Snow Leopard on Sale
 

Didn't put it in the Mac thread but created a new one for visibility.

On sale as off about 30 minutes on the Apple store site.

£25 for single use licence and £39 for the family licence.

Delivery by Aug 29th.

Apple Store UK

Apologies if this has already been posted, but there's a very good website at iFixit: Apple Mac, MacBook, iPod, and iPhone Repair Parts which provides step by step instructions on how to replace nearly any part in nearly any mac- although sometimes it's a case of "easier said than done". Remember that Mac internals are not designed to be prodded routinely- antistatic precautions and a lot of restraint in the face of adversity is required! :cool:

What is the Mac equivalent of the Windows right click, i.e. to disclose a pictures properties?

Ctrl-Click

You can set up the apple mouse to right click in preferences. It has a sensor inside the mouse and you have to click it with just your right finger on the mouse - ie lift the left one clear.

I see that Snow Leopard is out on Friday :ok:

Well, that was quick and easy ;)

Snow Leopard installed, lots of free disc space recovered on the MB Air, usual improvements as expected :ok:

Not everything is sweetness, my Expresscard E-SATA access to my external drive is no go. Probably a driver issue which is not Apples fault. My raw files from my Canon 5D Mk2 will not open in CS3. They are not supposed to but with Leopard after clicking on a warning they did. Guess I will be sending Adobe $$$ for the CS$ upgrade.
Excel from MS Office 2004 has to have Rosetta installed to run.

The price of progress I suppose. I do feel that a lot of things are a bit faster and no doubt there will be developments that will make SL worthwhile down the road. I hope, :rolleyes:

Edited to add that I am finding a lot of instances of "cannot find file" in iPhoto.
I keep my photo library on an external drive to avoid running into capacity problems on my MBP internal drive, maybe there is a disconnect somewhere but it was not a problem prior to SL.

Quick and easy installation on my iMac, but Safari Ad Block requires it to be set to open in 32 bit mode.

Frankly I am left wondering what I paid £25 for.

Transferring Data
 

I have a 'Group' containing 50+ e-mail addresses in Entourage on my MacBook. Is there any quick and easy way to transfer the Group to Entourage on my desktop eMac without having to enter each one individually?

Cheers,

Neppie
:confused:

Just after a bit of advice on the best place to advertise to sell my old Macbook Pro. I just bought the new 17" Macbook Pro to use as a desktop after giving my Mini to a nephew (why didn't I have an uncle like me :{ ). That means my old 15" 2.33Gb (2006 Core 2 Duo) is surplus to requirements.

It's not in bad nick, I replaced the HDD with a 320Gb a few months back, just replaced the DVD burner yesterday as the old one had stopped writing and get it in full working order.

Looking on the web the going price in the USA is about $1250, but parts also seem to sell well - a new logic board is £799 + VAT :ooh:

There don't seem many on eBay, and their costs seems quite high these days. Any recommendations on whether I'd get more for the bits then complate and/orone know a good alternate UK centric site to advertise it on?

Up-to-date
 

The update under the heading of 'Up-to-date' on the Mac site for systems bought recently -- to upgrade from Leopard to SL -- seems to be offered only if you are in or around US.

I bought a MacBook on 26th July from a Mac Store in US. This laptop is now in India.

Just can't suss out how to have the $9.99 upgrade DVD delivered here!

Any ideas/ advice/ suggestions please?



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I cannot boot up my G5 Imac, any suggestions please?
 

I was having a tidy up (I thought) but when I next tried to boot up it wouldn't. Tried using the Leopard disc and that works for an instal but will erase all on the disc.
If there is no other option that is what I'll have to do, I think I've got most of it backed up.
Its a 150Gb hard disc but was practically full (only 3.5 GB left).

All thoughts welcome.:(

BusyB,

Try running Disk Utility from the Leopard install disk to see if it can recover the disk:

Leopard Install

You might have problems with only 3.5Gb free on the disk, particularly if applications are using a lot of virtual memory.

Applemacster

Thanks for the suggestion but when I tried that and tried to Verify it says
"Keys out of order
The volume Mac HD needs to be repaired":confused:

BusyB,

It sounds like the disk is pretty far-gone. The only applications which will help are DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro :8
Each comes with a bootable repair disk.

Applemacster

Thanks for the advice AM, I've ordered TechTool Pro. Even if that doesn't work I'm sure it will be useful.
Cheers:ok:

Network Question
 

I run 2 wireless networks at home. One, called "NETA" is a D-LINK wireless router and modem which gives all my Macs at home internet access. The other is an AIRPORT EXPRESS network called "Music Network" so I can use my Mac to play iTunes thru the stereo. Trouble is, when I am on the internet, I can't play music to my stereo and vice versa.

