Comments on: Life With Snow Leopard: One Month Later

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Um Mês de Snow Leopard / blog.ftofani.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:03:51 +0000

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By: Gopool

Gopool — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:58:21 +0000

The problem with word stems from old preference files. Delete the preference files in the system library and microsoft office in the application folder, and that will fix the problem.

By: mike sanders

mike sanders — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:00:16 +0000

Hi
I related in earlier post that you do not need the HP scan software for an all in one.I had same problem after upgrade.
Just go to System Preferences>print & fax and select your all in one printer in the left column. To the right should show print and scan in two buttons, click on scan and away you go.
If scan not there deselect printer add printer using plus sign and scan should appear, if this fails repair permissions and restart
It works I promise, no need for future scan software.

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By: Bill Garrett

Bill Garrett — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:41:23 +0000

I’ve had a very good upgrade experience, except for the multi-file dragging problem. When selecting a number of files to either drag or open, only a few will be acted upon. This usually seems to affect downloaded PDFs, at least for me. Unfortunately, my job involves downloading lots of PDFs, and dealing with the bug is getting old. I’m starting to think about rolling back to Leopard.

This bug hasn’t gotten much press, but there are a fair number of reports on Apple’s support forums, Ars, and elsewhere.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:10:37 +0000

Upgraded on my 1st gen unibody MBP – upgrade was fine, really smooth. Love the UI tweaks, especially as the author said the new Dock Expose – I used to use Expose all the time, now it’s even better. Also the all-round speed is better – a bit like my upgrade from iPhone 3G to 3GS – everything just works faster.
My major bug though has been Apple Remote Desktop – I’m a network admin so I use it alot and it’s always crashing – it’s definitely not enough to send me back to Leopard, but it is a major pain. Just keeping my fingers crossed for a fix soon and sending all those crash reports to Apple. To be honest, all round it was a smoother upgrade from 10.5 – 10.6 than it was from 10.5.6 – 10.5.7.

I do think it’s a shame though that updates generally cause so much heartache – I used Windows for years – until last year in fact, and although Windows OS updates were always a complete nightmare, I never had any dramas with Service Packs – they always worked just fine for me. Apple, with all its user experience efforts always seem to cause terrible dramas with each update, which really oughtn’t be the case with such control over hardware and software. Ah well, c’est la vie!

By: IntrepidSilence

IntrepidSilence — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:34:58 +0000

Thanks for the article and I agree with all of it but the conclusion. Snow Leopard is a must upgrade for all (Intel obviously) Mac users after you have determined that your software and hardware are still compatible and that all of the apps you use on a regular basis are SL ready according to their makers. The reason I believe this has nothing to do with the new user facing bells and whistles or the space savings. The real story with Snow Leopard (as it has been from the beginning) is the set of major changes on the back-end like Grand Central and OpenCL. The more users that adopt Snow Leopard soon, the more inviting it is to developers to start taking advantage of those libraries and bring us faster, more feature filled versions of their software. Yes, some developers will bring new versions anyway, but most major developers are not going to invest money into something that will not see widespread use. Please, if you have done your homework and your software and hardware are Snow Leopard ready, then upgrade today. The process is easy, fast, and will pave the way for a much brighter future for the applications we use on the Mac.

By: Gene

Gene — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:27:38 +0000

I upgraded my MB Pro as well as 2 iMacs. Extremely easy. While Snow Leopard is faster, I caution you to check on printer compatibility. HP was late in coming out with the new print drivers, and they have yet to come out with the scanner drivers. I now have a printer/scanner (as well as my mom) that does not scan. HP says they will not support my model anymore. It is not that old. My neighbor is not upgrading to Snow Leopard for this very reason.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:48:21 +0000

Man Jack u are rich! My Macbook pro work even faster! open application like Dota only for 1 sec!

By: mike sanders

mike sanders — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:16:17 +0000

Totally agree with Grumpy, I am one of the silent majority and I could not wait to upgrade, I have had only one issue and that with the scanner on my all in one HP printer. The HP folks admitted that they did not have the s/w for the scanner and did not know when they would.
No worries I would leave one of the three computers in the house on Leopard so that we would have one machine that could scan.
Did some checking and used the help on the print/fax section in system preferences and lo and behold it changed to print/scan and now we are all able to use the scanner directly from the print/fax preference, seems there is always a way with a mac.
Continuing problem with SL is Entourage continues to quit on a regular basis mostly when I am deleting mails, otherwise a great upgrade, we have certainly come a long way from system 6.