Archive for October, 2007

Leopard (10.5) Status

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Just a quick note about Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) compatibility.

The current version of Remember? works fine in Leopard, no known issues. I’ve been using it on 10.5 for a while now and it’s been rock solid. There will be a minor update coming along soon to fix a few bugs and add a few very minor features but it’s not necessary for Leopard.

I’ve just now discovered that hotTunes has a bug in the 10.5 GM release: the album image isn’t being scaled correctly in the info window and can overlap the rest of the content. No other problems (famous last words) so I should be able to post an update soon, time permitting I’ll bang it out tonight.

As far as my impressions of Mac OS X 10.5 itself, so far I love it. I’ve upgraded three machines: my G5 Tower, MacBook Pro and a G4 Mac mini, all with no glitches other than my time zone getting set to Atlanta, GA for some reason. Other than hating some gratuitous Dock and menu bar changes, the rest of Leopard is a flat out joy. I’m still discovering nice little improvements in just about every app.

And Screen Sharing could eventually be my personal favorite killer new feature. Anyone who has to do remote support of any kind even just for family members should not upgrade their own machine but also convince every supportee to do the same.

So look for a new hotTunes shortly and a minor Remember? update a bit after that. And if you’re interested in a somewhat techie but very in-depth review of Leopard in general check out Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review

That’s all for now.