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This is why its better to wait a little before jumping on the new OS, since using mac from OS7 days i know to wait until it hits the .3 version unless you want to play with bugs. I have never seen a Mac OS release that didnt have some issues.
 
I'm afraid I've only skimmed over the previous posts in this thread, so apologies if I repeat things that have been said. Here's the issues I'm having with Tiger (upgraded directly from 10.3.9). Some are bugs, some are missing features:

• Mail doesn't show any activity whatsoever of what's going on. In Mail in Panther, there was the little status bar between the toolbar and the message pane which told you when you were connecting to the server, receiving mail, sending mail, etc. Now you have to bring the "Activity Viewer" window up to see this. This is a real step backward.

• I cannot quantify this, but Exposé feels choppier in Tiger than Panther. While it could be an effect of my upgrade as opposed to a clean install, it fits in with other accounts I've read of what similar machines to mine are experiencing. My GPU is not Core Image compliant, but this surely shouldn't affect it.

• Automator - great app, but it's very sluggish. It's hung three times during basic three step workflows.

• Preview. So many things are wrong here it's not funny.

First, PDF rendering feels about half the speed it was with Panther.

Secondly, in Panther there was a general option to make viewing PDFs continuous, so you could drag from the start of the document to the end without clicking a next page button. In Tiger, it appears to be a per-document setting. This is Bad. It was in the prefs in Panther; why not in Tiger?

Thirdly, you can only get the drag option (the little hand which you use to move around a document that's bigger than your screen) if you're viewing a PDF, but you used to be able to do it with any image. On a 1024x768 screen, the lack of this option for jpegs, pngs, tiffs etc is almost criminal.

• Finder. I know a lot have complained about random viewing stupidities in smart folders and the like, so I won't go over that. What I will mention though is the cool slideshow option. They're good, but you can't add a toolbar option to toggle them, which is silly.

This is the biggie though. In Spotlight, if you search for a certain filename of images, and click the slideshow button above the results, you get this:

slideshow1.jpg


And when you click on the "Index Sheet" button, you see all the images in the result shown.

slideshow2.jpg


Bloody brilliant. But what of the Finder? Let's see.

slideshow3.jpg


I select the slideshow option as you have to, from the Action Button (though I could have done it by a right click. What comes up?

slideshow4.jpg


This. That's right, a slideshow of… one image. What the bloody hell is the point of this??? Is it not unreasonable to have the index sheet and the previous/next image button in Finder slideshows too? You still have to select all the images you want in Finder slideshows, which annoys me massively. It wouldn't hurt to put the next/previous image on slideshows from the Finder without selecting multiple images first. It almost makes the option redundant - there's no simple way to access them, then they're crippled unless you select multiple images. Windows XP has allowed basic full screen slideshows through a folder since the first release in 2001 - how has OS X still managed to miss this? (This really really annoys me, as you may note.)

There's probably other things I've not really noticed yet, but I've had it less than a day, more will come.

To everyone - the Mac OS X Feedback Page still doesn't offer 10.4 as an OS option, but as soon as it does, be sure to submit your issues to Apple. Otherwise, they may well remain unfixed.
 
Abercrombieboy said:
Yes they are beautiful! Takes a Heck of a lot of processing power though! The iMac G5 chugs right through and gets them rendered, but it lets you know it is working full force by the sound of the fans!!!

Ditto, I downloaded the Batman HD trailer and had a couple of video pause during playback which was a disappointment.
 
My USB drive (SanDisk Cruzer Mini 256) no longer shows up when I plug it in. The light on the drive goes on, but it doesn't show up on the desktop or in Finder. Not good.
 
Wacom driver problems

Since installing Tiger and my Wacom Intuos 3 drivers (both original and updated) my monitors will not sleep and when my G5 wakes from sleep the graphics are screwed. Uninstalling the Wacom tablet fixes the problem.
I've tried every setting, reinstalling the OS 3 times (complete hard drive wipe fresh install) and every driver and preference tweak I can find.
I hope Wacom solve this soon. I've posted on there forum and apple's. I leave my machine on 24/7 but I don't want my screens on that long (I use apple clear plastic LCD's). I don't see why i should have to unplug them so for now I have to use the tablet as a deluxe £360 mouse pad :rolleyes:
 
thequicksilver said:
Bloody brilliant. But what of the Finder? Let's see.

slideshow3.jpg


I select the slideshow option as you have to, from the Action Button (though I could have done it by a right click. What comes up?

