In the development versions of OS X Lion, Apple has inverted the scroll direction. This is a logical progression to a more gesture oriented system; however, for many users it is confusing and breaks old habits. It is always hard to do exactly the opposite of what was previously learned. To revert to the older scrolling direction, follow these steps.
By default, Lion has the Status Bar in Finder disabled. If you are used to using the Status Bar to tell you how much room is left on your drive, how many items are in a folder, etc. then you can enable it.
By using Mission Control and gestures you can easily navigate between spaces and by binding apps to spaces, you can use these gestures to switch between open apps.
OS X Lion uses Mission Control as a way to display all open windows, full-screen apps, spaces, and Dashboard. If you don’t use Dashboard very often, you can stop it from appearing in Mission Control so that it only is displaying the apps and windows you use.
In Lion, the name for the individual logged onto the computer is displayed in the menu bar. Since this can take up quite a bit of room, you can save space by changing it to an icon while maintaining the fast user switching access.
OS X Lion gives you the option of trimming down System Preferences to display only the ones that you use most. By hiding the other panels, you will have easier access to the preferences you find yourself using most of the time.
If you want to display a custom message on the login and lock screens, Lion allows this, but the option is tucked away, so you might miss it. Custom messages can be quite useful as you could display your name and address or contact info if the computer is found by someone, or maybe just words of inspiration to greet you each day.
By using Lion’s Launchpad, you can easily uninstall any applications that you have installed from the App Store. This makes for easy cleanup when you are trying to make room for newer apps on your computer.
In OS X 10.7, the Library directory is hidden by default to prevent users from accidentally removing critical files. If you are an advanced user that needs access to the Library directory, it can easily be accomplished by using a simple Terminal command.
While it may be rare for your Mac to freeze or crash, you can set your system to automatically restart so that you don’t have to mess with it.
If you are afraid that someone else knows your password or you just want to follow the smart practice of changing your password periodically to maintain the security of your account, here’s how to do it in Windows Live Hotmail.
You can organize your Launchpad to make it easier to locate applications by creating folders. These folders look and function much like those in iOS.
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