No it wasn't - the best way to install an OS is a clean install. Installing, updating and then upgrading is a stupid way to install an OS and is never the "way to go" if you can do a clean install.
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No it wasn't - the best way to install an OS is a clean install. Installing, updating and then upgrading is a stupid way to install an OS and is never the "way to go" if you can do a clean install.
I did both on two different computers. Clean on my Macbook Pro - update on my Mini - no problems with either.
I did put SL on my laptop and realized that I can't use it for work anymore so have to use desktop till they fix it.
I have a question for you though.
Maya 2009 (and 2010) has shader glitch (not a big deal) and graph editor exhibits graphical glitch like dancing blocks of graphics from different parts of the screen making the graph editor absolutely unusable.
So, is this something that is Apple's responsibility to fix with SL, or Nvidia with drivers or Autodesk with a fix?
Also, is there a quick way to downgrade to leopard or do I have to do clean install of everything again? (not worth it, will wait for fix in that case)
Anyone?
I have a question for you though.
Maya 2009 (and 2010) has shader glitch (not a big deal) and graph editor exhibits graphical glitch like dancing blocks of graphics from different parts of the screen making the graph editor absolutely unusable.
So, is this something that is Apple's responsibility to fix with SL, or Nvidia with drivers or Autodesk with a fix?
Also, is there a quick way to downgrade to leopard or do I have to do clean install of everything again? (not worth it, will wait for fix in that case)
Anyone?
Tried looking for Firmware? Dunno if it'll work, but you can only try.
The Firmware will be found on the Apple site, Not sure where, as my macbook didn't have any firmware updates.
And also look for NVidia drivers etc. Best bet, wait for 10.6.1
Indeed. I did a straight upgrade, it took about 30 minutes and I have had no problems whatsoever. Then again, my MBP is almost a month old, so that could make the difference.
10.6.1 - it was about a month before the increment came in leopard. I guess around the same time with SL
re those who are posting in this thread about install methods - i'd rather do a clean install and not think after every crash 'maybe i should have clean installed after all'
re those who are posting in this thread about install methods - i'd rather do a clean install and not think after every crash 'maybe i should have clean installed after all'
I have everything up to date and apple.com has no firmware available either so I guess I will have to wait a bit longer.
Snow Leopard freezes randomly -- waiting for 6.1
I did an upgrade from 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard. Now Aperture won't work at all and my computer freezes/goes into deep sleep from which it will not wake randomly but fairly regularly. I suppose I will need to buy an upgrade to Aperture but when can we expect 6.1 and is this the sort of bug they will fix in the first upgrade? Has Apple acknowledged the freeze/sleep problem?
I did an upgrade from 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard. Now Aperture won't work at all and my computer freezes/goes into deep sleep from which it will not wake randomly but fairly regularly. I suppose I will need to buy an upgrade to Aperture but when can we expect 6.1 and is this the sort of bug they will fix in the first upgrade? Has Apple acknowledged the freeze/sleep problem?
Hey! I did a normal upgrade install. And look! No bugs!
a few glitches due to it being a .0 release, but nothing like i've read here.
And my macbook hasn't crashed throughout its life, over a year old.
No, that is unlikely. A natural consequence of not doing wide scale testing is that a lot of bugs float to the surface very quickly after release. 10.6.1 is going to address the worst of these. At this time, the biggest 'killer' bug I've heard is that apps are crashing in the Save dialog. That is serious, and depending on how widespread it is, that bug alone could be reason to refresh all the discs. I've seen plenty of reports here about apps crashing. Those bugs may be the same bug, but could also be a reason to update the discs.
Stuff like performance and battery life will get fixed in future releases, and don't require an immediate disc refresh.
I think Leopard had 3 serious bugs that caused the refresh to 10.5.1. One was Time Machine (nuff said), other was the password bug (can't login), and third was the Finder data loss issue when moving files.
Indeed, or offer a refund to customers if they can't fix it.
I honestly don't want to have to reload all my apps from scratch just to make this work. The first upgrade install should have worked, and the bottom line is that it didn't.I'll wait several months and see what the updates to Snow Leopard have to offer.
AppleInsider reports that some developers have already received the first beta version of 10.6.1:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/03/apple_already_testing_mac_os_x_10_6_1_update.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/03/apple_already_testing_mac_os_x_10_6_1_update.html
hmm lol snow leopard is so much faster, but i guess retards manage to **** it up.
Indeed, or offer a refund to customers if they can't fix it.
I'll wait several months and see what the updates to Snow Leopard have to offer.
i agree, but dont we all think we are jumping the gun a little, this seems to happen every bloody time a new os is out. "oh its buggy!" yes of course it is, its normal for new os to have bugs, get used to it its just part of life at the moment. will the bugs be fixed? Id image yes...when? i dont know but you all knew the risks when upgradeding your os you where warned about software incompaibilities, i do know that things like the interface issues and slow performance problems are things that should have been there but i would assume they are on the top of the things apple is getting sorted in 6.1 i mean they have llready released the update for testers it could be out tommorow for all you know
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brian
i'll take that as a joke? how can you **** up inserting a cd and pressing next/continue a couple of times and then waiting until it says its done.
its pretty idiot proof....thereof of course will allways be one that manages to **** it up!