This. That's right, a slideshow of… one image.

My pre-order of Tiger hasn't arrived yet (which I guess now makes it a "post-order"), but in that screenshot, it looks as if you have a single file selected in the Finder window (one filename w/ blue background). My guess would be that if you either Select All with Cmd-A, or select nothing at all, and then pull up the slideshow, it would work as you intended, a full slideshow of the directory's contents.

Instead, I think you've stumbed across a "feature" - the ability to create a slideshow of a subset of the images in the directory rather than all of them. Except with only one image, it's a very small subset, and perhaps Tiger should be smart enough to do what you meant, rather that what you asked :)

Just a guess, however.

[Edit: never mind, I see that you came to the same conclusion about having to select the files you want in the slideshow]
 
I haven't read much of this so excuse me if this has already been mentioned:)
So far I have 2 apps that no longer work properly (and I have deleted all files and reinstalled):

Popcorn quits when the VideoTS file is added to it and DVDBackup is only recognizing about 3GB out of 7GB on every DVD.
 
Sox said:
After I close iCal, the date shown in the dock icon always reverts back to July 17th.

My wireless reception, however, is remarkable.

The iCal app has always done that.

And yes wireless reception is much better than in Panther. My reception bar is full up to the top.
 
Preview: I opened twelve jpegs at once, and got three thumbnails, with the same one assigned to four or five different images. Two of the thumbnails are from deleted files! Where are the Preview thumbnails stored?

Spotlight: it simply doesn't work. Can't find various files and folders sitting on my desktop in plain view. This is crap. I've forced it to re-index (thanks for the link, BV) but it made no difference. How can this be?

I can see myself reverting to 10.3.9, if I can. :mad:
 
makey said:
The iCal app has always done that.
Not quite. In Panther, opening iCal sets the date to the current date. When you quit the application, the correct date remains in the dock. You need to log out / restart for the date to go back to July 17th.

By the sound of it, in Tiger the only way to have the iCal dock icon reflect the correct date is to keep the application open all the time.
 
slb said:
4.) The Spotlight window isn't owned by anything. If you enter a search term, hit enter, and then switch away from the results window by going to another app, there is no way to bring the Spotlight results window back to the front again. Clicking the Finder icon doesn't bring it forward because Spotlight apparently doesn't belong to the Finder. The only way to get to that window is to use Expose or click on the blue magnifying glass in the upper-right, which will bring Spotlight to the front. I can't decide if this is on purpose (i.e., the blue Spotlight menu icon is supposed to own its results window, so to bring it forward that's where you're supposed to click) or is an overlooked bug.
You can press the Spotlight window shortcut key to bring it back - command-option-space.
 
Safari 2.0 bug

Safari bug: Enable tabs. Do a google search. Cmd-click to open a search result in a new tab. It opens in the same tab, not a new one.
 
Eslyjah said:
Safari bug: Enable tabs. Do a google search. Cmd-click to open a search result in a new tab. It opens in the same tab, not a new one.

Not here it doesn't… it opens in a new tab. Anyone else experiencing this?
 
My complaint on Preview is the loss of the Fullscreen mode...
it was replaced by the slideshow ! It's reasonable for a bunch of files,
but it is unimaginably stupid for a technical PDF document. Boo.
 
OnyX freezes at the password screen for me. Is there a more up-to-date version?

EDIT: There appears to be a beta version released last week. I'll try that.

EDIT 2: The beta version of OnyX displays a clear message that it does not yet work with 10.4. Damn.
 
Random sound effects: as if I'm dragging stuff to the trash. They just occur by themselves..weird.
 
Safari 2.0 bug - more

thequicksilver said:
Not here it doesn't… it opens in a new tab. Anyone else experiencing this?

