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Mac OS X Leopard: First Impressions

airport

I did a format then a clean install on a powerbook 1,25. My biggest issue now is that with the airport, internet start working normally, then after a few seconds it goes slower and slower then disconnect completly. If i connect to ethernet, internet works normaly. Anyone else experience this?
 
My menubar isn't transparent

Update to my install on my G4 PowerBook - I've just realised - my menubar isn't transparent!! is that supposed to be for installs on a G4 PB?
 
xUKHCx said:
What issues in particular, nothing happens when i use my apple remote and eyeTV. Also when I have it in fullscreen in another space and switch to it the screen is black and I have to click on it to see the picture.
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When I have the EyeTv program open the Apple Remote doesn't work at all....but when I quit EyeTv the remote works normally?
 
leopard on new imac

has anyone tried to install leopard on the new imac alu? i am planning on buying a new imac as soon as somebody confirms that the freezing problem was solved with the instalation of the leopard...

please, some feedback on this!🙂
 
MacBook Pro 2.16ghz 2gb RAM

Archive & Install: At the reboot it went into the installation routine and the "Select a volume to install on" and there was nothing there. No HDD found at all! 😱 Rebooted and it was back, but that's pretty worrying and if it wasn't for the fact that I see others have had similar issues then I might think my drive was on its way out... fingers-crossed that it's not!

Install took a fair while - maybe 45 minutes. Everything slow after restart, but this was just when Spotlight was re-indexing. Everything flies now! I've never seen graphical transitions this smooth... 🙂

Favourite Features:

Spaces - love it, especially with VMFusion and switching between full-screen VMs. Much better than VirtueDesktops.
Tabbed Terminal! 😀
Quicklook
All my important apps work!
Spotlight - for some reason I couldn't download my Quicksilver plug-ins, so I switched it off and started using Spotlight for launching apps. OK it doesn't have any of Quicksilver's great features, but it is definitely so much faster than it was in Tiger at finding stuff.

Overall very happy... 🙂
 
So far so good..

I did an upgrade install on my CD Macbook 1.8ghz 2GB ..

Chose to do it on my laptop rather than my G5 workstation as there's nothing mission critical on there and i wanted to see if the upgrade would cause problems.. So far its been flawless.. Only thing that didnt work is Photoshop7, which i can easily upgrade to CS3 anyway so thats no biggie.

Its insanely fast. Seriously, I thought the Macbook's GMA950 was going to choke on all the new flashy effects, stacks etc.. If anything it goes much faster now, Safari, the finder.. Everything feels like its been oiled down.

I too find the change to the folders in dock functionality a bit annoying, but not a huge thing. On my main (g5) machine I run a Butler mini-dock as well as the osX dock, I'll see how that pans out once I've finished cloning my drive and installing on there. I'm worried about the G5 as I have a homebrew ati9800pro - Some rare coreimage stuff *always* makes the system freeze up, so this could go either way and stop the freezing, or maybe make a lot more stuff freeze it... *fingers crossed*

Best small new feature from my point of view.. Ability to change the icon grid spacing in the finder!! Damn! That always frustrated me in osX, I could change the grid on the Amiga in 1990, how come it took the Mac so long? It made the icon view ugly and borderline unusable in folders with lots of files. Silly.. Good it's fixed now though!

No problems with network shares here. Transparent menubar is ok. Reflective dock is nice and smooth. iChat is prettier than it was.. Bad that they removed SMS support from the Addressbook. SMS support in ichat only works on US-based mobiles. I really liked that functionality in Addressbook. 🙁
 
MacBook Pro 15" - 2.0GHZ Core Duo - 2GB RAM - Erase + Install

>I have had a few accidental disconnections with my ExpressCard/ESATA card and HD. The OS no longer freezes or crashes when they disconnect! Rather seamless, I am enjoying that!

>Spaces is annoying as hell when using a few applications as it wants to continuously switch back to Space 1 where it thinks toolbars are at. I know Sketchup 5 is the culprit, but i so hate Google Sketchup and do not want to upgrade. Anyone encountering issues using versions of Sketchup?

>My quicklook plugin from Maxwell Render is my first 3rd party quicklook plugin. Works fantastic! Can't wait for Adobe CS3 quicklook plugins for .ai files and such.

>Adobe CS3 is not happy, lets leave it at that 🙁

>Best of all: my machine runs 15-20º C cooler with multiple applications running. When I would have Maxwell and Sketchup open, my CPU would top out around 87º. Now I am at a cool 67º with my fans spinning at half there typical Tiger speed.

>Wireless features work great, love the added security.

