If you use 1Password in Safari and upgrade to Snow Leopard, you'll either have to run Safari in 32-bit mode or upgrade to the Agile Keychain and use the 1Password 3 beta.
The new version of Preview in Snow Leopard has a subtle bug that could cause significant confusion for readers of technical documentation containing visible Web URLs.
On the MacJury podcast for 01-Sep-09, two out of five "jurors" are TidBITS editors and Take Control authors - Joe Kissell and Matt Neuburg. Find out how everyone's Snow Leopard installation experience went. And hear a vociferous argument about whether or not Apple's Intel-only policy for Snow Leopard is fair to users.
Apple has posted a KnowledgeBase article that explains which software packages (and versions) the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installer places in an Incompatible Software folder. The note also details how Snow Leopard will prevent incompatible software from launching to prevent disappointment.
When Apple says Snow Leopard is full of "refinements," they're not kidding. The TidBITS staff has collected even more of the interesting details that may be easily overlooked.
Snow Leopard adds more information to the AirPort menu, making it easier to use Mac OS X to set up networks optimally and troubleshoot problems.
While working on the just-released "Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard," Matt Neuburg has had to live with Snow Leopard for some time now, and he's brimming with impressions of what's new, what's not, and what it all means.
Unsure about what installing Apple's Snow Leopard will entail? No need to worry - an excerpt from Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard" explains how the installer has changed from what we've become accustomed to in Panther, Tiger, and Leopard.
Apple has announced that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will become available on 28-Aug-09. And yes, we plan to have two Take Control ebooks about it available by then as well.
Some MacBook Pro owners with 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drives have been complaining of clicking sounds, followed by a short period of stalled performance. The machines become responsive again after roughly 10 seconds, and do not require rebooting. Luckily, Apple spokesperson Bill Evans has informed CNET that Apple is aware of the issue and working on a fix, though no definite timetable has been set for its release.
Nearly a year since Apple enraged some customers by moving the entire unibody MacBook lineup to glossy displays, the company has relented and quietly brought back the matte screen option to the 15-inch model.
Time to do the update dance again - Mac OS X 10.5.8 offers a slate of bug fixes that improve reliability throughout the operating system and close a number of security holes.
Ever see your browser suddenly displaying nonsense? That's the Mac OS X font cache corruption bug. Apparently, a major cause of the corruption has been found.
Apple has released security updates for Java in Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.5 to deal with serious vulnerabilities discovered nine months ago and patched by Java developer Sun Microsystems six months ago.
A recent Apple KnowledgeBase article reveals that the refreshed 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros can boot from the new SD card slot.