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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.5
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Of course it is. Here I am running Leopard ever since I got this Mac last December and the total number of times it has crashed is zero. This is definitely unusable crap and likening it to Vista is a great way of simplifying it for newbs.
Ditto for me...Leopard is BY FAR the most stable OS X version Apple has ever released. The issues identified in 10.5.0 and 10.5.1 have LONG been solved.
To compare Leopard with Vista or XP is just a sad joke...just talk to my PC at work, or the longtime PC users that can't stop bashing that piece of crap called Vista.
By the way: HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT ITUNES 8 DOESN'T REQUIRE CREDIT CARD INFORMATION FOR THE GENIUS FEATURE? IT SEEMS LIKE IT CAME WITH 10.5.5 AND WAS THE ONLY THING BLOCKING ME FROM USING GENIUS...THIS IS AWESOME!
I agree. Leopard is stable. While it certainly has its share of minor bugs and various issues, stability is no longer among them. I have not ever seen a freeze or kernel panic with Leopard on Intel. Going all the way back to 2001 with 10.1, I saw panics (albeit relatively infrequently) with every major revision of OSX since...
InDesign -> Distiller: Suggestion
Until 10.5.5, I created PDFs from InDesign through printing via Distiller to the "Adobe PDF" driver, because this method seemed to create smaller files than did using the "Adobe PDF Presets" command (not to mention the Apple built-in capability for making PDFs).
However, since I got the 10.5.5 update, the former method seems hosed due to weirdness involving paper sizes (it will create a document with the right "page" size but the content's size isn't right). As a result, it appears the only option is to go into Adobe Acrobat Distiller, create new PDF settings which compress stuff (especially graphics) even more, and use "Adobe PDF Presets" after all.
OTOH, the good thing is that "Adobe PDF Presets" bypasses the Leopard <-> Acrobat urinating contest which keeps the PDF from appearing automatically after creation in, let's say, Microsoft Word. You just have to do a little testing with different Distiller settings to avoid getting overly large PDFs.
If the preceding three paragraphs appear to be incoherent, well, they'll make sense to the people who need to see 'em. I hope.
Until 10.5.5, I created PDFs from InDesign through printing via Distiller to the "Adobe PDF" driver, because this method seemed to create smaller files than did using the "Adobe PDF Presets" command (not to mention the Apple built-in capability for making PDFs).
However, since I got the 10.5.5 update, the former method seems hosed due to weirdness involving paper sizes (it will create a document with the right "page" size but the content's size isn't right). As a result, it appears the only option is to go into Adobe Acrobat Distiller, create new PDF settings which compress stuff (especially graphics) even more, and use "Adobe PDF Presets" after all.
OTOH, the good thing is that "Adobe PDF Presets" bypasses the Leopard <-> Acrobat urinating contest which keeps the PDF from appearing automatically after creation in, let's say, Microsoft Word. You just have to do a little testing with different Distiller settings to avoid getting overly large PDFs.
If the preceding three paragraphs appear to be incoherent, well, they'll make sense to the people who need to see 'em. I hope.
1) Go to System Preferences/Dock
2) Check mark Magnification - adjust size according to your liking.
You can also adjust the overall size of the dock by click/dragging on the white dashes which separate apps from folders. (toward the right side)
Any Apps you wish to remove can be removed by click dragging them out of the dock and they "poof" away into a cloud of smoke. Good to drag away any apps which are no longer relevant. Hope this helps
One word: Time Machine (well, two actually)!
The one and only reason why I upgraded from Tiger to Leo...
And with 10.5.5 it seems to be getting pretty close to Tiger performance.
Vista is one hell of another dimension. I had to install my girlfriends Vista PC and it took me a full day!
Then it did not want to start any more and we had to get it replaced, doing the same **** all over again.
Man do I love Time Machine!!!
No wonder your username is Dmann (short for Da-mann). thank you. I knew about dragging them out of the dock.
The first time I accidently did that, I was like
and thought I lost it...
OK between to this post, all the reactions to my screen resolution, the drug references, and some of the other comments I read.....
I THINK THIS FORUM HAS SUNK TO A NEW LOW... Of the what 600 posts? I think only maybe half or less were usefull or shed insight or proper experiences based on the update.
If you're running Leopard 10.5.5, it already has Safari 3.1.2.Anyone else Notice Safari 3.1.2?
I Downloaded it, and when I ran the Installer I got this:
well since you do not use Leopard, why do you even bother making comments about it?
Not a big problem though really, as deleting doesn't make up a large part of what you do with itunes.
I believe we have a case of mistaken identity here. It is the above user who does not use Leopard, not shervieux.
Hmmm...my mbp (Santa Rosa) got stuck at installing 10.5.5. Download went well, but when it was running install scripts it got stuck and didn't do anything at all. Switching the mbp off the hard way seemed the best idea.
Switched back on and after another reboot everything was working again. It did install 10.5.5 according to "about this mac"
Did this happened to anyone??? So far it seems to be running well. I did had to restart my WiFi router.
Normally updates goes really smooth, this was a first...
Switched back on and after another reboot everything was working again. It did install 10.5.5 according to "about this mac"
Did this happened to anyone??? So far it seems to be running well. I did had to restart my WiFi router.
Normally updates goes really smooth, this was a first...
Did you leave it a decent length of time?, I noticed it almost looked stuck when installing but eventually it installed fine
if you don't like it when people point out your mistakes and when you're just dead wrong then don't post at all.
That's what I want to know too. I hope so, but you'd think it'd be mentioned as one of the fixes if it were true.
Apple needs to get on that, pronto.