Leopard is disappointing

I've been using iPhoto 6 in leopard since released. I needed to free up some space for a trip so I started deleting pics in iPhoto. close to a gig worth of photos(RAW). I emptied the trash and boom - several rolls were wiped out. I started to get the blank info pic when I clicked on some thumbnails so I looked in finder and noticed entire rolls missing.
At first I thought maybe I accidentally deleted them, so I restored from backup and tried it again - boom after emptying the trash a few times the rolls were deleted as well. In fact every time I empty the trash in iPhoto Finder reports 3-5 time more free space than should be gained.
This is seriously messed up

c -
Again, I still think that iPhoto with a damaged database is the culprit, not 10.5.
A roll i had not touched disappeared after I emptied the trash.
Empty Rolls go away, that is, if there's no pic in it the folder is deleted
The roll still exists in the database
Exactly a symptom of a damaged database. The app is confused as to which pic is where. And no surprise that the issue surfaces when you get into File Management
I started clearing a lot of photos.
I think that db is beyond repair, you need to create a new one.
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
However, this may not work because the albumdata.xml file has been created by the damaged database., so it may share the confusion. The good thing is this process creates a new library and leaves your current one untouched, so at least nothing is worse.
If that doesn't work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

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For the last two weeks, this has been happening whenever I've needed to open Systems Preferences. The last time it worked was when I changed my desktop wallpaper. Ever after that, no matter for what reason I try to open the app, it comes up with the 'Change Desktop Wallpaper' window and I get the spinning colored ball and does nothing else.
When I force-quit the app, I get the option to 'Send Report to Apple' which I have done every single time (more than 20 times, if I remember rightly.)
This is becoming too much of a bother now. I can't access anything at all relating to my Systems Preferences, including my Network Settings, User Accounts, etc.
This never happened to me with Snow Leopard or, for that matter, with Leopard.
Disappointed with Lion overall!

No worries! Glad I could help somebody else. If you want to _really_ say "Thank you", then just award my answer with a "Helpful" ...
Best of luck!
RS

Since loading Lion, I've experienced much more instability than Snow Leopard. In particular, Mail crashes with regularity, full-screen apps seem to run slower and show the beach ball more often for longer, etc. I'm disappointed with the performance. Any

Since loading Lion, I've experienced much more instability than Snow Leopard. In particular, Mail crashes with regularity, full-screen apps seem to run slower and show the beach ball more often for longer, etc. I love the features, but I'm disappointed with the performance. Any help coming from Apple? I've been sending them so many reports after crashes, that their file must be full!

Summoning max. courage, I did what you advised. Here is the result. What does this tell you? My Lion 7.2 (mid 2011 iMac) has several annoying glitches (which I have so far tolerated through gritted teeth) but none that have actually stopped me working.
BTW, I see several items involving CleanMyMac which I did not know I had. It is generally villified as a trouble-maker. Spotlight can't find an app. or a utility of that name. How can I get rid of what's there please? Just delete?
Last login: Thu Nov 3 20:55:11 on console
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 $7 } '
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport(4.0)
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|com\.vix|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
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com.openssh.sshd
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
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com.bombich.ccc
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
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com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun
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EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED: iCloud works on Win 7/Vista but not Snow Leopard???

I just found out that iCloud has a control Panel for Windows 7 and Vista.... WINDOWS.... REALLY???
Two MICROSOFT Operating Systems OLDER than Snow Leopard, but Apple does NOT support ICloud on Snow Leopord????
I have been a Paying member of MobilMe and it's predecessor .Mac for over 8 years, and I cannot move to Lion yet because many
the professional Apps I use for business still don't wotk on Lion!
So when Mobilme expires this year I'm burned as far as Syncing all my devices!!!
I have been an EXTREME Mac advocate for years, but this is simply WRONG!!!
FIX IT PLEASE????

