Happy with Leopard???

Ok,
I gave Leopard some time and waited until after the second update. But now, am I satisfied? Time machine is nice and so are quite a few other features.
But there are also a few new annoyances:
- leopard is not so good at multitasking. Running intensive processes while iTunes is playing makes the music pause for a moment. This NEVER happened with Panther or Tiger.
- worse, it even does not react always promptly to mouse movements. From an ergonomic point of view this is unacceptable.
- the new X11 was/is(?) a disaster. Leopard should not have shipped with such a version bec it leaves quite a few technical prof users in the cold.
- the OS annoys me with all kind of messages I don't care about. Broken server link. No wireless network. Hey, it is a notebook - it is on the move! I really don't care, and I hate those semi-modal windows. It feels so MS. I am just waiting for 'new hardware found'.
- One application I bought in 2006 (Merlin) and worked perfectly well under Tiger simply stopped working. That is less than two years, and a new version costs a little more than OS Leopard. I thought the promise with Tiger was that API's would be stable in the future.
- Word 2004 seems to have issues with redrawing to the screen. In any case, a lot more than in teh past.
- Quite a few apps don't like to be divided over more than one window. This makes F8 a toy to play carefull with.
- I love to see what I am downloading. That is where Internet security starts. Now it is hidden in a stack.
When I said goodbye to Panther I realized that it was a nice and modest OS. With every iteration OS X puts itself more on the foreground. That is a pity.

Happy with Leopard? Yes. Quite. Installed it on 3 machines from a G4 iBook to my 2ghz 20" iMac. No problems. Most idiosyncracies that I do not like, I can opt out of if I wish. I never saw Leopard as a 'must have' upgrade and had no intention of upgrading from Tiger on my 2 iMacs. But I wanted to go from Panther to Tiger on my iBook and a copy of Tiger was only a little less expensive than a Leopard Family Pack. So I upgraded all three machines. Did a 'clean' install on the iBook.
You mention not liking the downloads stack. Well, choose not to use it. I send my downloads directly to the desk top just as I did in Tiger and Panther.

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Not happy with Leopard 10.5

I finally gave in, bought the Leopard DVD, and upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.5.2. Although mostly everything worked, I was VERY unhappy with some things ... so unhappy that I erased 10.5 and restored my 10.3 backup image over it. Here's what makes me unhappy:
1) Items in the Menu Bar: All the stuff I've added to the right side of the menu bar displays just as I want it in Panther ... but in Leopard, they're all scrambled and I have no way to control them. Further there is no way to control the order of startup items in Leopard as you can in Panther.
2) Spotlight: Some people must think this is the greatest thing since the Mac came out ... me?? I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT!! First, how do I get the Spotlight icon out of the right corner of the menu bar??? Second, how do I get Spotlight to come up in its own window when I press cmd-F??? Third, how do I get a nice simple FIND setup like I have in Panther?????? Apple has taken something that has been simple and quick for 20yrs and turned it into a complex glop with a steep learning curve. If it isn't simple, quick and easy to use right now, I don't want it!!

I REALLY want a FAST SIMPLE INTUITIVE Find function
Click the Spotlight icon in the menu bar and type something. That's about as simple as it gets. Since everything is indexed, and Spotlight consults an index, it is also very fast. Seems intuitive to me. If you want to see the results in a window, click on Show All at the very top of the results list. You can then amend the search results, for instance click the Kind column to arrange by kind. Change the search word. Add a criterion, so you can exclude Safari history items for instance. Thus if I do a search the word easter, then click the Show All, I get a Spotlight window displaying 1, 261 items on all my drives, including things like "middle eastern oud.caf"--surrounding the word easter with quotes eliminates that sort of thing, and clicking on my startup drive's name eliminates all the extraneous stuff on backup drives. Down to 197 items. I'm not interested in Safari History items so I can click the plus button, select "Spotlight items" from the drop down menu, and "don't include"--down to 163 items. I really don't want to look at html pages, so I amend Search for to:
"easter" NOT html
And I'm down to 26 items, consisting of graphics files, text files, movies, folders, an alias, a couple of web location files, and, of all things, a "Ruby Source File" called goodfriday.rb (wonder what in the world that is?). I can easily see that what I'm looking for isn't there, perhaps the alias to a folder called "Easter" will have the movie I'm looking for. Double click, opens the folder (which is located on a backup drive), and sure enough there's the movie I want and all the files used to create it. Made it 2 years ago, took a lot of space, so I evidently decided not to keep a copy of my startup drive.
All this exercise is really trying to do is point out that you can do whatever you want with Spotlight, from extremely simple, fast and intuitive, to very selective. While I have some very big complaints about the GUI they settled on for Leopard, I think the underlying functionality is the greatest thing since sliced bread. You DO have to learn some stuff to get to the really good parts, but the basic Spotlight search from the menu bar is pretty dang good.
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

After a week with Leopard.

