Is anyone able to use Unsanity haxies with Lion?

If you have already moved from the old Snow Leopard to Lion and updated your programs, then I can't understand why you wouldn't upgrade to Mountain Lion. It is only Lion on steroids and you have already done the hard work upgrading the programs. Every program I updated for Lion run perfectly in Mountain Zlion if not better. To be frank, Zlion was really only a Beta of Mountain Lion.

Good Luck

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

What are those 99?

Pete

First of all, if you are already on Lion there is no downside to upgrading to ML as it is better in every way. I don't think there will be another new system for a very long time so you won't have to buy the programs again. Their aim in ML is to provide an altra stable system by preventing any one application from affecting others when it goes wonkey.

I have a couple of major gripes with L and ML that keep me on SL. They are easy of use issues as exemplified by the fact that I still use iPhoto 6, which is better than any of the subsequent versions. If you have an old system disk you can install or drag and drop iPhoto 6 into your current system. You can not downgrade your Library though, so you will have to start again. Best not to upgrade in the first place. I always test a new version of anything before upgrading as there is currently a race to the bottom, the lowest common denominator, dumb and dumbest.

My gripes with ML might sound trivial but if you work 40+ hours a week on a computer they are important. The first is the rubber bounce at the end of a scroll action. You can trun it off in the finder but not in Safari (which I want to continue using).

By far and away the biggest problem is that there is no keyboard shortcut for find-by-file-name, and you have to navigate a dropdown menu. This shortcut disappeared in the transition from 9.2 to 10.0 and did not come back till 10.4. Then in the transition from 10.6 to 10.7 it went away again. Will they ever learn? And they might also stop spotlight from returning hits to email messages. I have never yet performed a finder search when I was looking for the content of an email! How dumb is that?

Lion/Mountain Lion is the Vista of the Mac.

Well, there you go. All solved. Snow Leopard is just right for you and thus so be the Snow Leopard Forum.

Good Luck

Pete

You asked and I told you.

First of all, if you are already on Lion there is no downside to upgrading to ML as it is better in every way.

well, maybe I'll give it a try. I suppose I can try to downgrade if I decide it isn't working. I still have the Lion installer somewhere. I don't have the latest of the latest macs so I understand there are programs within ML that won't work. Thanks for the encouragement. I have heard here and there about good and bad things. In fact I think when I looked up ML at the APP store, I read a lot of bad comments there which kind of turned me off to the upgrade.

So what about windowmizer? will it work with ML or do I have to tweak something to get it to work.

Often the explanations are more than I want to deal with. Seems like some Geeks just do not speak the same English that I do. I get very frustrated.

I have a couple of major gripes with L and ML that keep me on SL. They are easy of use issues as exemplified by the fact that I still use iPhoto 6, which is better than any of the subsequent versions. If you have an old system disk you can install or drag and drop iPhoto 6 into your current system.

It has been so long since iphone 6 I can't remember if I liked it better or not. I know that on iphoto 9.42 I am managing but not particularly happy. You might say I've gotten used to it. What if I drag Iphoto 6 into my system, will I still need to keep and use version 9.x to open the later libraries?

You can not downgrade your Library though, so you will have to start again.

Meaning? Take all photos and add them to 6? What about streaming? Does 6 do that? Although I find streaming rather slow, I do like it when it works.

Somewhere on one of my back up drives from previous computers I probaby have a lot of iphoto libraries with pictrues I'd like to see, but if I replace the current library with those, it replaces my current pictures. It get's very confusing for me. What I hoped to do is take all my pictures and put them somewhere else-flash drive, cd, etc. but it takes so much time and energy I have yet to really do it. I figure someday I'll lose a lot of treasured pictures because I haven't stored them. I started to move them and know I can't find the flash drive I was using-- another problem with small items.

Best not to upgrade in the first place. I always test a new version of anything before upgrading as there is currently a race to the bottom, the lowest common denominator, dumb and dumbest.

I like to test too, but not always possible. Some programs are not always compatible that I liked before and so I find I HAVE to upgrade if I Want to keep up. I suppose if I get a bigger hard drive I could put one system on its own partition, but I'm kind of burned out with all this lately.

My gripes with ML might sound trivial but if you work 40+ hours a week on a computer they are important. The first is the rubber bounce at the end of a scroll action. You can trun it off in the finder but not in Safari (which I want to continue using).