Upon further investigation, this only seems to be a problem when I am logged into Google.
 
Network Printer Problems

I used my 12" 1.33Ghz PowerBook as a test machine. I did an erase and install , gave me a good opportunity to clean out all the junk. Everything went suprisingly good, I only have one complaint. I can no longer print to my HP Deskjet5650 that is hooked up to a Dell pc. I have tried everything I can think of and I keep getting a Samba error. I'm gonna mess with it again tonight but I am pretty much at a loss. I think I'll wait to upgrade my PowerMac G5 until this issue is resolved.
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ATTN: People with Mail troubles!

I just found that anyone that has the problem where Mail does not function at all is all caused by the HTTPMail plug in. I don't see a fix anywhere at the moment but at least we know what's messing things up.


Edit: This will temporarily fix it. Just remove the httpmail bundle from ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/
 
I have a separate OSX partition that I use for misc. things, perfect for installing a new OS, so I did. I Archive and Installed over 10.3.8 and the installation went well. However, after restarting, the boot process would get past the white screen with the gray apple, but would hang on the blue screen following it. All-in-all, I couldn't get to the login window. I thought, "Maybe Spotlight is indexing my files now," which was NOT the case. I had no choice but to do a clean install on that partition......which now brings me to my other discoveries.

Automator: 1) Just discovered this one. If you add the action "Add Files to Playlist" or "Add Songs to Playlist" from the iTunes Library, Automator hangs. Could be just me though, considering that I have about 2700 songs in my library. Also, there is no notification of iTunes not being open. Doesn't make sense to get the current playlist if the app is closed. 2) This one is reproducable. Add "Get Specified iTunes Items" from the iTunes Library into the workflow. Click on the + icon to add an item. A dropdown pane should appear with a list of your iTunes playlists. At the bottom of the playlist [window] is an expandable window; drag that upwards to expose the contents on the selected playlist. NOW, you can sort the songs in that playlist by Song, Artist, and supposedly Time. However, when you try to sort by time, the list remains unsorted, ascending or descending.

iChat: Not necesarily a bug, but in iChat 2.x, it was convenient that iChat warned you when you had open chat windows upon quit. Also, group management was handled SO much better in 2.x. Now we have these huge group bars that are more intrusive then helpful. Certainly, I'd like to see only people in certain groups, not EVERYONE on my buddy list. Also, buddies are now sorted but last name, as opposed to first, therefore now making it harder to find someone at first glance. iChat3 is trying to be more like AIM. Annoying!!

Preview: The option to play animated GIFs has been removed. The Play button is no longer in the toolbar customization set. :mad: Why the downgrade???!

Spotlight: Displays incorrect durations on mp3 files. My assumption is that this is partly due to the fact that I only have Read Only permissions on the file, but even at that, iTunes still shows the correct duration.

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mr_itunes.gif


System: I've seen a few interface glitches here and there, nothing reproducable. Most noteably with improper redrawing of scrollbars and text rendering issues.

That's all I can account for now, but I will surely post any other quirks or annoyances I find.
 
deedas said:
I just found that anyone that has the problem where Mail does not function at all is all caused by the HTTPMail plug in. I don't see a fix anywhere at the moment but at least we know what's messing things up.


Edit: This will temporarily fix it. Just remove the httpmail bundle from ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/

Thanks.
I had mail problem. I Didnt use HTTPmail, but another plugin: Mailpriority.

Removed the bundle following the fix.

Now my mail works.
:)
 
Image Capture: You now have the option to browse wireless devices to download from, including bluetooth-enabled camera phones. Awesome! While browsing the device, you can specify whether to Download All Items or Download Some. If you click Download Some, the window will expand to show icon previews of the images. If you Command-Click to select multiple items, it functions as a normal click. Shift-clicking, however, behaves as expected.
 
Carbon Copy Cloner

After installing Tiger, CCC hangs while authenticating the Administrative Password prior to beginning a clone.
 
If Spotlight finds an image in your iPhoto library, it opens iPhoto and displays it.

However if iPhoto is already running and minimized in the dock, it doesn't work. It just stays there in the Dock.
 
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