Remember that time you installed Windows XP before it even hit the market? Remember how your AGP video card would only display a maximum resolution of 800 x 600 and your audio card would only emit bleeps and bloops? Ah, those were the days. Quite a bit has happened since XP landed to wash away the awful stain that was Windows ME, though it's still no shock to hear that new operating systems leave more than a few applications broken. Over the past few days, we've
seen oodles of gripes from across the web from loyal Mac users who just can't believe
Snow Leopard has borked their favorite software, but we're wondering how things have been on your machine. Have you realized that your
Optimus Maximus no longer boogies with OS X 10.6? Are you bummed that iStat pro isn't giving you the details it used to? What kind of hell has broken loose since you threw caution in the garbage and updated your machine?
Snow Leopard: what's broken (or working) for you?| Nothing! Everything's perfectly kosher here! | 14033 (29.7%) |
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| I'm dealing with a few incompatibilities... | 8146 (17.2%) |
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| Dealing with more issues than I'd like, but I'll survive. | 3417 (7.2%) |
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| Gah, why was I born an early adopter? | 3874 (8.2%) |
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| Snow Leopard? Is that like a long-lost cousin of the Liger? | 17841 (37.7%) |
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posted August 31st 2009 2:23PM
iphoto wont work if it's not geniune
not true for me, i pirated '09 the month it came out and i'm running it with SL just fine.
Shame on you!
Just when I though Danger data lost sage was the worst can happen to consumers.....
Where can I keep my data forever, safe?
Glims (Safari Addon / Plugin) isn't working :(
Solution: Use a better browser.
... reminds me... why can't I choose the default search engine that I want? I use Google UK, but Safari 4 only uses Google.
Great bit of "functionality" there Apple!
I still think that Snow Leopard looks like Steve Jobs, just without glasses.
Yea, so it eats monkey.
Do you mean cancer-ridden and worthless???
Am I the only one that gets reminded by this?
http://arkenklo.net/images/cat.jpg
My MacBook 13 gets over heated a lot; and FlashPlayer Safari plugin seems to be hogging much of CPU. I did an update to snow-leopard not clean install.
that's the same for everyone, blame adobe
@Matty: Blame Adobe? But I'm sure the comment from Satish is supposed to be a comparison of pre vs post Snow Leopard, meaning Flash in Safari is taking up more processing than it was before the update. Also I thought Safari ran differently with Snow Leopard, which might be a more direct explanation than "blame Adobe."
As always, I could be wrong...
Often I put the MacBook in the Fridge for about 3-4 minutes when it gets too hot. I am not kidding, Serious. It works for me though,. I wish there was a Safari/Adobe fix for the Flash problem.
I didnt think Adobe had any 64bit plugins out or any of the OS's???? Am i wrong?
i really dont recommend putting your computer in the fridge.. if it condensates at all you can do some real damage
Satish... I put my macbook in the freezer once. Went outside to mow the lawn and wash the car, finished up and went back to my room. My macbook was missing. Oh SHIIIII! is basically what happened. Gutted the thing as fast as I could, was able to de thaw it and it runs great to this day!
everything is good for me except medialink, which makes me shed a single tear, just playing files off of a portable hd in the mean time
fyi, check with this before upgrading if you care to: http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
@Josh
Thanks for providing the link. I doubt that most of the people here thought of checking their software first to see if it would work with 10.6.
Why not blame yourselves for not doing the homework? Honestly, everyone who upgraded blindly are morons. I bet most of you didn;t even bother to verify your volumes and permissions before installing 10.6.
I got a 2008 Mac Pro. Am running CS1 and CS2, ilife 09 and Office 08 and everything works fine. Even my istat pro works fine. To be honest, aside from expose, plus little changes here and there...am not seeing a huge difference.
@alberto
Thanks for providing the link. I doubt that most of the people here thought of checking their software first to see if it would work with 10.6.
Why not blame yourselves for not doing the homework? Honestly, everyone who upgraded blindly are morons. I bet most of you didn;t even bother to verify your volumes and permissions before installing 10.6.
haha isn't that the same argument for upgrading to anything early when you receive any errors whatsoever. Shouldn't Apple be able to release some that just works seeing as that they dig at Vista sooooo much.
