Comments on: Leopard - let out of the cage too soon? http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/ Technology news for busy people. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Karen Grant http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-1188 Karen Grant Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:23:47 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-1188 I am experiencing several LEOPARD probs. One is installing photoshop: very difficult. With TIGER I could access my scanner from Adobe; now I have to go to my scanner first, then save the image and then import it to ph.shop for adjustments. Too cumbersome. Anyone have better ideas? 2nd prob is in aol: when I read my mail and try to make the window bigger (ie dragging on the lower left hand corner), the window itself does get larger but the text portion remains the same size. So I'll wind up with a larger but blank screen but the text (or image) part does not budge. Has anyone had that problem & was able to solve??? Any suggestions? I am experiencing several LEOPARD probs. One is installing photoshop: very difficult. With TIGER I could access my scanner from Adobe; now I have to go to my scanner first, then save the image and then import it to ph.shop for adjustments. Too cumbersome. Anyone have better ideas?

2nd prob is in aol: when I read my mail and try to make the window bigger (ie dragging on the lower left hand corner), the window itself does get larger but the text portion remains the same size. So I’ll wind up with a larger but blank screen but the text (or image) part does not budge. Has anyone had that problem & was able to solve??? Any suggestions?

]]> By: HeavyGod http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-794 HeavyGod Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:26:08 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-794 Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you! Good luck and successes in blogging! Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!

]]> By: Trygve Roos http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-608 Trygve Roos Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:52:49 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-608 If productivity is important to you, don't downgrade to Leopard! I is a disaster - printers do not work on my MacBook Pro, and my G4 just died - not even a blue screen - but a black. It took me 6 hours to find a workaround. Leopard is probably a more dangerous threat to productivity than any virus or trojan horse. It is a mediocre, premature piece of s----ware. Watch out, wait for a year or so, or try a PC (I'll do it tomorrow). In addition, Apple spoiled Soundtrack Pro, now it cannot open its own files, and the 'Frequency Spectrum View' is now useless, smothered with squalid colors. Apple - hear this - give us back a reliable OS and a better, not worse Soundtrack Pro, or just rename it 'Some kind of a soundtrack software for adventurous amateurs' If productivity is important to you, don’t downgrade to Leopard! I is a disaster - printers do not work on my MacBook Pro, and my G4 just died - not even a blue screen - but a black. It took me 6 hours to find a workaround. Leopard is probably a more dangerous threat to productivity than any virus or trojan horse. It is a mediocre, premature piece of s—-ware. Watch out, wait for a year or so, or try a PC (I’ll do it tomorrow). In addition, Apple spoiled Soundtrack Pro, now it cannot open its own files, and the ‘Frequency Spectrum View’ is now useless, smothered with squalid colors. Apple - hear this - give us back a reliable OS and a better, not worse Soundtrack Pro, or just rename it ‘Some kind of a soundtrack software for adventurous amateurs’

]]> By: Stephen S http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-397 Stephen S Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:11:26 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-397 I, too, have upgraded 3 machines: Mini G4, Mini Intel, and Powerbook G4 (waiting on the Intel macbook pro)and had no problems. The upgrade seemed to be a little slow and my Powerbook kernel panic'd on the post install reboot but after a shutdown and restart it has been fine and run smoothly if not slightly perkier than on Tiger. I will agree, pre-upgrade backups are a must though. I, too, have upgraded 3 machines: Mini G4, Mini Intel, and Powerbook G4 (waiting on the Intel macbook pro)and had no problems. The upgrade seemed to be a little slow and my Powerbook kernel panic’d on the post install reboot but after a shutdown and restart it has been fine and run smoothly if not slightly perkier than on Tiger. I will agree, pre-upgrade backups are a must though.

]]> By: Mark Knowles http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-374 Mark Knowles Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:51:17 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-374 Nothing hooked up to the laptop other than a mouse and a Sony monitor. No hacked software installed, HD verification done recently. This is a less than 6 month old MacBook Pro with just a basic install of Tiger. I have not been able to find a reason for running into this problem and have had no issues with Leopard other than the ones I will list in an upcoming post. I love Spaces, and Quickview is awesome. How on earth did you manage to do a repair permission, a complete backup and afull install in less than an hour? you can be my new mac guru. And with the new screen sharing feature, you can show me how to do it. Nothing hooked up to the laptop other than a mouse and a Sony monitor. No hacked software installed, HD verification done recently. This is a less than 6 month old MacBook Pro with just a basic install of Tiger. I have not been able to find a reason for running into this problem and have had no issues with Leopard other than the ones I will list in an upcoming post. I love Spaces, and Quickview is awesome. How on earth did you manage to do a repair permission, a complete backup and afull install in less than an hour? you can be my new mac guru. And with the new screen sharing feature, you can show me how to do it.

