Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Snow Leopard Hosed my May 2009 Macbook

    • Written by from Ann Arbor

    My Macbook was running great under Leopard but then I tried upgrading to Snow Leopard and the install failed three times and hosed my system and now I can't even use the recovery discs. I still have a year of applecare so they will have to pay for it but beware.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Wrecked my computer

    • Written by from Thunder Bay

    Generally my 2007 iMac has worked fine (had bluetooth problems) but in December I upgraded to iPhone 4 which was not compatible with my version of itunes. To upgrade iTunes I needed at least leopard os (I had 10.4). That worked well but then I figured I would get the most recent os to avoid that problem in the future. Loading snow leopard worked fine, but once I did the system updates then my computer would
    -freeze all the time
    -id get the rainbow wheel forever
    -it would not wake up from sleep mode
    The only fix is to shut the thing off. A friend gave me some tips
    1) reset pram: from off push pwr and cmd, and letter p and letter r all at same time while computer chimes
    2) from off, press start button and hold
    3) to boot in safe mode, from off hold shift key while computer turns on

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works great, like any other Apple product I've owned

    • Written by from Ventura

    I have been using Apple since 1992 profressionally, performing reinstalls, maintenance and networking, and being a graphic designer as well. The problems I have with them are few and far between, including printers, cameras, 3rd party hardware and software.

    For 10.6.x: I love it. I run a MacBook Pro i7 15" and the OS screams. I have an iPhone, Cintiq 12WR and external drive for back-up, and an older HP all-in-one printer. I have no problems, the OS is seamless as, or more than, any other OS I've had and I recommmend it to anyone.

    I always suggest a back-up and restore to a fresh install, as any professional. That is the best way to do it.

    I only give 4 stars because there should always be room for improvement. For instance, give me more access to removing Control Panel items.. all in all, I love this OS. Period.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    waste of moneyyy

    • Written by from kenmore

    I installed it and I was pleased with the speed of Safari and how glossy everything else was. Then I attempted to print a page from my Chemistry book and guess what. Well my printer didnt work. I tried installing printer updates and re setting my my printer but nothing worked. So what I have left is to simply get rid of the snow leopard and go back to the older version. I was planning on buying the Lion but why should I waste my money?

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Everything is fine except.....

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    Upgraded from leopard to snow leopard because safari was out of date, i have aperture 2.1 version and it does not work, will not open, with snow leopard. im guessing i have to upgrade that now ,going to call in about that. i did notice that start up takes a few seconds longer but it isn't a big deal, i need to upgrade my memory anyway that may help it.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Maybe you'll be lucky.

    • Written by from Sacramento

    I held out as long as I could but my new camera's raw files require Lightroom 4 and that, alas, meant Snow Leopard. So far, SL has disabled my Epson scanner, printer and profiles. All the drivers have been updated and still, Snow Leopard asks for newer software that doesn't exist. Rather than wait to discover what else does not work, I am going back to trouble-free Leopard. Leopard just works.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Frustrated

    • Written by from Parry Sound

    I am running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and I think it is unbelievable that in order for me to upgrade to the Lion (or now the Mountain Lion), I have to purchase all of the previous versions. I understand that it is definitely a lot cheaper than upgrading on a PC, but it's a waste of $29.99 (buying Snow Leopard to upgrade to Lion which is ANOTHER $29.99) or $59.98 (buying Snow Leopard AND Lion to upgrade to the Mountain Lion which is probably ANOTHER $29.99) as I won't even be using the versions I'm paying for other than downloading the next version. Pretty soon there will be softwares and programs that REQUIRE these higher versions, and I will pretty much be forced to upgrade. I don't understand why we are getting a new version every year. It just seems that once somebody gets used to one version, another comes out.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    So Much Better Than Lion

    • Written by from Middletown

    Snow Leopard is the best version of the MacOS ever. And now, Lion and the upcoming Mountain Lion are trying to move the OS more towards the iPhone/iPad interface. Snow Leopard is simple, easy to use, and best of all, it has the best performance by far, even compared to the new OS. The new one's feel sloppy and glitchy compared to Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard is still the best MacOS, and unless Apple changes the direction it's heading, I fear this might just be the last great desktop OS from Apple.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Awful

    • Written by from Glen Rock

    Snow leopard is awful. I got it because I needed a newer operating system to run maya and mudbox, but it was so not worth it. I've had it for about a week now, and I've gotten error messages I've never seen before, and had to restart my computer like four times. I've been having problems that I never had with leopard, and I'm seriously thinking about uninstalling it.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Snow Leopard

    • Written by from new haven

    Very great software, Fast, intuitive, a Must Buy!!!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Snow leopard Good But

    • Written by from Sunderland

    I am still learning about Snow Leopard,and so are thousands of other people. How do you do this or how do you that. So it seems crazy to me to bring out Lion,and i heard there is another upgrade Mountain Lion. You are just getting use to a system then they bring out another 2 versions. It`s OK for these whizz kids,because they are gifted with this knowledge. I wished i was gifted with this technical knowledge,but unfortunately i am not. Microsoft are the same. I was using Windows 98, and then they brought out Windows Vista XP or something like that. This made me change from a PC to a Mac, because a friend showed me about the Mac system. I found that the Mac system was very user friendly, don`t get me wrong you still have to work at it.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    The down fall

    • Written by from gold beach

    I put SL in and said good by to all the work I had on an External HD Lost most of the Iphoto files . I never saw Stacks.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    The Lion that meowed

    • Written by from OCEANSIDE

    Can't play wmv.
    Preview can't Save as anymore. Can't save a .PDF as JPEG.
    Among other little things that we are accustomed to in the prior version.
    Probably some good things but more steps backward than forward.

