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Official Mac OS X Snow Leopard thread of Shipping 8/28!!

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Sean

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I haven't had many issues with Snow Leopard aside from one that is pissing me off: transferring files from Mac-to-Mac over Wifi/AFP is sometimes slow as hell:

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^ 30+ minutes to transfer a 180mb file and that's on an 802.11n network… pretty ridiculous, and completely random too. Sometimes it'll transfer at normal speed, sometimes it fucks up.
 
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Phobophile

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Sean said:
I haven't had many issues with Snow Leopard aside from one that is pissing me off: transferring files from Mac-to-Mac over Wifi/AFP is sometimes slow as hell:

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^ 30+ minutes to transfer a 180mb file and that's on an 802.11n network… pretty ridiculous, and completely random too. Sometimes it'll transfer at normal speed, sometimes it fucks up.
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I had to.
 
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Riptwo

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BrandNew said:
Anybody having issues with Logic 8 loading up?
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No major issues with Logic 8 (yet), although I can beachball Soundtrack Pro consistently by launching multiple audio files from Logic. Otherwise, it seems pretty similar to my 10.5 experience.
 
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dream

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Sean said:
I haven't had many issues with Snow Leopard aside from one that is pissing me off: transferring files from Mac-to-Mac over Wifi/AFP is sometimes slow as hell:

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^ 30+ minutes to transfer a 180mb file and that's on an 802.11n network… pretty ridiculous, and completely random too. Sometimes it'll transfer at normal speed, sometimes it fucks up.
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I think you might be having the same wifi problems I've been having.

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1343&start=0

Skim through some of the posts there and see if anything sounds familiar.
 
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Dartastic

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I'm having some major problems with my mac and I was wondering if anyone could help. I had my MBP taken in last weekend (15" last gen, 2499 model purchased in Nov 2007) because the motherboard went bad. When I got it back from the shop, it started locking up constantly. I thought it was because I had a bad motherboard, but the mac "genius" said because I was getting error reports it couldn't be the hardware; that it was probably corrupted OS files due to my NEEDING to hold down the power button to turn the system off. I really don't believe that, especially after the latest developments.

He told me to do an archive and install, and if that didn't work, do a format and install. I did both of those things, and I restored my backup from Time Machine. I then upgraded to Snow Leopard. My computer just literally as I was typing this message got into a constant stream of "l" and wouldn't let me see my external HD. It then locked up. Can Time Machine store fucked up system software that would cause lockups like that? Or is it a faulty motherboard, like I think it is? Because this is bullshit, and I'm getting tired of this. I've had to bring my computer in for a new superdrive, a new monitor, and the motherboard. Now I don't even have a working motherboard, so I assume. I'm really pissed.

EDIT: FUCKING ITUNES IS TAKING 8 YEARS TO OPEN AND CLAMXAV WON'T OPEN AT ALL TO SCAN MY SHIT WTF THIS IS RIDICULOUS
 
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Ollie Pooch

In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
rhfb said:
Need a new Torrent app as transmission continues to be crap. Any suggestions?
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what's wrong with transmission? i find it completely light on cpu, can select which files to (not) downlaod from a torrent and i get super fast speeds. it's pretty far from 'crap' :p
 
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LCfiner

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Dartastic said:
I'm having some major problems with my mac and I was wondering if anyone could help. I had my MBP taken in last weekend (15" last gen, 2499 model purchased in Nov 2007) because the motherboard went bad. When I got it back from the shop, it started locking up constantly. I thought it was because I had a bad motherboard, but the mac "genius" said because I was getting error reports it couldn't be the hardware; that it was probably corrupted OS files due to my NEEDING to hold down the power button to turn the system off. I really don't believe that, especially after the latest developments.

