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Some Details on First Mac OS X 10.6.1 Seed (Build 10B503)

Pages 09 instantly crash on Snow Leopard

Ever since I installed Snow Leopard, my Pages 09 crash every time I try to open this particular document. The crashreport tell me:

Process: Pages [5091]
Path: /Applications/iWork '09/Pages.app/Contents/MacOS/Pages
Identifier: com.apple.iWork.Pages
Version: 4.0.2 (751)
Build Info: Pages-7510000~15
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [112]

PlugIn Path: /Library/Application Support/iWork '09/Frameworks/SFWordProcessing.framework/Versions/A/SFWordProcessing
PlugIn Identifier: SFWordProcessing
PlugIn Version: ??? (???)

Date/Time: 2009-09-04 13:00:59.538 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
Report Version: 6

[...]

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000085498cd8
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

etc.

Supposedly it's the SFWordprocessing-plugin that's unwilling to cooperate. I've noticed that every other document seem to work just fine. But this crashing document, though, is significantly larger (almost 11 mb) than the others. But the very same document worked flawlessly on 10.5.8.

Has any one else experienced this? Does anyone know if this update will fix this?

Thank you
 
PurrBall said:
No mention of graphics driver improvements :(
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Considering this is the first seed - I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't more seeds to address issues.

mercuryguy said:
looks like Apple rushed to release Snow Leopard (service pack) before Win 7
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Am I the only one who wants people to be instantly banned if they make stupid posts - and knowingly do so simply to provoke a response?

RE: intutitiontold

Have you tried deleting the settings files an so forth? have you done a clean install?
 
will it fix the issue i get where the iCal icon doesn't update to the current date anymore?
it's a small bug i've experienced since upgrading, but it's annoying all the same
 
commander.data said:
Here's hoping for full OpenGL 3.0 support, expanded GPUs with official H.264 acceleration support, and expanded 64-bit kernel support for 9400M based MacBooks and Mac Minis. The latter should be fairly easy given the commonality between 9400M MacBooks and Mac Minis and supported 9400M iMacs. Official H.264 acceleration support for the nVidia 8000, 9000, GT100 and GTX285 series should also be fairly simple given existing 9400M support. And of course even ATI X1000 and nVidia 7000 series are capable of partial H.264 acceleration in hardware as is the case in Windows.
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Somehow I think Apple may drag their feet about enabling H.264 acceleration for 8600M GTs ;)
 
Lordedmond said:
They have both done the same thing . They have slimmed / removed redundant code, and generally tidied up the code base , possibly to make way for a large future rework

the only difference is that W7 has a new coat ( sorry UI ) but they have reduced the apps eg no mail app in W7

BTW W7 64 bit on a 2009 iMac with 8 gig of ram is blazingly fast ( maybe a tad faster than SL ) :eek:
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Windows Mail has been removed from the Windows 7 installation and now instead comes bundled with Windows Live Essentials (along with a bunch of other apps like Windows Movie Maker, etc.), which you download from Windows Update. Personally, I was THRILLED to hear about that.

Both Snow Leopard and Win7 are both fantastic OS's.

Sambo110 said:
For now. If it's anything like every other Windows computer I have used running XP, it will be going slower in a few weeks.
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XP being the key word in that sentence. :) That would be because XP is an old dinosaur of an OS.
 
imfrog2002 said:
Dude. Seriously. It's NOT A SERVICE PACK. Win7 is more of a service pack, IMO. It's just a Vista fix. Like 2000 to ME. SL is improving, not fixing. Get your terms straight. Either way, all new OSs have issues. Code changes which messes everything up. It happens EVERY time, on EVERY OS. Stop acting so surprised.
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Just ignore the trolls... if they can't see the massive changes in the OS (go read the Ars Technica review), they're either (voluntarily) blind or ignorant. Either way, not worth getting worked up about.

imfrog2002 said:
Either way, I just want the old Preview back. I can't merge PDF files now, and that's NOT good for someone who owns a small business. Oh well. I knew going into this there were going to be bugs. At least I was ready.
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What do you mean? Open the sidebar in thumbnail view, drag the pages from one to the other, and it still works as always (more animation, of course). Or was there another way I missed?

I'm super happy the "Watermark PDF" automator action works now...
 
Annoyingly, I can't download anything via Safari since SL.

From a search it looks like I'm not the only one (which is good :p)
 
Sleep / Restart / Shut Down

Anyone having issues related to putting their machines to Sleep, restarting them or shutting them down. Apple made a big deal that Snow Leopard was "faster from start up to shut down" but I've found just the opposite.