The good news for me is that is mostly stable. The bad news is that it has some unreproducible quirks on my machine. To share two with you:
1. At one point, the keyboard worked for application, but not in the Finder. This meant that I couldn't perform a search or invoke Finder menus using the keyboard. Very strange. A restart solved the problem.
2. At one point, TM and the Address Book decided to go to war. When I opened the address book and the invoked Time Machine, the dock would not disappear. This mean that I couldn't cancel out of TM because the Dock was in the way. I had to hide the dock in order to cancel out of TM. A restart solved the problem.
Looks like memory is getting a little kerfluffled in Leopard. I tend to keep a lot of programs open, so I'm not sure if it is Leopard or a misbehaving application.
On the bright side, even with some quirks, Spaces for me is fantastic. I can now keep all the apps open that I use during the day without having to play hide the application. Spaces was really done right. Congrats to Apple for that one.
Even with its quirks, Leopard is usable for me. It hasn't actually crashed, caused me a data loss, etc. I'm keeping my Tiger backup around just in case I need to revert, but overall, I'm pretty happy with Leopard. Sounds like some fixes are in the works which should make Leopard even more stable.

Hi abrody,
I checked the panic log. I was very concerned because I just put new memory in and thought that there was a real possibility of a bad memory chip. On further research, I tend to think not. Here is a dump of the log:
Thu Nov 8 14:06:39 2007
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x00B435A3): "OSMalloc_Tagrele(): refcnt 0\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228/osfmk/kern/kalloc.c:613
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x421cfa38 : 0x12b0e1 (0x4555b4 0x421cfa6c 0x133238 0x0)
0x421cfa88 : 0xb435a3 (0x455f44 0x44 0xd54d100 0x1a136f)
0x421cfac8 : 0xb443cf (0xb957a00 0x57e5c00 0x421cfb08 0x5e34200)
0x421cfae8 : 0xb443e4 (0x2204084 0x67c9670 0x0 0x0)
0x421cfb08 : 0xb4349c (0x67c9670 0xffff 0x5e34204 0x0)
0x421cfb28 : 0xb3e220 (0x2203d7c 0x283 0xd51f648 0xf8)
0x421cfb48 : 0x3e810c (0x5e34200 0x52e078 0x1 0x1412a7)
0x421cfb68 : 0x3e8bff (0x5e34200 0x52e078 0x421cfb78 0x3e8179)
0x421cfb98 : 0x3e8aba (0xd621180 0x0 0x1 0x0)
0x421cfbb8 : 0x3e810c (0xd621180 0x0 0x1 0xd51f650)
0x421cfbd8 : 0x3e81d9 (0xd621180 0x0 0xd4ed604 0x3e8179)
0x421cfbf8 : 0x3ee95b (0xd621180 0x0 0x1 0x0)
0x421cfc18 : 0x3e810c (0xd4ed600 0x0 0x1 0x3e810c)
0x421cfc38 : 0x3e81d9 (0xd4ed600 0x0 0xd6204e4 0x7a776a0)
0x421cfc58 : 0x3e9e35 (0xd4ed600 0x5efa790 0x421cfc98 0x7a776a0)
0x421cfc78 : 0x3e810c (0xd6204e0 0x0 0x1 0x1e)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch(2.0.21)@0xb3c000->0xb5cfff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: hueyAmbient
Mac OS version:
9A581
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:35:55 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: iMac6,1 (Mac-F4218FC8)
The thing is, HueyAmbient has been misbehaving as it has not been updated for Leopard. (It's a monitor calibration software/hardware combo from Pantone.) Since I've taken it out of Login Items, the system has been rock solid.
One other issue does concern me though. I followed the Cntrl-D startup instructions to do a hardware test and my machine never booted. It gets to the gray Apple screen and stays there. I am using the original Install disc supplied with the machine. Any thoughts?