Bob_Douglas wrote:
the professional Apps I use for business still don't wotk on Lion!
Such as?
So when Mobilme expires this year I'm burned as far as Syncing all my devices!!!
You should be able to continue to sync all of your devices with iCloud. Some parts of iCloud work fine in Snow Leopard.

Snow Leopard Disappointment

Guys,
I've had a Mac since the 128k machine arrived in 1984. I've survived Systems 1 through 9 and then the conversion to OSX. In the 25 years I've taken all of the incompatibilities of the changeovers in stride.
I love the Mac but I'm getting a little tired of the expense of keeping up. I have the PowerMac listed below which I now find will not be compatible with Snow Leopard. How much longer will I have before I have to buy an Intel machine?
Why won't Apple make a PowerMac compatible version of Snow Leopard for the gazillions of us out there. Does anyone else have feelings on this?
Regards, Phil
Macintosh b'Gosh

Phil Hansen wrote:
Guys,
I love the Mac but I'm getting a little tired of the expense of keeping up. I have the PowerMac listed below which I now find will not be compatible with Snow Leopard. How much longer will I have before I have to buy an Intel machine?
You do not need to upgrade to Snow Leopard. It's an option, not a requirement.
Consider all the G3 and earlier machines that are not Leopard compatible. This is just more of the same thing.
Why won't Apple make a PowerMac compatible version of Snow Leopard for the gazillions of us out there. Does anyone else have feelings on this?
Gazillions? Be more specific. I would not want to pay extra money for an OS just to satisfy a few people. Just like OS9, and other ancient OSs and computers, we move forward and sometimes the past is just too expensive to maintain. Old cars needed leaded gas. There are no mules on the Erie canal these days Moving forward is occasionally painful, but in the long run, there is a point at which we have to cut the umbilical cord and our ties to the past in order to move forward.
Your old machines will continue to run as long as you maintain them properly. Many old computers cannot run new software. When all OSs are 64-bit with no 32-bit components then more machines will not be able to run the new OSs, but they will continue running what they have.
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Leopard so far disappointing (I have it since day 1)

1) Huge printing problems in the beginning -> resolved
2) Adobe Photoshop 7 is a no go
3) Toast 7.1.2 broke
4) TimeMachine not working well on a network
5) Keynote did not play movies -> resolved after de-installing Perian
6) Adobe Acrobat not working for OCR with Scan Snap
7) Our office software (not Microsoft) not working well
8) Disk utility bug
these are so far the major issues I've had. I've upgraded every OS so far since 7, however with this upgrade I had even more issues than going from 9 to X. This is kinda sad!

My list is different, but I come to the same conclusion:
1. Time Machine does not work over a network and on local USB drives, makes the drive unmountable and seemingly unrecoverable. Multiple drives from multiple vendors.
2. I upgraded 3 machines (family pack!) and the Intel iMac spontaneously reboots every few days for no apparent reason.
3. Applications (particularly Finder and Mail) spontaneously crash for no apparent reason - several times a day.
4. Google Earth Pro (updated to latest version) occasionally locks with infinite beach ball.
5. Mail has a nasty bug with a To Do that it keeps trying to create on my .mac account .. can't create for some reason .. gives me a sequence of repeated error messages .. and crashes Mail. Repeatedly.
6. Back to My Mac does not seem to work at all.
7. There appears to be no performance gain ... in fact in some network configurations I have looked at, I suspect the TCP windowing strategy has been "improved" to detrimental effect.
This product is just released too soon. It is stable enough for me not to go through the hassle of restoring Tiger .. but buggy enough to be immensely irritating.

Erratic mouse and blue screens: very disappointed with Snow Leopard

Since SL installation half of the times I get an eternal blue screen at startup and I have to do a hard power off and restart. But the worst thing is that the mouse pointer gets mad very often and makes the computer totally unusable. I have to restart to keep working, and it's not a problem of the Mighty Mouse (I have 2). Any solution for, at least, the mouse problem? I will have to waint until 10.7 release to get more reliability?