He told me to do an archive and install, and if that didn't work, do a format and install. I did both of those things, and I restored my backup from Time Machine. I then upgraded to Snow Leopard. My computer just literally as I was typing this message got into a constant stream of "l" and wouldn't let me see my external HD. It then locked up. Can Time Machine store fucked up system software that would cause lockups like that? Or is it a faulty motherboard, like I think it is? Because this is bullshit, and I'm getting tired of this. I've had to bring my computer in for a new superdrive, a new monitor, and the motherboard. Now I don't even have a working motherboard, so I assume. I'm really pissed.

EDIT: FUCKING ITUNES IS TAKING 8 YEARS TO OPEN AND CLAMXAV WON'T OPEN AT ALL TO SCAN MY SHIT WTF THIS IS RIDICULOUS
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I…. I’m not quite sure that anyone here can help (but I’d like to be wrong). Sounds like your hardware might still be screwed up since an Archive and Install should eliminate any funkiness at the OS level.
 
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Chris R

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julls said:
what's wrong with transmission? i find it completely light on cpu, can select which files to (not) downlaod from a torrent and i get super fast speeds. it's pretty far from 'crap' :p
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I've had issues with it from day one, including taking several minuets to shutdown and delete torrents/files. With SL I wasn't able to even connect to different trackers. Using uTorrent beta and it seems to be working fine so far :|
 
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Mad Hatter

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That few seconds it takes to close Transmission is intentional, iirc. I think it's just making sure all the connections are closed properly.
 
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btkadams

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Ashhong said:
:lol

why not order online? ordered on Sunday night and got it today
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i do not own a credit card. my boyfriend said i could use his....but i am trying to be patient haha. though i'm not all. i went to like 7 stores today! haha.
 
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Ollie Pooch

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rhfb said:
I've had issues with it from day one, including taking several minuets to shutdown and delete torrents/files. With SL I wasn't able to even connect to different trackers. Using uTorrent beta and it seems to be working fine so far :|
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weird, no problem here, the port is always open with UPnP so i ahven't had connection issues (yet). cheers for the headsup on uTorrent beta though, had been checking this out now and again , didn't realise it was out!
 
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Ashhong

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btkadams said:
i do not own a credit card. my boyfriend said i could use his....but i am trying to be patient haha. though i'm not all. i went to like 7 stores today! haha.
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haha yea, that doesnt sound patient at all :lol 7 stores? holy hell what city do u live in. i thought i had a lot around me in orange county with 3
 
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giga

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Transmission, when dealing with many files larger than 8GB, does seem to slow your hard drive down. (at least my 5400rpm one in my laptop) I recommend storing the files on an external.
 
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Phobophile

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giga said:
Transmission, when dealing with many files larger than 8GB, does seem to slow your hard drive down. (at least my 5400rpm one in my laptop) I recommend storing the files on an external.
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I'd imagine any application that would deal with files that large on a drive that slow would chug it down.
 
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Mailenstein

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The_Inquisitor said:
YES! Thank you.

Edit: HD monitor still uses my preferred way of counting HD space. Bonus!
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You're welcome :). I guess it's the most anticipated update hehe.

Yeah, and for those base 10 lovers, they can still switch it to keep it the way how SL does^^.
 
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The_Inquisitor

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Mailenstein said:
You're welcome :). I guess it's the most anticipated update hehe.

Yeah, and for those base 10 lovers, they can still switch it to keep it the way how SL does^^.
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I notice it seems to be more efficient too. I also love how they made it easier to customize.


Now on a unrelated question, how do I get those text only dock icons?

Edit: Using bubble icons from this link.

http://www.wekgna.com/blog/index.php/25-beautiful-text-dock-icons/
 
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btkadams

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Ashhong said:
haha yea, that doesnt sound patient at all :lol 7 stores? holy hell what city do u live in. i thought i had a lot around me in orange county with 3
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i only have one apple store in town (i live in calgary, alberta). but all the futureshops, london drugs, and best buys sell it too. they were sold out. im thinking of checking the apple store today. but im gonna CALL first :D
 
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The_Inquisitor

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What the hell am I doing wrong? I am copy (cmd-c) the .png I downloaded. I then click get-info for the program of the icon I want to change. I then highlighted the mini icon in get info and hit paste. It just changes the damn icon the preview esque ping icon, not the actual ping icon the file it contains. Help?
 
