Size of snow leopard vs Tiger

BBC website says that Snow Leopard could save 7gb capacity over older OS. I'm on Tiger and have virtually filled up my internal hard drive, so sounds like a good deal. Any ideas on whether this is true, or if not how much capacity Snow Leopard might free up versus Tiger?

Great, thanks very much. Parallels is taking up huge amounts of space, so might try running that off external HD to save space. Want next significant spend to be on new Macbook rather than just new HD (casing etc. on my current is now pretty battered...) so will hold on for a while yet.

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Upgrade to Snow Leopard from Tiger - Front Row wont respond to remote?

Hi,
I have recently upgraded to Snow Leopard from Tiger. I thought I'd better get with it!.
I use front row a fair amount as the iMac is used for multimedia mostly.
However, the computer doesn't respond when I press the menu button on the remote, even when I get really close.
I have check the security settings but they are almost all shaded out. The remote is not paired and the setting state that any remote can be used. However, when the security pane is open the menu button works and opens front row?
It might be irrelevant but I use eye diversity with a remote. I also have B&W speakers with a remote. However, it all worked fine on Tiger.
Having to go onto the iMac to open Front Row sort of spoils the point of having a remote.
Has anyone got any ideas on how to fix this issue?
Many thanks.
Andy

Hi Carolyn,
Thanks for your input. It seems obvious. Obviously one of those Mac things I hadn't picked up on yet.
Unfortunately the remote still wouldn't pair. I pressed next and menu for ages as instructed but nothing?
I have messed around a bit more and it appears that Front Row works when I quit Eye Diversity TV. The iMac appears slow to open applications with Snow Leopard compared to Tiger, especially after waking. Do you know whether this is normal?
I'll try and raise the issue with EyeTV but clearly something odd is going on. I read a comment that it was best to format the iMac before installing Snow Leopard. I'm just a bit worried about losing the data and programmes I already have on the iMac.
Many thanks.
Andy

Problem after upgrading to Snow Leopard from Tiger

Hello all!
I have an old macbook pro 15" purchased on 2007. It's model is macbookpro3,1 and it runs Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11. Recently I upgrade the system to Snow Leopard. Everything seems to be fine except the laptop runs much hotter.
At first I don't know why but then I found out that on the Energy Saver menu, there is no options to select between the intel onboard graphics card and nVidia 8600M GT. And it seems the system selects the 8600M GT as the default card, therefore my GPU temperature is always about 60 Celsius degree.
Another problem is the Airport card is also hot, it's always about 60C degree (according to iStat Pro)
So anybody has same problem with me? It'd be great if you could help me figuring out these issues.
Thanks a lot!!!

TonyHeli wrote:
At first I don't know why but then I found out that on the Energy Saver menu, there is no options to select between the intel onboard graphics card and nVidia 8600M GT.
Are you sure there is an Intel onboard graphics processor in your MacBook Pro? AFAIK, Mac laptops do not have multiple graphics processors -- MBP's have a single fairly powerful one with dedicated video memory & regular MacBooks have only a somewhat less powerful one that use shared system memory.
For example, the MacBook Pro (Mid 2007, 2.4/2.2GHz) Technical Specifications make no mention of an Intel GPU.

Upgrade to Leopard or Snow Leopard from Tiger

Hi!
Does anyone know how to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 or higher? I currently have 4.11 Tiger and am willing to download for free, or purchase the newer operating systems? I've downloaded both JMP and Matlab, but neither will run on anything below 10.5.
I looked at the apple website and can't find anything obvious and the new Snow Leopard only upgrades from leopard??
Also, will upgrading my system affect any of my current files or programs?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: leslie.roos

What types of APP problems are you referring to with 10.5?
Some do not work under 10.5, some will never work or be updated, some have free updates, some have paid updates, just far too many to mention.
I would be more than happy to stick with Tiger, but I can't run the stats programs (JMP and MAtlab) I need for data analyses!
Is MATLAB supported on the MAC OS X 10.4 Tiger platform?
Date Last Modified: Thursday, September 10, 2009
Solution:
MATLAB is officially supported on the Mac OS X 10.4.x operating system for versions R14SP3 to R2008b. For a list of specific supported versions, see our System Requirements page at the following link:
http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/
http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-13NRO4/index.html?solution= 1-13NRO4
Only other solution I can think of, which may or may not be acceptable to you, is to get an external Firewire Drive, Install 10.5 on it, boot from the OS you need to use for different things.

