Manage Widgets feature inoperable in Snow Leopard

Unlike many others, my existing widgets seem to work normally. Unfortunately, when I click on "Manage Widgets", nothing happens. It is inoperable. Any thoughts?

KT has already noted the same thing; I had to try it out before I posted.
I'm not sure what is wrong. Sometimes, a plist could be corrupted. Look in your username/Library/Preferences folder for a file called com.apple.dashboard.plist. Move it to your desktop and try managing your widgets. If it doesn't work, try restarting and then try again. If it still doesn't work, you can move it back into the preferences folder and replace the one that is there.
The system will recreate the plist, but you'll probably lose any customizations you've made to some of the widgets and which ones are showing. I removed mine and restarted to see what would happen. It didn't reset anything until I restarted. The Dashboard reverted to the default, but all installed widgets were still there.

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HT4759 which icloud features work with Snow Leopard

I've deleted messages from Apple about the switch from me.com to iCloud and am having trouble finding which features of iCloud will work with my MacBook Pro, running on Snow Leopard 10.6.8. (and new iPad) I'm wondering most about Contacts, Calendars, and doc storage at this point.

Snow Leopard, OSX 10.6.x, and earlier systems are not compatible with iCloud: 10.7.2 is required.
If you have opened an iCloud account on a Lion Mac or an iOS5 device or migrated a MobileMe account, this will be the situation on Snow Leopard:
You will be able to access email and calendars on the iCloud website at http://icloud.com provided your browser is reasonably up-to-date.
You will not be able to sync contacts or bookmarks from a pre-Lion Mac.
You will be able to enter the server settings for email manually in the Mail application and access your email. A pictorial instruction page on doing this is here (for Snow Leopard, or here for Tiger).
You will not be able to sync your calendars directly.
Some people have been able to set up calendar syncing by using the method detailed here - this is an unsupported hack and may not be reliable, and may stop working at some future point. (See below for alternatives.)
Address Book won't sync: this page has a convoluted hack to make it sync which has been reported as working (and as not working by others). I've not tried it. (See below for an alternative.)
(Macs running Tiger can access Mail but will not be able to sync the other data.)
There are a couple of third-party solutions which may be of interest.
BusyCal is an iCal-like calendar application with extra facilities: it can sync with the iCloud Calendar while running on Leopard, Snow Leopard or Lion. A single user licence (two machines allowed) is $49.99.
Soho Organizer can sync Calendars and Contacts with iCloud on Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion. A single user licence (multiple machines allowed) is $99.99.
If you did not migrate your account from MobileMe before 1 August you cannot use Snow Leopard to open an iCloud account. If you have access to a Lion or Mountain Lion Mac or an iOS5 device you can sign into the iCloud prefs pane with your @me.com address and reactivate the address, though not retrieve the account's previous contents. The restrictions listed above still apply, of course.

Trackpad inoperative in Snow Leopard partition

I installed Lion on my iMac but created a small partition for Snow Leopard. Everything seems OK except for my Magic Trackpad. It works fine in Lion, but in Snow Leopard it only works as a single-button mouse without the "tap to click" function. Moreover, the Snow Leopard System Preferences has no Trackpad panel.
Can anyone help me get full operation of the trackpad back into Snow Leopard?

I have a Mid 2009 MacBook Pro and the minute Snow Leopard finished installing my trackpad single touch click started to act up. Sometimes it works great, and others I have to tap three or four times to get the computer to sense and respond to the touch click. It has made the computer very Microsoft like, less responsive. I hope they patch this problem soon. I thought I had a hardware problem but it seems I'm not the only one that is experiencing this.
Let's go MAC get the patch out to fix this, it's driving us nuts. My MacBook pro is a cadillac of computer notebooks and this upgrade has turned my once outstanding trackpad into a lemon.

Juniper Java Secure Application Manager does not work with Snow Leopard

Anyone else having issues as well? I'm not using a client - its basically the Java based application manager for VPN connections to work (so I can remote desktop to my work PC).
Once logged in, it gives a "Restart your browser" error.
Thanks for your help

OK - so I got it to work. Here's what I did. Let me know if it works for you:
I wasn't able to follow the instructions exactly as noted in the original link I posted above.
The terminal command, specifically wget would not work - there is no wget.
I manually downloaded the Java 1.5 version, by following the link (just clicked on it). I 'unzipped' it and moved it into the library/frameworks/JavaVM.framework/versions folder.
So now the 1.5.0 is not an alias (as it is by default in SL), but the older version of Java.
I then followed the instruction related to changing the order in JAVA PREFERENCES.
The final stop - and I think this is key, is that I forced Safari to start in 32 bit mode. You can do this by going to Applications, highlighting Safari and hitting CMD-I. Then check the 32 bit option.
Start Safari, go to the appropriate URL and login. The Java Secure Application Manager should then start as it used to do in Leopard. You should be all set.
Hope this helps - let me know if someone has questions.

