Will programs still work when upgrading to snow leopard?

[chrono1081]

Hi guys.

I've never upgraded OS's on a mac before and was wondering if when you upgrade is Mac like Windows where very few things work at first and you have to wait for patches and updates and new versions?

I've been a windows tech for years and I know with each iteration of windows almost nothing works until new versions and patches are released. I assume it will probably be the same way on Mac OS since its a new operating system but I was just wondering incase I am wrong.

 

[BlueRevolution]

There are always a few programs that don't work, but having upgraded to Tiger and Leopard when each was in their .0 revision, I can say that 90% of applications work perfectly and the remaining 10% are patched within a month.

 

[thegoldenmackid]

Most will – smaller apps might not, larger apps might lose some features, chances are if anything there might be some older plug-ins that are problematic. But, remember that large corporations have probably been using Snow Leopard to prevent this.

 

[MWPULSE]

of course there are some apps which might be derelict like the apps that do the screen recording and such which is supposedly being included in snow leopard. (albeit a rumour!)

 

[chrono1081]

Thank you guys for the replies

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

Screen recording works in the Dev Preview version. I've tried it before migrating back to Leopard for work reasons. Also, I've heard that Java apps might not work properly or at all due to Leopard using 1.5 and SL using 1.6 version of Java.

 

[devburke]

of course there are some apps which might be derelict like the apps that do the screen recording and such which is supposedly being included in snow leopard. (albeit a rumour!)

Not just a rumor, it's listed on Apple's SL features page I believe.

 

[BlueRevolution]

I would be surprised if Apple could beat ScreenFlow.