USB warning and ports not working after update to Snow Leopard from Tiger

I've gone for hours through all kinds of forums without finding a proper answer, so here I am.
This morning I've installed OS Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on my iMac, previously I had OS Tiger 10.4.11 running. Everything seemed fine until I restarted and then I started getting "USB drawing too much power" promps all over the place even though the only thing that's attached to the iMac is the keyboard and the mouse (they both work fine). The process went like this:
The iMac is a 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo from october 2007
First I did an upgrade of my RAM, from 1GB to 2GB, that went ok.
Then I runned the install dvd for Snow Leopard, I did not perform a clean install, just did it over my old data. After restart, everything worked but i got this USB warning message, one of them. At that point my usb's still worked, (even though the warning) I could print and scan. To get rid of the warning, i resetted the PRAM and SMC, as suggested everywhere. After doing so, the promps multiplied and my usb ports ceased working, except for the keyboard and the mouse attached to it.
I've done the Apple Hardware Test, and it gives no malfunctions.
Firewire works fine, Isight buildt-in camera and bluetooth too.
I've tried all usb's and the keyboard will work in all of them, not like my printer and scanner which are completely ignored.
USB power warning also appears at restart with no deviced connected (no keyboard and mouse, i've tried).
I've also found in many forum entries the possibility of a problem on the logic board, but since i've never had a problem with my imac until today i would not be sure about a hardware malfunction.
The last thing i've found around that could be a clue is something about the kernel extensions, but that's complete chinese for me, I'm a mac plug&play user and not too much of a mac expert.
Does anybody have an idea about what could be going on? Should I perform a clean install of snow leopard? Would that solve the problem?
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I think it's serious, but if it didn't do it booted from Install Disc then Software is highly suspect.
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
Did we get the warning in Safe Mode?

Can't duplex print B4 paper size with Snow Leopard and HP8100N

Apple print drivers dumped the standard European paper size B4 (see ISO 216 for specs) many OS's ago, however, I was able to duplex print B4, which is a standard size for the HP8100 trays, using the HP Duplexing accessory, by specifying a 'custom' paper size (10.14 x 14.33). Now, with Snow Leopard and the 10.6.4 and the updated HP8100 print driver from Apple, I get the message "The Duplex Option, Flip on Short Edge" is not available when the destination paper is set to Custom."
It seems the easiest solution would be for Apple to bring back the B4 paper size--I don't know why they eliminated it. The next solution would be for Apple or HP (whoever is responisble for the print driver) to back up to whatever allowed duplexing of custom sizes in all recent OS's up to Snow Leopard.
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What are some advantages of Snow Leopard over Tiger?

Is it worth my time to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard? I use my computer primarily for word processing and movie editing.

davidfrombemus point wrote:
Is it worth my time to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard? I use my computer primarily for word processing and movie editing.
Well you likely have 10.5 Leopard, as per your signature says.
Tiger was 10.4
Download the free MacTracker to find your machine and the latest operating system it can handle.
http://www.mactracker.ca/downloads/Mactracker_6.1.zip
If you really do have Tiger 10.4 (look under the Apple menu), then download from this link instead.
http://www.mactracker.ca/downloads/Mactracker_5.3.zip
You need a Intel based processor for Snow Leopard, and it strips out a lot of the PPC code you are not using and also has faster video drivers, so you'll see a performance increase. Most all the Leopard programs (universal binaries) should work in Snow Leopard because not a lot was changed.
Lion is a another problem, save that for your next hardware upgrade. It's a real problem case.