How can I 'bridge' the 2 x networks into one network so I can surf the net as well as play my iTUNES thru the stereo at the same time?

I remember being able to do this years ago when I had Airport extreme instead of the D-LINK router / modem but the dang thing broke down.

Thanks for your help.

I guess you can 'reset' the airport express then re-install it - when I installed mine it gave the option to add it to the existing network so that it all works together.

Problem Resolved!
 

Thanks ORAC. Thanks Background Noise.

I read ORAC's URL, selected the Music Network from Airport, ran the Airport Admin Utility, went thru the screens and ticked the box that said join an existing network. Everything works now and I don't see "Music Airport" any longer but can play the stereo from any Mac at home!

Fantastic!!!

I have a synch problem between my iPhone and MacBook Air. I wonder if any one has any idea where the problem lies?

The problem occurs when I synch and have to update multiple podcasts. If the download is just a few casts, say 5 or 6, it synchs fine. However, if it many more than that then one of 2 things happens:

a. The iPhone vanishes from iTunes in the middle of the synch. The iPhone shows as synch in progress and has to be unplugged. When the iPod is selected it reports the Library is being updated and finally shows the original, before synch, list.

b. iTunes throws up an error window stating that it "cannot read or write to the disk" and stops the update.

The error can be delayed by doing the synch when both iPhone and Air have just been turned on and/or if I do a hard boot of the iPhone prior to the synch.

There has been an error reported when loading updates to iTunes since also upgrading to Snow Leopard, that errors relates to a USB driver file for a plug-in USB phone modem which is a known error.

The problem did not occur with my MacBook Pro at home, only with the Air since I came on holiday. I did, however, upgrade the iPhone to 3.1 shortly before I left home and, due to errors, had to do a full default reload. I also don't download more than the odd 1 or 2 podcasts whilst at home, so would not necessarily have seen the problem if it also exists there.

AS far as I can see it might be a problem with the MacBook, either from a USB hardware or software fault or it might be related to the USB modem driver. It might also, however, be an iPhone software fault from the 3.1 upgrade - but I cannot see anyone else reporting it. Finally, it may be a fault with the iPhone hardware.

The iPhone is covered by the monthly fee including insurance. The MacBook is covered by Apple 3 year cover.

Ideas?

Snow Leopard
 

Is anyone else finding their Mac's performance seems to be a lot slower after upgrading to Snow Leopard? I'm getting the spinning wheel a lot more than I used to, mail takes ages to send email messages, preview takes ages to load pdf documents and front row dvd playback is jerky. I've repaired permissions and reinstalled snow leopard but no change, am considering time machining back to the old Leopard.

I am happy with Snow Leopard performance, particularly start up times (from switching on to being ready to run an application) are significantly improved. So sorry, Sumdumguy, it's not a general problem. I can't think what else to suggest as you have tried the obvious repairing permissions and reinstall. Are you perhaps running some application in the background that is not Snow Leopard compatible and could be causing these slow downs? MacInTouch have a Snow Leopard compatability list that may help.

Sumdumguy,

Sorry you're having problems. It might be worth opening Activity Monitor in your Utilities folder and see what processes are running. I just cured a friend's slow iMac by finding that a PowerPC-based process was running (!).

If you have had any Safari plugins, some of them are only 32bit. They shouldn't load in, but some might cause issues. The most popular is probably Safari Ad Block which will only run in 32bit in Snow Leopard. This means you have to make Safari open as a 32bit application:

Applications>Safari
Click on Safari once to highlight it, then select Command-I to get the Info box up. Once there, click the "Open in 32-bit mode" box.

Applemacster

After upgrade to Snow Leopard
 

I'm happy following in the installation of Snow Leopard, start up times etc are quicker than before. I'm having a couple of niggling problems though:
1) I can't get my MacBook to recognise my Plustek scanner now - previously I used to scan using image capture. I've installed the latest driver from Plustek but to no avail

2) If I search for something in Spotlight, the results come up in Frence! Has anyone else noticed this - Stickies for instance appear as "Aide Memoire"!. Its almost as though the search is correctly conducted, but the results are displayed wrongly

Any suggestions?!

iPhoto and iDVD problems with Snow Leopard
 

I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and iLife 09.

Does anyone know why when I export my iphoto slide show to iDVD, all of my iPhoto themes like Scapbook, Shatter, Sliding Panels etc disappear?

It used to work OK with iLife 08 and Leopard.

Krisha-
1. In 10.6 you can scan directly from the individual printer / scanner control panel (system preferences > printers > select the printer / scanner > options, then scan on the top right). Not all scanners are supported by this though I don't think. The other thing you can try is Software Update- may offer you updated drivers for download.

2. Strange!! Couple of things you can try- reset your system language under system preferences > [regional or language or something I forget and I'm on a PC right now], and you can rebuild your spotlight database. I think there's a system preferences option for this but otherwise you will need to google for the terminal commands.

