Leopard Installation and Windows

I have purchased Leopard. Currently, my mac is on system 10.5.8 and I also have windows xp on the computer, use boot camp to switch back and forth. Question: If I install Leopard, will that destroy the windows files now on the computer? I'll back up the windows side in any event but I would appreciate an answer if anyone knows it.
Thanks.

prk95 wrote:
I have purchased Leopard. Currently, my mac is on system 10.5.8 and I also have windows xp on the computer, use boot camp to switch back and forth. Question: If I install Leopard, will that destroy the windows files now on the computer?
10.5.8 is leopard. if you purchased 10.6 that's snow leopard. and, no installing snow leopard on the OS X partition will not do anything to your windows partition. that is not to say you should not back up. you definitely should. things can and do go wrong during installation.
I'll back up the windows side in any event but I would appreciate an answer if anyone knows it.
Thanks.

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I did not get impatient and click any buttons twice ... I just waited, and somehow the message got posted 3 times. I can believe I did something inadvertent on my end ... but impatiently hitting the preview and post buttons while waiting was not it.
If someone with power can remove 2 of the 3 repetitions, I'd appreciate it ... I couldn't figure out how to delete them myself

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Thanks. Is there a direct channel to the moderators anyone can use in circumstances like this?
This is it. The Feedback forum is the place to post requests for the Hosts.
I'd like to find out why my posting actions are generating multiple postings.
This has been happening to many people and as Terence mentions seems to be a fault in the forum software. Some have noticed that it occurs when there appears to be a server lag. That is, they'll click the button to post and there will be a long lag in response from the web site, and then even though they never clicked another button, several posts will appear.
It's not anything you did.

Leopard server and windows users

We run a mac + pc environment with some users on macs, many on pcs, and our office server is a windows exchange for email etc. As a multi-location consulting firm, we need to set up a good collaboration system that is hosted internally (to preserve confidentiality) and allows us to create a web-based knowledge creation, sharing and collaboration environment. We have looked at some of the new web services offers, but all are hosted by the providers.
We are considering buying a mac leopard server and have the following questions:
1/ will windows users be able to use the wiki, chat, calendaring and podcast facilities from their laptops without any problems, and will they have the same easy user interface?
2/ does the wiki server enable group collaboration like:
2a/ sending out email notifications on new posts (without changing our exchange server)
2b/ allowing groups to create project and team specific areas
3/ The problem we face is one of adoption. If we can make this as easy as facebook, then lots of people will migrate within 48 hours. But is this possible with the leopard server?
4/ finally, we are based in Singapore and our offices are all in Asia? Do we need a lot of experienced Apple-savvy technical people to create any of these applications, or is leopard server as easy to use as a mac is for a home user?
Any thoughts or inputs would help. FYI, alternatives we are evaluating are jive software's clearspace or basecamp or zoho's web based suites.
thanks / Suresh
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suresh Venugopalan Shankar wrote:
1/ will windows users be able to use the wiki, chat, calendaring and podcast facilities from their laptops without any problems, and will they have the same easy user interface?
Yes, the web based interfaces work just fine for both OS's, the chat server is using jabber (clients on about every OS) and the calendaring is using the standards based iCalendar format.
2/ does the wiki server enable group collaboration like:
2a/ sending out email notifications on new posts (without changing our exchange server)
2b/ allowing groups to create project and team specific areas
I don't know of functionality to send out e-mail notifications on new posts, but you can subscribe to RSS feeds of things posted in the blog section of the wiki server. I'd need a little bit more information to understand what you're looking for as far as creating project and team specific areas.
3/ The problem we face is one of adoption. If we can make this as easy as facebook, then lots of people will migrate within 48 hours. But is this possible with the leopard server?
On the front end most of this stuff is very easy to use, and is in my opinion even simpler than facebook and such.
4/ finally, we are based in Singapore and our offices are all in Asia? Do we need a lot of experienced Apple-savvy technical people to create any of these applications, or is leopard server as easy to use as a mac is for a home user?
It's pretty easy to set the server up as long as you read the documentation. There's also a lot of resources online if you have problems (like this forum). It would probably be helpful to have someone familiar with LDAP systems and at least some command line usage on the server, but like I said, the documentation is pretty good. You can go read it to get an idea at http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
Hope that helps out some.

