Software for Snow Leopard

As a Tiger user, if I buy a Mac that only runs Snow Leopard, does that mean ALL my other software programs have to be compatible with SL?

Microsoft Word from Office X was behaving strangely under OSX 10.6.5, then it quit and cannot be loaded again. All my files are inaccessible. I've tried re-loading 30 or 40 times with the same result every time. It's not any particular file that's at fault. The programme itself starts to load then, just as it's beginning to display on the screen, quits and I'm told a report is being send to Apple.

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  • My iMac is frozen on a blue screen during an update software for snow leopard. What do I do? Turn off my imac?

    My iMac is frozen on a blue screen during an update of software for snow leopard. What do I do?  Should I turn off the computer?

    do a hard shutdown of the mac (holding down the power button until it shuts off) then do an SMC reset, the following article tells how to do this:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
    after doing this reset and restarting the mac, try again to install the update.

  • Functional Security Software for Snow Leopard?

    Hi everyone. I just made the move to Snow Leopard (10.6.1), and I'm curious about what security software is decent and available for SL. My school provides access to Symantec AntiVirus for OS X, but unfortunately the only version they provide is incompatible with Snow Leopard. I've been trying out ClamXAV, but on Snow Leopard it crashes quite frequently, and isn't very good at catching threats. I can't find much else out there that might be a good security solution...
    Today during a scan ClamXAV caught something called "PHP.Defash.B" in my Opera cache folders. I deleted the file, but I know it's never that easy! I never thought I'd see the day when a Mac could be infected by anything, but I'm slowly realizing that times are changing. Can anyone tell me what software would be best to use to keep things secure and stable, preventing Trojans, Hacks, and other malware? Thanks!
    Message was edited by: Carbonyl

    Snow Leopard's anti-malware measure has been regarded as rudimentary at best.
    The only complaint I've seen has been a claim that it only scans things that have been downloaded by Safari, but I only saw that in one place and have no way to verify whether or not it is true. It's hard to find malware information that doesn't come from the makers of anti-malware software, which can hardly be considered unbiased sources. They want you to buy their software, after all!
    If you've found a decent source where someone not affiliated with one of these companies has done some testing, I'd like to see it. (Not being sarcastic... I really would like more information, which seems to be sparse so far. Everyone seems to be taking Intego's word on the matter despite their obvious bias.)
    It's limited to two trojans, and doesn't seem to be something that will evolve over time.
    Currently, all Mac trojans in the wild are variants of the two that are detected. Whether or not this means that it will detect all these variants is unclear, but it seems odd that Apple would spend the resources to add this feature and not spend a tiny fraction more to add definitions that would match all current Mac trojans. Until I see a report from an unbiased source saying "I tested every known Mac trojan (and here's a list) and it didn't detect these," I'm going to assume that Apple didn't do something that makes no sense whatsoever.
    As to whether it will evolve over time, I'm not sure why you think it wouldn't. The current design makes it very easy to update a single, small definitions file with a security update.

  • How to you get software for snow leopard?

    I have a Mac Intel desk computer from 2007.  How do I get sofware Snow Leopard?

    Check the Apple link below.
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

  • Is there any database software for Snow Leopard?

    Hello, I am trying to set up a database for work but I use macbook pro at home. I know Access is a good database software and I once used it before but now I migrate to mac and I found Access doesn't support mac. Can you recommend any database software for mac? I know Bento is one but it seems work for personal. I want some soft like Access can be used for commercial, for office. And I prefer the soft can generate documents used for Windows too because in office I use Win. Thanks in advance. I know this question may not be posted here, but I can't find a more suitable place to write. Sorry for that.

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  • Virtual desktop for Snow Leopard?

    I like the Spaces in Snow Leopard, but those are not real separate desktops. For Leopard there was some cool software (never used it, but its exactly what i am looking for):
    http://www.yousoftware.com/desktops/desktops.php
    But for Snow Leopard, it doesn't work. Other similar software also doens't support Snow Leopard.
    Does anybody know some Virtual desktop supporting software for Snow Leopard?