How do i backoff lion and go back to snow leopard

Too many issues with too much time for system to come up, time capsule, Adobe CS does not work, Bento files dont work, just want to go back to Snow Leopard...what are the steps?

You'll want to backup first (obviously)!!!!!!!!
But
1) boot from a Snow Leopard Disk (or your computer's original system disks if your machine came with 10.6) by EITHER holding down the OPTION key or the C key when rebooting (the compute rgoes 'bong' and then press the key immediately)
2) Choose your language
3) When you choose the disk on which to install Snow Leopard, it should yell at you (which is good).
(I don't have the images in front of my, so I apologize if the instructions aren't exact)
4) Chose ARCHIVE & INSTALL if you can.
*Archive & install, is a wonderful feature removed after Snow Leopard where you can reinstall the OS w/o overwriting the old, or reformatting the drive.
5) DO the standard install, or click 'advanced' and unselect that which you don't need (like Chinese for example, or printer drivers for brands you don't have).
6) Once the install is done, you'll want to immediately run the MAc Updater and get up to 10.6.8, the current rev of Snow Leopard.
However, should the disk not allow you to 'archive and install'; you'll need to either choose 'erase and install'; or if THAT isn't an option;
go into the menus, and to DISK UTILITY
Choose your hard drive, and erase it.
Quit Disk Utility, and repeat the above steps to install a clean version of Snow Leopard.
But please, BACK UP FIRST.
Use Super-duper or Carbon Copy Cloner (both free, both good) to clone your drive as it is presently; I am not sure if a 10.7 Time MAchine will be readible from a 10.6 migration assistant.
And next time, read before you update your OS; we've known for MONTHS that CS, CS2 won't work as they are PPC applications. CS3+ work just fine for the most part- there are some subroutines in Photoshop that evidently are still PPC applications.
I don't allow my users to upgrade to a new OS until the x.x.2 release; and in the case of Lion- I have been going over their system apps to make sure they don't use PPC apps anymore.

I am unable to go beyond 15 minutes of Snow Leopard installation?

Mine Late 2009 Mac Book Air 13.3/2.13GHZ/2GB/128SSD. Came with Snow Leopard. But I migrated to the latest OS as they become available and was running
on Maveric until few days back
Form two weeks ago mine started to have lock up screen... Initially while I was on Safari three weeks ago.
Forced quit the screen but would not boot. On every attempt a single bleep at regular intervel. Tried all suggested Safe start, Command D , ect with no luck.
Left it for a day and pressed the start button the computer worked for until yesterday.
Yesterday on my attempt to install the latest updates from apple for the iWork & OS update for RAW files..Safari,the screen developed lock up.
Put in the Disk 2 of my Snow Leopard to run the Apple Hardware \Test by pressing "D" at the start.. Performed the extended test "No Trouble found" as suggested the restart went into that bleep at regular intervel...
Forced quit and when tried to start up the same single bleep at regular intervel....
Left it for 24 hours, started this evening it but the apple logo and a bar appeared below with filling upto third and switches it self off. This happened fro few times.
So I decided to connect my MacAir Superdrive and managed to put in my Snow Leopard Disk 1.. Start with "C"... It took after few attempt come up to the screen to select the language, agree apple's aggrement.then clicks in the superdrive with spinning and the bar reaches 28 minutes to go shuts down.
While in DIsk 1 went to see utility.. no error on the Mac HD.
I have tried thie few times and no further progress possible..
I have tried Command+Shift+P+R and attempted the install,failed after reaching third of the way with 28 minutes to go.
Can I some how get this working?
Regards

No,Mine was not shipped with USB OSX. I had two disks came with this computer.
I placed my order for the Mac BookAir in the second week of August 2009-The period when the OS Snow Leopard is to be released. My computer was dispatched in the 2nd Week of Sept 2009 and I was lucky the the Snow Leapoard was installed with 2 diskets in the box.
Is it possible if I sign into my account to download my Snow Leopard in a USB? How could I obtain OSX on a USB?
Regards

Please HELP!! MacBook stuck on "Select your Keyboard" screen after installing Snow Leopard on a brand new hard drive!