]]> By: Marc B http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-373 Marc B Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:39:41 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-373 It installed just fine on a new 20" iMac in under an hour. I did a "Repair Permissions" and complete backup before the install and I also disconnected all my peripherals. No problems and my old HP Deskjet worked just fine right away. "Spaces" has been a great workflow facilitator. Coverflow is awesome with the Quickview, particularly for finding and proofing my web site pages before uploading them. The new iChat features are just fun. I am living La Vida Leopard. Did you repair permissions? Have you done an HD verification recently? What did you have hooked up to your machine while installing? Did you have any hack software installed? You are a little sparce on details here so it is difficult to judge what might bite others from what you provided. It installed just fine on a new 20″ iMac in under an hour. I did a “Repair Permissions” and complete backup before the install and I also disconnected all my peripherals.

No problems and my old HP Deskjet worked just fine right away. “Spaces” has been a great workflow facilitator. Coverflow is awesome with the Quickview, particularly for finding and proofing my web site pages before uploading them. The new iChat features are just fun. I am living La Vida Leopard.

Did you repair permissions? Have you done an HD verification recently? What did you have hooked up to your machine while installing? Did you have any hack software installed? You are a little sparce on details here so it is difficult to judge what might bite others from what you provided.

]]> By: Jason V http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-357 Jason V Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:41:49 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-357 I have upgraded Leopard on three machines. A PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro and A Dual G5 haven't had a single problem. They all did the upgrade in less than an hour each. A friend of mine however had a real problem with it. He didn't loose all of his files. He was told that the problem stemmed from some third party software that he had on his computer. It seems that this might actually be the source for most of the problems. As far as printers are concerned I did have to reinstall my printer but it was a very easy process and it seems to be working just fine on all of my computers. I have upgraded Leopard on three machines. A PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro and A Dual G5 haven’t had a single problem. They all did the upgrade in less than an hour each. A friend of mine however had a real problem with it. He didn’t loose all of his files. He was told that the problem stemmed from some third party software that he had on his computer. It seems that this might actually be the source for most of the problems. As far as printers are concerned I did have to reinstall my printer but it was a very easy process and it seems to be working just fine on all of my computers.

]]> By: Mark Knowles http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-354 Mark Knowles Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:52:06 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-354 I am having the same problem with my Lexmark. I had problem upgrading. I can't use my printer. You have had to keep a copy of Tiger on your external drive because your printer/scanner won't work. Seems to me, I got the title of this post about right :) I am having the same problem with my Lexmark. I had problem upgrading. I can’t use my printer. You have had to keep a copy of Tiger on your external drive because your printer/scanner won’t work. Seems to me, I got the title of this post about right :)

]]> By: freighterman http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-351 freighterman Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:19:33 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-351 Upgrade went fine for me...took 45 minutes, start to finish. Only problem is most HP printers/scanners don't work till they roll out new drivers. So, if I really need to scan something I just reboot to Tiger on my external HD. I find Leopard runs much faster on my iMac and TM works as advertised. Upgrade went fine for me…took 45 minutes, start to finish.

Only problem is most HP printers/scanners don’t work till they roll out new drivers.

So, if I really need to scan something I just reboot to Tiger on my external HD.

I find Leopard runs much faster on my iMac and TM works as advertised.

]]> By: Jovan http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-346 Jovan Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:37:47 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-346 Wow. Sorry to hear about that. Glad you are up and running now! Wow. Sorry to hear about that. Glad you are up and running now!

]]> By: Mark Knowles http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-344 Mark Knowles Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:48:12 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-344 Believe it. I am not the only one to have had this issue either. I was surprised to say the least. Thank goodness for the migration assistant and my foresight (luck) in having an external drive available. Believe it. I am not the only one to have had this issue either. I was surprised to say the least. Thank goodness for the migration assistant and my foresight (luck) in having an external drive available.

]]> By: Emad http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-343 Emad Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:40:59 +0000 http://www.thetechbrief.com/2007/11/02/leopard-let-out-of-the-cage-too-soon/#comment-343 I can't believe this... I upgrade my leopard very easily. I simply inserted the disc, clicked button and 2 or 3 hours later, I was done... WOW!!! Sorry man, but at least you didn't lose all your data :) I can’t believe this… I upgrade my leopard very easily. I simply inserted the disc, clicked button and 2 or 3 hours later, I was done… WOW!!! Sorry man, but at least you didn’t lose all your data :)

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