Specifically, on my MacPro I need to click :apple: > Sleep 2x before I can get the machine to go to sleep and the several times I've attempted restarts and shut downs the machine takes FOREVER! All the desktop items and top menu bar disappears and one of two things happen - either I get the gear just turning for 1-2 minutes before it finally shuts down OR my desktop background disappears and it changes to the blue screen with the gear that then turns for 1-2 minutes before shutting down.
 
Eric S. said:
Doubt that extremely. First of all, it will be two or three weeks yet before 10.6.1 is released. Still pretty quick because they're aiming to knock off the most obvious bugs first. The second update will gather up a lot of little issues; expect that one around the end of the year.
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But you have to consider that right now only the "geek squad" has upgraded. General public has not. So quite a few more bugs are expected to be discovered in the next couple of months. I don't think .3 will be released this year, but I do expect .2 in November to make it real smooth and leave the small bugs that will slowly/never be solved (Leopard is now in .8 and some people still claim they have some problems that were never solved).
 
Eidorian said:
Did you migrate your user over in that clean install using Migration Assistant? What was it migrated off of if so?
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Nope.

Peace said:
With Safari closed navigate to the HD>Applications folder and drag the safari app to the dock.

From what I saw in your screen capture you didn't have Safari in the dock to begin with.

Try repairing permissions too.
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Repairing permissions doesn't help, and your suggestion to drag Safari into the Dock before launching it doesn't work either as it just disappears before you have time to launch it.

I think this bug is related to MobileMe's dock syncing between 10.5 and 10.6 Macs because it's screwing them up also. However, you can still put Safari in the Dock on my other 10.5 Macs.
 
Bubba Satori said:
No, it's not. It's more stable than Vista pre-SP1, Leopard or Leopard SP1(SL).
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I love how the Microsofties have latched onto the term "Service Pack" in order to try and piss off Mac users. 10.5.1 was Leopard's "Service Pack" in the same way as Vista-SP1 was Vista's "Service Pack." But hey, if you want to piss people off instead of having a grown-up debate.... knock yourself out.

And only an imbecile would describe XP as more stable than Leopard. I have to reboot my works PC EVERY DAY because of Windows Explorer memory leaks, up to over a Gb this morning, Outlook freezes and who knows what else. And this is a fully patched and up to date installation. The idea of XP being more stable than anything other than a poorly-built kitchen table is laughable.
 
knightlie said:
I love how the Microsofties have latched onto the term "Service Pack" in order to try and piss off Mac users. 10.5.1 was Leopard's "Service Pack" in the same way as Vista-SP1 was Vista's "Service Pack." But hey, if you want to piss people off instead of having a grown-up debate.... knock yourself out.
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It's OK, the Vista SP3? (aka Windows 7) still isn't out... guess they are feeling left out.
 
knightlie said:
I love how the Microsofties have latched onto the term "Service Pack" in order to try and piss off Mac users. 10.5.1 was Leopard's "Service Pack" in the same way as Vista-SP1 was Vista's "Service Pack." But hey, if you want to piss people off instead of having a grown-up debate.... knock yourself out.
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Neither Snow Leopard or Windows 7 are service packs. I wish people would let that go. They're optimisations and rebuilds of the existing code - with a good few new things put in - as opposed to extensions of the existing code which is what an SP is.

And only an imbecile would describe XP as more stable than Leopard. I have to reboot my works PC EVERY DAY because of Windows Explorer memory leaks, up to over a Gb this morning, Outlook freezes and who knows what else.
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Sorry, I don't buy that one. Our XP stations are pretty reliable. I mean I hate XP for other reasons but it's stable these days.
 
BongoBanger said:
Neither Snow Leopard or Windows 7 are service packs. I wish people would let that go. They're optimisations and rebuilds of the existing code - with a good few new things put in - as opposed to extensions of the existing code which is what an SP is.



Sorry, I don't buy that one. Our XP stations are pretty reliable. I mean I hate XP for other reasons but it's stable these days.
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An ancient OS stable after 8 years. I should hope so! ;)
 
Still, Snow Leopard Fixed a Number of Problems

I noticed a major performance increase but now that the updated iStat menus is out, I can see the major difference in CPU usage Snow Leopard made. Before, both processors were chunking away at almost capacity, and I couldn't figure out what was causing it - the list of apps didn't provide any real clues.

Since the update, CPU usage has quietened down considerable.
 
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