I dont' want to sound like I'm passing you off, but have you posted in the hardware discussion area?
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=190
Might be better help there.

I upgraded to Snow Leopard on an external drive. how do I reconnect to my old data?

I upgraded my Mac Mini from Leopard to Snow Leopard. My old system is on the internal drive and the new OS is on a 500GB external hard drive plugged in via firewire. I made the mistake of not selecting for the install to include data from other volumes. Now I cannot find how to include that data from the old volume. In fact, the new iTunes does not even see my iTunes library installed on the same volume. iTunes does not even detect when I plug in my iPad. Please point me in the write direction. there is no useful info in the manuals.
thanks,
Len

Thanks John, that was it. To tell the truth, the name Migration Assistant finally came back to me even before I saw your message, but that was pure luck. I was disappointed that searching on my Mac and the Apple support site did not bring up that term. Even having found the tool, the creators had apparently not thought of migrating from the another drive on the same computer. Pretty big oversight to me. Luckily I've been using Time Machine on another external drive and that option was available and worked.
Thanks again because if I had not thought that name and you had not responded, I would be veeeeerrry frustrated.

Mid 2010 Macbook Pro (7,1) - Downgrading from Mountain Lion (10.8.3) to Snow Leopard

Hi everyone!
I am looking for some help with downgrading my macbook pro from ML back down to SL. I'll start off with some information about my case:
I bought this computer mid 2010 - I believe in July, if that matters. It is a Macbook Pro 7,1 model. The computer came with two disks, one being the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 install dvd, and the other being the applications install dvd. I do still have these dvd's, sitting beside me as I type this. Just like many others, I upgraded my computer to Lion, and from there went to Mountain Lion. I have been on Mountain Lion for several months now, currently running 10.8.3. I know a lot of you out there are disappointed with this OS, and many have experienced significant adverse effects on the overall performance of their computer. That being said, I also know that a lot of you have not had these sorts of issues running the OS. As you can tell, I mysef fall into the first category, as I have not had the greatest experience with it. It just seems to tire out my computer at activity levels which, on Snow Leopard, would not be problematic. I say tire out here in that my computer will overheat, slow down, and even sometimes crash (the crashes primarily begin with the spinning rainbow wheel, attempts to quit / force quit the applications I am running, followed by complete and utter frozenness). When this happens, I have no choice but to press the power button until the computer shuts off, then I restart, occasioanlly taking multiple attempts because of kernel panics the first one or two times. Who knows why this happens...I upgraded my RAM a couple months ago from 4GB to 8GB, which has seemed to help some but not fix the problem entirely. So, I have been wanting to downgrade back to Snow Leopard.
Ok so, I have made multiple attempts at this. For starters, I can tell you that the computer simply will not boot from the Install DVD (it is the one which came with the computer, not a retail version or anything like that). Additionaly, I cannot restore the SL DMG file from the dvd, neither to my hard drive nor to a USB drive. Because of this, I ended up trying this: I downloaded the snow leopard installation files (I believe just the content of the DVD ripped from the disc) via a torrent. I then got a 16 GB USB flash drive, wiped and formatted it (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)), and copied to the USB drive the install file I downloaded. I'll also note that I have done the same thing for Mountain Lion, copying the install file from the app store to a separate 16 GB USB drive. Ok, onto the results of my attempts at downgrading:
Each time I have tried to downgrade, I have taken the following step:
1) Power down the computer
2) Insert Snow Leopard USB drive
3) Boot up the computer, holding the option/alt key
4) Selecting the Snow Leopard USB drive
     -It would successfully boot from the USB, and would bring me to the language selection window, as expected
5) After selecting English, the window gives me the option to continue with the install, or access any utilities, and I would go to Disk Utility
6) I selected the internal drive in Disk Utility (the whole drive, not the indented partition), and I went to the partition tab, partitioning the drive to have 1 partition, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), erasing the current partition
     **Note: I have not tried this, but I feel like maybe If I were to first Erase the drive, opting to zero out all data (1 pass) in the security options, then partition the drive the same way as I did in step 6, perhaps the installation would go smoothly without returning any errors...thoughts?
7) After step 6, I would return to the install os x window and begin installation of snow leopard.
     -Every time I have done this, the install has returned an error about mid-way through, and I would be prompted to restart and try installing again
8) Now having a non-booting computer, I would end up powering down, swapping out the snow leopard usb with my mountain lion usb, booting from that, partitioning the drive the same way as before, and reinstalling mountain lion
     -This beings me back to square 1. A working, booting computer on Mountain Lion...
I believe that my issues surrounding the use of my install dvd (that came with the computer) are caused by a bad optical drive. When in mountain lion, if I insert the dvd, it will read it, but it will do so very slowly. For example, after inserting the dvd and the install os x window coming up, if I select optional installs or instructions, each of these folders would open, but take a very long time to display their contents. It also is a struggle to get the disc to eject in this situation.
So, if anyone has had a similar situation and came out on top, I would truly appreciate your help!
Thanks guys,
Nick

