guys,

A temporary fix.

Download and install Spark (or any other keyboard shortcut app).

http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php

Then create a applescript shortcut mapped to something like Option, fn and Volume up key(F12) (or anything you like)

Now use the apple script for volume up of:

-- volume up

set current_volume to output volume of (get volume settings)

if current_volume is less than 100 then

set current_volume to current_volume + 2

end if

set volume output volume current_volume

This sets the volume to increase by a little each time you press the buttons.

This can be changed by making + 2 larger for larger steps and smaller for smaller steps.

Repeat for decrease volume using

-- volume down

set current_volume to output volume of (get volume settings)

if current_volume is less than 100 then

set current_volume to current_volume - 2

end if

set volume output volume current_volume

Hope this works for you too.

If it does not work, you may need to go to System preferences>Keyboard>Mission Control

and then untick Show Desktop (F11) and Show Dashboard (F12).

Regards

Thanks Springwig that will keep me going until Apple hopefully re-enable this feature.

I second that. Just stumbled over that omission today - quite sad...

Since there is no feedback page on Lion by Apple (wasn't there one for prior systems?) I hope somebody from Apple is listening/reading here...

Best,

### Tip:

Press ⌥ + volume button (up or down) => settings.app opens => use slider for very fine adjusting

Just in case you don't want to wait for Apple hopefully fixing this and do not want to mess around with "dirty" script hacks. 😉

I just noticed this, and I really miss this feature!!! If anyone from Apple is reading this, please bring it back.

This is an extremely annoying omission... I've been getting around it by using the volume slider on the menu bar. You can fine tune it with the mouse (not as useful) to the same partial increase points that we used to be able to with the keyboard shortcut.

System Prefs --> Sound --> Show volume in menu bar.

Hopefully this helps in the meantime.

I've given up finding a direct fix. I have come to think that Apple purposefully chose to take it out, rather than just accidentally omitting it. Whether it is interfering with another keyboard combination usage or that most folks simply weren't using it, I don't know, but I hope Apple proves me wrong...

While this isn't a fix, it fixes most of the issues, at least with movies, but not with my iTunes music collection.

I downloaded MplayerX from the Mac App Store, I think it's free.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mplayerx/id421131143?mt=12

I assigned all my vid ext types to play with it. The beauty is that you can use your mouse scroll wheel to VERY fine tune the volume up and down from 1 to 100 in .02 increments. Very easy to use.

Btw, you can do the same thing in VLC, but I like the MplayerX interfase better. Much more Mac like and easy to download and update from the Apps store.

APPLE FIX IT!!! My giant speakers are way too sensitive to not have an easy way to gradually adjust teh volume!

i join the chorus of the multitudes asking for this feature back! thanks!

Submitted as a bug #10130583 a few months back before 10.7.2 came out

You can submit bugs...

For registered developers:

https://bugreport.apple.com/

Developers (no registeration):

http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/bugrptform.html

Also joining the pledge to reintroduce this feature. I used this all the time.

10.7.4: It's back. And partial brightness too. Yay.

Going to update tonight at home, thanks Joel for the update! You rock!