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Apple Begins Seeding Mac OS X 10.6.1 for Testing

The ArchAngel said:
That's interesting, I have not had this problem and I too am using a Time Capsule to backup my MBP. Did you do a clean install or an upgrade? Also, are you backing up wired or wireless?
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I did an upgrade and I'm backing up wirelessly.

A bit of background...
I bought the TC last weekend and on Sunday morning did an initial wired backup and then set it back to wireless mode. Sunday evening I installed SL and couldn't get the TC to back up later Sunday night, Monday or most of yesterday. I finally called Apple Technical support and they advised me to do another wired backup due to the amount of changes from 10.5.8 to 10.6. Sure enough there were 21+GB of changes and the wired backup took about 30 minutes. However, since yesterday the machine has frozen several times when opening the TM interface and when it does open, response is terribly slow.
 
sidewinder said:
This comment makes no sense. Do you not realize how much effort Apple has put into Mac OS X 10.6 and what it means for the future of the OS and desktop applications?

It is possible for a company to work on multiple projects in multiple market segments.

S-
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Exactly, well put! They clearly have different teams working on different projects. Operating Systems, Other software (ilife, final cut, iwork etc), Hardware and Ipod/Iphones departments. They are a large company, also too many people working on one project would probably ruin it. As they say, too many cooks spoil the broth.
 
Just a note to the complainers, instead of complaining here where nothing will be done about it, why not write your feedback directly to Apple?

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

OSX 10.6 is now listed for feedback. Believe it or not, Apple really does respond to issues listed there - especially if a lot of people write in about the same thing. Make sure to be relatively detailed and rational in your requests and complaints.

(I personally wrote in requesting that the older Expose style be brought back, at least as an option - if you feel the same way, jump on the bandwagon and write in about it. Hopefully we'll see it soon!)

And though I don't work for Apple, I'll say a big thank you to the people who do bother to share their thoughts with Apple. It helps to make OS X better for all of us.
 
mattwolfmatt said:
Try resetting your printers. Preferences> Printer & Fax> right click on the left side in the white square, reset printing system. Then add it again.
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I tried it once and it didnt work.
Tried it a second time then it worked hmmm. weird.

Thank you!
 
iChat in Snow Leopard is very buggy. I've had it crash time after time, especially when video chatting or try to share a file with iChat Theater. Anyone else have problems with iChat in Snow Leopard?
 
shawnce said:
Please read this page carefully ...

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars/5

..or my statement on this from a while back..

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/8163208/

(you don't really need to run the kernel 64-bit on that system, not gaining you a heck of a lot in the grand scheme of things and leaving you open to 3rd party, etc. incompatibilities in the short term)
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Agreed that I don't *need* to run the kernel 64-bit but why even stifle small gains?
 
Ledgem said:
(I personally wrote in requesting that the older Expose style be brought back, at least as an option - if you feel the same way, jump on the bandwagon and write in about it. Hopefully we'll see it soon!)
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Apple doesn't like options, so I won't hope too hard.
 
gibbz said:
+1. Or you can always edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist to make it look like this:
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyLis
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Kernel</key>
    <string>mach_kernel</string>
    <key>Kernel Flags</key>
    <string>arch=x86_64</string>
</dict>
</plist>

If your system is able, it will then boot into 64-bit mode every time with no need to hold the keys down.
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Which you can check by simply entering the following line:
Code: 
ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi
Which should return: "firmware-abi" = <"EFI64">
 
10.6 Seems to be running well on my Hackintosh, better than 10.5 did.
The Finder no longer feels like it's held together by sticky tape.

I would've liked to try 10.6 on my MacBook Pro but its Nvidia 8600 broke and is in for repairs.

The only problem I have is EyeTV skipping frames or crashing the computer all together, which didn't happen in 10.5, but this is most likely an EyeTV problem.
 
markcres said:
It seems odd that Apple are looking for feedback from only a small select 'invitation only' group..... why don't they try to gain as much information from their customers as possible. They could save time and money by just trawling through all the threads on the MacRumors forum !!
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Because 99.99% of the posts by customers claiming this or that bug are useless garbage from the clueless universe.
 
*LTD* said:
Damn, that was fast.
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see below

*LTD* said:
At the current rate, Apple could immediately cease OS development for a decade and still be ahead of Microsoft in the operating systems "race."
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*LTD* said:
Now that we're all about printers . . .

My Laserjet P2015 works fine. Drivers included in SL already.

However, still seems to default to 600x600 dpi despite the ProRes 1200 (1200x1200 dpi) option being available and me selecting it. Seems like HP didn't go the whole nine with their drivers, either in SL or Leopard. Oh well, output still looks quite good, the best 600x600 I've seen from a Laser in its price range ($300-$400.)

Either that, or 1200x1200 looks exactly like 600x600, which I don't think is normal.

Unsure whether the HP toolbox software (tweaking output, ink density, etc.) works. Haven't tried that yet.
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Not sure why we are putting drivers on apple, to me that should be directed at your vendor, but that is applying Microsoft logic. That in my opinion happens at every new release OS, 3rd parties didn't get on the ball and the OS is to blame. I am sure the drivers issues will be worked out, but it is curious since seeds were available preventing this from happening. I will hold off on upgrading my wife's computer since she could care less
 
aidym said:
I've had the following problems on my Mac Pro (2006):

  1. My Mac Pro won't go into sleep mode. I can force it to sleep by using the 'Sleep' command in the :apple: menu, but it won't do it by it's self. I have tried this on both a 10.6 upgrade and clean install and both have the same problem.
  2. On occasion I have no :apple: menu bar after booting up.
  3. Some of my drives go to sleep even thought I have disabled the option in energy saver.
  4. A few crashes with iTunes and Safari.
  5. Occasionally get permission errors when syncing my iPhone.

The above issues have been experienced after performing a clean install. I originally did an upgrade but the machine was unbearably slow after the installation.
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You have either a corrupted install or bad hardware (e.g. memory).

Have you tried installing from an external hard drive instead of disk? Maybe you are having issues during installation from disk (e.g. bad dvd player)?

Are you installing from a retail copy or a borrowed copy, this could also be the problem.
 
You're all winding yourselves up for a big letdown if you think .1 is going to fix all your problems.
 
Fix the browser issues. It's happening on all my Snow Leopard Macs under all browsers. Clean install or upgrade regardless.
 
Jelite said:
You're all winding yourselves up for a big letdown if you think .1 is going to fix all your problems.
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No it probably wont fix everyones problems, perhaps if we waited until 10.7? Will 'all' our problems ever be fixed? How interesting that an extremely high number of causes and conditions determine wether someone experiences a problem or not. 'dependent arising' comes to mind ;)
 
Fix HP Print Drivers and iChat Audio

I have to use my old Power PC iMac to print to my HP P1006 now and when I iChat with users who are still on 10.5, I get no audio.

Other than that, I'm happy with the update.
 
Master Chief said:
Which you can check by simply entering the following line:
Code: 
ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi
Which should return: "firmware-abi" = <"EFI64">
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That's not enough. You have to have a machine listed by Apple. Specifically the MBP 3,1s list EFI64 (b/c they are fully 64bit hardware with SR chipset) yet they will not boot the 64 bit kernel. I would like to know why I can run any other 64 bit OS (Vista, Win7, Linux) natively, but not the latest OS X.
 
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