Happy with OS X 10.5 Leopard

Well, I have seen a lot of negative posts on this discussion regarding OS X 10.5 Leopard.
However, I have been quite happy with the operating system. Considering that this is a first version, without any updates, it's quite stable and usable. Of course there are going to be some bug fixes along the way. I already have found an application that doesn't run under it. But, I really think that most of these apps that don't run, simply haven't been developed under the guidelines set by Apple; or they have been developed in a very shoddy manner to begin with. Quite frankly, all my major apps run as expected.
I'm sure in time, fixes to minor bugs that come along will be issued.
Thank you to Apple, Inc for producing equipment and software far superior to that offered by Microsoft.
Now, I must complain about something in this post: When, for God's sake, are you going to offer the iPhone in Canada? I have some serious hard-earned cash waiting for that thing.
Glenn

Me too, i'm happy
I installed Leopard on both my G4 towers (one Dual 867mhz MDD, the other a Quicksilver Dual 1ghz).
I opted to UPGRADE on both installations and they went without a hitch. The only minor issue on the MDD G4 was the loss of my keychain passwords. I simply just deleted them and created new ones. After that, all is well and healthy.
ALL of my apps.....from FCP HD to Photoshop CS2 suite.....to Word X all work! Printing (Epson) and scanning (Epson) work just fine. All of my contacts, apps, buddy lists, docs, etc were all kept intact and are happily co-existing with Leopard.
Everything seems snappy. Networking is easier now and the screensharing works like a charm. Sure there are minor screen refresh bugs. I'll see my desktop flicker once a day or so. It happens quickly when i quit System Preferences or something. I'm sure it's a Video card issue, as i'm using the stock video card that shipped with my G4 (Nividia 32MB RAM).
DVD movie playback is even smoother than it was in Tiger. Everything works great.
Now if i could only afford a Mac Pro .... then i could witness Leopard SCREAM with Duo Cores

Happy With Snow Leopard

I just bought a new iMac with Snow Leopard installed. It is quite an upgrade from a G5 with 10.4. I am very happy with the responsiveness across all my applications. - Fabe

Thank you for the balanced review. We do need these here every once in awhile to remind people despite the issues seen here, it is still a hospital ward, and issues seen here are not normal, but rather a mix of unexpected events, and/or user error.

Constant lock ups with Leopard!

I find myself having to hold in the power button to turn my computer off almost everyday now! I am not sure what is causing these constant lock ups! Ever since upgrading to Leopard have I noticed this. Yesterday It happened when trying to open iTunes. Today it happened when I clicked on MAIL. The icon just bounces in the dock and nothing happens. I hit FORCE QUIT and that doesn't work either.
Do I need to clear something out or get rid of something? Even when I try to restart my computer sometimes that will lock up too! The only way to get around any of these issues is to hold in the power button to turn the whole computer off, wait a few seconds and turn it back on. Once its back on, then I have full functionality out the computer again but its getting on my nerves that I have to do this all to often!
I think they are some cool features with Leopard but I am experiencing way to many bugs/problems with it to be 100% happy with it.
As I am writing this posting, I just clicked on my APPLE icon in the top left of the screen and then clicked ABOUT THIS MAC to make sure I was using the most current version, and NOTHING happened!

Try reinstalling. It sounds like you did an upgrade from an earlier version that may have been corrupt to start with. You may be able to do the following:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

Anyone else having a Problem with Leopard and Photoshop CS3?

I'm using CS3 with Leopard 10.5.4 at work and there are some very aggravating anomalies, that I'd like to nail down to a cause. Most frequently, when switching from apps to P'Shop, the menu bar stays for the previous app, i.e. when going from Finder to P'shop, the menu bar still says Finder and has Finder options. Changing from Lightwave to P'Shop, the menu bar remains Lightwave.
Occasionally, an Adobe app - P'Shop or InDesign - will simply disappear and not come back. The icon in the dock shows it as active, but no amount of clicking, Command-Tabbing will reveal the app and I have to Force Quit, losing unsaved changes.
I have a feeling it's Leopard, since, I've used CS3 on Tiger and CS4 on Tiger and never had a problem.
I'm wondering if upgrading to the latest Leopard would make much of a difference.
Has anyone come across this and found any kind of answers?
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Vincent

