Leopard (10.5) Status
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.
October 29th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I’ve already upgraded my Macbook to Leopard and so far it’s working very well. The upgrade went easily and the tools are pretty cool. The ones I liked most are the new Finder that imports the Cover Flow function from iTunes and the new iChat which allows the insertion of images and films. If you haven’t upgraded yet, there are some interesting videos I’ve found that show Leopard’s new tools and effects: weshow.com/us/p/20050/macosxleopardichat weshow.com/us/p/20048/macosxleopardfinder weshow.com/us/p/20052/macosxleopardmail
October 29th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Hi Adam. Slick, I didn’t realize they displayed the Album covers in Finder Cover Flow but it certainly seems appropriate! Cover Flow is turning put to be a lot more useful than I thought it would be, especially for browsing folders of images. What I like the most about Leopard so far is there sheer number of these kinds of little “oh, cool!” discoveries I continue to make.