Snow Leopard Installation and Upgrade Tips

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
Some things to know when planning to upgrade to Snow Leopard:
General Information
• Snow Leopard will only run on a Mac with an Intel processor. It will not run on any Mac with a PowerPC processor. PowerPC-based Macs include all PowerMac G3s, PowerMac G4s and PowerMac G5s, iMac G3s, iMac G4s, iMac G5s, all PowerBooks, all iBooks, and all eMacs. There is no workaround or hack that will get around this issue and get Snow Leopard to install and run on a PowerPC-based Mac.
• An Apple web page with the major enhancements and refinements in Snow Leopard can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
• An article with a useful summary about Snow Leopard and 64-bit computing can be found here:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090826074252596
Tips
• IMPORTANT: As with any upgrade, you need to confirm compatibility of all your applications and drivers with Snow Leopard before you upgrade. Some major items of note:
Snow Leopard only ships with Java 1.6, so any applications built with Java must include support for 1.6 or the application will fail. Applications that currently use Java and are reported not to work include (but are by no means limited to) SPSS, ClamXav and Cyberduck.
Snow Leopard has severely restricted or in many cases eliminated the use of Input Managers, so applications that depended on those will fail. Logitech's mouse drivers appear to fall into this category.
Many applications that are or include menu bar components will fail if they depend on Unsanity's Menu Extra Enabler or the open-source Menu Cracker.
Apple has a list of software officially stated to be incompatible with Snow Leopard here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
There's also an ongoing compatibility list is being maintained here:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
Reports on that site are unofficial but may be useful.
• Snow Leopard no longer includes AppleTalk, so you will no longer be able to use any AppleTalk-only printers or other devices.
• Safari by default will launch in 64-bit mode on those systems that support 64-bit processing (which includes all Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo or Xeon processor). If you have Safari plug-ins that are not working, quit Safari, Get Info on the Safari application, and select "Open in 32-bit mode" and relaunch Safari.
• QuickTime Player X has some ability to trim and convert media, but no longer includes many of the former options available in QuickTime Pro. QuickTime 7 Player is available as an optional installation for those who still need the additional Pro features. If you have QuickTime 7 Pro installed in Leopard and are upgrading, the Snow Leopard installer should install QuickTime 7 Player automatically and preserve your Pro key. Apple has made no mention of a Pro version of QuickTime X.
• The Snow Leopard installer reportedly removes the Script subfolders from /Library/Scripts/, so if you are upgrading Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, before performing the upgrade make a backup of the Address Book Scripts, Basics, Finder Scripts, Info Scripts, Internet Services, and Navigation Scripts subfolders and then copy them back to /Library/Scripts/ after installing the update.
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Leopard Disc and Windows 7 issues

So I just switched my Boot camp MBP from Windows XP to Windows 7. I didn't bother installing the drivers off of the Leopard until I realized I have no audio. I inserted the install disc and recieved a warning from windows stating that there are known issues with the boot camp drivers. Does anyone have any insight on this? Can I go ahead and install the drivers anyway? All of my XP apps work fabulously by the way.

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Leopard, Linux and Windows mixed networks

