Should I upgrade to Snow Leopard?

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Should I upgrade to Snow Leopard?

Hi Everyone,

I currently have a Mac OS X 10.5.8. I use Photoshop Cs4 a lot as well as Appleworks 6 - will either of these no longer run if I do the upgrade? I saw a lot of issues using Photoshop Cs4 in 2009 but I don't know if that issue has been fixed recently. Main reason for considering upgrade is I got a wacom tablet and realized my computer is the very base requirements for the tablet drivers and I can't use the software bundle unless I have at least OS X 10.6.

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Mar 12, 2013 9:46 AM

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Kappy

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Mar 12, 2013 9:49 AM in response to roguejedi

I can't tell you what to do, that is your decision. Upgrading to Snow Leopard, however, should not introduce many changes to your system except that you may have issues with Appleworks especially if it is not the universal version.

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John Galt

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Mar 12, 2013 9:50 AM in response to roguejedi

Snow Leopard still includes a PowerPC code interpreter (Rosetta) so AppleWorks 6 and similarly aged programs will still work.

Purchase it here:

Online (US): http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Online (UK): http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Germany: http://store.apple.com/de/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Elsewhere: call the phone number in the Apple Online Store

Apple's price is $19.99, £14.00, €18.

Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" System Requirements

To install Snow Leopard for the first time, you must have a Mac with:

An Intel processor
An internal or external DVD drive, or DVD or CD Sharing
At least 1 GB of memory (RAM) (additional RAM is recommended)
A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
At least 5 GB of disk space available, or 7 GB of disk space if you install the developer tools

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roguejedi Author

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Mar 12, 2013 10:02 AM in response to Kappy

Thank you! 🙂 That is good to know - I'm not sure if it is universal but I'll check it out.

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roguejedi Author

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Mar 12, 2013 10:07 AM in response to John Galt

Thank you so much! Excellent information to know and relieves my main worries 🙂

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John Galt

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Mar 12, 2013 10:12 AM in response to roguejedi

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MlchaelLAX

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Mar 12, 2013 11:10 AM in response to roguejedi

roguejedi wrote:

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

1. For the same $19.99 + sales tax & shipping, you can order Snow Leopard Server from the Apple Store at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only; currently only USA & Canada)

Why get SLS now? If you ever upgrade to a Mac that will only boot Lion or Mt. Lion, you can easily install SLS into Parallels or VMWare Fusion (and maybe VirtualBox) and continue to run PowerPC applications concurrently with Lion or Mt. Lion:

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2. Start studying Roger Wilmut's excellent series of articles, Abandoning Appleworks

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roguejedi Author

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Mar 12, 2013 12:20 PM in response to John Galt

Awesome!! 😀

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roguejedi Author

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Mar 12, 2013 12:29 PM in response to MlchaelLAX

I never knew about running parallel programs - excellent idea if I ever do upgrade that far! I do use Word for Mac as well, I just like Applework's simplicity and user friendliness over Microsoft programs. Though I might put iWorks on when upgrading to Snow Leopard and bring myself into modern times 😀

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icwvx

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Mar 12, 2013 12:33 PM in response to roguejedi

Might check first for potential CS4 issues.

After Snow Leopard upgrade I found Apple Works 6 was fine but within a week or so all Adobe products stopped working with error "licensing has stopped working"

The steps on the Adobe site did not help. Am going to try an un-install then re-install.

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roguejedi Author

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Mar 12, 2013 12:52 PM in response to icwvx

Thank you for this - I heard that might be a problem 😟 Please let me know if re-installing helps or not. I hope you get it fixed!

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