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Early Mac OS X Leopard Notes and Observations
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He's from New Zealand, its the national practice to bitch and moan about the most insignificant things
How do i see my Aperture album in Front Row....im sure it can do - even says so in the little manual that come with leopard "you can show your photos in iPhoto, Photobooth and Aperture"
not impressed
Overall, not impressed with this release. I was impressed with Tiger but not so much with this.
Folder icons look tacky, transparency serves no purpose except making things difficult, Java 6 is NOT included, and I hate the dock. IMHO the dock should be pretty low key and not detract from your work. I don't like the new dock vertically OR horizontally... vertical has an ugly border. Not excited about Stacks although it may be useful to some.
Spaces is one of the best parts. Haven't tried Time Machine but if it works as advertised that is important to me also.
Did I mention there is no Java 6 and the Java 6 beta has been pulled? Leopard would like to welcome all Java developers to the year 2005.
Oh, and the blue screen thing in cover flow is just totally childish. This has no place in a professional, supposedly top-shelf OS. Way to take the low road, Apple.
Overall, not impressed with this release. I was impressed with Tiger but not so much with this.
Folder icons look tacky, transparency serves no purpose except making things difficult, Java 6 is NOT included, and I hate the dock. IMHO the dock should be pretty low key and not detract from your work. I don't like the new dock vertically OR horizontally... vertical has an ugly border. Not excited about Stacks although it may be useful to some.
Spaces is one of the best parts. Haven't tried Time Machine but if it works as advertised that is important to me also.
Did I mention there is no Java 6 and the Java 6 beta has been pulled? Leopard would like to welcome all Java developers to the year 2005.
Oh, and the blue screen thing in cover flow is just totally childish. This has no place in a professional, supposedly top-shelf OS. Way to take the low road, Apple.
I think you can see blue screen icon for pc servers, only because
there was some error to connect to that server
if connection was established you won't see bsod screen
He's from New Zealand, its the national practice to bitch and moan about the most insignificant things
Ouch, man, ouch.
yes it is. go to the "/Previous Systems" and clean it up. remember that it contains invisible folders as well (e.g. "/Previous Systems/2007-10-26_XXXX/usr " so better to clean those folders from the terminal)
Favorite little coverflow surprise
I really like how coverflow/column view renders HTML files that you highlight in the finder with webkit, then changes the icon to a thumbnail of the web page... Great for previewing a bunch of files in a web development directory.
I really like how coverflow/column view renders HTML files that you highlight in the finder with webkit, then changes the icon to a thumbnail of the web page... Great for previewing a bunch of files in a web development directory.
Time Machine
So excited to get leopard yesterday.
One if the first new features i tried was Time Machine.
used a 160gb Firewire Drive as my backup Drive for
my 100gb 15" Macbook Pro.
The initial Backup took about 1 1/2 hours to complete
but that is just a "one off" I believe. when I plug in my firewire
drive in the future it will only backup any changes I have made
which should be a quick operation.
loving the new OS very slick and cool
So excited to get leopard yesterday.
One if the first new features i tried was Time Machine.
used a 160gb Firewire Drive as my backup Drive for
my 100gb 15" Macbook Pro.
The initial Backup took about 1 1/2 hours to complete
but that is just a "one off" I believe. when I plug in my firewire
drive in the future it will only backup any changes I have made
which should be a quick operation.
loving the new OS very slick and cool
So far I like it.
Seems snappier then Tiger, though if I have some serious HDD activity going on (like when I was copying back 100GB of user data from an external drive), I cannot eject mounted images or external drives (had to wait for the copy job to finish and then they ejected).
Also, I cannot install the AI 13.0.1 patch on my Al iMac. It just hangs. Be it via Adobe Updater or manually. Applied fine under Leopard on my MacBook... *shrug* All the other updates are fine and AI works great at 13.0, so no worries, frankly.
Seems snappier then Tiger, though if I have some serious HDD activity going on (like when I was copying back 100GB of user data from an external drive), I cannot eject mounted images or external drives (had to wait for the copy job to finish and then they ejected).
Also, I cannot install the AI 13.0.1 patch on my Al iMac. It just hangs. Be it via Adobe Updater or manually. Applied fine under Leopard on my MacBook... *shrug* All the other updates are fine and AI works great at 13.0, so no worries, frankly.