Oh oh so funny. I installed Leopard on my mac. I have a mixed network, with PCs, Macs and Linux machines.
I discovered that Leopard networking is a nightmare, something back like Windows 95. Is not a joke!
After installing with an upgrade from 10.4.10, all the Windows machines of my network disappeared. )-: . No way to see in the finder. But ok, using the terminal I can manage to use. But...
My real problem started when I tried to reconnect the drives from the Linux machines. The new networking act like Windows, Iit doesn't allow me to choice different passwords and usernames from each drives in the same server. Ok, I say myself "for the moment, I mount one volume, I use it, then I unmount, I mount another volume etcetera". Not so useful, but manageable. And here the second nightmare begin: Finder isn't able to disconnect my disk! I use the eject button, or the "disconnect" button and the disk remain mounted. I rebooted the machine. Same, the disk is mounted. I restarted both mac and linux machine. Same, it reconnect the drive )-: . So I'm locked to one drive of my server and I can't do nothing else.
If someone with a mixed network is experimenting the same issues, please help!
Thanks a lot!
P.S. I'm really disappointed. Before making jokes (with the PCs of the network displayed with the blue screen of death icon) they must use the time to test their system... and hey, please don't display the BSOD icon when the machines connected to the network are Linux computers (-: !!!

Read the hint is this blog about the Mac to Linux SAMBA fix.
Did you go to System Preferences->Sharing pane and turn on File sharing on (hit the 'Advanced' button to choose the kind of sharing protocols)?
Also do mix and matching from the articles File Sharing With OS X 10.5 - Introduction to File Sharing With Your Mac (for XP sharing) & File Sharing With Snow Leopard: Sharing OS X 10.6 Files With Windows 7 (for 10.6.x sharing). Mixing these two articles can help you share as long as you are in the same IP subnet.
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Leopard Bootcamp and Windows XP - BSOD - Failed install

I've tried bootcamp with Leopard on a macbook C2D with 2GB ram and left 10GB for XP. When I reboot and XP setup starts, it loads device drivers and halts with a blue screen saying that my system is not fully ACPI compatible.
Here is a screenshot:
http://picasaweb.google.com/widemos/Misc/photo?authkey=enHypeLwFF4#5119827289332 645522
I can't ever start the install and keeps rebooting, having to eject the CD pressing the touchpad button.
The computer was fully updated with every update found at apple and has no hardware modifications.
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I believe that 10G is not enough for XP. I suggest 32G.

OS X Snow Leopard Server and Windows Machines

Hello! My wife's company is using Windows on a network. Is it possible to use a Mac server to control these? They will be eventually switching over, but are stuck with windows for the time being. We are hoping not to have to buy a windows server because they will be switching to Mac anyways. Am I making any sense?

Not a ton But to answer what I believe is your question. OS X Server can run as a Primary Domain Controller. This is not the same as an Active Directory domain controller. However, for many environments running pre Windows 7, this means that OS X Server can act as the sole directory container and all workstations (Windows, Mac, many flavors of Linux) can be bound into the OS X Server for single directory management. By the way, the community appears to have found a way to join Win 7 systems as well.
However, the easiest way of doing this may be to keep your Windows servers and move to Mac clients. Some of the questions that you need to be asking is will OS X Server be able to replace all the features currently in use on the Windows machine? How are you accounting for groupware, backup, disaster recovery, etc? Have you evaluated all of your software needs? Have you looking into physical security and data protection?
The rage is to go Mac. But it is not a panacea. Mac systems require the same amount of thought and consideration in design that a Windows environment does. Do you generally have fewer issues with Macs... sure. But don't think that everything will just magically work because there is an Apple logo on it.

Wher to get Mac OS X 10.5/leopard DVD and matching Ilife

I have a power mac G4, 1,5GHz with Mac OS X 10.4.11 and want to upgrade to 10.5 Leopard and new version of Ilife. Is it still possible to get hold og this?

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installation system requirements
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24950
Leopard is no longer available at the Apple Store but may be available by calling Apple Phone Sales @ 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753).
If you can't obtain a retail install DVD from Apple, look on eBay or Google the installer part numbers to possibly find at an on-line store. Here's what to look for:
MB427Z/A Leopard 10.5.1 install DVD
MB576Z/A Leopard 10.5.4 install DVD
MB021Z/A Leopard 10.5.6 install DVD (single user)
MB022Z/A Leopard 10.5.6 install DVD (5-user family pack)
Installing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1544
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Installation and Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/leopard_install-setup.pdf
After you install the base 10.5, download & install the 10.5.8 combo update at http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update
 Cheers, Tom

My Leopard installation experience....