    Correct me if i'm wrong, but spaces is really only spaces in wich you can put different programs in. Not different desktops, with seperate files on echt desktop, different backgrounds, maybe different docks.
    I don't think there's ever been a virtual desktop application for the Mac that allowed for separate files on each desktop, nor different docks.
    This app
    http://thecocoabots.com/hyperspaces/
    adds many features to the basic Spaces. For other docks you can explore apps like
    http://www.dragthing.com/
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  • Have updated from Snow Leopard to Lion with Safari Version 5.0.5. Now I can not update to Safari 5.1. There is no update in the Software Updater, and on the apple-download page, I only found a Safari 5.1 for Snow Leopard. When executing it, there is an e

    I have updated from Snow Leopard to Lion with Safari Version 5.0.5. Now I can not update to Safari 5.1. There is no update in the Software Updater, and on the apple-download page, I only found a Safari 5.1 for Snow Leopard. When executing it, there is an error message, that it is for 10.6 only.
    It seems that I should have first updated Safari, and then only to Lion, which I didn't. Any idea how I can fix this now without having to rollback to Snow Leopard, update Safari and then go back to Lion?

    Try this Safari5.1 from the installer package
    http://www.filefactory.com/file/cc9005d/n/Safari.pkg.zip
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  • All the software from Snow Leopard remain in the launchpad.

    After upgrading my mac book pro from Snow Leopard to Lion this morning, I found out that all the old software from Snow Leopard still reamin in the Launchpad.
    For example, I now have two icons for dictionaries, two icons for safari, two icons for photo booth and so on. The icon for the old software won't work, but the new one works just fine (which makes sense, but I don't know why the old icon isn't replaced by the new one.)
    I understand that I can choose to delete the old icons one by one, but I'm just wondering if I'm the only person who is experiencing this right now.
    Also, did I do something wrong here? Is there anyway to take care of this problem?
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    Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
    1.  Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
    This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
    If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.  If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.

  • I have a mac  book pro that i bought in late 2009. My current software is snow leopard version 10.5.8. I would like to get the new lion operating system but I cant without first getting the latest version of snow leopard. it doesnt show on software updat

    I have a mac book pro that i bought in late 2009. My current software is snow leopard version 10.5.8. I would like to get the new lion operating system but I cant without first getting the latest version of snow leopard. however when I go to update my software it doesnt show that any update is available.

    10.5.8 is Leopard, not Snow Leopard. You need the Snow Leopard DVD;
    You can get it only by phone now from Apple.
    In the US, call 1-800-MY-APPLE and ask for a sales assistant. Last quoted price was $19.99 for the single-user and $29.99 for the family licence.
    For other countries, check here; http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
    Don't forget to ask for Sales; the tech support guys can't help.
    If you want Lion, rather than Mountain Lion, the same Sales team can give you a download code to use at the Mac AppStore.
    To get the App Store, you need to update your new Snow Leopard from 10.6.3 (which is the version on the installer) to 10.6.8 with the combo update; http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
    Be warned that the upgrades will render a lot of older software unusable, and will need new drivers for printers and scanners in all likelihood.

  • Is there a working version of xcode for snow leopard out there?

    I downloaded v 4.2 from developer.apple and when I try to install it on my computer it says "unknown installation error occurred" and "you may want to contact the software manufacturer."  It doesn't give me anything else...
    Similarily, I used adobe flash pro to build my .ipa file and am curious if I even need xcode - is there a working version of Application Loader for Snow Leopard available for download?
    Thanks a bunch.

    I need to upload my .ipa file to itunes connect... 
    I have an older mac with snow leopard 10.6.8 and an old version of Xcode (3.2), but no Application Loader to load my .ipa to itunes connect.  The Application Loader you can download in itunes connect requres OS 10.7 or higher, and I I can't upgrade my OS without increasing RAM.

  • HT4163 Need iPhoto 9.0 for Snow Leopard 10.6.8

    I have an old macbook running 10.6.8.  I want iPhoto version 9 ('11), but all I can find in the app store is version 9.3, which only runs on Lion.  I want iPhoto for Snow Leopard.  I can see no reason why Apple has forsaken Snow Leopard. There is no reason why the App store can't have version 9.0 so both Lion and Snow Leopard users can buy it and update it to suit individual needs.  Does anyone know how to get version 9.0 for Snow Leopard online?

