FortNinety
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I have a bunch of things to explain/ask, so I figure I'd start a new Tiger related thread.
Alright, so I installed Tiger the other night and have had a few problems. Here they are in short order:
- certain windows when trying to move, will freeze or lag.
- Quicktime will choke on certain files that offered no problem in 6, needing a force quit.
- the iTunes widget either doesn't work or there is a severe lag.
- icons on the desktop won't "wrap" (if I create desktop icons at it reaches the bottom on the screen, instead of starting a new row at the top, they'll just pile on-top of each other), though this only happens at certain icon resolution
- when logging on, external discs (I always have my firewire drive hooked up) sometimes won't appear, necessitating the need to log off and re-logging on.
- when I have a TextEdit document, instead of it taking 0.5 seconds to save, it now takes almost 5 seconds, and brings out the spinner, which is totally ridiculous
- once already, my path to my custom desktop picture in the system preferences was lost
- Automator is totally fucked. Not only does it label files incorrectly, but sometimes files will go totally missing without a trace. I've done numerous controlled tests and have determined that its the program and not some stupid mistake on my part.
... I already know that iTunes widget is crap for everyone, and many have suggested deleting the desktop/finder preferences to fix the piling icon problem, but nothing has worked.
BTW, I used easy upgrade to get from 10.3.9 to 10.4. I'm thinking about doing it re-installing, this time using the archive and install method.
But what exactly is the advantage of doing it this way? If I archive and install, I'll choose to import my home folder automatically. Plus if my installed apps are still there, preference files and all, what exactly is being updated?
Should I even update at all, and just wait for 10.4.1. For those of you here that deal with the Apple Dev. community who have access to the list of bug fixes, are any of my problems outlined and on tap to be fixed.
As always, any help is much appreciated.
Alright, so I installed Tiger the other night and have had a few problems. Here they are in short order:
- certain windows when trying to move, will freeze or lag.
- Quicktime will choke on certain files that offered no problem in 6, needing a force quit.
- the iTunes widget either doesn't work or there is a severe lag.
- icons on the desktop won't "wrap" (if I create desktop icons at it reaches the bottom on the screen, instead of starting a new row at the top, they'll just pile on-top of each other), though this only happens at certain icon resolution
- when logging on, external discs (I always have my firewire drive hooked up) sometimes won't appear, necessitating the need to log off and re-logging on.
- when I have a TextEdit document, instead of it taking 0.5 seconds to save, it now takes almost 5 seconds, and brings out the spinner, which is totally ridiculous
- once already, my path to my custom desktop picture in the system preferences was lost
- Automator is totally fucked. Not only does it label files incorrectly, but sometimes files will go totally missing without a trace. I've done numerous controlled tests and have determined that its the program and not some stupid mistake on my part.
... I already know that iTunes widget is crap for everyone, and many have suggested deleting the desktop/finder preferences to fix the piling icon problem, but nothing has worked.
BTW, I used easy upgrade to get from 10.3.9 to 10.4. I'm thinking about doing it re-installing, this time using the archive and install method.
But what exactly is the advantage of doing it this way? If I archive and install, I'll choose to import my home folder automatically. Plus if my installed apps are still there, preference files and all, what exactly is being updated?
Should I even update at all, and just wait for 10.4.1. For those of you here that deal with the Apple Dev. community who have access to the list of bug fixes, are any of my problems outlined and on tap to be fixed.
As always, any help is much appreciated.