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Leopard Mail! Problems?...heck, it launches and the ball starts spinning...

Yup.
God bless all of the early adopters.
I installed Leopard the other night. First just the update....hmmm, things were buggy. So I archived and installed.
Mail.....will launch, and then the spinning ball of death starts. Nothing else. I have to force quit it.
I have read through the threads here, and many seem to have specific problems. Mine is a bit more generic...I cant get to first base.
Suggestions?
Another observation. I am using Firefox to post this. When I start to write or type anything into a Safari window......the spinning ball of death happens in Safari as well.
I dont mean to sound surly, but I am a bit disappointed in this upgrade to say the least.
Thoughts or suggestions on my malady?

This is what I would try in your situation...
Obviously it is always good to have a backup to start off with...
I would reinstall Leopard using Archive and Install but do NOT preserve user settings...
After the installation and Leopard starts, you will be presented with a new install and you will have to fill in all the information just like a new computer...
Do not move any of your files or preferences over at this time. They will still be in a folder called "Previous Systems" as you probably already know..
See if Leopard runs for you this way... If it does, then start moving some of your things back a little at a time.

I have a copy of Windows 7, and I am trying to bring up Boot Camp on my MacBook with Snow Leopard.

I have a copy of Windows 7, and I am trying to bring up Boot Camp on my MacBook with Snow Leopard. But my Snow Leopard install disk is too old for Windows 7, so attempted Boot Camp install of drivers fails.
I have hand-installed the NVidia graphics driver, and I have keyboard, minimal trackpad, and hardwire to internet all working. So the WIndows machine is usable. But I am hurting for wi-fi, better trackpad, and whatever else is delivered by Boot Camp. I can't use any of the Boot Camp upgrades because I do not have XP or Vista.

Dear Nathan,
Many thanks. To the best of my memory, that is how I got where I am today. Initially I had one failed setup, then discovered compatibility mode and ran using it. The result was not an obvious failure, but something was not there because not only were some drivers missing (wi-fi, trackpad, ...) but (much to my disappointment) the 3.1 update would not run. It complained that 3.0 wasn't there. If I hardwired to my home network, the machine would do almost everything I wanted, but the graphics were slow and clumsy. That is when I hunted around for the NVidia driver and downloaded it from NVidia. And that is where I stand now.
My son found this link http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/01/15/using-boot-camp-to-install-windows-7-on-you r-mac-the-complete-walkthrough/
which has instructions claiming to do the install straight to Win 7 without using compatibility mode.
Given that my clumsy efforts to patch things up have probably necessitated a Win 7 deinstall and reinstall to test either your plan or the one my son found, I am inclined to sit tight for a couple of days to see how much I can learn.
I appreciate your interest in this problem, and if you are up for reading the process at the link my son found and commenting, I would be grateful.
In any case, many thanks, Paul

Crazy problems after upgrading to Leopard. Can you help?

