Possible fix for HP Printers under Snow Leopard

1. Install GPL Ghostscript from gplgs-8.64so-ub.dmg
2. Install Foomatic-RIP.pkg from foomatic-rip-4.0.2.211.dmg
3. Install hpijs.pkg from hpijs-3.9.2-ub.dmg
4. Add printer in System Preferences. Choose "HP Deskjet 4200 Foomatic/hpijs" from driver list.
Above files can be found at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs
I had the same problems with an HP Deskjet D4260 printer under 10.6 as many did here with various HP printers. The above worked quite well for me. The list of supported printers is quite large, and is on the above linked site with the downloads. I read that the order matters, inasmuch as you want to do Ghostscript and Foomatic first, before the hpijs.pkg. At any rate, that is how I did it, and it worked quite well.
I hope this helps those with printing woes under Snow Leopard

Hi Kristy
It sounds as though you have solved your problem but I have found a way to fully access floppy disks formatted as Mac OS Standard. This may not work for all though because I have access to a Windows 7 PC.
On my mid-2011 iMac running OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) I was trying to download and copy onto floppy disks (for an old Macintosh) some software downloaded from the internet.
I found, as you did, that I could read such disks via a USB floppy disk drive, but that I could not write to them.
Thanks to your post I realised that it was simply because such formats have only limited support in more recent versions of OS X.
There is software called MacDisk for Windows. I just ran it in Windows 7 running as my Bootcamp partition accessed via VMWare Fusion. The software is free to test (with some limitations).
I just successfully copied a file via it to a disk and then was able to read it on my iMac.
Hope this helps you, or anyone else looking to do such strange things.

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No support for floppy disks under Snow Leopard?

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Kristy

Hi Kristy
It sounds as though you have solved your problem but I have found a way to fully access floppy disks formatted as Mac OS Standard. This may not work for all though because I have access to a Windows 7 PC.
On my mid-2011 iMac running OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) I was trying to download and copy onto floppy disks (for an old Macintosh) some software downloaded from the internet.
I found, as you did, that I could read such disks via a USB floppy disk drive, but that I could not write to them.
Thanks to your post I realised that it was simply because such formats have only limited support in more recent versions of OS X.
There is software called MacDisk for Windows. I just ran it in Windows 7 running as my Bootcamp partition accessed via VMWare Fusion. The software is free to test (with some limitations).
I just successfully copied a file via it to a disk and then was able to read it on my iMac.
Hope this helps you, or anyone else looking to do such strange things.

Will the bash fix for Lion work on Snow Leopard?

Will the bash fix for Lion that fixes a security flaw in the bash UNIX shell, work on Snow Leopard?
OS X bash Update 1.0 - OS X Lion

theblueglow wrote:
eyeman wrote:
I will go back to using the tcsh shell.
Unfortunately this is not the path to security since it appears other services like CUPS use bash.
I agree. When I tried using symlinks to send calls to bash & sh to tcsh instead, I found a lot of broken shell scripts. I don't think tcsh has been maintained very well since it's use with OS X 10.0 through 10.2. I had better luck with xsh, though.
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I have a Canon iP6700D. In 10.5 and earlier, one could select between the automatic sheet feeder and the cassette through selections under "Quality and Media". Those options seem to have disappeared under 10.6.1 using the September 11th Canon printer driver. Nosing about in Google, others seem to have the same problem with this and other printers under Snow Leopard. I've tried uninstalling the printer and re-installing but it hasn't helped.
Settings made under 10.5 and saved still appear in Snow Leopard, and are still able to access the cassette and the sheet feeder, but I can't find a place to CHANGE that for saved or for new settings.
Can anyone tell me where to find this setting, or where I might find a patch that will fix the problem?