Best way to re set-up iPhoto on Snow Leopard from Tiger

Currently have Tiger OS and iPhoto. My iPhoto Library is on an external HDD. Also I have separate folders on the external HDD containing some .jpegs which should be in iPhoto and all my movies .avi which could be in iPhoto. I am about to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard.
What I am wondering is how I can consolidate my all my photos/movies into the new (Snow Leopard version) of iPhoto when I install. For example, in the iPhoto Library folder 2006, various .jpeg and .avi files from that year are not there - they are in a seperate folder "2006" (because I moved them using Finder when I was a Mac newbie).
Would it be better to copy all the .jpegs in the iPhoto Library into a single folder, then add all the stray photos from elsewhere in the filing system to that folder, then ask the new iPhoto to import photos from there? Or should I manually copy stray photos (eg. those from 2006) into the relevant iPhoto Library folder prior to the new installation.
Final note. I have around 50,000 photos and on my current system iPhoto is very slow to initially load up - is there a filing configuration which would make the app work more efficiently or does the SL version do that already?
Thanks.

Currently have Tiger OS and iPhoto. My iPhoto Library is on an external HDD. Also I have separate folders on the external HDD containing some .jpegs which should be in iPhoto and all my movies .avi which could be in iPhoto. I am about to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard.
What I am wondering is how I can consolidate my all my photos/movies into the new (Snow Leopard version) of iPhoto when I install. For example, in the iPhoto Library folder 2006, various .jpeg and .avi files from that year are not there - they are in a seperate folder "2006" (because I moved them using Finder when I was a Mac newbie).
Would it be better to copy all the .jpegs in the iPhoto Library into a single folder, then add all the stray photos from elsewhere in the filing system to that folder, then ask the new iPhoto to import photos from there? Or should I manually copy stray photos (eg. those from 2006) into the relevant iPhoto Library folder prior to the new installation.
Final note. I have around 50,000 photos and on my current system iPhoto is very slow to initially load up - is there a filing configuration which would make the app work more efficiently or does the SL version do that already?
Thanks.

Install Snow Leopard on Tiger Mac with WinXP and bootcamp for Tiger

I want to install Snow L in my Mac. The thing is that I have Windows installed on it as well. I used the old Bootcamp (now discontinued from Tiger) to make the installation.
I was wondering what happens if I want to perform a clean installation of Snow Leopard in my Tiger partition....
Please help, it seems hard!!

I was wondering what happens if I want to perform a clean installation of Snow Leopard in my Tiger partition....
The Windows installation will be preserved as is.
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Upgrading to Snow Leopard from Tiger with an external DVD drive.

I am trying to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.3 from Tiger 10.4.11 with an external DVD drive. The disc loads OK and prompts me for my password to restart and begin the installation. On restart, instead of being asked to accept the terms of use and etc... I just get the same prompt to restart and get caught in a loop. Any tips?

Try this instead:
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the disk icon of the Snow Leopard DVD.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.

Can't UInstal Snow Leopard over Tiger

Hello, I need some help installing Snow Leopard on my MacBook. I have Tiger installed 10.4.11 and have been having a lot of problems with it recently. The Apple store advised I buy the Snow Leopard Mac Box Set which I have done. I have made all the backup's on a separate hard drive, but now when I try and do the install it will not work. It runs for about 5 or 10 minutes and then comes up with the message "MAC OSX could not be installed on your computer. The Installer could not copy the necessary support files. Click restart or restart your computer and try installing again". I have tried installing twice now with no luck, both times the same error. I have a total hard drive of 148.73GB and I have 64.41GB free.
Does any one have any ideas to help me
Thankyou very much.

Launch Disk Utility & select your MB's hard drive from the list. In the bottom of the window you will see the *Partition Map Scheme* listed. Does it say "GUID Partition Table"? If not, you will have to reformat the drive for the installer to work.
Also make sure your MB can connect to the Internet during the early stages of the install process. If you use the default 'upgrade in place' method (which I recommend), the pre-install app will try to download certain updated info from Apple's servers & store that in the files it writes to the hard drive before the restart from the DVD that actually upgrades the OS.