I have a PowerMac G5, 1.8 dual processors. It came with 256MB of RAM, which I removed and replaced with 2GB of Crucial RAM soon after purchasing the computer nearly four years ago. I added a 250GB Maxtor hard drive to the 60GB original two years ago. I used the Maxtor drive for storage. Everything ran perfectly before Leopard and iLife ’08 installation.
Prior to installation, I cleaned off the 250GB Maxtor hard drive, and then installed Leopard to it using only the installation instructions on the disk. (FYI, I bought both programs from a local Apple store.) When prompted, I had it bring over the software and files from the original hard drive. My idea was to clean off the original, 60GB hard drive, and use it for storage. Due to problems galore, I have not done that.
When I waken my computer from an all-night Sleep mode, the following happens:
iWeb ’08 will load, but I cannot save anything to it.
Safari will load and immediately freeze.
Firefox will not load because it reports that it is already open.
Entourage will open initially, but then report it cannot open virtually any functions.
Word for Mac will open, but nothing can be saved.
iPhoto will open, but it cannot be used.
This is how it goes for every program—none are useable.
Though I attempt to use the Force Quit option, programs will not close. I am forced to do a hard quit—holding down the power button until the computer powers off. Upon reboot, all programs work fine. The trouble seems to occur after going into Sleep mode.
Just now I used the Disk Utility program, which upon completion, reported the following:
Verify permissions for “Whopper” (the name of the 250GB hard drive)
ACL found but not expected on “Library.”
Permissions verification complete
Repairing permissions for “Whopper”
ACL found but not expected on “Library.”
Permissions repair complete
I am now running a test on the RAM, using Rember, as suggested in another thread. –All tests passed.
So, there you have it.
Suggestions?

TheRever wrote:
You're not kidding, are you? Can I choose door number 2? To say that I'm disappointed and disillusioned would be insufficient. I've done precisely what I learned at a local Apple Store.
Sorry, I'm not kidding. But it isn't that big a deal. You are probably just frustrated and disillusioned based on your experiences with your flaky install. Try to remember how you felt about upgrading to Leopard before. That optimism is still warranted, with a little effort.
I'm sure Apple's official instructions work fine 99% of the time, but there is no way that Apple or anyone can guarantee an automatic upgrade. That is why Apple always says to have a good backup before any upgrade.
Would you translate what you instructed me to do? I don't know how to re-partition my original drive, nor do I know how to do a default MacOS X installation. It reads like I'm going to get a virtually naked machine, with none of the settings or files from before. Is that correct?
Yes. That is correct. You start with a naked drive and install everything from scratch. Your machine will be "as if" it came from the factory with Leopard installed.
You can boot off of the Leopard install DVD and run Disk Utility from the Tools? menu and delete partition on your "Whopper" drive. Then, return to the installer and just accept all the defaults. You don't have to worry about "upgrade install" vs. "archive & install". This will give you a fresh system.
Is it possible to wipe-out what I have done on the newer hard drive (250GB), and go back to the original 60GB drive? Is it possible to start again, or are the files on that drive now converted to the new? Does that make sense?
It would be ideal if you could throw away everything on the new drive. You can always copy off any new or modified files and restore those later. It sounds like you haven't been able to do much on Leopard anyway. It also sounds like you still have your 60 GB original, pre-leopard backup, which is a very good thing.
There may be some people who will tell you to do an "Archive and Install" to install a new 10.5. That will probably work too. You will have to resist the temptation to go into the archived area and just start copying files back. That would likely put you right back where you started. The same goes for any of the "migration" tools. For all I know, they work great 99% of the time. I've never tried them and I've had problems 0% of the time. The reason I always recommend a re-partition is because it guarantees you have a factory install. It makes restoring more difficult, but I consider that to be a good thing.
Here is my recommendation:
1) Make sure you have a backup of your current boot drive
2) Boot from from install DVD
3) Use Disk Utility to re-partition boot drive
4) Reinstall MacOS X using default options
5) Reinstall any applications
6) Setup user environment the way you want
7) Copy over your old user and data files into a quarantined location.
8) While maintaining backups of your new preferences and settings files, selectively restore your old files. These are things like your old Address book, your old Mail folder, and 3rd party application preferences files that contain license codes, etc.
Step 1-5 will take a couple of hours. Step 6, 7, and 8 may take a few days to get sorted out the way you want.

