I’ve been using Leopard as my only OS for 4+ days now. Here is a first report on where I’ve encountered the most problems. Safari: I spend a lot of time with Safari (can’t use any other browser as my main browser). It’s the only Apple application that I use so extensively. So far I’ve [...]
Well, I finally took the plunge. After yesterday’s problems installing it on my iBook, I took all the precautions that I can and took the plunge and installed it on my iMac. Steps: Buy a 1 TB drive from Costco. Plug it in and realize it’s dead. Exchange 1TB drive at Costco. Plug it in [...]
Well, after my first attempt at installing Leopard by doing a normal ‘Update’ on the previous system, I couldn’t get the Finder to respond, no matter what I did. I changed strategy and re-installed by doing an ‘Erase and Install’. ‘Erase and install’ worked perfectly. It took about 45 minutes to install from scratch, excluding [...]
Today, at 10:30 am EDT, the Purolator guy dropped off the tiny package. Leopard is packaged in what have recently become Apple’s standard software package. A box barely larger than the DVD is housing the new system, along with a small booklet. At 10:40 I had started the install on my non-essential iBook (G4, 1.42 [...]