Bell_Flyer-
Only thing I can suggest is a complete reinstall of iLife 09, sorry... also, it helps to make absolutely sure that you're using the same issue of iDVD and iPhoto so that they talk to each other properly.

ORAC-
Several things you can try...
- a mate's iPod cable (especially if yours is knackered- basic I know, but hey)
- wait until after an update to iPhone 3.1, which you are not the first person to have problems with (IMO it broke a perfectly good OS 3.0!!)
- make sure you're using the latest update of iTunes, AFAIK they already released an update to iTunes 9 (you are allowed to hate the design!!). If you've still got iTunes 8 you may want to stick with it for the time being for another month or so.
- if you're plugging it in to your Air via a hub or somesuch, try not using the hub and plugging it in direct.
- whinge to O2 and / or Apple :)

Just for a laugh, go and read THIS rather well written article!

Enjoyed it thoroughly!


:)


:D

iPhoto and iDVD (iLife 09) doesn't work properly on S. Leopard
 

Thanks Booglebox. That's not the solution, unfortunately.

I went to an Apple Store this morning, created a slideshow in iPhoto with the 'scrapbook' theme, sent it to iDVD and the problem is still there. I spoke and showed it to an Apple 'Genius' and he said it is a bug that only Apple can fix.

My advice - don't upgrade to Snow Leopard if you need to produce Slideshows via iDVD. It all worked fine on Leopard.

Snow Leopard seems good speed-wise but I get the niggling feeling something, somewhere, isn't quite right with my iMac since upgrading. I've had a hang on shutdown a couple of times, and occasionally on start up it'll load the desktop but won't react to clicking on applications in the dock. Never had any problems with Leopard.

And then there's the straight bug - I have a Nikon camera which used to be recognised by iPhoto without a problem in Leopard and now isn't: it sometimes appears without any of the photos, sometimes doesn't at all, and I'm having to do a laborious file import round trip with a proprietary Nikon bridge utility. Is there such a thing as a manual driver refresh with OS-X?

I have Macbook Pros at work and home, they have no problem whatsoever (haven't tried the camera on those yet though).

Cheers, P.

Bell Flyer:

My wife spent a LOT of time creating a couple of slideshows in iPhoto 08. Specific text, Ken Burns effects, transitions etc. We bought iPhoto 09 and installed it. Guess what, almost all of her hard work was lost with the install of '09.
We went to our local Apple store. They un-installed '09, re-installed '08, brought up a couple of '08 slideshows from our Time Machine backup, installed them and then installed iPhoto 09 again. Same result, the custom details of the slideshows were wiped out.
Nowhere in the Readme of iPhoto 09 was there any warning that previous customization would be lost.
I sent Apple a lengthy complaint. Did I receive an acknowledgement or even a reply? Not a peep.
Apple blew this big time in my view. Even if you had warning, installing '09 would destroy your custom features in your slideshow.
Apple love to claim that they just work, Bah.

Going from Snow Leopard to Leopard
 

Thanks for the feedback, innuendo.

This morning at the Mac Store, the Mac Genius staff told me that he has been advising his regular customers NOT to upgrade to Snow Leopard. He shot straight and told me that there are many compatibility problems with Snow Leopard and iLife 09 and "other problems". When I pressed him for details, he would only say that it is not possible to downgrade from Snow Leopard to Leopard if you are unhappy with the upgrade.

Does anyone know if it is easy to go from Snow Leopard to Leopard? I really need to do that as I have to burn Slide Shows to iDVD.

Thanks
B_F.

Well I am no Mac Genius but I wonder if you have your HD backed up with Time Machine if you could not do a format of your HD, install Leopard and then copy your data from Time Machine at a pre Snow leopard time.
There must be some catch as this seems too simple to me.
Any Mac "geneii" care to comment?

Restoring from Time Machine is possible, but might take longer than a clean install from your original system disks (having erased the hard drive first).

Experiences in restoring Leopard from Snow Leopard

Applemacster

AppleMacster,

You are, of course, assuming that the poster's Mac has booted up in 64 bit mode.

I belive you'll find that OS X Leopard Desktop will boot in 32 bit by default unless you tell it otherwise through a two-finger salute on boot. You can verify what mode you've booted up through the System Profiler tool (from memory you click on the "SOFTWARE" header and look at what it says next to "64 bit kernel" ...i.e.YES or NO).

Mixture,

Yes, you are right. I may have assumed too much!

Applemacster

Macbook prob
 

For some reason I can't type anything directly into the URL bar at the moment on my Macbook. It is dead as a Dodo. I must have done something to get to that state but it is not obvious.
(Edit: Typing normal text or directly in to the 'Google box' is fine tho').


Any ideas/fixes?

Ta

FW