Comments on: Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 4 is Now Available to Download

By: Matt Menard

Matt Menard — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:54:47 +0000

hi, i see you said the search function was fixed but i downloaded Lion this morning and when i search by name, subject, etc…in Outlook, it doesn’t find any emails prior to Lion installation. Do you have any insight into why this is or how to fix it? thank you

By: devy

devy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:55:43 +0000

if you got any errors while installing:
1. open your preview 4 image,
2. right click on contained file, “show package contend”
3. browse to contend/sharedSupport/
4. open Install ESD
5. run install file.
worked fine for me

By: john

john — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:08:58 +0000

Vince says:
June 10, 2011 at 11:34 pm
i got it installed :
1. boot in your recovery HD
2. verify disk & repair disk
3. reboot and start the installer
this worked for me .. hope it does for you .
i’m on a 15 inch 2010 Macbook Pro .
My Mac gets hotter than usual . 75-80 degrees with Fans on HIGH 6000 rpm.

how do you even boot in you computer in recovery mode…can someone please help.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:24:47 +0000

Would you guys recommend installing this just to try out Lion, or is this just for developers (buggy, laggy etc.)? Can I upgrade to the full version like normal (from 10.6 to 10.7) when it’s out?

By: TT

TT — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:32:53 +0000

Can you please upload/share the update for MBP 2011.
Thanks,

By: Will

Will — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:48:02 +0000

Yes, you can get it from the Developer website and the Mac App Store if you’re a registered developer. As far as I know it still has not appeared through Software Update for most users, but that may change now that WWDC is over.

By: Tom Davey

Tom Davey — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:50:48 +0000

How do you get this update, Dev website? I can’t see anything…and I can’t get it through Software Update as I can’t even boot into 2011!

By: Stephan

Stephan — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:29:41 +0000

Apple released a minor update to DP4 which fixes the MBP 2011 issues. Great !

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:34:15 +0000

i got it installed :
1. boot in your recovery HD
2. verify disk & repair disk
3. reboot and start the installer
this worked for me .. hope it does for you .
i’m on a 15 inch 2010 Macbook Pro .
My Mac gets hotter than usual . 75-80 degrees with Fans on HIGH 6000 rpm.

By: DB1408

DB1408 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:41:14 +0000

Thanks. Issues that have randomly happened are with the ‘Airport’ hanging, not allowing access, which is random and has no identifiable cause, uTorrent failing to respond at times, unresolvable unless OS X is restarted (even with force quit) and mail can sometimes prevent shutdown/restart.

Other than the little nags, it’s far more stable than the first beta.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:11:09 +0000

I haven’t had any problems on boot but I know users with 2011 MacBook Pro’s have and it is widely talked about on developer forums.

Regarding the “com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X” kernel extension, it has been around a long time and is not unique to Lion:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/19/anti-piracy-message-in-mac-os-x-kernel-extension/

By: DB1408

DB1408 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:58:09 +0000

Fans run high and sluggish when transferring to external drives/timemachine and using other CPU tasking apps simultainiously on MBP 17 with 4GB Ram.

By: DB1408

DB1408 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:54:56 +0000

If you get stuck on boot screen after restart/shutdown after you have installed and used OS X Lion for a while, where it just hangs.

Hold CMD ALT P R until you hear the start up chime twice then release. Should clear the hang and launch.

There is also an extension called ‘don’t steal OS X’, coincidence or not, I deleted this (Confirming delete with password) then the hanging at reboot commenced.

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Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:28:28 +0000

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