Mac OS X Snow Leopard Officially Launched Today

[savanahrose]

Nope no tshirts in charleston sc

Can anyone who has been to a retail store today confirm whether or not they're giving away t-shirts?

Without reading the rest of the posts. I just left ths Charleston SC store, no tshirts was given. I can't wait to install SL. I am thing about upgrading graphics card later.

 

[bbrosemer]

Mine shipped yesterday so I was expecting today since 2 class in royal mail usually deliver next day here. Well, not this time apparently so Saturday then.
I just hope it will fit through the door, because if not I might wait till Monday

Yeah I am not happy I ordered in the second I found out it was shipping on the 28th from apple none the less... Keep in mind this was after a 2 week fiasco with my iPhone 3GS and them ...

 

[lamadude]

Can you do a clean install with the upgrade disk?!

Yes, if you use the disk utility when installing to wipe the disk first

 

[iSimx]

And what is everyone installing? the Update or is it a Clean Install?

I want to know that too...

 

[jamesybsu]

And what is everyone installing? the Update or is it a Clean Install?

Update

 

[Frits]

I bought it this morning at a retail store in Utrecht, Holland, no t-shirts there but that might well be different in the US and UK

It installed perfectly, only problems I had were after installation:

1 Boinc doesn't work.
2 Flip4Mac doesn't work (works only with quicktime 7 apparently as it says it can't find quicktime, this is with the latest update)
3 My printer, a HP Photosmart C4580, reported needing a driver update to work, so I installed the drivers on the SL disk, but that didn't work, so I downloaded the latest drivers from the HP site and that did work but I had to set up the whole printer and it's connection again (it's wireless).

Overall I'm happy with the install, and the OS in general. The biggest improvements are definitely in speed. You can notice it especially in system prefs and iTunes (opens after one bounce, so.. immediately) and other heavyweight stuff.

 

[danieldk]

Anyone knows why Apple would default it to 32 instead of 64?

Because not all drivers are yet ported, and you can run 64-bit applications fine with the 32-bit kernel?

Anyone knows how to make it default to 64?

Edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

Adding 'arch=x86_64' to the kernel flags should do the trick I think, so changing

        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string></string>

to:

        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string>arch=x86_64</string>

 

[tiagocarraro]

What's the final build number after all? Is it really 10A432?

 

[NightFox]

Wow, didn't know we were getting wake on demand - that in itself justifies the £25 I've paid.

Just a shame the f***ing thing never turned up today

 

[emt1]

Oh boy 10.5 SP1. Have fun installing it, I'll wait for 10.6.3+

Wow you're annoying. This post is useless it literally everyone who reads it. Thanks!

We're here to discuss 10.6 and be happy about its arrival. Go away please.

 

[danieldk]

I bought it this morning at a retail store in Utrecht, Holland, no t-shirts there but that might well be different in the US and UK

Bought it in Groningen, The Netherlands at 00:15. We happened to pass the local Mac store coming back from local festivities. Got a Euro 10.60 gift card with it (only from 00:01 to 00:30) .

 

[emt1]

I'm surprised nobody has listed the build number after all the fuss, just to be sure

Also, anybody notice the crappy gradient in safari (possibly other programs) at the top??? Nice!

Uh...

 

[Palliser]

I really like the "Read Mac Volumes" new feature in Boot Camp. Now I just need Snow Leopard.

Yes, I'm thrilled to have this new feature too!!

 

[jamesybsu]

What's the final build number after all? Is it really 10A432?

yep

 

[kbseattle]

bummer...

so the apple site says Norton 11 isn't compatible... i haven't received my leopard media yet, does anyone have Snow Leopard working with Norton 11. What sort of problems does it cause.

 

[emt1]

so the apple site says Norton 11 isn't compatible... i haven't received my leopard media yet, does anyone have Snow Leopard working with Norton 11. What sort of problems does it cause.

Norton always has caused slowness. There is no reason to use Norton on a Mac.

 

[puckhead193]

just picked it up. I'm going to wait till .1 comes out. I start a new job and don't want FCP to screw up

 

[futuredoc]

Uh...

Weird?? Is in 64 bit or 32 bit? Also, what build number is your safari? Mine is 4.0.3 (6531.9)

 

[emt1]

Weird?? Is in 64 bit or 32 bit? Also, what build number is your safari? Mine is 4.0.3 (6531.9)

I'm sure the problem is on your end, Apple wouldn't let something like that get through. Safari 4.0.3 (6531.9). 64-bit

 

[Diode]

No ship notice yet even though I pre-ordered back in June.

Go figure!

 

[Switched2aMac]

Same here

Bought two new macs and ordered the update SL for 9.95, expected to see them today....naw they shipped via Snail mail with expected delivery of Sept 1.

Apple that ain't right........

Same boat as you man.....I pre-ordered on 8/1 and now it changed to delivery Sept. 1. I called and they said there was a delay but "they" never gave a reason.

Was waiting for it kinda bummed it's not coming today.

Oh well gotta wait for Tues.

 

[futuredoc]

I'll redownload Safari then.

Anybody know how to make tethering work in 64-bit mode?

I'm sure the problem is on your end, Apple wouldn't let something like that get through. Safari 4.0.3 (6531.9). 64-bit

 

[BigJohno]

I thought that SL was going to address both video cards on the new MBPs. Instead of having to log out to switch to the power of the video cards it was going to do it automatically based on the program. So far it seems to be snappier.

 

[neiltc13]

Norton always has caused slowness. There is no reason to use Norton on a Mac.

Or on any other computer for that matter.

 

[illegallydead]

Still waiting for FedEx to get here (mountain time... I still have a few hours' window ).

Anyone know if Bootcamp 3.0 installs without a fuss on Windows 7? I know all the stuff is compatible; it was really a pain having to fight it to get it to install using my Leopard disk (and eventually the download).