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Snow Leopard not yet ready for use

I installed OS 10.6 on Saturday, only to find that most other software programs are simply not compatible, especially VMware Fusion, which allows me to operate the windows operation system on the Mac. I have contacted Apple, and several other software companies, and they all tell me it may be a month or more before the required patches and up-dated versions will be available. If you have not yet loaded up Snow Leopard, DON"T! It may be a great system once the rest of the world is ready for it, but right now it has rendered about half of my computer useless. By the way, ALL of my programs are up to date, within one year.

17" Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Aug 31, 2009 4:32 PM

65 replies

A A P L

Level 7

21,764 points

Aug 31, 2009 6:32 PM in response to William Lloyd

Ya gotta wonder...
I mean, I know we all here mentally prepare for these types of posts, but sometimes, I wonder what folks who really own computers expect?
OTOH, you could be right 😉

Kevin Horn

Level 4

1,836 points

Aug 31, 2009 7:07 PM in response to William Lloyd

If you are uncomfortable living on the "bleeding edge," then perhaps installing an OS on the weekend it ships isn't the best idea.<<<</div>

And there is the heart of the matter. The cautious should wait until at least the first update, or if there is an app you absolutely must have check on it's compatibility FIRST!! Why is that such a novel concept?

At least he didn't say Snow Leopard melted his Mac and killed his cat, as we so often see.

I installed SL on 2 Macs over the weekend with hardly a problem. The worst moment was to find all my custom icons changed back to Leopard's godawful ones. So I immediately opened Candybar to reinstall them only to find I needed to download an upgrade. So I did and redid my icons, less than 5 minutes.

The only real drama was my scream of terror when I first saw those dreaded blue folders.

Kevin

Aug 31, 2009 8:02 PM in response to Robert Rogers

Hey Guys,
I have updated from 10.5.8 to 10.6 Snow Leopard but by default it's 32 bit, I hold key 6 and 4 when booting but It cannot log in 64 bit. Please help me out to boot 64bit. My MacBook supports 64bit (core 2 dual 2GHz, 2 Gb RAM,...). Even I changed the value in file com.apple.Boot.plist (by adding code "arch=x86_64") but it does not work at all. And I cannot save changes to file com.apple.Boot.plist.
Please help SOS. (please email me if possible : tungtranminh@yahoo.com.vn
TUNG

Barney-15E

Level 10

122,306 points

Aug 31, 2009 8:05 PM in response to tungtranminh

There are at least two long threads on the topic. They have all you need to know.
Bottom line, there's really no reason to boot a 64-bit kernel on your Macbook.

Aug 31, 2009 8:18 PM in response to Barney-15E

Dear Guys,
PLease help me out with this topic. I tried many ways but I cannot boot into 64bit
1. Hole key 6 +4 when booting. --> not work
2. Change code "arch=x86_64" in the file com.apple.Boot.plist but cannot save changes. Dont know why although I log in by Admin.

Thanks and regards
TUNG

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A A P L

Level 7

21,764 points

Aug 31, 2009 8:19 PM in response to tungtranminh

Your Mac does not support it.

Aug 31, 2009 8:47 PM in response to A A P L

No, My Mac supports it (MacBook is core 2 2Gz, 2 GB of memory,..). Why I say so because I run Terminal and type: ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi , then it shows "firmware-abi" = <" = <"> means my Mac supports 64bit Kernal and 64bit, right? Please help me more. If my Mac cannot supports 64bit, then buying Snow Leopard does not make sense? So I lost my 29USD?
TUNg

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A A P L

Level 7

21,764 points

Aug 31, 2009 8:39 PM in response to tungtranminh

Don't worry about it.
You did not waste your $29 - it will run fast on any Intel Mac.

Aug 31, 2009 8:50 PM in response to A A P L

But I am not satisfied with that because I know my Mac supports, so I bought it. Terminal shows this firmware-abi" = "EFI64. Woo, what can I do now? Call Steve Job :D?

Aug 31, 2009 9:10 PM in response to Zero-Energy

I just upgraded from 10.4.11 to 10.6. Mostly pretty good, but some problems with QuickBooks and with NeoOffice 2.2.5, patch 14.

I reported the NeoOffice crash to them and they said it looked like it was happening in StRegistrationLock::StRegistrationLock() when I tried to save as .xls a file that I'd opened as .csv.

Is there somewhere I can post a crash log?

Aug 31, 2009 9:17 PM in response to tungtranminh

Why are you so bent out of shape about 64-bit kernel?

Dogcow-Moof

Level 8

36,833 points

Aug 31, 2009 9:26 PM in response to Peter Hillman

Because he, like so many others, doesn't understand what 64-bit kernel support really means or that for most users, it's insignificant.

Once again, 32-bit applications and 64-bit applications run just fine on either kernel.

A 64-bit kernel has advantages, but also disadvantages on most systems.

The difference will be negligible on systems with 4 GB of RAM or less, and even for systems with up to 32 GB of RAM due to the way the Apple kernel is written.

For most it's just a "data point" to be achieved.

(What's worse is that, of course a 64-bit kernel can actually be slower in some cases, especially if 32-bit operations are being performed)

A A P L

Level 7

21,764 points

Aug 31, 2009 9:19 PM in response to Peter Hillman

Because he thinks it will help.
Bigger number has to be better, right?

Aug 31, 2009 9:31 PM in response to Peter Hillman

Because I know many people praise 10.6, faster,... so I bought it with 29USD. Now, I cannot try to run 64bit to see it. What a waste!

Aug 31, 2009 10:25 PM in response to tungtranminh

I don't know why some big Apple developers are still making us wait or are working on snow leopard versions. I mean have they been testing with the developer builds all this time? I'm complaining too much, about 90% of what I use is SL ready, but when I see them say we're working on it... Hello!!

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