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My Photoshop version does not work anymore:
Not a nitpick at all IMHO
Notice that you posted this AFTER I said "these are mainly nitpicks"...meaning the things people listed above me. I have no control over what you post afterwards.
So, will you either A: Join the new millenium and upgrade your Photoshop or B: go back to Tiger for...ever? If all future upgrades to OS X don't let PS 7 work, will you never ever upgrade your computer? Or go to Vista?
Just curious...I mean, you must have known that some day you would have to upgrade PS 7 right? What will you do when you move to Intel? Is there a Universal PS 7 out there?
I have noticed there are a lot of UI inconsistencies, i remember there being some in tiger, but i really hoped leopard would have made everything consistent.
For example, if ical is not the active window the buttons are grayed out and i cant click on them without selecting the window first. On the other hand safari i can click the buttons no matter if this is the active window or not (you cant click links on a webpage)
In mail the buttons work when the window isn't active, but everything else does not, in itunes I cant click anything unless the window is active.
IMO if I can see it I should be able to interact with it no matter if the window is the active window or not...
Discuss.
For example, if ical is not the active window the buttons are grayed out and i cant click on them without selecting the window first. On the other hand safari i can click the buttons no matter if this is the active window or not (you cant click links on a webpage)
In mail the buttons work when the window isn't active, but everything else does not, in itunes I cant click anything unless the window is active.
IMO if I can see it I should be able to interact with it no matter if the window is the active window or not...
Discuss.
unread RSS articles count still ain't showing up
Yeah sorry, that doesn't work. But this does...
Create a new smart mail box and set it to display unread mail and rss messages. Then set the dock unread count to that smart folder and you're done.
You've clearly not used Vista's search.
It seriously rules. It is embarrassingly thorough and customizable. You can also easily add whatever metadata you want to any file you please, and then search for it immediately.
FYI I am already on Intel and Photoshop did used to work on Tiger. Slowly of course, but it worked at least. Yes, I know that there will be a day that I will have to upgrade (and apparantly it is today), but surprisingly older applications like Word 2001 still work with no problem at all! I mean, I can understand that Apple killed Classic support in Leopard, since it is based on a totally architecture. But Photoshop 7 is a native OS application, and it just does not seem right that Mac OS X applications don't work in Mac OS X.
Oh well, I can try to reinstall photoshop, maybe that works... otherwise " upgrade here I come!"
So...it took an hour and 23 minutes then.
No, It took an hour, INCLUDING the 23 minutes to install.
His beef about photoshop 7 is valid. No there isn't a universal of photoshop 7. You can't run photoshop natively on an intel mac without paying for CS3.
It's not like photoshop is cheap. It's not like any REALLY useful features have been added since version 7. PS 7 is also a lot more efficient in its use of memory and other resources. In fact it is probably faster emulating on an intel mac than the 'universal' CS3 is.
It's not like photoshop is cheap. It's not like any REALLY useful features have been added since version 7. PS 7 is also a lot more efficient in its use of memory and other resources. In fact it is probably faster emulating on an intel mac than the 'universal' CS3 is.
The only valid complaint so far is the Photoshop 7 guy. Even that one is a stretch. I can empathize. Photoshop is damn expensive, and if you don't need the upgrade, it sucks if Leopard is what forces your hand.
Then again, I've often been a proponent of the attitude that you should either select a course of full technical evolution or be content with stagnation. You can't have your cake and eat it too, so to speak.
So I'm on the fence on this issue. It's an expensive and potentially unnecessary* upgrade, but the forces of technological evolution demanded that it would happen at some point. Today, I guess, is that day.
Then again, I've often been a proponent of the attitude that you should either select a course of full technical evolution or be content with stagnation. You can't have your cake and eat it too, so to speak.
So I'm on the fence on this issue. It's an expensive and potentially unnecessary* upgrade, but the forces of technological evolution demanded that it would happen at some point. Today, I guess, is that day.
