Leopard first impression
Today, at 10:30 am EDT, the Purolator guy dropped off the tiny package. Leopard is packaged in what have recently become Apple’s standard software package. A box barely larger than the DVD is housing...
View ArticleLeopard second impression
Well, after my first attempt at installing Leopard by doing a normal ‘Update’ on the previous system, I couldn’t get the Finder to respond, no matter what I did. I changed strategy and re-installed by...
View ArticleLeopard has landed on my iMac!
Well, I finally took the plunge. After yesterday’s problems installing it on my iBook, I took all the precautions that I can and took the plunge and installed it on my iMac. Steps: Buy a 1 TB drive...
View ArticleApache PHP and Mysql on Leopard
Leopard brings one big change to web developers working with Apache, PHP and Mysql on the Mac. Apache 2 comes with Leopard along with PHP 5. Here is what to do to restore a test environment. First, you...
View ArticleLeopard’s translucent menu bar
One of the ugly new interface “features” of Leopard is its translucent menu bar. In my opinion it’s ugly, distracting and serves absolutely no useful purpose. I have no clue why any sane person at...
View ArticleLeopard 10.5.0 problem spots
I’ve been using Leopard as my only OS for 4+ days now. Here is a first report on where I’ve encountered the most problems. Safari: I spend a lot of time with Safari (can’t use any other browser as my...
View ArticleAnother useful feature is gone missing in Leopard
Yet another useful feature has been eliminated in Leopard. The audio controller that the Finder’s column view had for the preview pane when previewing audio files has been eliminated. Why? I don’t...
View ArticleLeopard’s Broken FolderActions facilities
One of the best features of Mac OS X is a feature called ‘Folder Actions’. What this feature allows the power user to do is to watch a folder on the computer and whenever that folder receives a file,...
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