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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 GM Candidate Build
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I know exactly what you mean. There's some strange satisfaction I get by running software update and seeing a bunch of updates pop up. And I'm even more excited when I see that progress bar moving. Oh man...I've got some kind of addiction with updating things, so I'd love to see a not-so-perfect Leopard at launch and a mega update a week later
that would be a bad idea, since you need to burn it anyway to install it and the low end macs still ship with a combo drive so they would be unable to install it. Also I would guess that it would be just as bad for the environment since some people would probably end up making more than the one CD. along with it encouraging piracy since you could burn as many copies as you want and there is nothing to stop the same download from being installed on multiple computers. And at least in the US most people still have slow internet connections when the 8GB would be almost impossible to download.
This kind of racing the clock worries me, but just a bit. While those bleary-eyed overworked programmers are losing sleep trying to iron out the last issues, I'll try not to lose sleep worrying that they'll ship Leopard before it's finally and completely ready.
Luckily, as long as Leopard installs OK, Software Update will take care of followup glitches.
Luckily, as long as Leopard installs OK, Software Update will take care of followup glitches.
it doesn't really worry me. i do feel kinda sorry for them though....having to work those long hours....but they'll get paid for it.
yeah, Software Update's got my back
Who says you have to install from removable media? It doesn't amount to a hill of beans if Leopard requires a dual layer DVD in order to distribute on a single disc. The install procedure should be intelligent enough to mount an ISO.
It is time for Apple to start digital distribution. I don't want a stupid box I'm just going to throw away, or a DVD I'll never use again. What's the point?
Leopard Server?
I'm curious as to the status of Leopard Server. Sometimes Apple releases Server alongside the client OS, sometimes it lags behind.
Any word from the inside?
I'm curious as to the status of Leopard Server. Sometimes Apple releases Server alongside the client OS, sometimes it lags behind.
Any word from the inside?
umm....you can't install a new OS inside your current OS.....so you have to install from something outside your OS, or removable media
not true...arriving could mean arriving to Apple wharehouses for distribution to retail staores. They could very well announce it's "arrival" on the 26th with shipping in 5 days.
This happened to me with Groove Agent 3
I wouldn't. A general public beta is good. Mac-folk always know that the 10.x.0 version is raw, so they have good warning to wait until 10.x.2 or later. For the rest of us, we'll happily beta test.
You don't need to burn it. All you need to do is make a bootable back up of the dmg to an external usb drive. Boot into this usb drive and install.
Of course this solution is not ideal and practical for most and it can therefore only be by dvd.
that would require multiple drives or multiple partitions. and the leopard install DVD has all the Windows drivers on it. without the DVD, BootCamp will be missign some stuff.
and again, much easier to pirate a Mac OS this way then it is a Windows OS. you won't see digital Apple OS distribution until they implement keys and/or activation.
They better pull some people from the iPhone team.
Ha. That's actually pretty funny...
are you trying to say you upgraded from XP to Vista with one hard drive and one partition? no cd, dvd, or usb drive?
sorry, but no can do
trick or treat honey... trick or treat...
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore - free shipping in 7-10 business days... why bother with Futuresh*t or Worst Buy?
i can assure you it will be online in a downloadable version, just probably not from apple...
Here's the answer. It may not work for all, but it will work for those who meet the criteria:
1) There's a wizard to check that you have sufficient space on your internal HD (or even a connected drive).
2) the wizard creates a non-destructive partition on your hard drive (much like bootcamp assistant).
3) The .dmg file is downloaded to your current os partition.
4) the .dmg is archived to the new partition and is made bootable.
5) OS X nows reboots (automatically) into the install partition and the normal install process begins...
TA F'N DA...... i'm a genius!
Remember that this only works if you meet the space criteria.
Yeah but it got you reading it!--))) Things are not that bad, it could of been yet another article on the iPhone.
