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The Pixelmator Team was a little hasty in pulling the trigger on releasing the version 1.6.6 update, which had a crash on launch problem that resulted in the company pulling it from the Mac App Store — much user confusion resulted.

Similarly, Photoshop Elements 9 still has a crash on quit issue running in Lion, which isn’t a show stopper.

C’est la vie. We have these days.

Thereupon, Pixelmator 1.6.7 (App Store, $29.99) is available on the Mac App Store and arrives with one bullet point in tow: “Improves compatibility with the new Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.”

Yes, more than a few software vendors have experienced issues in making their apps OS X 10.7 compatible. The good ones, like Pixelmater, have copped to that and delivered.

Contrariwise, whereas Adobe cried wolf regarding Flash et al and then got their knuckles rapped, Carbonite hung their users out to dry — really, it’s broken and they suggest using a thumb drive.

For what it’s worth, FlyingMeat’s Acorn 3.x (App Store, $49.99) has been Lion compatible for months.

Which apps are good on Lion or broken on your Mac(s)?

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