Hello, I just recently replaced my internal hard drive in my MacBook [from a 250gb to a blank/empty 750gb]. I managed to get OS X Snow Leopard installed with the DVD. Setup seems to run fine at first, I get the screen in space with the welcome message different languages while music plays. Then I'm asked to select my country, then here is my problem- the next screen asks me to "Select Your Keyboard", I select & click "Continue" button, then my Mac is just showing the spinning beachball & it stayed that way all night =( I don't know how to fix this. Anyone experience this or have any solutions for me? I'd appreciate any help! Thank you! [I've been googling since yesterday with no luck on finding an answer].

It's diagnostic software. It's supposed to help you find problems. I don't think anyone is making any software yet that fixes hardware problems.
That said, the two comments:
Le husky wrote:
Macbook pro freezes for no reason even after installing 10.8 on a brand new hard drive....
.....also my trackpad is behaving very erraticaly sometimes, it's like it is possessed by a ghost....
would lead me to think it's the logic board. On older MacBook Pro's both the USB I/O ports and the keyboard/trackpad are fed out of an integrated USB controller integrated into the South Bridge I/O controller. On newer models, the USB ports come out of an integrated North/South bridge controller and the keyboard/trackpad are handled by an SMC controller, which itself interfaces with the I/O controller. All of these items are on the logic board, and they're all unrepairable.
...unless of course the "internal drive [that] is installed in a cheap external case" is itself causing the problems. Another thing to try might be a different USB port, if you haven't done so already.
I didn't know the price for Scannerz went up. I could have sworn I only paid 30-some bucks for it. Maybe it was on sale at the time. I don't remember.
In any case, good luck.

Snow Leopard and Screen sharing question

I followed the information in this article to use screen sharing between 2 SL computers and I can make the basic SS work. However, two items from this article don't function as described. It is an older article and I'm asking to see how it still applies to Snow Leopard users.
http://www.macworld.com/article/131094/2007/12/screensharepower.html
One item that doesn't seem to work is Bonjour Browser window. Launching screen share doesn't automatically launch Bonjour Browser. This is a small incovenience but it means I launch BB manually then cut and paste a device address from BB to SS.
The second item is the terminal command to add additional items to the basic SS toolbar such as the button to capture the remote screen to a local file. I've tried it but the additional buttons don't appear. Are their other commans I could use to locally capture a screenshot from the remote machine to my computer?
Are either of these features compatible in Snow Leopard? If yes, how could I trouble shoot my setup to find out why an item isn't functining as described.
Thanks!

What did you do to make it work?
In my setup, I am facing pretty much all the issues I saw on the forum around screen sharing. So from a Snow Leopard iMAC:
1. I can't even get the black remote screen when trying to get access to another iMAC 10.6.1 system. In most of the case the connecting window stays on for about 1 min and than closes; the screen sharing application shows nothing connected. Once or twice I got a black remote screen and once I think it did work well. Tens of times it just did not connect. Console messages show errors with NetAuthAgent (even that file sharing and screen sharing are enabled on the remote Snow Leopard system and the file sharing was fine but connection is slower than with leopard).
2. I can connect to a Leopard system but takes almost a minute to connect. I can access Leopard regardless of the screen sharing options and I never get a black remote screen.
All systems are in a LAN. Before Snow Leopard upgrade the screen sharing connection was instant on all systems.

Screen Sharing my iMac Running Snow Leopard

So I've enabled Remote Management on the iMac running Snow Leopard. I prefer this tab to the screen sharing tab because I like to have the remote management status tab active on the top menu bar.
A screen sharing session now disables the screen saver and display sleep on the iMac. Is there any way to reenable screen saver and display sleep when a screen sharing session is active?
My next question is: what is the minimum configuration in the remote management tab required for screen sharing?
Thanks,
Ivan

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IWeb '09 / Mobileme Gallery Widget / No Albums or Movies / Snow Leopard

This is my first time trying to use the Mobileme Gallery Widget in iWeb '09 and all I can get it to do is tell me "No Albums or Movies". I have non password / no hidden galleries published via iPhoto '09 and iMovie '09. I even tried publishing via me.com. Nothing. It publishes my site to mobileme just fine I just upgraded to Snow Leopard this afternoon if that makes any difference. I had never tried this feature before today so I can't say if it worked prior to the upgrade or not. I do use a personal domain and iWeb does see this and can publish the site to it but all the site has is my test blank page and an blank mobileme widget in it. Any ideas?