Leopard on iMac G4 800MHz 768MB RAM
Just installed and so far seems fine. In fact it seems more responsive than it was before (running Panther) but that might be because the machine had been upgraded from OS X 10.1 to Jaguar to Panther and had loads of accumulated rubbish everywhere, whereas the Leopard install was an erase and install. Coverflow isn't as slow as I expected it would be!
Just installed and so far seems fine. In fact it seems more responsive than it was before (running Panther) but that might be because the machine had been upgraded from OS X 10.1 to Jaguar to Panther and had loads of accumulated rubbish everywhere, whereas the Leopard install was an erase and install. Coverflow isn't as slow as I expected it would be!
A few problems
1. Dumped my keychain. That will be a hassle.
2. I keep getting this "pubsubagent wishes to access data on your idisk acct" etc. What the hell is this about?
3. Safari acting weird. Seems to freeze up.
4. Had to set up printers again.
5. Lost my Pages access. Have to dig up the serial number to revalidate.
Not overly impressed thus far.
1. Dumped my keychain. That will be a hassle.
2. I keep getting this "pubsubagent wishes to access data on your idisk acct" etc. What the hell is this about?
3. Safari acting weird. Seems to freeze up.
4. Had to set up printers again.
5. Lost my Pages access. Have to dig up the serial number to revalidate.
Not overly impressed thus far.
Did anyone successfully get their old calender to sync back with the new ical? I have tried a few times with "backup" but it doesn't work which is weird becase backup did a nice job on reverting safari bookmarks, and my keychain passwords.
I did an erase and install because it makes me feel better.
Got the safari and keychains preferences back from idisk.
And all of my other programs and files from an external, except i forgot to back up my iweb page. DOH!!!!!
I did an erase and install because it makes me feel better.
Got the safari and keychains preferences back from idisk.
And all of my other programs and files from an external, except i forgot to back up my iweb page. DOH!!!!!
liked build 559 better...
Seriously. Here's my list of things that worked fine in 559 but are kinda broken in the release version:
USB overdrive worked perfect in 559. I had set my Logitech G5 to have all buttons assigned to useful function. In the release version, the 2 buttons under the wheel can not be assigned to keystrokes anymore. I loved having one for spaces and one for dashboard. Also, having a mouse key assigned to F9 does not work properly. I will do exposé all right, but to quickly change windows, you hold the exposé button, move the pointer to the window you want and then release the button. This still works when using the keyboard, but on the mouse, it will act like if you pressed F9 every second...
Apple Remote worked fine in 559. In the release version, the Apple remote only works for Apple apps like Quicktime, Front Row, iTunes and Finder (volume). I used the remote a lot with eyeTV, Alarm Clock, VLC player, none of those work with the remote at all. I guess 3rd party used APIs that are now deprecated... Tiger introduced the Apple Remote and now none of the apps using it work in Leopard... lame.
Right now, the dark grey dock is the only thing holding me back from reinstalling the developer build... for those who don't know, to activate the dark grey dock on the botton, just copy and paste the following onto Terminal:
Seriously. Here's my list of things that worked fine in 559 but are kinda broken in the release version:
USB overdrive worked perfect in 559. I had set my Logitech G5 to have all buttons assigned to useful function. In the release version, the 2 buttons under the wheel can not be assigned to keystrokes anymore. I loved having one for spaces and one for dashboard. Also, having a mouse key assigned to F9 does not work properly. I will do exposé all right, but to quickly change windows, you hold the exposé button, move the pointer to the window you want and then release the button. This still works when using the keyboard, but on the mouse, it will act like if you pressed F9 every second...
Apple Remote worked fine in 559. In the release version, the Apple remote only works for Apple apps like Quicktime, Front Row, iTunes and Finder (volume). I used the remote a lot with eyeTV, Alarm Clock, VLC player, none of those work with the remote at all. I guess 3rd party used APIs that are now deprecated... Tiger introduced the Apple Remote and now none of the apps using it work in Leopard... lame.
Right now, the dark grey dock is the only thing holding me back from reinstalling the developer build... for those who don't know, to activate the dark grey dock on the botton, just copy and paste the following onto Terminal:
Well I upgraded my Mac Pro yesterday and I must say, after playin then leavin it off for the evening, booting it and playing with it today, I must say that I'm impressed. Leopard is awesome cause its a collection of small things with a couple big things thrown in. It just improves the user experience by a lot. The only things I can think of is that Im surprised that iTunes was not upgraded with the new traffic lights and old aqua scroll bars. Not a big or bad thing, just a surprise. Also, I thought there were new volume bezels. Mine looks the same as those found in tiger. Other than that, everything on here is awesome, webclip is surprisingly useful and spaces is pretty damn cool. I haven't needed time machine but from what i can see, it works quite well. Overall I'm quite pleased.
iCal, Safari and Address Book all transfered over fine from Tiger to Leopard after a clean instal.