> Just because it doesn't happen to Phil (who may not use all of the same features of the Suite that others do anyway) does NOT mean that these problems are not real and are not mere PEBCAK.
Right. If someone is having a problem associated with Tiger, it's PEBAK. If Leopard is involved, it's automatically because of Leopard. Apparently, with Apple's latest OS, trouble shooting problems are no longer necessary - just blame it on Leopard and call it a day.
b FUD
I find the dynamics here really interesting. This thread would have been very different if Vincent had posted with problems involving Tiger. Would have gone something like this:
After admonishing him for not providing more information about his setup by posting the obnoxious big blue link on how to ask questions (ahem - we know NOTHING about his machine or configuration, such as which machine, how much RAM, scratch disk or attached peripherals), there'd be all kinds of trouble shooting advice given - "try a new user", "repair permissions", "run DiskWarrior, and on and on ...
But no, since he mentions Leopard, none of that is apparently necessary and the completely, utterly
b irresponsible
advice is given ... "that's just the way Leopard is".
Those are some serious problems he's reporting that have nothing to do with Leopard. Something is obviously hosed!
As for discounting my experience because I don't use every app in the suite as extensively as I do Photoshop, I'm FAR more qualified to discuss Leopard and CS issues than Ann or Neil who do not use Leopard at all (and have never used it as far as I know.)
"Others have problems with it", is their battle cry but it's extremely weak. Do I really need to remind you all that these forum are ALWAYS filled with people who have problems, regardless of version or OS? You act as if this forum was a ghost town when Tiger and CS3 were current!
Gee, Ann ... people are STILL reporting problems with 10.5 and CS3? How shocking! Guess what - people are STILL reporting problems with 10.4 and CS3 too! Let me make a prediction - people will have problems with 10.8 and CS9!
Vincent-
> I don't really deal with fonts anyway ...
Yes. You do. Even if you never type a single line of text, every application uses fonts to create menus and other GUI items. If one of those fonts are bad, it can create all kinds of problems, including the very problems you mention.
The fact that you don't seem aware of this and you're still using 10.5.4 leads me to believe you're not familiar with the basic practices of maintaining a healthy system. Again, how did you install Leopard on that machine?
Look, if you're simply trying to justify using CS4, go right ahead. It's a worthwhile upgrade in it's own right. However, if you install it on that machine in it's current state, CS4 will NOT fix your problems because you do NOT have a healthy system.
You asked for experiences with Leopard - I can launch every application in both CS3 and CS4 suites
i simultaneously,
and STILL not have your issues. I haven't experienced anything like your CS3 problems in Leopard - on both a 2006 Mac Pro and a 2008 Macbook.
If you'd like help to try and figure out the real problem, I'm more than happy to help. If not, Adobe will gladly take your money ...
-phil

Can MacBook with Leopard OS do two-sided printing on the Epson NX515?

I am looking to buy an all in one printer, and the Epson NX515 seems best in a number of respects, especially the fact that its ink cartridges come in separate colors, which leads to much less waste of ink. But there is one item in the Epson documentation that concerns me ... the fact that two-sided printing may not be supported by Mac. Does anyone know if the Mac Book A1181 with Leopard OS does or does not support two-sided printing?
Thank you.

Hi @Blazer5,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I see that you are wondering how to setup two-sided printing with your HP Envy 5532. I am happy to help!
To setup the duplex printing, I would recommend to go through this guide, Printing on Both Sides of the Paper (Duplex) for HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One and Deskjet Ink Advantage..., as it has instructions for both Windows and Mac. Also here are some guidelines for you to follow:
Understanding the following items can help you avoid possible problems when printing on both sides of the page.
Do not print on both sides of the following types of paper, or jams might occur:
Transparencies
Envelopes
Photo paper
Glossy paper
Paper lighter than 60 g/m2 (16 lb).
Paper heavier than 105 g/m2 (28 lb).
Several kinds of paper require a specific orientation when you print on both sides of a page. These include letterheads, preprinted paper, and paper with watermarks and pre-punched holes. The printer prints the first side of the paper first. Load the paper with top edge first and the print side down.
Also, this post, Vista / Win 7 Duplex Printing Troubleshooting Guide, by @Bob_Headrick. Might have some answers for you as well.
In the print dialog box (after selecting File, and Print), you will see a box next to two-sided printing, that can be checked or un-checked, in order to toggle in-between the two functions.
To change the print quality, you will want to go through this guide, HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One series and HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4510 e-All-in-One series - Print Docum....
For future reference, here is your printer's user guide.
Hope this helps!
RnRMusicMan
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Canon CD Tray incompatible with Leopard?