I installed Leopard on a new 400GB WD SATAII HD last night.
First I used Tiget to format the drive HFS+ Journaled and then I started the install. Leopard took about 15 mins. checking theintegrity of the installation DVD and then about 30 mins. to complete the installation. The program re-booted afted taking a few mins. to clean the boot cache.
The setup program came up and asked for details on my IP address but I just told it I was on a cable modem and it seems to have aquired my DNS details on its own with no problem. It asked if I wanted to carry over settings from another installation but I said no... figuring it would really be a clean install.
I next installed CS3 Design Standard. During the installation I saw something flah by saying Acrobat 8 was already installed... *After the installation I noticed that there was no entry at all for Adobe Acrobat in the Applications folder! I knew that there were problems with Leopard and Acrobat but I figured that it would get installed but just crash if opened... it looks like Acrobat 8 never even gets installed!*
All of the CS3 Design standard programs seem to be much faster in Leopard. Very nice... but I have not had that much time to play yet.
One strange thing is that *at first Safari seemed quite slow*... but after a while it speeded up nicely... maybe it was caching files...
Loaded iLife 08... also without much of a hitch. Repaired permissions after all of this and got one user permission that needed to be repaired and this one linethat will not go away no matter how many times permission repair is run:
*"2007-10-30 23:48:53 -0700: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."*
this seems to reference remote access that says has been changed bit will ot need repair...
All-in-all a good experience. I look forward to learning what's under the hood.

From what I understand, there is a definite difference although I do not know what it is. So I don't really know about what the upgrade disc does. But I am surprised it gave you no options. Did it have anything you could print out like the "Mac OS X v. 10.5 Leopard Installation and Setup Guide" that comes with the full retail version?
As for doing an erase and custom install with the full retail version, yes you can do that. My MBP came with Tiger and I later installed Leopard with an erase and install and left out all the printer drivers and languages I would never use. I then had to reinstall iLife 08 and the other bundled applications from the Tiger install discs.
The real problem is that your friend needs her own set of discs for troubleshooting etc. I don't know if it's permissible for you to make her a copy of the Leopard Retail disc, but maybe you could since you did buy the family pack.
There should be some way to do what you want with her discs--it may be worth printing out whatever information there is and reading it closely and see if something is possible. I do know that the "options" box on my copy of Leopard was so subtle that I missed it the first time. It appears on the "select a destination" page in the lower left corner.
Hope this helps.
Good luck!

CF11 installation and Node.js

After CF11 is installed I see that Node.js has been installed too,
Is that the expected behavior?
(Using ColdFusion_11_WWEJ_win64.exe installer and Windows 8.1 Pro)

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HT3777 I have a Window 7 HP laptop. I want to install Snow Leopard on an external hard drive as the memory space on my laptop is very less. I have the original snow leopard disc and I think it's a retail version . Please guide me through the installation.

I have a Window 7 HP laptop. I want to install Snow Leopard on an external hard drive as the memory space on my laptop is very less. I have the original snow leopard disc and I think it's a retail version . Please guide me through the installation in details. Can you also please let me know about this boot camp.

You cannot. From a legal standpoint, the license agreement for OS X mandates that you run OS X only on Apple hardware. HP is not (yet) owned by Apple.
From a technical standpoint, your HP laptop doesn't use EFI, but rather an early predecessor called a BIOS. Apple is the only vendor of consumer computer hardware that uses EFI; other vendors reserve EFI for use in servers.
Secondly, Apple's operating systems support a rather limited number of configurations of video hardware and mainboard chipsets directly since they need only support those systems that they manufacture. You cannot use Windows software or drivers on OS X, so prior to installation, you would need to write your own hardware drivers for your laptop, create an OS X drive image on a Mac, and then modify that image with your drivers before putting it in the HP.
It will be simpler (and legal), to simply purchase a used Mac. Apple's online store has refurbished MacBook Airs starting at $850 and Mac Minis for $700. If you go to e-bay or craigslist, you'll find used Macs for considerably less.

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