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Apple Remote worked fine in 559. In the release version, the Apple remote only works for Apple apps like Quicktime, Front Row, iTunes and Finder (volume). I used the remote a lot with eyeTV, Alarm Clock, VLC player, none of those work with the remote at all. I guess 3rd party used APIs that are now deprecated... Tiger introduced the Apple Remote and now none of the apps using it work in Leopard... lame. [/QUOTE]
You are absolutely right about the remote. it does not work. Also, previously I fixed no audio problem when avi. files played in QT, now I have this problem again and can not fix the old way. Front Row look too simple and have no design at all. Why apple changed for worse version. I tried to put the old one back - did not work.
Apple Remote worked fine in 559. In the release version, the Apple remote only works for Apple apps like Quicktime, Front Row, iTunes and Finder (volume). I used the remote a lot with eyeTV, Alarm Clock, VLC player, none of those work with the remote at all. I guess 3rd party used APIs that are now deprecated... Tiger introduced the Apple Remote and now none of the apps using it work in Leopard... lame. [/QUOTE]
You are absolutely right about the remote. it does not work. Also, previously I fixed no audio problem when avi. files played in QT, now I have this problem again and can not fix the old way. Front Row look too simple and have no design at all. Why apple changed for worse version. I tried to put the old one back - did not work.
You are absolutely right about the remote. it does not work. Also, previously I fixed no audio problem when avi. files played in QT, now I have this problem again and can not fix the old way. Front Row look too simple and have no design at all. Why apple changed for worse version. I tried to put the old one back - did not work.[/QUOTE]
Well, it apperas the developers of eyeTV are working on an update to get the Apple Remote working again. M eyeTV hybrid shipped with a big TV remote, but it only works on the sensor on the eyeTV hardware, which is pointing to the back of my Macbook when plugged in which males the whole thing pretty useless. VLC is open source, I bet there will be an update within days to fix it.
How do I setup spotlight to search my USB drives?
This is seriously annoying. I'm used to dump files on my USB drives. I was used to just enter the names or tags in Tiger's spotlight and it would search and find it on the external drives. Leopard only searches "this Mac". How do I change this? I have a bunch of externals on USB and usually don't know on which drive the files I'm searching for is on. Any help?
EDIT: I found out spotlight doesn't index/search/find stuff on the volume where Time Machine put the "Backups.backupdb" folder. It makes sense not to index the tome machine backups, but I have other files on the same hard drive too. :-(
This is seriously annoying. I'm used to dump files on my USB drives. I was used to just enter the names or tags in Tiger's spotlight and it would search and find it on the external drives. Leopard only searches "this Mac". How do I change this? I have a bunch of externals on USB and usually don't know on which drive the files I'm searching for is on. Any help?
EDIT: I found out spotlight doesn't index/search/find stuff on the volume where Time Machine put the "Backups.backupdb" folder. It makes sense not to index the tome machine backups, but I have other files on the same hard drive too. :-(
Same here
After reading that post I tried mine, same thing. Volume works though but not the backlighting keys
Edit: Try this, cover both speaker grids (I used the Leopard box parts) and than try to activate the backlighting - than it works. Maybe i was too bright? My PB does the same thing in Tiger.
After reading that post I tried mine, same thing. Volume works though but not the backlighting keys
Edit: Try this, cover both speaker grids (I used the Leopard box parts) and than try to activate the backlighting - than it works. Maybe i was too bright? My PB does the same thing in Tiger.
As they did for me, using this great article - http://www.procata.com/blog/archive...-mac-os-x-application-data-between-computers/
hmmmm...I don't think that is the case with mine... I have the backups.backupdb on my external and I can still spotlight to stuff on that drive....
Well what I was trying to mention is that Leopard is a bit buggy but that's to be expected. It was a lot worse on Vista's launch and not much has gotten better.
Now that being said I didn't include the fact that I played with several other Macs at the Apple store and I pushed them pretty hard with multitasking and experienced no crashing, freezing or stuttering. Leopard was quite a pleasure aside from what I first saw on the Time Machine demo. I tried it on Macbooks, MBP's, iMacs and Mac minis and no issues at all so the crashing could easily be from bugginess or how the OS was installed because Leopard worked like a champ on the other machines.