The v10.26 driver for the iP6700D still has the Paper Source menu under Q&M on 10.6. I can only think that something is conflicting with your installation of the driver. I would trash the contents of the BJPrinter folder, located in HD > Library > Printers > Canon. Then install the v10.26 driver again and see if the menus are present.
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Pahu

HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless Won't Scan Under Snow Leopard

After installing Snow Leopard, my new HP Officejet Pro Wireless 8500 all-in-one printer won't scan. It delivers the following error message: "No Scan Options - refer to device documentation".
Also, when I attempted to check and adjust scan settings using HP's Scan Destinations program, that program hangs and cannot save any setting changes. Then I have to use "Force Quit" to stop the program from hanging up while saving.
HP's software update reports the printer software is up to date.
It appears there are a ton of printer problems appearing for people after installing Snow Leopard, but I sure would appreciate any help on solutions if someone also has this problem.
Thanks much.

I also just tried connecting my 8500 wireless printer directly via usb and then downloading the HP printer drivers from Apple downloads and reinstalling.
The install hangs nearly forever on the final step, but eventually says the driver install was successful. However, then when connected via usb, I am unable to print. Printing works when you reconnect via the wireless on the 8500.
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Somebody has it wrong.
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HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 Wireless second paper tray under Snow Leopard

He there, I have a strange problem with the second (extra) paper tray from the Office Jet Pro 8500. I have setup the tray and activated the option on the driver page on the computers, but no results. No paper is loaded from the tray and there is an error that no paper is loaded in the machine. The printer is connected via ethernet (and a time machine) and I am running snow leopard on all the machines that are connected to the printer. I have installed the latest drivers from Apple and from HP. I know that the paper tray is working, because when I make a copy on the machine localy and force him to use papertray number 2, then there is no problem.
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I also just tried connecting my 8500 wireless printer directly via usb and then downloading the HP printer drivers from Apple downloads and reinstalling.
The install hangs nearly forever on the final step, but eventually says the driver install was successful. However, then when connected via usb, I am unable to print. Printing works when you reconnect via the wireless on the 8500.
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Somebody has it wrong.
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Possible Fix for Printing Problems in Leopard

I got this information from Mac OS X Leopard Edition book by David Pogue. Here's his possible fix for printing problems in Leopard...Open web browser and enter this address http://127.0.0.1:631. You'll find youself at a secret "front end" for CUPS (Common UNIX Printer System), the underlying printing technology for Mac OS X 10.5. This trick lets your Mac communicate with a huge array of older printers that dopn't yet have Mac OS X drivers. Using this administration screen, you can print a test page, stop your printer in its tracks, manage your networked printers and print jobs, and more–a very slick trick. Haven't tried it yet...anyone who does let me know how it worked!

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PhotoShop Elements 6 for Mac under Snow Leopard?

Hi. Apple's new operating system for Mac, Snow Leopard is being released tomorrow.
According to the Snow Leopard wiki, Photoshop Elements 6 does not work under Snow Leopard:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
I contacted Adobe to ask if they had any plans to update Photoshop Elements 6 to work with Snow Leopard. The response I got from their support was that Adobe Photoshop Elements was programmed before Snow Leopard and so they weren't responsible if it didn't work.
I am pissed because of course Photoshop Elements was programmed before Snow Leopard. EVERY software program was. Most of my software (and I have a lot of apps) are being updated for Snow Leopard by their developers.
I'm writing this post just to make sure that Photoshop Elements doesn't work under Snow Leopard. It's possible whoever posted that Photoshop Elements didn't work under Snow Leopard could have been having an isolated problem.
So, if anyone tries Photoshop Elements with Snow Leopard, please post here whether or not it works.
Thanks a lot.
Mirskyman

No, there are no significant known conflicts with Snow Leopard, so that's not your problem. Have you deleted prefs since the upgrade? Was this an upgrade in place rather than an erase install? If so, go to your username>library>preferences and delete:
com.adobe.Photoshop.Elements.plist
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Paths Folder
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Settings Folder
Opera preferences
repair permissions and see if it's any better. Do you have any third party content installed in PSE? There may well be conflicts with that, if so.