I am not sure what you mean by rubber bounce at the end of a scroll action. I know that there were some things I have not liked since two or three systems ago, so I found this app called liontweaks.app and there is a new one for ML that has allowed me to use older items that were taken away. for example is wider scroll bars.-Also I like to colorize the icons in the side bar although it goes away if I have to restart, but just refreshing the finder brings back the color.

By far and away the biggest problem is that there is no keyboard shortcut for find-by-file-name, and you have to navigate a dropdown menu. This shortcut disappeared in the transition from 9.2 to 10.0 and did not come back till 10.4. Then in the transition from 10.6 to 10.7 it went away again. Will they ever learn?

I really wonder what Apple techs are thinking these days. It seems like they love to throw away the baby with the bathwater. I too am upset how difficult it is when I want to find something. I have to use command+F to bring up a new window and put in the item I want to find. Seems time consuming. I also have an app called easyfind but that too takes time.

And they might also stop spotlight from returning hits to email messages. I have never yet performed a finder search when I was looking for the content of an email! How dumb is that?

and in spotlight it used to be so easy to find where the document was located. For a long time until recently Didn't know that you can find a document by scrolling down and pressing the command key while viewing the document in spotlight... but by then while scrooking I usually get my curser off track and have to find the document again, and even so it doesn't give the location right away. you have to scroll down and wait for it to appear. What a pain. Yes what were they thinking?

Lion/Mountain Lion is the Vista of the Mac.

So back to the original topic. There have been many options to get programs to simulate Windowshade. I would highly doubt it will return now that Mountain Lion has tweaked Mission Control's Expose feature, but the alternatives are there. I find no use for Windowshading in Mountain Lion, maybe in Lion which, as I said, was like a beta of ML. So personally I would be moving on to ML and forgetting Lion.

Cheers

Pete

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I find no use for Windowshading in Mountain Lion, maybe in Lion which, as I said, was like a beta of ML. So personally I would be moving on to ML and forgetting Lion.

Cheers

Pete>>

Just curious, why do you not think you would have no use for windowshading in Lion or ML? Do you also mean no use for windowminomizing also? Now that I have windowmizer I have no use for windowshading by Unsanity either, although I paid Usanity money initially and for upgrades and feel Unisanity took my money but did not deliver which is upsetting for a company to do that. I am glad to have windomizer because I can quickly get windows out of my way that I plan to use. Mission control has it's good points but not the same convenience that windowmizing or windowshading has.

Ellen

Rochester, NY

MacBook Pro 17"

OS-LION

No use for it in ML if you read my post. I do not trust third party programs which attempt to simulate what was once a feature. It can interfere dangerously with the system. Also some are shady and cannot keep up with modern OSs as you have found with the Unsanity mob. Enabling the exposé feature in MLs Mission Control gives me greater control in my daily workflow than any Windowmizer rubbish or other attempted hack.

Cheers

Pete

I have been using Windowmizer ever since someone on this post mentioned it. Since the latest version came out, eliminating the flash of darkness, it has worked perfectly--just like the original Mac OS 9 version used to. Despite running the latest system, with Expose etc., I find the ability to collapse my windows one of the most valuable tools I have--and I write, work on film, etc., all day, every day. Windomizer has not interfered with my 27" iMac at all. I am so grateful for it.

As you say, each to their own and I am glad for users of Windowshade that Windowmizer does the job. I think Unsanity have burnt too many people for Windowshade to ever be trusted again and hopefully the makers of the new App can keep up with OS changes on both platforms.

Cheers and happy computing.

Pete

Here's an idea:

Let's not discuss Unsanity or Unsanity's Windowshade any more.

If Unsanity comes back to life and proposes to get business from us, it is up to them to do what it takes to rebuild trust.

'K?

By far and away the biggest problem is that there is no keyboard shortcut for find-by-file-name, and you have to navigate a dropdown menu. This shortcut disappeared in the transition from 9.2 to 10.0 and did not come back till 10.4.

cmd-ctrl-f

Insanity's website is dead>>>>>>>

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Well I guess that finishes that.

Allan

Yeah. It looks as if it's now all over. Shame,because I liked changing my Mac's cursor to a rainbow pattern via an Insanity haxie.