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Equipment & Techniques => Computers & Peripherals => Topic started by: Ellis Vener on October 20, 2011, 11:25:06 am

Title: Is OS X Lion safe for photography yet?
Post by: Ellis Vener on October 20, 2011, 11:25:06 am: I am using the following mission critical photo and business related software (all current) :

i1 Profiler, Lightroom 3.5, Photoshop & Bridge CS 5 Extended, Capture One Pro v6, PtGui Pro 9.x, Helicon Focus, Eizo Color Navigator 6, BlinkBid, and DROBO
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photogrpahy yet?
Post by: DeeJay on October 20, 2011, 01:01:09 pm: 10.7 was fine for me. Ran it for a few weeks no problem.

I just updated to 10.7.2 and now my canon won't connect to EOS utility or C1.

Not 100% sure it's the update but pretty sure it is.
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photogrpahy yet?
Post by: Ellis Vener on October 20, 2011, 03:59:40 pm: Thanks DeeJay.
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photogrpahy yet?
Post by: Ed Taylor on October 20, 2011, 06:20:54 pm: Hi Ellis,

I'm running all of those save for:

PtGui Pro 9.x, Helicon Focus, Eizo Color Navigator 6 and DROBO

with no problems.

Best,
Ed
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photogrpahy yet?
Post by: asf on October 22, 2011, 12:02:57 pm: Works with everything except Canon - DPP and EOS Utility - so have kept one location computer on 10.6.8 for that
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photogrpahy yet?
Post by: Ellis Vener on October 22, 2011, 04:37:24 pm: How about with Canon's iPF export module in Photoshop?
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photography yet?
Post by: DeeJay on October 23, 2011, 06:01:43 am: Older versions of EOS Utility (mine was 2.7.2) worked fine with 10.7 and 10.7.1

The update, 10.7.2 however does not work with it now. I'm reverting back to Snow Leopard for my computers I shoot with.

Otherwise, I've read nothing bad reviews about Lion. I love it. Think it's a great evolution and I look forward to being able to use it fully again.
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photogrpahy yet?
Post by: Ellis Vener on October 24, 2011, 09:33:19 am: Quote from: Ellis Vener on October 22, 2011, 04:37:24 pm
How about with Canon's iPF export module in Photoshop?
Canon has updated the drivers and related software and firmware for the x300 series printers, updates for the iPF x000, and x100 printers to come. I haven't installed OS X 7.0 or 7.2 yet so I cannot verify if they work under 7 or 7.2.
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photography yet?
Post by: phila on October 26, 2011, 05:46:36 am: x100 drivers were released 3 weeks ago. Everything (including the the PS plug in) works fine with 10.7.2.

EOS Utility v2.8.1 (but not later versions I understand) continues to work with 10.7.2.
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photography yet?
Post by: K.C. on October 31, 2011, 04:13:59 am: Take the smart approach Ellis and dip your toe in first.

I'm cloning my trouble free 10.6.8 boot drive to an external then running a full Time Machine backup. Then I'll try upgrading to 10.7.2. I run most of same apps as you and a few more. If I run into an show stoppers in Lion I'll just boot to the external clone keep working.

I'm not going near Lion server, it's still useless after the .2 update. I'm sticking with Snow Leopard server until Apple releases something that actually works.

A good place to get an idea of how well Lion is working is right in Apple's back yard.

https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photography yet?
Post by: Ellis Vener on October 31, 2011, 11:58:11 am: Thank you K.C., That is good advice all the way around, much appreciated.
Title: Re: Is OS X Lion safe for photography yet?
Post by: John S C on November 12, 2011, 12:05:20 pm: Reverting back to Snowy as Lion wont let Lightroom see my 5D Mk1 tethered. However my 1Dsll works just fine , but I need a backup, just in case the worst happens. Adobe state the problem is with the Canon drivers, not being updated. I suspect that they are PPC drivers and with no Rosetta support they just don't work. Same with Canon utilities under 10.7.