10.6 problems

[HughJ]

I installed (attempted to) 10.6 on my machine earlier, and it went majorly wrong.

everytime it went to start up i woud get a grey screen telling me i should restart..which i did only to be greeted by the same screen.

I then completely deleted the contents of my hard disk, and tried installing again, which has completed

BUT

im missing some apps, first one I've noticed is gone is iMovie

and weirdly my HD icon in the top right hand corner has also disappeared only to be replaced with an iDisk icon...that when i click on it shows the contents of my iDisk

 

[clevin]

i dont think retail version of any OSX has those apps, they are only bundled with disks of a new mac.

maybe try using those disks to install iMovie? I have no idea if that works tho.

 

[techfreak85]

iMovie/iLife dosn't come on the OS disk, but it is just included with a new mac.

 

[HughJ]

i dont think retail version of any OSX has those apps, they are only bundled with disks of a new mac.

maybe try using those disks to install iMovie? I have no idea if that works tho.

you must be right, i guess the best way is to uninstall and start again from my previous leopard disks(which are miles away in the office) then upgrade to snow leopard

 

[jmpage2]

There's already a thread (or 10) about OS X 10.6 issues.

However, missing applications after wiping your hard drive is not an issue. You need to reload your applications like iPhoto, iMovie, etc, from the appropriate media if you did a from scratch installation.

 

[Daveoc64]

If you got iLife with your Mac (and the version that came with the computer is the one you want to use) then you can use the second Mac OS X disc that came with your computer to install it in Snow Leopard.

 

[sparkz]

...and weirdly my HD icon in the top right hand corner has also disappeared only to be replaced with an iDisk icon...that when i click on it shows the contents of my iDisk

HughJ, Check your settings under the Finder Preferences, you can show / hide icons such as Hard disks, External disks, CD's etc. What you are describing is not a Snow Leopard fault.

Sparkz

 

[Daveoc64]

HughJ, Check your settings under the Finder Preferences, you can show / hide icons such as Hard disks, External disks, CD's etc. What you are describing is not a Snow Leopard fault.

Sparkz

It's not a fault per se, but they have changed the default behaviour in Snow Leopard.

In 10.5 and under, Hard Drives would appear on the desktop by default.

In Snow Leopard, they are now hidden by default.

 

[ian.maffett]

It's not a fault per se, but they have changed the default behaviour in Snow Leopard.

In 10.5 and under, Hard Drives would appear on the desktop by default.

In Snow Leopard, they are now hidden by default.

Hhm - that's cool... I didn't notice this because I always had my HDD's manually hidden.

 

[HughJ]

HughJ, Check your settings under the Finder Preferences, you can show / hide icons such as Hard disks, External disks, CD's etc. What you are describing is not a Snow Leopard fault.

Sparkz

thanks very much worked a treat lol