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Sanjuro

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I'm starting back in school next week. Just curious for those on SL, which processor would be best?

Microsoft Office / NeoOffice / OpenOffice for doing writing and having them submitted in proper format?
 
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Blindfutur3

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Shanks said:
What exactly do I need to do in order to have a clean wipe? Where do I select it?
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I don't think there is an option. I had to restart, go to Disk Utility, erase the Partition I had the OS on, and then run the installer
 
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Phobophile

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SanjuroTsubaki said:
I'm starting back in school next week. Just curious for those on SL, which processor would be best?

Microsoft Office / NeoOffice / OpenOffice for doing writing and having them submitted in proper format?
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MS Office. I wouldn't even fuck with those other ones. I'd sooner use iWork/Pages (which I have started to do) and export than use those cumbersome apps.
 
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Sanjuro

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Phobophile said:
MS Office. I wouldn't even fuck with those other ones. I'd sooner use iWork/Pages (which I have started to do) and export than use those cumbersome apps.
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I was just hoping not to use it I guess as it is trying to install Rosetta.
 
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DeathbyVolcano

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Phobophile said:
MS Office. I wouldn't even fuck with those other ones. I'd sooner use iWork/Pages (which I have started to do) and export than use those cumbersome apps.
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See I don't even bother with MS Office anymore. It's slow and it's a bitch to work with Expose and Spaces. iWork does exactly what I want it to do, and I have the option to export. It's all I use now.
 
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Phobophile

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SanjuroTsubaki said:
I was just hoping not to use it I guess as it is trying to install Rosetta.
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BrandNew said:
See I don't even bother with MS Office anymore. It's slow and it's a bitch to work with Expose and Spaces. iWork does exactly what I want it to do, and I have the option to export. It's all I use now.
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There you go, just use iWork. It's smooth and looks to be powerful enough for most my word processing needs.
 
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The_Inquisitor

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Guys a long time ago I switched my dock to some 2D one. I want to replace it with a completely transparent one. I have the .pngs for the transparent one. I replaced all of the .pngs in the resource folder in dock. I then typed killall Dock into terminal. However the 2D dock remains. What am I doing wrong?

Edit: What the hell, it isn't letting me copy the .png files into the folder.

Edit2: I can't even drag and drop the dock .png in candybar3...
 
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Killthee

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The_Inquisitor said:
Guys a long time ago I switched my dock to some 2D one. I want to replace it with a completely transparent one. I have the .pngs for the transparent one. I replaced all of the .pngs in the resource folder in dock. I then typed killall Dock into terminal. However the 2D dock remains. What am I doing wrong?

Edit: What the hell, it isn't letting me copy the .png files into the folder.

Edit2: I can't even drag and drop the dock .png in candybar3...
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Permission's are all weird now.... Try backing up the dock first, then delete (don't replace) the files you want to replace, type in your admin password, and then copy over the replacement files.
 
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The_Inquisitor

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Killthee said:
Permission's are all weird now.... Try backing up the dock first, then delete (don't replace) the files you want to replace, type in your admin password, and then copy over the replacement files.
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The scurve files are already deleted. I cannot copy anything into the dock resource folder.
 
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mrkgoo

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Maybe I just never noticed this before, but 3-finger swipes in Preview/safari on a PDF is page up and down.

Was this in Leopard?
 
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liquid_gears

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SanjuroTsubaki said:
I'm starting back in school next week. Just curious for those on SL, which processor would be best?

Microsoft Office / NeoOffice / OpenOffice for doing writing and having them submitted in proper format?
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Having messed around with a few programs, you should try mellel (processor) and Bookends (references).

It is still essential to have MS Office, because it is the industry standard and I've run into problems when using other packages, so you only need other software if you want to go a bit further and make things more streamlined.
 
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