I recently upgraded to Mavericks from Snow Leopard. Does Snow Leopard still exist on my Mac? If so, is it possible to restart under Snow Leopard in order to run PowerPC apps? If not, is there an OS available in 64 bit that supports PowerPC apps? Mav ***.

I recently upgraded to Mavericks from Snow Leopard. Does Snow Leopard still exist on my Mac? If so, is it possible to restart under Snow Leopard in order to run PowerPC apps? If not, is there an OS available in 64 bit that supports PowerPC apps? Mav ***.

The only reason I upgraded to Mavericks was because my Snow Leopard OS was 32 bit, which I was told would support only 4GB of RAM.
That wasn't quite right. You can put in as much RAM as your Mac's hardware supports. The division is in the apps themselves. A 32 bit app can't use more than 4 GB or RAM. A 64 bit app can use much more.
For example, as a 32 bit only version, Photoshop CS3 can't use more 4GB of RAM, no matter how much you actually have installed. CS4 or later can use all the RAM you want to throw at it.

[svn:fx-trunk] 10224: Fix for seemingly invalid use of 'tar', fixes AIR integration extraction on Snow Leopard.

Revision: 10224
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-09-14 05:35:41 -0700 (Mon, 14 Sep 2009)
Log Message:
Fix for seemingly invalid use of 'tar', fixes AIR integration extraction on Snow Leopard.
QE notes: None
Doc notes: None
Bugs: N/A
Reviewer: Gaurav
Tests run: Tested build on Windows.
Is noteworthy for integration: No
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/build.xml

Support for iCloud under Snow Leopard

Will there be support for iCloud
under Snow Leopard?

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http://skangerland.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-get-ical-with-icloud-working-in.h tml
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Front Row Incorrectly Reads iTunes Metadata under Snow Leopard?

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I recently purchased a used iMac (from 2006), that the previous owner had upgraded to Snow Leopard. I already have a MacBook Pro. To explain, I purchased the iMac to set it up as a media center computer, connected to my external hard drive and synced with AppleTV. I used Migration Assistant to move my files onto the iMac, but Front Row is now showing all the errors you described.
1. It is VERY slow to open. Clicking Menu on the remote, and you wait 15 seconds or more for Front Row to open.
2. Even though iTunes is directed to my external hard drive, Front Row shows Source as my Macbook Pro.
3. TV shows are out of order. On my Macbook Pro (10.5.8) all shows are listed from first to last, from top to bottom. On the iMac (10.6.4) they are listed last to first, top to bottom.
4. Some TV shows that are clearly in iTunes (purchased from iTunes) do not appear in Front Row at all.
5. The unwatched content blue dot remains even after watching something all the way through to the end. After watching them in Front Row, iTunes does not show them as watched either, but instead has the half blue dot, as if they were unfinished.
6. iTunes is also badly affected: I now have a large number of TV shows in the Movies section, and attempts to reorganize them in the folders on the external where they are store fails. It's a complete mess, and it seems like its deliberate that we cannot reorganize it ourselves.
So what used to be a very lovely program has become a horribly messy, PC like, application. Which made the whole point of setting up a special computer just for media a total waste of time and money with Snow Leopard installed.
If a fix is not forthcoming, I'm probably going to uninstall Snow Leopard, and reinstall Leopard. Everything worked fine there for me.

Battery life under Snow Leopard

Looks like I can only get maximum half the battery life, as compared to what it was under Leopard 10.5.8.
I have the latest MacBook Pro 2009, and under Leopard I would normally get about 6-8 hours of battery life, and could get through an entire work day without having to recharge. Under Snow Leopard maximum I could get so far is about 5 hours _at best_ (if I don't do much of anything).
Extra 32 bits ate my battery?

Exactly the same for me as well. I have a new macbook pro 2009 model and yes since upgrading to 10.6.1 I have lost about 50% battery power. This *****.
I went into an Apple store in Amsterdam today, and they said they have never heard of this issue and just told me to call tech support. LOL like they don't read, this issue is all over the net in a way I'm glad I'm not the only one so I just hope a fix comes soon.