Upgrading to Snow Leopard from Tiger

I have an iMac early 2006 and meet all of the requirements necessary for upgrading to Snow Leopard. Based on other posts I assume you can upgrade to SL with the $29 software. Is that correct? Also, will I lose data from the hard drive in the upgrade process? I have Time CapsuIe but I cant back it up to it because I dont have Time Machine on Tiger. I have my iPhone synced to this computer so will I have a problem syncing after the upgrade and losing data? Lastly, will the upgrade affect the partitioned OS with Parallels and Windows XP that is installed?

Little Gee wrote:
I have an iMac early 2006 and meet all of the requirements necessary for upgrading to Snow Leopard. Based on other posts I assume you can upgrade to SL with the $29 software. Is that correct?
technically, yes. legally? far from clear. there is no agreement on the issue on the forums. it's clear that apple intended the 29$ disks to be used by leopard owners only but they didn't manage to specify it clearly enough on the packaging and in ULA. hence the arguments. in view of this you can do as you like.
Also, will I lose data from the hard drive in the upgrade process?
a regular upgrade preserves your data. but you should make a full backup regardless. you should always back up and it's doubly important before upgrades. make a full bootable clone of your current Tiger system using CCCloner or Superduper. test that it works and then upgrade.
I have Time CapsuIe but I cant back it up to it because I dont have Time Machine on Tiger. I have my iPhone synced to this computer so will I have a problem syncing after the upgrade and losing data?
if everything goes well, no.
Lastly, will the upgrade affect the partitioned OS with Parallels and Windows XP that is installed?
no, the upgrade will not touch the windows partition.

"Clean Install" Snow Leopard on Tiger using 30 eur DVD. Legal or not?

Hi!
I have two questions:
1). Is it possible to use the "cheap" 30 euro DVD to "clean install" Snow Leopard on 5yrs old MacBook running Tiger?
By "clean install" I mean to erase the hard drive and then install the new operating system (Snow Leopard).
I have read that is possible technically but is it legal?
2). Is "Clean Install" and "Upgrading" similar or different from a legal point of view?
A clean install is when you erase your hard drive and then install the operating system. An upgrade is when you just overwrite the operating system and keep other files in place.
Thanks,
D.M.

1. Yes.
2. They are different. The former requires first erasing the drive while the latter upgrades an existing system.

Can I change the administrator password on Snow Leopard using Tiger discs

Hi, I had a fault with my mac and the o/s had to be reinstalled. The shop put Snow Leopard on my mac and I changed the password which I later forgot. My mac instructed me to input the install discs etc but I only have my original Tiger Install discs. I rang the shop but they say they are not allowed to change the password but that I can do it with my old discs.
I tried to reset it but it wouldn't work and on only the first occasion when I restarted with the disc and by pressing C on reboot etc did it launch into the 'select language' etc. Now every time I try, it just starts normally.
Is there any way I can change the administrator password on Snow Leopard using my Tiger discs? thanks

Why didn't the "shop" give you the Snow Leopard system discs? You need those to troubleshoot. Especially if you need to use Apple's Hardware Test. Strange.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2558
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/11627.html
Check Knowledge Base for other solutions.

Snow leopard over tiger

can you go from tiger to snow leopard using the upgrade disk or do you need the full version

Yes you can upgrade 10.4 to 10.6 if your machine meets the specifications for 10.6.
The 10.6.3 disk is the full version, the upgrade installer package just removes 10.4 only and leaves your Applications and User accounts folders alone.
However you need to always backup your personal data off the machine via drag and drop methods to a external storage hard drive, then disconnect it before doing anything.
Most commonly used backup methods
This way if the install upgrade goes bad, you can hold c (or option key) while booitng and erase the drive (Disk Utility) and install 10.6, (instead of upgrading 10.4 to 10.6 using the installer package)
This method erases all programs and user files though, why you need to backup your files off the machine first.
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Size of snow leopard vs Tiger

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