Old Toad wrote:
I'd say Snow Leopard brought it on.
Thanks. I'll try avoiding those features until there's an update to SL and/or iWeb'09. Happily iWeb09 with SL deals fine with my website in its current rather featureless configuration so I'll keep it simple for now
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I just put snow leopard 10.6.8 on my macbook pro and I was told that I could purchase Apature for photo management- now its says I need a different version.... is there an older version I could get? so frustrating.

I just put snow leopard 10.6.8 on my macbook pro and I was told that I could purchase Apature for photo management- now its says I need a different version.... is there an older version I could get? so frustrating.

The current version of Aperture requires 10.7.5 or later.
Upgrade Paths to Snow Leopard, Lion, and/or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
     Snow Leopard General Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
       2. 1GB of memory
       3. 5GB of available disk space
       4. DVD drive for installation
       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
           fees may apply.
       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
           terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service — this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
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       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
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         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
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         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
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Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table — RoaringApps.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.

In Snow Leopard, there was a quick look feature that allowed you to look at files without opening the program. It doesn't show up in Lion on my iMac. Any ideas? Thanks

In Snow Leopard, there was a quick look feature that allowed you to look at files without opening the program. It doesn't show up in Lion on my iMac. Any ideas? Thanks

While in Finder, select the file (click on its icon once) then press the Spacebar.

I tried copying a photo and pasting it in another event/group within iPhoto but the paste feature doesn't work. This wasn't an issue with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Do you have any solutions or tips?

I bought a new MacBook Pro with OsX Lion as operating system. I use iPhoto a lot and when I tried copying a photo then pasting it to another event/group, the 'paste' feature doesn't work. This wasn't the case with Leopard and Snow Leopard where the 'paste' feature worked. What I did was to paste the photo first to the desktop before transferring it to the new event/group. I brought my Mac to the Apple store where I bought it and the technicians were themselves surprised that the 'paste' feature didn't work. Chalked it up to glitches in the Lion os. So how do we fix this? I just find it absurd that a feature that used to work in Snow Leopard has been disabled in Lion, and the user still has to undergo an additional step to make it work, when new technology is supposed to make things easier for users.
Also, hasn't anyone noticed that it takes longer for the computer to boot upon opening?

Instead of copy and paste drag the photo to the new event. Or flag it and use the add flagged photos to selected event command
LN

My Snow Leopard 10.6.3 has Safari 4.0.4 but this cannot be used for the new features of iTune. I tried upgrading to Safari 5.1.7 but it needs Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Where can I get a version of Safari 5.1 that is compatible with Snow Leopard 10.6.3?

My Snow Leopard 10.6.3 has Safari 4.0.4 but this cannot be used for the new features of iTunes. I tried upgrading to Safari 5.1.7 but it needs Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Where can I get a version of Safari 5.1 that is compatible with Snow Leopard 10.6.3?

Hi..
here can I get a version of Safari 5.1 that is compatible with Snow Leopard 10.6.3?
Not possible. You need to update to v10.6.8
Click your Apple menu > Software Update
Or update using the this download > Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo
Then restart your Mac.

I just bought a new MacBook Pro. I managed to transfer everything to the new laptop. BUT I'm having some real problems--e.g., wg from my older one to the new one. Both use the same latest version of Snow Leopard. My new laptop has the newer track pad.

I just bought a new MacBook Pro. I managed to transfer everything from my older MacBook Pro to the new one. Both use Snow Leopard, the latest update.
My new one has the newest trackpad, the old one, no.
I'm have big problems using Text Edit on the new laptop--the curser does not go where I want it to go for editing, I cannot get the text to be a clear or as large
as with the older Laptop. Similarly, I cannot find a way to enlarge the menu bar. But the text edit is my biggest problem right now. I have reviewed all the preferences, particularly those in Universal Access, to no avail.
I finally gave up, used dropbox to send the text edit document to my old laptop, and continued with ease. But this is not the way it should work. I bought the
new laptop because the old one is showing signs of age.....
Is there something wrong with Text Edit while using the new trackpad?

Thanks, Sig.
The old computer is a 2.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
The new one is a 2.3 GHz intel core i7
In going over this, thanks to "tallking it out" with you, I did discover the Text Edit problem. Because I've still been unable to get the new computer text size (fonts or whatever) to match the old computer, I did not notice that the curser is now different--the line midway down the curser has to be placed on the line I am working upon, otherwise the edits go elsewhere on the page. Now, with a bit of difficulty, I am able to get Text Edit to work correctly.
If you have any ideas as to why my menu bar and Text Edit type are still so slow, I'd love to have them.
(I went through the process you suggested earlier, re my Trackpad preferences, and found no improvement.)

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