    Just a follow-up.  I did purchase iLife '09 on eBay and it works smoothly. A few hiccups. I mistakenly did an "upgrade install" of OS X, twice.  "Upgrade installs" take a long, long time to do, and in the end, just don't work.  It turned out that the utilities menu that I needed to access in order to reformat and do a "clean install' was pushed right off the screen where I could not see it, due to a faulty video driver matchup on the install disk.  The result was that I wasn't sure what kind of install I was doing. 
    So, now I have a mini-Mac that works just like it used to, but really with no perceptible advantage to what I had before, just a few bucks lighter, and many hours of effort.  The good news is that my older mini-Mac (read the Apple fine print carefully on which Intel processors do and don't work) will run Snow Leopard, albeit a little slower than Tiger.  Hopefully, Apple technology and the various software upgrades required to browse the Internet will stay compatible with Snow Leopard for a while yet.  But the Apple mini-Mac takes the cake for the poorest backward compatibility I've run across since I began with computers in the late 1960s.

  • I have a macbook pro and the software with snow leopard only has upgraded to 10.5.8, do I need to purchase mountain lion to upgrade to 10.6.8?

    I have a macbook pro and the software with snow leopard only has upgraded to 10.5.8, do I need to purchase mountain lion to upgrade to 10.6.8?

    Your machine likely can't handle Mountain Lion 10.8 nor 10.7, if it does it will run slow and very higly likely a lot of your third party software and drivers for printers and scanners won't function anymore.
    It's because your 10.5 era (or earlier) machine is rather dated, hardware has advanced and is faster, the newer OS X versions have gotten bloated.
    I do recommend you call Apple via phone and order the 10.6.3 white retail disks, backup your personal data off the 10.5.8 Mac to a external storage drive and when the disk arrives, stick it in and run the upgrade installer.
    Once that's finished, reboot and use Software Update to get to 10.6.8 and stay there. You can buy stuff from AppStore, just don't upgrade to 10.8 (or 10.7) as thats when you'll have issues.
    10.6 should run your currrently installed PPC software and hardware drivers. But 10.7/10.8 will not.
    10.6 is receiving security and other updates from Apple as more than 50% of OSX users are still on it.
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  • Safari 5.1.8 for Snow Leopard available

    But only as part of a recent security update. Still, those still with Snow should take advantage of the security upgrades that we thought would not happen.
    Available through Software Update.

    Are you kidding?  That would be a HUGE step backward.  It's almost as if Apple snuck this into the security update just so they could sabotage Safari for Snow Leopard.  Is Apple that desperate to get us to leave 10.6.8 and go to Mountain Lion?
    It's really screwed up that I'm now going to avoid a security update just because Apple decided to sneak a Safari update inside of it.  This is a highly unusual and suspect way to "update" Safari.
    Can anyone else verify tking13's issue?
    tking13 wrote:
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    Tim King

  • Quicktime 7.6.4 for Snow Leopard

    Hi all!
    I have downloaded the Quicktime update 7.6.4 for Snow Leopard but the installer does not update the software as it detects Quicktime X and tells me to use the software update functionality.
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    Any ideas how to update the quicktime without downgrading to leopard updating quick time and upgrading the OS again?
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    The update is for Tiger and Leopard only, not Snow Leopard.

  • Why did I pay £25.00 for snow leopard

    Why did I pay £25.00 for snow leopard?
    Ive installed it and have noticed no difference.............have you?
    Jeff

    That's a point fo confusion.
    If your MacBook has a Core 2 Duo processor (64-bit) and not the earlier Core Duo processor (32-bit), you can run 64-bit versions of Apple's applications. Whether the speed improvements are mostly because of this "64-bit'ness" or mostly because Apple re-coded the bundled apps (such as the all-important Finder) to be more efficient, I'm not so sure. Apple did optimize their code to reduce bloat, and it is supposedly a lot more than just removing the PowerPC code. This article has a good high level explanation.
    http://www.macworld.com/article/142379/2009/08/snowleopard_64bit.html
    The other layer for 32 versus 64-bit discussion is in the core of the OS itself, the kernel. Apple seems to be playing it safe initially, and all Macs (except for Xserve servers) are running the 32-bit kernel by default. This may be to ensure third-party software compatibility during the transition to 64-bit. The more recent Macs are capable of switching to the 64-bit kernel on startup. Older Core 2 Duo Macs (that can run 64-bit apps) cannot use the 64-bit kernel. This web page (with related utility) has a good consolidate explanation, although I cannot confirm everything is 100% accurate.
    http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html
    So there are really two levels. 64-bit applications and the 64-bit kernel. 64-bit apps can run with the 32-bit kernel just fine, as long as your iMac has Core 2 Duo processors. I'm just going to keep things +as is+, and not worry about it. Snow Leopard is running great, and that's good enough for me no matter what part is 64-bit and what part is not.

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