My only complaint so far is that my Weather widget keeps disappearing. I load it up and after about 10 minutes, it closes itself. Then when I go to put it back in Dashboard, its back to its default location of Miami.
And since that is my only complaint, basically I love Leopard
And since that is my only complaint, basically I love Leopard
Thanks mate, sorry for being such an idiot
Do any of you notice that the dock is a bit choppy compared to Tigers? Mine is only smooth without the 3D effect
I'm on a Macbook with 2Gig of RAM..
Actually, what caught my eye is that he's using a menu drop-down to demonstrate Spaces instead of the easier and more visual methods available. I wonder if he's purposely attempting to drown out Apple's usability improvements to multiple desktops.
Paul seems to look at things purely on a feature-by-feature basis. For example, he brushed off Time Machine as just a copy of "Volume Shadow Copy" in Windows. While they may do similar things, the later likely requires an IT guru to setup.
Sorry for the extended Paul Thurrott rant. I have nothing personal against him, but as a designer it kind of irks me when people compare products on a feature-by-feature basis instead of looking more closely at the user experience.
Wow jump on the poor guy why don't you?! If you think about it the reason why he may still be on 7 is that he actually bought his copy versus what many people do. I'm not saying if you're on any version after 7 then clearly you did not buy, but the cost of the application itself may warrant someone wanting to hang onto their version for as long as possible.
It is not insane to have hope that an older application will continue to work on a newer OS. Apple, in my opinion, is a class all in itself when it comes to OSs in that unlike MS, upgrading to a new OS doesn't often disable older applications. (exceptions to this are clear) While PS7 may not function on Leopard, it wouldn't be so bad to have a little hope. Right?
I would attempt to reinstall, but as you said yes, I would have hoped that native OS applications would continue to work even after classic support is killed. At least you take it all in stride.FYI I am already on Intel and Photoshop did used to work on Tiger. Slowly of course, but it worked at least. Yes, I know that there will be a day that I will have to upgrade (and apparantly it is today), but surprisingly older applications like Word 2001 still work with no problem at all! I mean, I can understand that Apple killed Classic support in Leopard, since it is based on a totally architecture. But Photoshop 7 is a native OS application, and it just does not seem right that Mac OS X applications don't work in Mac OS X.
Oh well, I can try to reinstall photoshop, maybe that works... otherwise " upgrade here I come!"
Hey, i just got leopard on my Powerbook G4 (1.67Ghz, 1.5 GB ram)
My gripes are:
Spotlight seems to be indexing forever.
Dashboard seems to be lagging or remains static (i think due to spotlight)
I tried to start time machine, but it restarted the spotlight indexing.
Everything else seems quite slow. Probably because of the indexing.
My gripes are:
Spotlight seems to be indexing forever.
Dashboard seems to be lagging or remains static (i think due to spotlight)
I tried to start time machine, but it restarted the spotlight indexing.
Everything else seems quite slow. Probably because of the indexing.
Let us have some more info? Crashes on every launch? Only crashes while processing something? Upgrade or Clean Install?
- The option to always show safari's tab bar is GONE
Just press command-shift-T
FunkyMonkey-
Mail will launch... (not doing anything, I have it set to launch on bootup)... If I click on anything like trying to open mail or even the "x" it crashes... I relaunch and it keeps doing the same thing...
Mail will launch... (not doing anything, I have it set to launch on bootup)... If I click on anything like trying to open mail or even the "x" it crashes... I relaunch and it keeps doing the same thing...
Thanks mate, sorry for being such an idiot
Do any of you notice that the dock is a bit choppy compared to Tigers? Mine is only smooth without the 3D effect
I'm on a Macbook with 2Gig of RAM..
No prob, it is hard to figure out. For me the dock is really smooth, but when you activate Dashboard the animation of it flying in is really jerky. I'm on a Santa Rosa MacBook Pro.
Turn off the bootup option in your Account Preferences then restart. Is Spotlight still indexing your drive? If so, wait until SL completes. If not, launch Mail manually. I take it you did an upgrade then?