    Not ready for prime time.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    DO NOT UPGRADE TO LION

    • Written by from Lafayette

    I made the mistake of updating to Lion... BIG MISTAKE! I wanted iCloud but it isn't worth the problems that it has caused! PowerPC apps are now no longer supported, and if that wasn't bad enough the upgrade causes Safari to crash on a VERY REGULAR BASIS and Java no longer supports chat sites... I wish I would never have installed the upgrade! Do so at your own risk!!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Awesome upgrade from 10.5

    • Written by from hamilton

    I have a 2007 macbook (Core Duo 2, 3GB ram)
    Since many new applications are dropping Leopard support, I decided to spend 30 bucks to go for Snow Leopard
    I did a clean install.
    Overall, the system response felt much snappier with Snow Leopard
    Safari 5.1.2 (not supported by Leopard) seems to have resolve the dreadful memory leak issue too (haven't heavily tested it for over a long time though)
    So the 30 bucks upgrade seem to have satisfied me and saved me the money for a new macbook. (Oh, there is no pure "macbook" any more.. It's become either Air or Pro..Kind of sad)

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Snow Leopard.......don't do it.

    • Written by from Lancaster

    After checking if my iMac (Intel Core 2 Duo processors and plenty of memory) was ok to upgrade and reading the review's I still stupidly went ahead and upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard.
    Disc arrived very promptly and as always with Apple was well packaged. Snow Leopard didn't take too long to install and does look really good, but not much different from Leopard.
    However I have now seen The Spinning Beach Ball of Doom more times in the last two weeks than in the previous THREE YEARS and FOUR MONTHS, since my IMac arrived on my doorstep.
    Its slower, noisier, Safari crashes, and has completely frozen a couple of times.
    I am very unimpressed. I might as well have a PC !
    And my iPhone4 and iMac still won't talk to each other.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best OS I've Used

    • Written by from Dyess Air Force Base

    I purchased my first Macbook Pro 15" i7 2.66 with 8GB RAM and the 500 GB HD in 2010 and I will have to say that I am throughly impressed with this computer from the hardware to the software. Apple is very considerate when they make their products. I installed Windows 7 (Via Bootcamp) for the compatibility of the games and programs that are PC only, and Apple is the only company that is trying to be supportive of both. After I installed Windows 7 all of the drivers were on the OS disc for my MBP which is revolutionary that they say hey you can put windows on this and actually make it worth doing. Bootcamp is very easy to use and setting it up for windows is very easy and stress free. Snow Leopard is the best I've used It was tied with Windows 7 but the only thing that I can say pushes it over the top is the compatibility I have plugged in everything from mice to printers and it all worked with no problems at all. Also the price tag. They sell it for a reasonable price unlike Windows which will put you back at least $100 for an "Upgrade" version instead of a full version and Windows honestly hasn't changed that much and I've used every version of windows from Windows 3.0 to Windows 7. I have used both Windows and OS X and I will have to say for the money and compatibility it's a hands down choice to get OS X if you want a stable OS that is easy to use.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    scrollbar

    • Written by from avon

    I hate this software because it is impossible to get a right-handed scrollbar without 20 tries. What is the secret?

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Rip-off Jerks!

    • Written by from Tallahassee

    Bought Snow Leopard as required in order to upgrade to Lion. But you can only order a disc, not a download for some reason. So after 2 weeks, the disc arrived and I installed it. But... it's version 10.6.3 of Snow Leopard, not the latest version, 10.6.8 and I STILL can't install Lion because every time I try to upgrade to 10.6.8, the installation process crashes. Thanks a lot, Apple-hippies!

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Problematic Install Took Hours but All's Well That Ends Well

    • Written by from Annapolis

    I needed to upgrade to Lion in order to take advantage of iCloud, and to enable syncing between MBP, iPhone, and new iPad2. Based on many of the negative reviews, I decided to defer installing the upgrade until a weekend when I had hours available for troubleshooting. I am glad I proceeded with caution. It was not my usual, easy-to-use, apple product experience.

    I encountered issues with the App Store, which would not log me in. It would just hang. I had to sign into iTunes first, then the App store second, before the software download process would start.

    The download and install process took 90 minutes over a fast Verizon FIOS connection. Not bad.

    Once I started to use Lion, computer response was slow. Just getting the expected response to any click was taking 3 to 10 seconds. This was very concerning because of some very negative reviews I read, reporting similar poor performance after the upgrade. But I was able to fix it thanks to articles on the discussion forums titled: "SyncServer constantly using high CPU, causing fans to run"

    ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

    After the one time pain of troubleshooting, my computer is working better and faster than before. And the new features in Lion are very interesting, groundbreaking and intuitive. iCloud syncing is amazingly powerful, Facetime is fun, and there is so much more to explore.

    It took me about 7 hours of work to install and troubleshoot, so it was nothing like the usual instant gratification I am used to with Apple products. But in the end, I am very happy with Lion. It was worth it for me.

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