@Ethos
Noted. But I upgraded to Snow Leopard without an error during or after installation. All my programs work and all my external drives and printers work fine as well. I guess am the few that had no problems with the upgrade. As for compatibility issues, Apple, Adobe and many other manufacturers and developers had posted on their sites what will and will not work in 10.6 weeks before the release. All anybody had to do is have the common sense to look for it.
You're not one of the few that didn't have problems. Probably 90% of the people who upgraded (if not higher) have had no problems whatsoever. I personally can say that it was the smoothest upgrade I've ever had. All my programs work flawlessly, many of them noticeably better. And don't even try to compare this to Vista. Ya, there's a couple tiny problems here and there, but it's a new OS... that ALWAYS happens. Apple doesn't jab at Vista due to a few minor problems. It's been years since Vista came out and they have yet to address many of the HUGE problems that were present. One of my good friends, who's a big windows junky, had to erase Vista off his computer when it first came out (even though it came on the computer) and downgrade to XP, because vista would only recognize his internal hard drives about 50% of the time. It was months before the drivers for his printer came out. Even longer for the drivers for his video card. Vista is almost passable now, but it was nowhere near being ready when they released it. Yes, there's been some small compatibility issues with Snow Leopard, but there's been a compatibility list for a while now. All things considered, Apple did an excellent release here. Definitely worth $30 for sure.
Wow that's longer than the list of programs that were incompatible with Vista when it first came out.
@insky - it's not a list of incompatible programs, it's a list of all programs then a status of working, sort of working, or not working
No Program incompatibilities main problem is trash is a pain in the ass not emptying properly
Srsly?? I'll think of you everytime some iWad says "Dude, Macs just work!"
is that wallpaper really what comes packaged after you install snow leopard?!
No.
It comes "packaged", but is not default.
The default one is a slightly modified version of the leopard "aurora" wallpaper.
i think it would be funny if this got highest ranked. but it won't or will it not it won't but i hope it does but i don't think it can, but maybe it has a chance but probally not, oh well
+1
How about a you guys give away an Actual Snow Leopard, not the software as a Recession Antidote?
Because no one likes furries.
@KGB: Can't you ask Putin to hunt one for Engadget first?
@KGB: Pic: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/22/sluggish-iphone-sales-could-lead-to-stiff-fines-for-russian-oper/
menumeters isn't working, as most people already know. hp driver (.kext) is having problems. Tinyos works except toscomm-jni
There's SL-compatible beta already. Check the website.
Were you able to compile nesc? I can't and hence can't use tinyos :(
No, I don't remember XP crashing. Stop flame baiting.
Why am I being downranked? :-(
I'm seeing a pattern emerging here.
For fun, and for trying to stop the pre-God complex rants. Dont worry im a Windows guy.
Install a vanilla version of XP and then talk, XP was buggy as HELL when it first came out!
Not until SP1 did the majority of the issues disappear.
As for Snow Leopard, seems to be working just fine on my end!
Personally, I'm downranking you because I remember XP. If you never had any problems then be thankful but those who did (myself included) are allowed to vent their spleen on occasion. Frankly, XP is why I use a Mac today despite having been a Microsoft "fanboy" up until then.
logitec MX revolution some functionality not compatible.
overall system running much slower!
Congratulations on your upgrade!
My Performance MX mouse lost the ability to control Exposé and Spaces. It worked great for the one day before I upgraded. Your mouse is a couple of years old. MIne was just released this week. Logitech might have had it ready for 10.6 since they launched the SAME WEEK. I spent $100 on the thing! Got through to Logitech very easily by phone...but they didn't know crap about an update over the weekend.
Same here - the LCC won't recognize my Logitech MX Revolution mouse. Works with the apple driver, but with limitations.
Interestingly, the driver for my Alesis Firewire audio interface works in 32 and in 64 bit mode - very nice.
System is snappy - but I wouldn't say it if I didn't expect it :)