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Safari Bug on Lion: The application Safari canceled restart

lopau — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:59:49 +0000

Noticed a bug on my Safari after upgrading to Lion. Haven’t been able to recreate it is as it appears to be random, when using Safari and you close some tabs. When you try to quit the Safari, the option is greyed out from the Safari Menu and Command+Q does not work. If you try to restart your mac you’ll get the screen shot below.

So far there doesn’t seem to be a patch in place and temporary solution so far is to Force Quit Safari. You can also delete the Safari icon on the dock and add it back. Will keep updating this post still a permanent solution is found or is patched by Apple.

Installing Mac OS X Lion and making an installer backup

lopau — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 05:55:14 +0000

Finally decided to upgrade to OS X Lion and check what all the fuzz is all about, Lion no longer support PowerPC apps which is the one thing so far that I dont like but could live with it.

So far in my opinion its like Snow Leopard with a twist of features from iOS. For a full list of all the new features check this link. The download took forever on my connection the total file size is 3.76GB.

The installation from the Mac App Store is straightforward, after download it would run installation and then restart and should be done in around 25-30 minutes.

But before you go ahead and install Lion you should make a backup of the installer. Apple removes the installer after being installed. So incase you want to reinstall Lion you have to redownload that huge file from the App Store again( by holding Option key then clicking on installed button) or from the new feature Mac Restore which is a utility tool used when you boot up the computer, you have option to use Time Machine, Reinstall Lion (requires WIFI connection), Online Help and Disk Utility.

To make a backup of the installer:

1. The installer is called Install Mac OS X Lion.app and it should have been downloaded to /Applications.

2. Control+click the installer, and choose Show Package Contents

3. Go to Contents > Shared Support > InstallESD.dmg

Now use the DiskUtility to copy the file to a flash drive or another hard drive.

Note: I tried burning it to a DVD and it always fails to boot. Also even though the file is 3.7GB it wont fit in a 4G Flash drive. So be sure you have a 8G USB drive.

4. On DiskUtility, drag and drop the InstallESD.dmg file on the resource pane, plugin your HD or Flash Drive. Click on the Restore option, and drag and drop the resources to the specified fields.

Once done, restart your computer and hold down the Option key. Select the Flash Drive to boot.

iPhone 3G launching and gPhone rumors

lopau — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:53:45 +0000

iPhone 3G marketing drawed that much attention that the iPhone launching almost sold out all models in just 5 days, there are rumors Google is developing a gPhone version. Apple and Google are at their best at creating marketing campaigns. IMO Google should develop one so both companies pushes their product to offer superior phones, consumer then gets the best product.