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ValmontR
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Location: Chattanooga, TN
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I have been using SL since last Friday and have had few problems. I have had no problems printing to an ancient 250C, all of the network information was preserved. It uses the Gutenprint drivers which I have been using for several years without problem.
The only recurring issue I have had with SL is with Microsoft products new and old. Both versions of Excel have problems opening documents in certain folders, and once the problem has started I have to log out and in to continue working. It is most bizarre because it is always all Excel files in a folder, and even moving or copying the folder and/or files does not work. I've done all maintenance and this one is bizarre!
On the good side, SL is faster at pretty much everything. The biggest difference for PowerCADD, however, was getting a fast graphics board—a GeForce 285. That made the single largest change I've ever seen. WOW!
Cheers,
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PwdCAD Expert
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: Snow Leopard upgrade... |
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| So far our Snow Leopard upgrade has gone smoothly all this week. The three printers (Epson Photo 300R, GCC Elite XL 20/800 and a very old HP DesignJet 488CA using a JetDirect interface) all needed to be re-added. The GCC is an old AppleTalk printer that required being re-setup as an IP Printer as did the DesignJet. All printers are working as they did in Leopard (10.5.6). Making the leap to SN appears to be reversible. Time Machine recorded the old and new configuration (8gb backup). The extra 6gb's of disk space is nice bonus to the already mentioned overall speed increase. We tried it on one machine... ran it for two days in production with no major problems.. then upgraded the rest. |
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ftribel
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Location: Paris, France
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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I had to upgrade Parallels from 2,5 to 4,0
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Having problems with Eye TV |
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ValmontR
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I decided to take a chance today and try Snow Leopard 10.6.1 in 64 bit mode. I expected to have major problems but NONE so far. I know, most people have said it does little to go to 64 bit mode, but a couple tests have shown improvements in even 32 bit programs like Aperture and Lightroom (which is 64 bit). The public version of VMware does not run on the 64 bit kernel but I expect this to be rectified soon.
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raleighross
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| ValmontR wrote: | I have been using SL since last Friday and have had few problems. ...
The only recurring issue I have had with SL is with Microsoft products new and old. Both versions of Excel have problems opening documents in certain folders, and once the problem has started I have to log out and in to continue working. It is most bizarre because it is always all Excel files in a folder, and even moving or copying the folder and/or files does not work. I've done all maintenance and this one is bizarre!
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By old and new do you mean 2004 and 2008?
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ValmontR
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, 2004 and 2008 for Mac. I just switched to using 2008 a month ago as until the latest update it was not as fast for large files (approx. 80 linked sheets in a workbook) as 2004. 2008 still has random crashes. |
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Rob C
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| ftribel wrote: | I had to upgrade Parallels from 2,5 to 4,0
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Having problems with Eye TV |
Oh, that's interesting. I have Eye TV.
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poolvibe
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Chris Black
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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Location: Denver, CO
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: Slow Networking |
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Hey folks…I've been in lurker mode for quite some time. Just not had much to say. Getting mellow in my old age. Been carefully watching our new marxist President. Anyway, got some new hardware with a few questions.
Problem: Running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on 3 Intel Macs. SENDING (not receiving) emails is real slow, and logging onto other Macs in my LAN takes several minutes. Neither was a problem before 10.6.x. This appears to be a networking issue.
Background: Up until 2 weeks ago, my main Mac setup has been a 3-panel Quad G5 running PC7 and 10.5.8. (A photo of this setup, with an older Dual 1-Gig G4 PMac has been posted here several years ago…that thread ended up discussing cats…sorry about the Coolidge cat, Rob). Running PC7 on 10.5.8 was somewhat painful because of the intermittent lockups, and the only solution there was to compulsively save every 30 seconds or so. Earlier I had converted an external HD to a virgin 10.4.x boot disk with only the required fonts, printer drivers, etc., required to run only PC7 on the Quad G5 to try to eliminate the lockups between PC7 and 10.5.x. This solution was fine for a dedicated workstation, but as my main system where I like to check email, waste some time on the web etc while working I found the booting back and forth from 10.4 to 10.5 to be burdensome. So, I tried something else.
Last March I had purchased an Apple refurb iMac (24" 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 gigs-o-ram that I added), upgraded to PC8, and then added a second spare LCD panel to the setup. (Possibly important detail: I used the Migration Tool via firewire cable to transfer all my apps, docs and settings from the Quad G5…almost everything worked fine via 10.5.x, the factory installed OS). Tried that for awhile, but the ergonomics of this secondary setup was not very comfortable, and I ended up back at the 3-panel G5 running PC7 on 10.5.x. (and saving compulsively). Then, in September I purchased the Snow Leopard Family Upgrade and upgraded this iMac, as well as an older MacBook, to 10.6. That is when I first noticed the slow email SENDING and the file sharing slowness on the iMac running 10.6 (haven't tried on the MacBook for other reasons). But since I was still running 10.5.x on my main system (and 10.4.x on another G4 Mini security cam setup), I did not feel the pain much.
