To upgrade to Snow Leopard or not?
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From: Jim on 14 Apr 2010 02:11 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Right-click and Open With usually deals with the issue for me, or rename > a file to have a suitable extension, or Get Info and specify the > application to open that file. <http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2010/03/yet_more_snow_leopard_file_bin.h tml> Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Woody on 14 Apr 2010 03:18 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > > > 2. After 10.7 is released, Apple will drop support for 10.5 (as they are > > > now in the process of doing for 10.4). > > > > Already done it - 10.6 came out, 10.4 updates were dropped. No more new > > ones. > > Not quite. It is a process. Apple has stopped doing standalone security > updates for 10.4, and now QuickTime updates, but they are still doing > Safari and iTunes updates (as at the last ones). Recent Safari updates > for 10.4 have included some security fixes that were in a standalone > security update for 10.5. They stopped some security updates while they were doing 10.5. There is a networking issue with 10.4 that they didn't fix until 10.5.3, and never went back to 10.4 to fix which meant that I couldn't use 10.4 in my company and get clearance to handle credit card payments. > If the pattern follows 10.3, then the final version of iTunes compatible > with 10.4 is likely to be a bug fix of iTunes 9.1 (if there is one). The > next major or minor version of iTunes (9.2 or later) will probably not > run on Mac OS X 10.4. Safari will probably stop supporting 10.4 about > the same point. > > After that, Apple can drop 10.4 support from the latest development > tools. Developer tools are always available to go back to 10.0 if you want, they never get taken away. With the current ones you can still target 10.3.9. however there is a particular reason for dropping 10.4 is that 10.5 introduced support for objective C 2.0, which is nicer to write in and is the current recommended way of writing cocoa applications. Using even trivial parts of it will crash in 10.4. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: John Hill on 14 Apr 2010 03:36 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > Snip... > > > > The main disadvantage you may encounter is loss of compatibility with > > > > some older applications that haven't been updated to support 10.6, > > > > > > I miss Classic most of all... > > > > Not an issue for someone who was already on an Intel Mac (or 10.5). > > I wasn't on an Intel Mac or 10.5 when I was forced by hardware failure > to take the plunge. > > I'd bought a 4G5 so I'd not been forced to give up on Classic software. > It died. So I was forced to give up on Classic software. A sod. It's probably too late for you now, but I did have one or two Classic applications that I'd really miss, so I looked into Sheephaver (Classic 9.x) and Basilisk (Classic 7.x). They take a bit of setting up, but both run well on Snow Leopard. About the only thing I miss is the command-click in window title bars, which does NOT work. (Mind you, I haven't managed to get a USB printer to work either, but that may because I don't have the right drivers.) It's quite educational to see how far things have moved on in the last fifteen years, too! John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
From: R on 14 Apr 2010 05:04 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > I've never used 10.5; went from 10.4 to 10.6. From what I've been > reading, if I were running 10.5, I think I'd want to upgrade to 10.6 at > about the next `point' update. I.e., we're on 10.6.3 now, if I were > thinking of getting the next OS, based on what I see of the way it > behaves here, I reckon that 10.6.4 will be a pretty good release. > > Not many niggles left... Indeed. It's pretty decent. My major issue with it atm is the Quicktime X player, which is absolutely rubbish.
From: Stephen on 14 Apr 2010 05:07
[SNIP] > > Right-click and Open With usually deals with the issue for me, or rename > a file to have a suitable extension, or Get Info and specify the > application to open that file. > [/SNIP] Does the get info change in 10.6 make that change just for the selected file or for all files with that extension? |