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Mac OS X Leopard DVD Photos and Shipping Status

Farani said:
Ok so by the license agreement I couldn't, but it is possible to do it? I'm not saying I'm going to do this because Apple has me by the balls waiting to hear about the processor bump for the macbook Nov 6th (Leopard on my iMac is going to have to hold me over for a while!) But there isn't an activation process like Microsuck?
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With a Leopard DVD, there is no activation of any sort...just install and you are good to go. On the other hand, the iMac or Macbook Pro DVD's that came with your computer can only be used for an iMac or Macbook Pro respectively. Not sure if you were asking this, but thought I would throw it in anways!! :)
 
irahodges said:
With a Leopard DVD, there is no activation of any sort...just install and you are good to go. On the other hand, the iMac or Macbook Pro DVD's that came with your computer can only be used for an iMac or Macbook Pro respectively. Not sure if you were asking this, but thought I would throw it in anways!! :)
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Always good to know! Thanks a lot!:apple:
 
Back to My MAc!!!!

How has Back to My Mac been overlooked by so many? I just saw this feature for the first time and this might have me more excited than anything! I have 2 HD's hooked up to my airport and they have my entire media collection on them. I've wanted to be able to access them away from home but I haven't felt like doing everything nescessary. Now this makes it ridiculous easy! And any of my friends with a mac can get in there now too!!!!

Questions if anyone can answer them
1. What if my Mac is sleeping? Will this wake it up or will it require an awaked mac?
2. Will I, in fact, be able to access my usb harddrives that are hooked up to my airport (I would think I would be able to)?
 
NATO said:
Although to be pedantic, especially given the things Apple makes, engineering is design so it's a bit redundant to say it's been designed AND engineered by Apple :p
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oh ho ho! Engineering is NOT the same as design.
Engineering relates more to the functionality of the product, where as design is the look and feel and the usability aspect of it. A lot of the times engineers create things for themselves, so to speak (so that it works the way they want it to). What designers do is make it so that it doesn't work JUST for the engineer that designed whichever part of the software, but have it work for your average mac (user).

Designers work with engineers using each other's expertise to provide you with best product possible.

This misconception is just a pet peeve of mine. :apple:
 
Farani said:
How has Back to My Mac been overlooked by so many? I just saw this feature for the first time and this might have me more excited than anything! I have 2 HD's hooked up to my airport and they have my entire media collection on them. I've wanted to be able to access them away from home but I haven't felt like doing everything nescessary. Now this makes it ridiculous easy! And any of my friends with a mac can get in there now too!!!!

Questions if anyone can answer them
1. What if my Mac is sleeping? Will this wake it up or will it require an awaked mac?
2. Will I, in fact, be able to access my usb harddrives that are hooked up to my airport (I would think I would be able to)?
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I dont want to have to pay for .Mac. Not enough there to keep me interested. Back to my Mac is an amazing feature, I can't wait till there is some way to do this without spending extra moneys.
 
irahodges said:
I dont want to have to pay for .Mac. Not enough there to keep me interested. Back to my Mac is an amazing feature, I can't wait till there is some way to do this without spending extra moneys.
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Same here. I don't have a need for the 10GB of storage or the e-mail but I want to be able to access my home pc so I'll end up paying for it. Still, this feature was never mentioned in the numerous articles I read. I can't believe I missed it on Apple's website.

Another question is will I be able to use a usb harddrive hooked up to my airport for my time machine backups? I'm going to have 2 macs that need to be backed up and I don't feel like constantly plugging them into a harddrive. This way it's wireless for both.
 
irahodges said:
I dont want to have to pay for .Mac. Not enough there to keep me interested. Back to my Mac is an amazing feature, I can't wait till there is some way to do this without spending extra moneys.
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Hopefully Mozy will compete in this field soon, a big part of their business is keeping people off .Mac
 
Yay, the disc is PRETTY :) I can't wait to pick mine up next week (stupid iowa and their slow delivery)
 
there must be a way

there must be a way to get to back to my mac without .mac.

that said, i am sure it is just like remote desktop, so wake on lan will be a feature and if the mac is asleep it will come to life.
if the mac is off, then you will need a network based switch to activate the mac.
 
tivoboy said:
there must be a way to get to back to my mac without .mac.

that said, i am sure it is just like remote desktop, so wake on lan will be a feature and if the mac is asleep it will come to life.
if the mac is off, then you will need a network based switch to activate the mac.
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Greeeeaaaattt! I always sleep my iMac so it's all good in da hood.
 