Three weeks ago, in further attempts to revive our national economy (in between buying as much guns, ammo and REM's I can get my hands on), I broke down and ordered via Apple BTO an 8-Core Mac Pro (2x2.26 Quad Core Intel Xeon, 8 gigs-o-ram and a second video board…and Office 2008 just for giggles). It arrived 4 days later. I removed the main HD from my Quad G5, installed it in the second bay of the new 8-Core, used the Migration Tool, and voila, new Mac somewhat/slightly faster than the old Mac (then put the old HD back into the G5). Not much new computer sexiness involved. Hell, even the cases are almost identical. Over the next few days I solved a few conflicts, installed PC8, and purchased upgrades to Acrobat Pro and Quark Xpress (Quark should be burned at the stake for their byzantine activation process…much worse than what ES has put us thru). I am leaving most other apps at their current incarnation…toyed with the idea of Adobe CS4 but I don't use those apps enuff to justify the cost so opted for only Acrobat Pro…I may instead buy the new Photoshop Elements if my Photoshop CS1 breaks with this new Mac. So far, am reasonably happy with new 8-Core.
This new 8-Core came with 10.6 installed, and I immediately noticed the "Problem" as stated up top. Now, I can't seem to be able to transfer any files between Macs even tho I can eventually mount their HD's on the Desktop (I seem to recall being able to do that earlier tho). Tried transferring in all (most) directions, with no joy. Current net transfer consists of flashsticks. All other aspects of my LAN seem OK. I can connect to web, send email, etc. from all Macs just fine.
Any ideas…not yet found any answers from cruising the Apple Support area. Could it be that the 2 (confirmed) Macs exhibiting this condition were both Migrated from my old G5? TIA |
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poolvibe
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Migrating from PPC to Intel is glitchy at best. Do a clean install and build the apps from the ground up one at a time. Then manually add data to appropriate folders. Do not migrate anything in the Lib folder. |
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Chris Black
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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Location: Denver, CO
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: migrating |
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pool...I first tried the migration method from PPC to Intel back in March, with remarkably few problems. Same iMac now exhibits the problems only AFTER updating to 10.6.
Starting from scratch is not a solution I am willing to entertain...I will continue sneaker net before doing that.
Thanks anyway, fyvm.  |
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poolvibe
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I actually do a clean install every Xmas on both of my machines to keep things tidy. Keeps things running smoothly and enables me to be sure any inadvertent things I may have done that contribute to a glitch even if I am unaware of what I avoided. I can completely nuke and pave my machine and re install everything in one afternoon. Kinda like a fresh coat of wax on the car. Everything just seems better:) |
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CJH
Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like network issues.
Try going to Control Panels/Sharing, turn on File Sharing.
Highlight 'File Sharing, click Options, turn On 'Share files & Folders using AFP, also 'Share Files & Folders using SMB'.
Click Done, now look at your computer name: if it has any slashes in it other computers will not see it: replace any slashes with a dash, for example, MP/Me (for my mac pro) will not be seen, however MP-Me will (this change in file sharing happened somewhere in 10.5 and took a long time for me to figure out). Let us know if that helped. My 10.5 and 10.6 machines (10.6 on laptops, 10.5 on Mac pro) all see each other fine now.
I am still running 10.5 on the Mac Pro so that I can print pdf's using Acrobat Pro 8 on it, as Acrobat Pro 8 does not work in 10.6. How well does Acrobat Pro 9 work in 10.6? |
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patrickm
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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Location: santa barbara, ca
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| CJH wrote: | | How well does Acrobat Pro 9 work in 10.6? |
I just upgraded from 10.5.x to 10.6.2 last week, and Acrobat Pro 9 seems to work (although I hate Acrobat 9's user interface -- it is really ugly and clunky looking).
At first I thought Acrobat Pro 9 was broken because I couldn't get it to work after setting up an Adobe PDF printer in Print & Fax System Preferences, then I went online and found out that a new option has been added to the print dialog box (Print>PDF>Save As Adobe PDF) that I didn't know about. Using that method, PDF's I seem to be able to create PDF's just fine.
(Also, the native Apple pdf printer seems to work just fine for my needs, too. Its PDF files are slightly larger than the Adobe created ones, but they seem to print equally well.)
regards,
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Chris Black
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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Location: Denver, CO
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: Acrobat Pro 9 |
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PatrickM, I too thought Pro 9 was broken as well, and your post solved that problem...thanks.
CJH, I'm still working on the funky networking issues. Will have more info to report soon. |
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