Tag: Snow Leopard

Apple has released OS X 10.6.3. You can find it in Software Update. I’ve been beta testing this release since January, using it daily. As with all releases, many things are fixed and you might run into some gotchas. I highly suggest this release if you play games such as World of Warcraft or Second… Continue reading Mac OS X 10.6.3 has been released

This may have been in Snow Leopard before, but I’ve only just seen it in 10.6.3. After updating, the Time Machine menu status changed to “Verifying Backup (n%)” with a “Skip Verification” menu option.

Available via Software Update or download Fixes a Finder crash, includes the latest Flash and various other bugs. This is a relatively small update, weighing in at 71mb.

The version of Flash included in Mac OS X 10.6 is not the latest version and includes a vulnerability, according to Adobe. Get the current Flash player here

Fujitsu has posted a compatibility chart for Mac OS X 10.6. Unfortunately, OCR is not working atm, but there appears to be a fix coming.

Thanks to Matt for this link to MacOS X Hints about a tip to easily change your sound input preferences in 10.6. Simply hold down option while clicking the sound (speaker) icon in the menu bar!

I have my MacBook Pro set up to require a password when I try to wake my laptop, or use it after the screensaver has come on. This morning I went to use the machine and it was not asleep, I could tell from the status of the light, and the screen was lit, but… Continue reading 10.6 Wake from screen saver bug

If you use Dropbox, you might want to check out this experimental 10.6 Snow Leopard build. Using the previous release of Dropbox, I noticed that when sleeping and going to a different wifi network, then waking up, Dropbox would sometimes use 100% of the CPU and get stuck in a loop. This new version claims… Continue reading Dropbox and Snow Leopard 10.6

Snow Leopard uses 64 bit applications throughout the system. This is good for everyone, but sometimes older 32 bit code cannot work hand in hand with newer 64 bit code. An example of this is System Preference panes. If you try to use an older 32 bit preference panel, System Preferences will quit and re-launch… Continue reading Using older Preference Panels

Time Capsule Backing up over 802.11n to a Time Capsule is much, much, much fast now. Finishing still takes time, but the overall Using the Time Machine UI is much faster to load and to search back through time There is a new “Calculating Changes” phase in the Time Machine menu while a backup is… Continue reading Things you’ll notice in Snow Leopard

Run the Snow Leopard installer while booted in Leopard. Don’t boot from the DVD and run the updater that way. I have confirmed that the Snow Leopard updater is smarter if you start it while booted from your Macintosh’s hard disk.

The following bugs/conflicts exist in Snow Leopard 10.6.0: It is reported that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M is not compatible, and that a user was told to “contact Apple.” If you use a Time Capsule wirelessly, sometimes when entering Time Machine your capsule’s history may not appear. Canceling Time Machine and re-entering it will resolve the… Continue reading Known conflicts with Snow Leopard

If you use 1password and planning to upgrade to Snow Leopard, then you’re looking at a paid upgrade to 1password 3.0. I personally don’t like this, but you’ll really want the 64 bit support, because that allows crappy Flash to crash without taking down the rest of Safari. Check out their website for more info

That’s right! Apple has announced that Snow Leopard is shipping early. On Friday I’ll be posting what I know about Snow Leopard!