After upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Backup 3.1.1 may behave erratically.
Solution:
Update to Backup 3.1.2 or later. Backup 3.1.2 is recommended for all .Mac members, and is required for .Mac members using Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
From Apple Knowledgebase article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306483
Posted: November 5, 2007 2:38 pm | 0 comments
Tags: .Mac, Backup, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.5: iChat System Requirements
In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, iChat lets you audio conference with up to nine additional people and video conference with up to three additional people.
Here are the system requirements you need to initiate or participate in audio and video chats and conferences in iChat.
Click on the link below to see the System Requirements:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306687
Posted: November 5, 2007 2:10 pm | 0 comments
Tags: iChat, Mac, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS X
Click on the link below to check out a guided tour of Mac OS X Leopard:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/guidedtour/?cid=CDM-US-OS-C0003843-113609&Em...
Posted: November 5, 2007 2:05 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Guided Tour, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS X
Why did Boot Camp Beta expire?
As indicated in the license agreement for Boot Camp Beta, the Boot Camp Beta program expires when Mac OS 10.5 Leopard becomes available publicly in October, 2007.
See the link below for more inforamtion from Apple's knowledgebase;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306583
Posted: November 5, 2007 2:02 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Boot Camp, Mac OS, Windows on Mac
Here is a list of websites to help resolve Macintosh related problems:
Not too "techy" sites:
http://www.macosxhints.com/
http://www.apple.com/support/
http://macfixit.com
http://forum.onmac.net/ (Windows XP on Intel Macs)
This site is good for purchasing hardware based parts and it has really good "how-to" videos and a troubleshooting section.
This is not an endorsement for the above sites, so "user beware"...
Posted: November 5, 2007 8:32 am | 0 comments
Tags: Apple, Mac Help, Mac Troubleshooting, Macintosh
The link below gives a brief description of the new/updated accessibility features in Leopard.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#universalaccess
Some of the highlighted features include:
Plug-and-Play Refreshable Braille Display Support
Braille Output During OS Installation
The Braille Panel
Customizable Braille Display Input Keys
NumPad Commander
Portable VoiceOver Preferences
The website: http://maclearning.org did a webcast recently on Leopard and Accessibility. Usually PowerPoint slides of webcasts are published within a week or two of the webcast. I will post the link to the slides when its published.
Posted: November 5, 2007 7:31 am | 0 comments
Tags: Accessibility, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS X
Installing Leopard "cleanly" did not upgrade BootCamp to v2 Annoying. I would think that the installer would be "smart enough". Boot Camp 1.2 was a beta that should have "timed out" (expired) on the day that Leopaerd was released, but my laptop will still boot to Windows.
rEFIt is a 3rd party utility that interrupts the startup sequaence and allows the user to shoose what OS to startup to.
Installing rEFIt v.10 has caused a bit of instability. The Mac always boots, but sometimes you see the rEFIt screen and sometimes you do not.
Its behavior also does not mimic what used to happen.
What used to be: The mac would startup to O/S that it last started up to unless told to do otherwise.
My experience with the new refit and Leopard has been that the mac will always startup to the mac even though I booted to windows in the previous bootup.
I wonder if the behavior is related to the "timed out" Boot Camp v1.2.
This entry is also noted for further testing.
Posted: November 3, 2007 6:38 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Boot Camp, Dual Boot, Mac, Mac Leopard OS, rEFIt
The makers of Parallels Desktop have announced that only the latest version of their virtualization software should be run in the new Mac OS Leopard. They cited a "list of issues" that they were working to fix, but did not explicitly list them.
Issues that I have experienced in Leopard running Windows XP in Parallels: -Unexpectedly quitting about every 5-10 minutes -No drag and drop capability between Parallels and Mac -Unstable ethernet connection on a laptop that has both wired and wireless ethernet capability. This was really annoying. By the time I could get a stable wired ethernet connection and tried to log into needed college resources, Parallels would quit.
A beta fix has been posted. Use at your own risk! Beta software is pre-release and is not supported by Parallels.
http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/beta/
I have downloaded and installed it, but have not yet tested anything.
Posted: November 2, 2007 5:33 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Beta, Leopard, Mac, OS. O/S, Parallels
To replace the Shark icon in your blog profile:
Make sure that your replacement has the following characteristics:
-Is a .jpg
-is sized 48x48
-is less than 80kb
.tiff files will not work
If you need to adjust the size of the image, or change its format,use Photoshop.
1. Open the file in Photoshop
2. Go to the Image file menu item and choose Image Size from the drop down list
3. Uncheck "Constrain Proportions" at the bottom of the dialog box. (Not all photos and icons are perfect little squares)
4. Go back to the top of the dialog box and change the Pixel Dimensions to Width: 48 and Height: 48
5. Click OK
6. Choose File --> Save As from the File Menu, before you click "Save" make sure that the "Format:" is JPEG. Other file types might work, I am not an expert at this.
Posted: November 2, 2007 4:42 pm | 0 comments
Tags: deleting icon, icon, removing the shark
The newly released Leopard O/S has a completely revamped Keychain sub-system.
If you try to migrate your "keychain" to Leopard. It may not work.
Try resetting your keychain which is documented in the following knowledgebase article from Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305145
Posted: November 2, 2007 3:40 pm | 0 comments
Tags: keychain, Leopard, Mac, migrating, O/S, OS
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