I want to use my time machine backup to go back to Snow Leopard

I can't live without having my great old golf game (Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003) readily available, and playable, which I always had on my iMac with Snow Leopard. Since upgrading to Mavericks - and using Parallels with Mac OS X 10.6 Server - I am told there's a color/display problem (something about 16-bit color) and I can't get the game to play even though it's the same computer, only upgraded to Mavericks. Parallels says it's an Apple (Mac OS X Server 10.6) problem but from what I can see the server version of this OS is exactly the same as the non-server version - at least insofar as the display/color/graphics is concerned - and Parallels either doesn't want to help (with an appropriate graphics controller) or can't.... so I'm left with having to go back to Snow Leopard from Mavericks. What a huge disappointment! Can I use - and how do I do it - my Time Machine backup of my Snow Leopard OS, apps, documents, iTunes, etc. to wipe out Mavericks?

Yes, the machine came with Snow Leopard but not sure where the install disc(s) are. Perhaps they got lost in the shuffle as we moved a few months ago. I do have a Snow Leopard install disc - can I use that and if so, is there a different way to do the install than if I was using the original install discs that came with the computer? Maybe I will jsut have to try it and see what comes up....
But for the computer's inability to play the game, I would have stayed with Mavericks. Now I'm installing a trial version of VMware Fusion but probably the results will be the same as for Parallels. I'll report back in a few minutes!

Snow Leopard iCal Server

I am a long time Now Up to Date user (with the contact/event server). If you know anything about NUDC you know that the word "unfortunately" will begin any further discussion. "Unfortunately" the upgrade Now X has been in "development" for nearly 3 years and it was released (badly I guess) in the Fall without a server. They will not give us a date on when that server may release and early reviews are not good for the standalone. It doesn't look very hopeful.
I am running three G5s right now with 2 Leopard Server and 1 tiger. I am considering giving up on Now, buying one Intel with Snow-L on it and using iCal and buying iPhones instead of Palm Centros -- hopefully when they port to Verizon b/c I'm no fan of ATT.
However, I really need to have some questions answered before I make that big a move -- about basic things like how it operates. I did a test run on Kerio and Entourage and was horribly disappointed. We need to share calendars across seven providers and four office staff and need to be able to modify each other's calendars EASILY. We can do that with NUDC but it gets more unreliable with every upgrade of the operating system and the Centros are obsolete. I would really love to hear from some people who are in daily use of iCal server. Maybe it's easier then to go to back channel and not use up the discussion board for what amounts to me asking for a sales pitch.
Any takers?
Thanks in advance.