Hi,
I'm a "happy" owner of Canon's iP4200 Pixma printer and I've occassionally used it's CD-Tray C for printing CD labels. This worked fine on my PC but ever since I got my Mac Mini with Leopard, I haven't been able to get it to work. Causal printing (even in color) works all fine, but as soon as I set up LabelPrint, pick the right tray, the right disc type and everything, it just coughs up an Error 1001 (claiming the CD isnt in the tray or the tray isnt in there) and it just pushes it out of the printer physically.
From what I've read, this is a casual problem for Mac owners, but everybody has been able to solve it by printing the actual file to PDF in the past; and then printing the PDF itself. This does not work for me, it gives me the same error (and it does the same when printing from Adobe Photoshop).
This makes me think it must be either a driver error or something in Leopard; I do have both the latest Leopard (10.5.1), the latest Canon drivers (4.8.3) and the latest LabelPrint (1.6.0)
I could print the covers over the network from a Windows notebook, but Mac-printer sharing only works with the Apple LaserWriter driver which is both slow and does not of course support any features like CD tray printing etc. Installing the printer with its correct Windows driver and trying to print over it just results in it not working; Windows printer queue is empty and so is the Mac's.
Do I have to buy another printer? And god **** it, what brand if not Canon? Is it even possible to print properly with Canon on Mac?
Thanks for any replies!
Daniel

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
See my printer FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/printersx.html
which may have some solutions for you.
Also note, printing labels for CDs is unwise. It has nothing to do with Mac or PC. Labels shorten the length of CDs. http://www.macintouch.com/cdrfailure.html covers that and much more. Basically for CDs, you should buy CDs that are prepackaged in a jewelcase, and not a spindle, and make your own jewelcase inserts or write on the jewelcase exterior the contents of the CD if you want to prolong the media life.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.
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Need an App. uninstaller that works with Leopard.

I need to clear space on my MBP hard drive and upgrading it's internal drive is way too expensive, if you want to preserve your warranty. (Apple Stores won't do it!) I have an external drive, but I'm trying to use it as little as possible cause its a pain to carry around and set up, plugs and wires etc. So I need to find a good, Leopard compatible, application uninstaller. There are too many to choose from: Clean Sweep, CleanApp, AppZapper, Forklift etc.
What has anybody tried, and what are you happy with, and what seems to find all those pesky hidden files?
I know Leopard is an issue because most of the above apps make mention on their sites of issues they are having when working with Leopard.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, John
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AppCleaner, it's free but just as good as the others.
http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/index.php

Bootcamp 2.0 (released with Leopard) and USB headphones

I've been a happy bootcamp user since the 1.2 beta - mainly for Windows gaming on my Mac Pro. I have a set of USB headphones w/ mic from Altec Lansing. They have a USB adapter that two mini-stereo plugs (for audio and mic) plug into. With bootcamp 1.2 through 1.4 betas when I plugged the USB adapter in, sound stopped coming from my desk speakers and started coming out of headphones. When I unplugged it, sound switched back to desk speakers. It worked great!
Not so much with bootcamp 2.0 that comes with Leopard (10.5). I cannot figure out how to get sound to switch to headphones in Windows now. I plug them in - and sound keeps coming from desk speakers.
Bootcamp is running Windows XP SP2 with all updates applied. Yes, I have installed the bootcamp drivers that come with Leopard (I'm thinking that's what hosed me).
Any suggestions appreciated.
Pete
Mac Pro, 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM, ATI X1900XT

Bob Y. wrote:
OK, but what is it and why should I use it? What need does it fulfill? I have been unable to find much documentation for this at the wiki page and maybe a couple of paragraphs here would help.
Thanks,
Bob Young
Hi Bob,
Yes, this info got burried. Basically, it's a tool for building LabVIEW-based software products. It is highly flexible/extensible and tries to fill the holes left by LabVIEW's built-in Application Builder. Here are some good links to more info:
OpenG Builder Homepage
OpenG Builder 1.0 Documentation
Thanks,
-Jim