TIme machine backup made under snow leopard to be used in leopard

Hi I have just down-graded back to leopard from snow leopard due to problems i was encountering. Prior to re-installing leopard OS10.5 I made a backup of my hard drive with time machine under snow leopard 10.6. now i have tried to restore this hard drive back-up once i had succesfully re-installed leopard 10.5 but it wont allow me. is there any way around this? do the back-ups have to be from same operating systems. any advice much appreciated

willouk2 wrote:
What I wanted to acheive was for my macbook to look the same to when before i installed snow leopard, as in with all files in place, apps, desktop etc! so having made a time machine backup in 10.6 I Inserted Leopard disk OSX 10.5, held down the C key and rebooted, formatted HDD, installed Leopard
There's no point to installing OSX, then restoring +*your entire system+* from backups: "your entire system" includes OSX. The first thing it does (as you're warned on the screen) is erase the HD.
The message you got was apparently the Leopard installer (on the disc) saying you can't use it to restore a complete Snow Leopard system. But if it had, you'd have been back on SL.
If you don't have a backup from Leopard, you can't make your system look exactly like it was under SL but with a Leopard version of OSX. Even getting close won't be easy: you no doubt have many files that were created in SL, or upgraded by SL. They're not compatible with Leopard; OSX and Leopard apps may not work right, if at all, with them.
At this point, you've got two options:
First (and almost certainly best) is to restore your entire system to the way it was at the time of the backup (by using the Snow Leopard install disc). Then fix whatever problems you were having.
If you really want to go back, do an Erase and Install of Leopard. When it boots up, and asks if you already have a Mac and want to "transfer" data from it, say no. Set up your first user, etc,. Then download and install the "combo" update to get back to 10.5.8. Info and download available at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_8_ComboUpdate Be sure to do a +Repair Permissions+ via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder) afterwards.
Then reinstall all apps that came with installers (and are compatible with Leopard) from the original discs.
You'll have to set up all your email accounts, passwords, and other preferences and settings.
Then you might be able to selectively restore some things from your Snow Leopard backup, but be aware that you may be restoring incompatible versions of files. The behavior of OSX and your apps will be unpredictable at best.

No 802.11n on early Intel iMac under Snow Leopard

Hello,
After installing Snow Leopard on my white Intel iMac (first Intel iMac model) I have lost 802.11n functionality. I had to patch the iMac under Leopard with the AirPort Extreme 802.11n Enabler to get 802.11n working (http://store.apple.com/uk/product/D4141ZM/A). Snow Leopard appears to of changed the Airport Extreme settings, and under system profiler it just shows: ‘Supported PHY Modes as 802.11 a/b/g’
I can no longer use the 802.11n enabler under Snow Leopard as it comes up with an error message "You cannot install AirPort Extreme 802.11n Enabler on this volume. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update." - this is due to an Airport Extreme 2007-002 upgrade being required (http://support.apple.com/downloads/AirPortExtreme_Update_2007002), which also won't install under Snow Leopard.
Help! Is this a known issue and will Apple be releasing a Snow Leopard compatible 802.11n enabler? OR, is there a work around/fix under Snow Leopard.
Essentially, accessing my home server for work is a nightmare as 802.11g is just not fast enough for the media files I work with.
All help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Graham Johnson.
Message was edited by: orch5

I am a bit confused as to which iMac you are trying to use with 802.11n.
You say that you have the first white iMac that was Intel. But the first three white Intel iMacs do not have 802.11n capabilities; neither the Early '06 Core Duo, the Mid '06 Core Duo, nor the Late '06 Core 2 Duo CD have AirPort Extreme cards capable of 802.11n. But you profile is showing a 2.16 GHz iMac C2D which is Late '06 and does have the AirPort Extreme card with 802.11n capabilities.
Is that the Mac that now appears to have lost this capability?
What does Apple say? Did you buy Apple Care? Is it still in its last weeks of warranty?
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