Hi. No, no back-channel anything, please. You've come here asking for help, and so the discussion should STAY here
That way, everyone can contribute and potentially BENEFIT
Should you want dedicated support, then that's something that comes with a fee...
http://consultants.apple.com/
That said,
I have implemented shared calendaring for a client using Snow Leopard Server.
What testing have you done so far and what are your specific questions ?
You can either create a "user" (eg: Company_Calendar) and have end-users setup iCal to use that calendar, but that can get a bit messy, OR
have one such calendar (as just described) for certain purposes, and otherwise setup a calendar for each user.
Where it gets a bit tricky is that you have to use each end-users iCal to setup delegation (read and/or write access for other users). It's readily doable via a user's iCal, but I'm currently looking into managing this server-side - see (via the Terminal):
man calendarservermanageprincipals
I think, compared to NUTDC , you should find this remarkably stable and reliable by comparison.
But you do have to allow for the fact that you're migrating to something entirely new for you,
and your ability to maintain, troubleshoot and resolve problems should they arise.
For client software, Entourage is not an option that I know of. See Apple's documentation for SL Server - iCal Server Admin:
"Third-Party Applications
...the following third-party applications can use iCal service. These applications are from companies or projects that have committed to using CalDAV as an open calendaring service. This list does not indicate an endorsement or support for any of the products listed.
Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning (open source)
Open Software Application Foundation Chandler (open source)
Microsoft Outlook using the open source Outlook Connector Project
Mulberry (open source)
GNOME Evolution using the CalDAV plugin (open source)
Zidone (commercial plugin)
EMClient (Windows only commercial plugin)"
and of course, test extensively to ensure the software (server & client) will meet your needs.

IPod touch 4 requires MAJOR system overhaul. Major Disappointment!!!!!!!

Folks, I have a nice iMac that's about 3 years old. Bought about 2 months before snow leopard, so I've been using 10.4 just fine until recently. Daughter's iPod bit the dust, and she got a new iPod touch the Fourth. What a disaster this whole experience has been. Apple shows absolutely no deference to loyal customers. This is the 5th iPod our family has purchased.
It will not run without the latest iTunes; and the latest iTunes will not run without OSuX 10.5 or later. So, I got 10.6.3. Major hassle having to upgrade OS, just to upgrade iTunes, just to get an iPod to work. New OS has a little troube identifying the linksys wireless router I've been using forever, so had to do some troubleshooting just to get internet. Apparently, if your wireless hub isn't an iAirport, Apple can't figure it out without you holding it's hand.
Downloaded latest iTunes, and the iPod was still a brick. After much ******* around and research, and trying nearly every troubleshooting trick, I finally completely uninstalled iTunes and RELOADED the latest version again. Voila, this time it worked.
I'm just starting to scratch the surface this disaster of a decision to let my child bring an iPod 4G into the house. For starters, the Geniuses at apple designed snow leopard to be incompatible with that POS Aperture 1.5.6 I bought a few years ago. So now, I have 40,000 photos that I can't access via Aperture until I purchase an upgrade. WHAT!?!??!?!?!?! I am annoyed and appalled that Apple would do this to me or any other customer.
It is truly disappointing that Apple treats their software like disposable tissues. As a consumer, I want stuff that's built to last. I know they put some fluffy bells and whistles in every new release, but I have WAAAAYYYYY better things to do with my time and money than overhaul systems and upgrade every piece of software just so it WORKS. If they're going to do this crap, they should be honest at the point of purchase and tell you it's not really a purchase. It's a rental, and after 2-3 years, something will come along that will render your OS obsolete, and when that happens, by design, we render a lot of other stuff obsolete.
--Former PC user turned Mac user, thinking seriously about turning back to PC land.
"Kiss Me. ... I like to be kissed while I'm being F'd." Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon,

Good question. I didn't read the fine print. Just assumed that they would sell a product that was more robust, and backward compatible. All our family's old iPods worked just fine. It's basically a device for listening to music. I know Apple wants to 'enhance the user experience' (translation: make it easier for Apple to make gobs of money through iTunes and App store), but the frustrations I had with the iPod touch 4G and all the associated OS, software, & driver issues are beyond maddening. It's just a stinkin' iPod after all. After googling a lot on this issue, looking for how people resolved similar issues, I find the Web littered with complaints on iPod touch 4g. Lot of problems getting iTunes to recognize it. After getting everything up-to-date, iTunes fails to recognize iPod. Re-install iTunes. Completely uninstall iTunes, then re-install it. Next week, same issue. Re-install iTunes. Rinse and repeat. That's been my experience too.

Leopard is disappointing

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