Please post if you are happy with Time Capsule

Of course I know that folks generally only post here if they are unhappy or having a problem with something. I am seriously considering purchasing the 1TB TC and would really like to hear if others are happy with its performance, both as a router and as a backup device.
I have 4 Macs (24" Intel iMac, 20" Intel iMac, 2 Intel MacBoks) and one Win XP to be sharing the internet ......not all at the same time, of course. Only the Macs will be backing up to TC.
What kind of network speed can I expect? Will I get the faster n speeds from this setup? Will having 4 computers backing up to TC affect the speed at all?
I am simply interested in hearing from anyone who is successfully using TC and find it working well for them. Anyone like that out there? I hope, I hope, I hope .....
Thanks!
Kathy

I am now. At first it had some problems, from what I can tell ALL related to the machine/device names having apostrophes in them. This is a standard Apple thing. When you setup your device (a Mac) it says enter your name. I entered "mrh" without the quotes of course. Many things got labeled: "mrh's thing..."
So when TC arrived I hooked it up and had all kinds of problems with connections, backups failing, etc. When someone posted taking out the apostrophes in the names it all clicked and started to work.
It does run warm. I put mine on my old aluminum heat shield for my MBP 15. The thing ***** heat away from it and it is staying nice and luke warm now.
Speeds for me are acceptable. The only concern I currently have is I have two macs... 1 - MBP17 my main work Mac. 2 - MacMini used for music.
The MacMini recently was freshly reloaded with leopard. It has little on it. When TM backed it up it said it was gonna back up 38g. That is what it did. The sparse bundle on the TC shows 38g roughly for the Mini.
My MBP17 (which is hard wired) said it needed to backup 138g. At about 1/3 of the way through the backup it suddenly (unfortunately I was gone) said it was done. When I look at the sparse bundle for the MBP it shows barely 42g. So my question is did the initial backup work or not? It seems not. However TimeMachine is quite happy with the way things are and is showing history and everything just fine.
I relay on TimeMachine for file recovery. So I'm not too concerned if it did miss something. I use SuperDuper on a weekly basis to a different disk for total recovery. I figure if everything really crashes I can replace the MBP (either it or it's drive) and use SuperDuper to do a full restore, then TM to get any files that need to be brought up to date.

Photoshop 7 is dead - with Leopard

Well Leopard killed Photoshop 7 on my MacBook, don't know about my G5 yet.

However, if you take that approach that Apple did there job then you will be happy with a hydrogen powered car that only has a 100 mile range. Just because you have to fill up 3 or 4 times more a week is just part of the game.
What happens is Apple or MS release a new operating system and a lot of third party programs no longer work. If no one updates everything is cool. But then your boss buys a new computer with this new operating system and you send your boss a file from one of these applications but your boss can't open it. This requires everyone in the office to either (a) upgrade their software, (b) buy a new computer, (c) live with converting files for the boss, or (d) convincing your boss to down grade.
It is all part of the evil cycle of forcing people to upgrade and purchase things they don't need.

WRT54GC with Leopard

My iBook G4 can't see my wireless network. I have an older WRT54GC that I used to use with Tiger. Last year I moved and used a different router and upgraded to Leopard. Now I'm back with my old WRT54GC, but my laptop doesn't see the wireless network at all. My ipod touch can see/use the network, so I know it's there. The router is even set to broadcast the SSID, which I generally don't do. I've tried with and without WPA2. Any suggestions? Is anyone successfully using a WRT54GC with Leopard? Thanks, Alex

Solved. I'd set the channel to 13, which I guess older american cards can't pick up. According to the wikipedia, american channels only go 1-11, european ones go 1-13, and japanese go to 14 or 15... Anyway, I set the channel to 11 and it seems happy now. Alex

New HD, problem with Leopard install DVD, How to reinstall OS?