>The glass dock either loses some of those annoying shadows, or it simply goes to hell. I'll be using the no-glass terminal trick until there are icon/dock/desktop shadow consistencies. It looks so washed out like icons caught in the headlights! Do I run them over or crash the car to avoid it?

Here is my gallery from Kenwood Towne Center in Cincinnati:
http://gallery.mac.com/miketcool/100009

That is my first posting and usage of Web Gallery. Could use a counter...
 
Leopard install is a dog

I went to my Mac store yesterday evening and eagerly waited in line with the throngs of sheep waiting for a taste of Mac's new OS Koolaid. I then hurried home and installed Leopard onto my new iMac (about 4 months old). The upgrade went smoothly. It was a slow and boring 2 hour process, but all went fine.

Then I attempted to (upgrade?) my new MacBook (about 5 months old). The install on my MacBook was virtually impossible! The screen went completely screwy! For no apparent reason the screen resolution changed as soon as the OSX disc rebooted the system during the initial setup.

The display size of the screen was now HUGE and a large portion of the dialog was now out of the viewing area. So the majority of the information on the computer screen was no longer viewable.

In addition to the bizarre screen resize issue, the entire display appeared to be overtaken by a demon whenever I moved the mouse. The the entire screen started scrolling sideways in a wild manner whenever I would move the mouse even slightly. 😱

So how would I be able to install the software? No mouse control! And no way to even see the entire screen! And worst of all - there was no way to recover my MacBook by doing a restart either!

I eventually figured out how to TAB through the dialogs to populate fields that were not viewable since I could not see most of the computer screen. I then experimented by pressing the tab button a number of times to select (hopefully) the correct field, and then I would press the space bar to confirm my selection. After a lot of trial and error I eventually managed to mash out the right sequence of invisible options and I somehow got the software to load.

Hold the phone. The installation curse was not over yet. Once I finally got the MacBook running again, I discovered that Parallels would not work on either machine. I eventually had to do an uninstall of Parallels on each machine, and then I did a reinstall on each machine to get Parallels to play with Leopard.

After a lot of SERIOUS frustration, both machines now appear to be working fine. I have to say I am really unimpressed with the way that my 2 NEW Mac computers responded to this system upgrade. I'm a new Mac user, and up till now I have liked the whole Mac experience, but this was unbelievable!

I have worked with MS Windows ever since version 3.0, so I've performed my share of system upgrades, and I can honestly say that this upgrade was the most disastrous computer upgrade I've ever experienced! Thanks Mac! 😡
 
Slip said:
I know this is a little off topic but I was just wondering what everyones thought are on the release of a revised MacBook.
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I'm also waiting to get Leopard with a new Macbook. It looks like November if the past four years are any indication - the only time they didn't come out with one in Oct/Nov was during the Intel transition:

http://www.rhythmac.com/history/macbook

Also the last revision was a minimal speedbump. They've gotta get Santa Rosa in there with the next rev.

I might wait until the subnotebook comes out, but chances are it will be more than I need and much more than I can afford.

I really just want a Macbook without the optical drive and with a matte screen. Please, Apple? 😱


Powerbook G4 1.0ghz, 768meg RAM, 60gig HD
 
It's very weird how there seem to be so many issues unique to a single, or small numbers of machines..

Parallels "just worked" when i updated my macbook, didn't need to update anything.. What on earth could cause the weirdly zoomed screen stuff? Bizarro.
 
Found 2 minor issues:

1. The status icons for the printer are all pixelated in the dock, icky!!!

2. Screenshots go to the desktop, not the downloads stack, and there is no way to change this.
 

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Then I attempted to (upgrade?) my new MacBook (about 5 months old). The install on my MacBook was virtually impossible! The screen went completely screwy! For no apparent reason the screen resolution changed as soon as the OSX disc rebooted the system during the initial setup.

The display size of the screen was now HUGE and a large portion of the dialog was now out of the viewing area. So the majority of the information on the computer screen was no longer viewable.

In addition to the bizarre screen resize issue, the entire display appeared to be overtaken by a demon whenever I moved the mouse. The the entire screen started scrolling sideways in a wild manner whenever I would move the mouse even slightly. 😱

So how would I be able to install the software? No mouse control! And no way to even see the entire screen! And worst of all - there was no way to recover my MacBook by doing a restart either!

I eventually figured out how to TAB through the dialogs to populate fields that were not viewable since I could not see most of the computer screen. I then experimented by pressing the tab button a number of times to select (hopefully) the correct field, and then I would press the space bar to confirm my selection. After a lot of trial and error I eventually managed to mash out the right sequence of invisible options and I somehow got the software to load.
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It sounds like you just zoomed into the screen. (this is achieved by holding the control key and scrolling on the trackpad or on the scroll wheel on a mouse)
 
Rozzolo said:
- am I the only one that finds expose slower?
- also spaces is not as smooth as i expected
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I too am experiencing a choppier expose, even with only a couple windows. The genie animation is also choppier, even when nothing is running and I minimize 1 tiny window.

