Thanks for lumping all of us upgraders into one neat little pile.
Some of us have better things to do than sit in front of a computer for hours reinstalling everything. My 2 upgrades went very well, by the way.
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Thanks for lumping all of us upgraders into one neat little pile.
Some of us have better things to do than sit in front of a computer for hours reinstalling everything. My 2 upgrades went very well, by the way.
Pressing the Delete button on my keyboard doesn't do anything. I have to press Command+Delete for it to work!
I've this graphic problem with Safari:
And, I've slowdowns with Spaces, changing from an app in a desktop to another:
Sample Video
Sorry if I've wrong thread.
And, I've slowdowns with Spaces, changing from an app in a desktop to another:
Sample Video
Sorry if I've wrong thread.
That is Dock Expose. When you set it for Dock Expose and you minimize the window, it goes behind the icon in the dock instead of on the right. Above the line is not minimized. Below the line is minimized.
Upgrade on Uni 17" MBP 2.93 and 2008 imac 24" 2.8
1. Samsung CLP-510 printer stopped working (Samsung just released new drivers which fixed it.)
2. Vertical lines or garble graphics on Top Sites animations in Safari
3. My "Recent Applications" stack in the dock, won't stay as Grid. It always reverts to Automatic.
Very minor issues, but overall no major problems. I does feel snappier and more responsive.
1. Samsung CLP-510 printer stopped working (Samsung just released new drivers which fixed it.)
2. Vertical lines or garble graphics on Top Sites animations in Safari
3. My "Recent Applications" stack in the dock, won't stay as Grid. It always reverts to Automatic.
Very minor issues, but overall no major problems. I does feel snappier and more responsive.
This evening I've done a full, clean install WITHOUT using Migration Assistant and it's working perfectly now!!!
Anyone having issues with SL, I know it's a pain but I strongly recommend trying a full MANUAL reinstall.
Clean install on a early 2008 MBP: 4gb Ram.
Only applications added= Office 2008 (not yet tested), iLive '09 (not yet tested).
So far I've only seen a handful of issues:
1: Various bouts of sluggishness.
2: Odd Hard-drive sounds (sounds like it's indexing randomly)
3: iChat has crashed while idle several times (freezes up. you'll hover over to it and you'll get a beach-ball cursor)
4: iChat video seems to really tax the computer (Fans spool up to full speed MUCH faster than they had in Leopard).
5: A bug in iChat, where AIM statuses were improperly handled, is broken.
6: BATTERY ISSUES: Snow Leopard seems to change how the battery is charged (takes FOREVER). Also, there seems to be a lot of battery used while in sleep-mode (put her to sleep with 3/4 of battery life left.... after 5 hours while in sleep, I woke the computer up only to get a "Plug into an outlet" message, and no more than 4minutes of life left.)
Missing features: iChat conversation log viewer, Consistent finder windows.
Only applications added= Office 2008 (not yet tested), iLive '09 (not yet tested).
So far I've only seen a handful of issues:
1: Various bouts of sluggishness.
2: Odd Hard-drive sounds (sounds like it's indexing randomly)
3: iChat has crashed while idle several times (freezes up. you'll hover over to it and you'll get a beach-ball cursor)
4: iChat video seems to really tax the computer (Fans spool up to full speed MUCH faster than they had in Leopard).
5: A bug in iChat, where AIM statuses were improperly handled, is broken.
6: BATTERY ISSUES: Snow Leopard seems to change how the battery is charged (takes FOREVER). Also, there seems to be a lot of battery used while in sleep-mode (put her to sleep with 3/4 of battery life left.... after 5 hours while in sleep, I woke the computer up only to get a "Plug into an outlet" message, and no more than 4minutes of life left.)
Missing features: iChat conversation log viewer, Consistent finder windows.
Some issues I've noticed with Finder:
1. Minimise a Finder window to the Dock. Right-click it. There used to be a "Close" item (something I asked Apple to put in back in 10.5, and they did). It's gone now, so to close a minimised window you now have to open it and close it from there.
2. Open two Finder windows. In one of them have an alias to a file in the other window. Select the alias and choose "Show Original" from the right-click menu. In 10.5 the item in the other window would be selected. In 10.6 the current window changes location to display the original file. You now have two windows showing the same location.
3. You can no longer start a drag-select action to select a bunch of files (in a list view window that doesn't have focus) by simply clicking and dragging into that unfocused window. You have to give the window focus before you can start the drag-select.
4. You cannot start a drag-select in a list view window on an item that is already selected. You have to deselect it first and then start the drag-select. If you don't, you end up moving the individual item you had selected.
5. You cannot rename an item if it has a period in it, without retaining the period and extension. For example, let's say you have an alias to an application, and you've put the version number on there, so "App v1.2.3". Try renaming it to "App v1.2.4". Finder renames it to "App v1.2.4.3" because it wants to keep the ".3" as the extension. You can only rename a file like this in the Get Info window. Productivity killer.
6. In a ist view window, click the disclosure triangles for some folders so that you open them to see their contents. Now, sort by one of the columns, say, Date Modified. Your folders are ALL closed. If you close and re-open the window, the folders are open as previously. It seems the window loses the states temporarily and a close and re-open restores them. Still, a productivity killer. I've created a simple video to show this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IL8WwbDGk4
I've bugged all these with Apple. It looks like the new Finder is a step backward. Hopefully, 10.6.1 will fix some or all of these. Some are real productivity killers for me.