Hi,
My hard drive crashed. I'm travelling and am in a small village in rural India. No Mac shops around. I've managed to get a new HD (WD 80GB), now I'm having trouble with the installation of the OS.
Although I have my data backed up onto an external HD, I don't have the OS itself backed up. I have my Mac OSX Leopard installation disk with me. I thought this would cover me for exactly this sort of problem. But it doesn't seem to.
I've got the new HD in and it seems to be working. It's been formatted and it shows up ok when I boot up with the Leopard disk. I get past the question about language and accepting the licence terms.
Then it goes into checking source disk mode. When it gets to about half way I get a message saying it can't continue, Disk is dirty and it needs to be cleaned.
Well, I've taken it out and it looks ok. I don't see any deep scratches. Still, this has now happened twice.
I tried to copy the disk on another PC but it returned a message saying 'corrupt files'. So it seems as though something is wrong with the disk, even though it's not apparent when you look at it.
Now I'm stuck. My very original 10.4 disks that came with the machine are thousands of miles away, and inaccessible for all practical purposes.
The Powerbook has been registered with Apple since I bought it years ago, although it's not eligible for support any more.
1. Is there a way I can download the OS X I need to get the show back on the road, whether from Apple or from a third party?
2. Which version of the OS do I actually need for a complete new installation?
3. What can I do about my apparently damaged Leopard dvd? Although I'd prefer to continue with Leopard, it wouldn't really worry me going back to Tiger for the next few months till I'm back in Apple-Mac-land. The main thing is to get the computer running.
Any help gratefully received.
Elle

In order to use a correct install disc, it would have to be either the
version that shipped with the computer (when new) or a retail
version newer than that which shipped with it, in order for the disc
to function in the computer.
In some cities, there are companies who resell CDs and DVDs
and they have a machine or tool that helps polish out scratches
so they can still make use of those discs; or at least not toss
away a potential profit. There may be a company or computer
user with the kit to polish scratches out of the readable side
of a DVD or CD disc. (They sell these, in many countries, too.)
+In the middle of nowhere, you may have to improvise; or find+
+someone with basic skills and simple tools. If only a lightly+
+scratched Installer disc is the problem, simple polishing skills+
+would probably make it more readable to the laser in the Mac.+
• How to fix a scratched DVD with items you may have at home:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/67659/howto_fix_a_scratched_dvd_withitems.html
• To fix a scratched DVD... (avoid toothpaste, etc.)
http://www.yelp.com/topic/new-york-to-fix-a-scratched-dvd
{a google of the topic may help, if you can access outside
of just one region, and if google isn't blocked, etc.}
Perhaps if the issue is only with the Leopard DVD install disc
you have, it may be cleaned professionally. IF you go there,
ask if there is a reduced fee for this (they polish the surface)
if for some reason, it still won't work after they are done.
In the states some shops that bought & sold DVDs & CDs
would pay much less for scratched-up ones, & clean them.
This would include the device or careful hand-power, to
get the surface layer of plastic as unscratched as possible
so the laser-beam reader can pass through the bad places.
The idea of getting a downloaded version would be an illegal item;
and also those methods often get you malware or virus laden junk.
You could probably use the serial number of your computer and
visit one of the 'info by serial number' online services, to see what
version OS X your computer (and its original specs, build date, etc)
would have shipped with; so as to get a newer OS X retail disc.
That, if no other option were available.
An unused (not currently being run in a computer) official OS X
install disc, not one from a different computer model, and not
one too old, since older or equal (ie: 10.4.2, for a mid-2005 iBook
would require a newer than 10.4.2 retail installer for Tiger, etc.)
So, you see there is some kind of logic to getting a disc newer
than the one you don't have; or an exact replacement.
Someone who no longer has need for or uses the correct version
Installer could give or sell you their disc. But, a download is certainly
not something we'll go further into, since it would be illegal.
Sorry for the longish reply, it is going on 1AM here in the farther
north western northern hemisphere; and I should be asleep.
Maybe someone else will post a timely reply, given your location
and time differences. A real city may have authorized Apple sellers
with a service department or customer relations who may offer
some advice in regard to other services available. But almost
any place that can polish scratches out of a CD may be of help.
And try to not act too anxious about it; that may add to the cost.
Or a piece of fine chamois cloth (fine suede) and light rouge may work.
Polish in a spoke-wheel pattern from the center; not all in one direction.
And hope the optical drive isn't also dirty; as they eventually get that way.
Some places that rent movies on DVD may be able to clean/polish DVDs.
Good luck & happy computing!
+{edited 3x}+

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