Farani said:
How has Back to My Mac been overlooked by so many? I just saw this feature for the first time and this might have me more excited than anything! I have 2 HD's hooked up to my airport and they have my entire media collection on them. I've wanted to be able to access them away from home but I haven't felt like doing everything nescessary. Now this makes it ridiculous easy! And any of my friends with a mac can get in there now too!!!!

Questions if anyone can answer them
1. What if my Mac is sleeping? Will this wake it up or will it require an awaked mac?
2. Will I, in fact, be able to access my usb harddrives that are hooked up to my airport (I would think I would be able to)?
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i just got an imac today and my .mac is expiring. i wasn't going to renew it but then this feature came up and now i'm curious. so i asked the guy about this and how it compares to remote desktop. And his answer was it is remote desktop lite. Meaning you have less control and he also said it didn't work everywhere. Meaning your location had something to do with it functioning.
 
Farani said:
wow, unlimited backup for $4.95 a month.
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Yes, but it takes a long time to back up. I suggest doing the free 2GB and see if the speed is fine for you. It just was not an option for me, since I was looking to store over 100 GB.
 
mashinhead said:
i just got an imac today and my .mac is expiring. i wasn't going to renew it but then this feature came up and now i'm curious. so i asked the guy about this and how it compares to remote desktop. And his answer was it is remote desktop lite. Meaning you have less control and he also said it didn't work everywhere. Meaning your location had something to do with it functioning.
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Damn. Nothing is as good as it seems, eh? Well what I'll do is after I get Leopard sign up for the free trial of .Mac and see how it works out :D
 

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flir67 said:
I was just about to comment on the same thing, and when did they start putting "in California" back on their line. I though that stopped after the g4's where the last apple product made in america.

but if its true thats good.....
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My powerbook came from china and said california on it..
 
MatthewStorm said:
Just a little FYI, FedEx is under strict orders from Apple to deliver your new OS starting at 6pm. Not before. Just like when they released Tiger.
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This certainly won't be happening where I live. Everything will be delivered before 5pm. I live in the mountains (Vail) where most people receive packages at central offices of their condos and then pick them up later...most businesses are only open until 5pm at the latest...yay for Leopard on Friday!
 
I think back to my mac is just using wide area bonjour. You can do it yourself on Leopard without .mac. I think you can even do it yourself with Tiger but it is made much easier with Leopard (i.e. no extra downloads, command line etc). And with .mac they just make it a couple clicks to allow sharing and activate back to mac in preferences. Apple seems to put stuff in their OS that they don't make widely known that expert users can make use of then they make it more accessible on subsequent OS releases then they make it brainlessly easy. Most if not all .mac features can be duplicated yourself it just takes time and know how and troubleshooting and sometimes extra equipment and sometimes extra downloads and...um, I'll just .mac
 
I preordered my copy from Apple and selected free standard shipping. In the status it says I am getting priority overnight. Surely they will not wait til 6 to deliver!!!...???????
They better not!!
 
This Is A Bogus Thread Because NO ONE IS POSTING PHOTOS

The Cover of MacRumors said:
There have been a few scattered reports that Mac OS X Leopard has already arrived in the hands of some lucky customers today, but no unboxing photos have yet been published or submitted.
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This is a PHOTOS thread and all we have so far are bogus Photoshop stunts. What is it with you who say you have it not posting any photographic proof?!?! :eek:

Liars!!! Nobody got it yet. It's totally bogus anyone got it yet.
 
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