And, when I'm connected to my external monitor(1600x1200 with laptop screen off), things get even worse. Even just dragging a window around the screen gets choppy.

I'm running on a MBP 2.0, clean installed, so I'm hoping it's just a driver issue that will be fixed soon and it won't always be like this. These effects are what get me out of bed in the morning.
 
I'm really happy so far. Did an Archive and Install, all my apps came over perfectly, no trouble at all, besides Fan Control not working, so I switched to smcFanControl instead. Leopard is sooooo much faster on my Macbook (2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM) than Tiger ever was.

My one complaint: Time Machine takes FOREVER for its first backup. I've been running it since about 10am, and it has copied 2.40GB of 58GB. That's fairly ridiculous since I could do a SuperDuper clone in about 2 and a half hours. I'm assuming it won't matter much after this first backup though.
 
How big is the cat ?

If you do a custom install and remove all the additional languages and drivers, how much space does leopard need ?
 
Must admit...it's not perfect!

I'm loving the speed of Safari and the new features in Mail. The customisable widgets is something I've been really looking forward to and they certainly don't disappoint. Spaces is a great new feature, and as many others are saying the lack of Time Machine support over the AEBS is a huge disappointment.

Coverflow is great 'Eye Candy' but when it's tied together with QuickLook you sit and wonder how you ever lived without it!

Disk Utility seems to be suffering some serious problems. There are countless reports on the 'Net' of it taking way too long to verify the disk, in my case it's been running over 10 minutes to check the disk and it's still not done. I hope Apple address this soon!

I'm a bit torn at the moment if I really think it was worth all the hype. I'm hoping that the more I use it the more I'll think it was worth the 129 euros I shelled out this morning for it.

Originally I used the 'Upgrade' function and the system really wasn't responding very well. All the animation was laggy and things just kept crashing. After an 'Erase and Install' things improved greatly....but that doesn't surprise me in the least!
 
iMac 24" 2.4GHZ 4GB RAM

Installed right on top with no issues. 🙂
Spaces rocks. 😀
No Time machine to my ethernet based disk.😡
Mosaic pictures screen saver is a nice surprise.😱
Actually like the new menu bar.:apple:
Cool new itune visualization

Currently upgrading my iMac G5 20"2GB
 
Quicklook/CoverFlow/Preview crashing

i noticed someone else was saying these were crashing with PSD, well it seems it will also crash with some jpegs as well!!

the jpegs are fine, they were fine in iphoto, fine in adobe Lightroom - and previously i believe fine in preview BUT now they just show the icons in Coverflow.. and then if i open in Quicklook or preview they crash.

Note: this is not ALL jpegs, some i have are fine, as are the raw file i have...

oh well, version 1.0 of 10.5 🙂
 
Runs very well. I have put 10 hours on 2 Mac Pros without and entry in the crash-log (expect VPN Tracker - which takes everything down hard).
 
12" Powerbook G4 1 Ghz here. I love it. I love the new shelf dock. I am installing Leopard on my iMac G5 right now. One thing that is really standing out for me is that my Powerbook is running cooler now. 🙂 In Tiger and Panther normal usage temps would be 113-116 F. Now it is 104-107 F for the CPU. In Tiger it would get into the 120's rather easy and made the fan turn on which I didn't like.
 
Photoshop CS3 UI Problems and more...

The pop-ups in Photoshop now look really crappy. So do the sliders. See attached samples. 😱

Photo Mosaic doesn't have multiple monitor support. SlideShow and Collage do.

iTunes visualizers still don't work on multiple screens.

The super-bright blue for menu selections is too blue, too bright and it reminds me of System 8! Yuk! 😡

Why would Apple still have a graphite Appearance after years of discontinuing Graphite G4's??? 😕

Don't they realize the Displays icon on the Menu Bar is from the old style Flat Panels from 5 years ago??? See attachment... 😕

The new font for the menus sucks. It's too thin and harder to read than before. Also thanks to the hideous grey menu bar color. Please! Bring Kaleidoscope back to the Mac!!! 🙄
 

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Quicksilver hidden

I'm having no trouble with the quicksilver icon being hidden. Granted, I only installed quicksilver after I installed Leopard on this computer and have the newest version (just check the box in the preferences to hide the icon).
 
Is it me or my computer...

After I installed Leopard I find the minimize effect kind of slow...

Give me your opinions guys
 
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