Tag: Leopard

If you are a Mac user and have used OS X 10.4 Tiger, then upgraded to OS X 10.5 Leopard, there may be lurking problems in your system. In Tiger, each of your users had a group id (gid) which matched your user’s Unix ID. Your first user would be 501, second would be 502,… Continue reading Migrating to Leopard from Tiger can corrupt up your user’s group settings

I leave a hard disk on the floor next to the couch backing up with time machine. Today I was installing a new copy of vBulletin, but they use an awful disk structure of code+resources in one folder, so when I replaced my forums folder with theirs, I inadvertently wiped out the images that my… Continue reading How good is Leopard’s Time Machine?

I think it is clear that Time Machine is a hit – Easy to set up, works invisibly in the background to keep you up to date – Excellent! Where can Time Machine go in the future? Maybe Time Machine will replace .Mac’s Backup application. You could choose some plans to run and have time… Continue reading Future of Time Machine

Every now and then Apple releases a major upgrade to their operating system. The last major release was 10.4, code named “Tiger.” Last Friday Apple released 10.5, code named “Leopard” Apple releases major operating systems for several reasons: Money – Operating system updates make money and sell Macintoshes. Each major OS release pushes the envelope… Continue reading Leopard is here – What does it mean to you?

If your windows simply disappear into thin air, it might be Spaces at work. But in order for this bug to occur, you need to have had: Enabled Spaces Assigned applications to a space other than space 1 Disabled Spaces With spaces off, it seems something triggers the window manager to still move the windows… Continue reading Windows disappear? – It might be Spaces

[isfym](http://www.isfym.com/site/blog/Entries/2007/10/27Don’tgoBacktoMyMac.html] has an article alarming about a security risk in .Mac’s “back to my mac” feature, which allows your Mac on the road to connect to your Mac at home. The gist is this: If you have enabled “Back to my Mac” and someone knows your .Mac password, your machine at home is wide open… Continue reading Potential security risk with “Back to my Mac”

While at MacCamp this weekend, I was trying a spotlight restore (open Time Machine, use spotlight to search for an application, restore) and it did something very odd: It restored into the same time machine folder the application was in. This created a very broken partial application and now time machine fails to backup. Also,… Continue reading Keep your eyes on your time machines

Leopard represents a major leap in OS X. As such, there are some major changes under the hood that you should respect when considering moving to Leopard. If you rely on your Mac for day to day business needs, you are best off waiting for a couple of weeks and following news reports, while the… Continue reading Moving to Leopard