Mac OS X Leopard Support Issues and Cool Features
The launch of Mac OS X Leopard has generated a lot of discussion in our Forums resulting in 8015 new posts on Friday. This comes second to the previous one-day record of 8143 posts that was achieved on iPhone launch day.
To organize this volume of posts, we've split the Mac OS X forum into:
Mac OS X
Mac OS X Help and Troubleshooting
Mac OS X 10.4 and Earlier
Leopard Meetup Events
Please direct your posts to the appropriate forum.
Here are a couple of solutions to some early problems:
Solution to the "Installer Blue Screen" hang - blamed on Application Enhancer
Solution to Hard Disk not appearing on Install "Choose a Destination".
Tips from Apple for iChat backdrop effects.
Apple has already issued a Software Update Login & Keychain Update 1.0 which addresses issues with old account passwords, connecting to some 802.11b/g wireless networks and FileVault password changes.
And some interesting new Leopard features:
Photo Mosaic Screensaver: Choose a photo album from the Desktop & Screen Saver control panel, then click on the 3rd "Display Style" (Mosaic). (ed note: Very cool.)
iTunes Visualizers (iTunes -> View -> Visualizer): Lathe, Jelly and Stix
Spotlight can be used as a calculator
Control Panel -> Speech -> Text to Speech. New Alex Voice in Leopard.
DVD Player with Chapter Index and Full Screen Controls
Retro and Security screensavers are included in the Developer Tools (instructions)
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56 months ago
as soon as apple fixes the dock and restores the right-click menu functionality and as soon as WindowShade works again then I'm in the Leopard camp. Can't wait!!!
56 months ago
too bad for the video pros using the new Premier CS3...
but i wonder if apple was being a douche and purposefully crapping out on acrobat, since Preview now does .PDF editing... but even if not, Acrobat is a big elephant while Preview is quite snappy... so it's all good.
but i wonder if apple was being a douche and purposefully crapping out on acrobat, since Preview now does .PDF editing... but even if not, Acrobat is a big elephant while Preview is quite snappy... so it's all good.
56 months ago
as soon as apple fixes the dock and restores the right-click menu functionality and as soon as WindowShade works again then I'm in the Leopard camp. Can't wait!!!
right click is there already... but by default the mouse options in sys prefs sets both buttons to "primary button"... jsut goto sys prefs > keyboard and mouse to change it
56 months ago
The FrontRow application has its own screensaver now.
When it tries to turn on, the screen shows heavy signs of corruption, and can be rectified by returning to the main FrontRow menu.
Anyone else?
When it tries to turn on, the screen shows heavy signs of corruption, and can be rectified by returning to the main FrontRow menu.
Anyone else?
56 months ago
Am I the only one not getting/having trouble with this mosaic screensaver?
so i click on a folder of a bunch of pictures and it makes this big mosaic. The problem is....only three pictures are used so the mosaic effect is kind of ...lame.
the other pictures appear in those transitional spot but the mosaic tiles are made up of only three pictures. I have no idea why. I have tried switching the folder and still.
so i click on a folder of a bunch of pictures and it makes this big mosaic. The problem is....only three pictures are used so the mosaic effect is kind of ...lame.
the other pictures appear in those transitional spot but the mosaic tiles are made up of only three pictures. I have no idea why. I have tried switching the folder and still.
56 months ago
Oh my god the Mosaic option for a photo folder screensaver is freaking me out, man! ;)
56 months ago
I found where the intro video (and an MP3 of the audio) is stored:
1. Go to Computer > Hard Drive > System > Library > Core Services.
2. Right-click on 'Setup Assistant' and choose 'Show Package Contents'.
3. In the window that opens, open Contents > Resources.
4. Right-click on 'Transition Section.bundle' and choose 'Show Package Contents'.
5. In the window that opens, open Contents > Resources.
You'll see 'intro-sound.mp3' and 'intro.mov' - just open both of these up, and put the audio starting at the beginning of the video (I just used QuickTime Pro to paste the audio track on top of the video track; there's some extra audio at the end). There you have it!
I really liked the music - it was quite catchy.
1. Go to Computer > Hard Drive > System > Library > Core Services.
2. Right-click on 'Setup Assistant' and choose 'Show Package Contents'.
3. In the window that opens, open Contents > Resources.
4. Right-click on 'Transition Section.bundle' and choose 'Show Package Contents'.
5. In the window that opens, open Contents > Resources.
You'll see 'intro-sound.mp3' and 'intro.mov' - just open both of these up, and put the audio starting at the beginning of the video (I just used QuickTime Pro to paste the audio track on top of the video track; there's some extra audio at the end). There you have it!
I really liked the music - it was quite catchy.
56 months ago
Any chance someone could post a couple of pics of the mosaic screensaver, i'm not really getting it from the descriptions!
In case anyone is interested, I ordered my new MBP 2.4, AEBS, iPod Nano, iWork & Aperture earlier today :)
In case anyone is interested, I ordered my new MBP 2.4, AEBS, iPod Nano, iWork & Aperture earlier today :)
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