Nov 11
It’s finally here! 10.6.2 for Snow Leopard is already ready for download. It’s great that they released it before the year ended. I hope that all problems have now been corrected.
Get it here.
The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:
- an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
- a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
- Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
- a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
- issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
- the reliability of menu extras
- an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
- an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
- Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
- a problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
- an issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
- Safari plug-in reliability
- general reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
- an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website.
As of now, all bugs are fixed, Safari crashing is fixed, no more memory spikes and Adobe programs seem to be stable now. But I suggest before updating to 10.6.2, run disc utility and do repair disk permission.
Tagged with: 10.6.2 • Apple • Mac • Snow Leopard • Snow Leopard 10.6.2 • Update Snow Leopard
Nov 11
Santa Claus came early for me this season again. I was rather caught off guard because I’ve been wondering how I’ll ever get to at least try this product. But, as they say, good things come to those who wait.
I have a bit of apprehension as I thought using a pen and tablet gadget (for working with photos and other graphic needs) takes some getting use to. But Santa’s gift sprung another surprise. I do have a Graphire4, a Wacom product, which had been another gift to me (Thanks, Dixie!). This, however, needed a little good hand-eye coordination, which I sadly lack so it hasn’t been used and abused much.
Now, this beautiful baby, the Cintiq 21UX, also from Wacom, is something else. Wacom Philippines sent this to me and I tried using this for my workshop last weekend. It was the first time for me to use it and I didn’t even had a difficult time. Cintiq has made it so much easier for me. This must be a dream gadget for those working with digital post processing and graphics.
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Tagged with: Cintiq • Cintiq 21UX • graphic design • Graphite4 • Intuos • pen and tablet • post processing • Wacom
Nov 11
I’ve finally tamed the Wild Snow Leopard. I was able to do some more tweaking and changed my SL’s theme back to black!
But I still would not recommend this to people who make use of Photoshop a lot, even if there’s a 10.6.1 update released. Adobe Programs are still unstable in Snow Leopard. So, if you use Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. it’s still not advisable as random browser crashes due to adobe flash and memory spike still occur. When I’m teaching, I use Leopard, to avoid all of this. When I’m not teaching, I use Snow Leopard. I’m using dual os for now.
Speed is still Snow Leopards premiere feature. 10.6.2 update is in the horizon and it will be around 500MB, a major update.
You may be asking why I’m still using this… it’s because I’m challenging myself to try and fix the bugs to the best that I can.
Tagged with: Snow Leopard • Snow Leopard tweak • Tweaking Snow Leopard