1. Minimise a Finder window to the Dock. Right-click it. There used to be a "Close" item (something I asked Apple to put in back in 10.5, and they did). It's gone now, so to close a minimised window you now have to open it and close it from there.
2. Open two Finder windows. In one of them have an alias to a file in the other window. Select the alias and choose "Show Original" from the right-click menu. In 10.5 the item in the other window would be selected. In 10.6 the current window changes location to display the original file. You now have two windows showing the same location.
3. You can no longer start a drag-select action to select a bunch of files (in a list view window that doesn't have focus) by simply clicking and dragging into that unfocused window. You have to give the window focus before you can start the drag-select.
4. You cannot start a drag-select in a list view window on an item that is already selected. You have to deselect it first and then start the drag-select. If you don't, you end up moving the individual item you had selected.
5. You cannot rename an item if it has a period in it, without retaining the period and extension. For example, let's say you have an alias to an application, and you've put the version number on there, so "App v1.2.3". Try renaming it to "App v1.2.4". Finder renames it to "App v1.2.4.3" because it wants to keep the ".3" as the extension. You can only rename a file like this in the Get Info window. Productivity killer.
6. In a ist view window, click the disclosure triangles for some folders so that you open them to see their contents. Now, sort by one of the columns, say, Date Modified. Your folders are ALL closed. If you close and re-open the window, the folders are open as previously. It seems the window loses the states temporarily and a close and re-open restores them. Still, a productivity killer. I've created a simple video to show this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IL8WwbDGk4
I've bugged all these with Apple. It looks like the new Finder is a step backward. Hopefully, 10.6.1 will fix some or all of these. Some are real productivity killers for me.
I am new here so please bear with me. I just upgraded to SL and now my Recent Projects window in Garageband no longer shows any old or new projects. If I log in as a guest, it works fine. After about 45 minutes with customer support (very helpful but didn't solve the problem) I did a re-install of Garageband with no good results. Everything else seems fine so far.
Not really a bug, but for the first time in 12 months (that's how old my iMac is) I can hear the fans spinning like mad and it does feel much hotter to the touch. That, along with the Expose glitches and a couple of Safari problems (probably flash related) has convinced me to return to 10.5.8 for a while.
Anyone having permission issues on external USB drives? I have a 1tb western digital drive and I can't copy anything to it. States permission problem. It won't let me adjust the permissions either.
It's not just a snow leopard issue but maybe someone can help. I set my finder window a specific size that I enjoy. When I download a folder from the inter et and click on it via downloads stack it resizes super small. How can I default that large? And because of the small resize it then changes the cover flow icon size on my original finder window
and second.I have my applications folder on the dock. When installing an app it says drag to the applications folder it provides. So I drag it over. And in my app stack it just shows the " no icon" image. But app still runs. Any thing to help? My two biggest issues with osx by far
and second.I have my applications folder on the dock. When installing an app it says drag to the applications folder it provides. So I drag it over. And in my app stack it just shows the " no icon" image. But app still runs. Any thing to help? My two biggest issues with osx by far
Only issue I had was with CS3 giving me issues with my licensing. It was driving me CRAZY. I reinstalled the OS three times (trying different variations of restore from my TC). On the 4th time I gave up and just started everything from scratch. It is now working fine.
It is now working fine.
As I said before SL's release, I am not upgrading until at least 10.6.7 some time next year or later.
I use my Macs for business, and there is no way I am participating in a public beta test, even if I have to pay $30 for the ticket for the fun ride.
So what if SL is snappier. A few days ago, L was fine for your purposes, and it doesn't change things just because SL is out.
Admittedly, if your Mac is mainly used for fun stuff, then go ahead and install SL. But for business users, who's livelihood and - in extreme cases - professional liability can take a hit if the computer goes out of action, it's prudent to wait until SL is at least 10.6.6 before upgrading.
Personally, if I was just using my Mac for fun stuff, I would definitely upgrade to SL -- but not if the Mac is used for business, or for really important stuff.
Unlike Microsoft, Apple does not release RC's for wider testing, so you guys are really part of a public beta test, and paying $30 bucks for the fun ride.
I use my Macs for business, and there is no way I am participating in a public beta test, even if I have to pay $30 for the ticket for the fun ride.
So what if SL is snappier. A few days ago, L was fine for your purposes, and it doesn't change things just because SL is out.
Admittedly, if your Mac is mainly used for fun stuff, then go ahead and install SL. But for business users, who's livelihood and - in extreme cases - professional liability can take a hit if the computer goes out of action, it's prudent to wait until SL is at least 10.6.6 before upgrading.
Personally, if I was just using my Mac for fun stuff, I would definitely upgrade to SL -- but not if the Mac is used for business, or for really important stuff.
Unlike Microsoft, Apple does not release RC's for wider testing, so you guys are really part of a public beta test, and paying $30 bucks for the fun ride.
This post is ridiculous!
Mac OS X 10.6 is actually quite stable. You are basically saying that no one should install Snow Leopard until it is at least one year old. I can understand waiting to hear if other people are having issues and even waiting for a point release or two. But a year?
Also, if you think this is a public beta, you don't understand how software releases actually work. No company can test an OS well enough or in enough environments for it to be released without issues.
As a business user, I have no issues with using Snow Leopard after doing to my own tests with it. What you do is your business. But, your suggestion not a good one.
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