For those that want to do a clean install...

shellylh, let us know your Mail upgrade experience. If continued Mail slowness, I'll probably finally jump to Fluid and webapps (mostly Gmail), when I upgrade, but would be nice to know Mail is still an option.

Will do. I haven't had any problems with Mail *yet* but it has only been one day.

Ridiculous. I lost whatever program gave me a nice little headphone icon on my status bar, and th new Audio/Midi layout is not entirely to my liking as of yet. Time shall tell, but it's identical (and perfect) to my ears.

Try installing soundsource from rogueamoeba on 10.6 and see if that works. They say 2.5 works: Rogue Amoeba | Freebies: Free software for Mac OS X

I've been using the new Mail and it seems quite a bit quicker to me. I didn't upgrade the old version though, this was a fresh install. All my mail is on a remote IMAP server so I just re-added the account and was back up and running.

List of apps compatible or not with 10.6 - Snow Leopard Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List

Does anyone know if it's possible to connect a Sharepoint calendar to iCal? It picks up all my regular exchange calendars, but it'd be really optimal if I don't have to manually update events for the sharepoint calendars.

Try installing soundsource from rogueamoeba on 10.6 and see if that works. They say 2.5 works: Rogue Amoeba | Freebies: Free software for Mac OS X

Worked like a charm, Larry. Thanks!

Is a clean install the way to go?

Is a clean install the way to go?

Depends on how you roll. Far less necessary than on Windows IMO for speed regains, etc., but I use the opportunity to clean off unused files.

Only concern, besides time and hassle, is what apps you had with your original disc (GarageBand, iMovie, etc.), you won't on the Snow Leopard only one.

Just updated the home iMac to 10.6. No problems at all. Next, the Mac mini.

My first Snow Leopard hiccup:

I just got the Logitech Performance MX mouse and when I tried to install the Logitech software, it told me "This software does not support the version of Mac OS X that is installed on your system. Please check for an updated version, or go to www...." Then if forced me to quit.

Edit: Got it working with this workaround:

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/01/snow-leopard-get-your-logitech-mouse-and-keyboard-working-again/

Those running squeezecenter on a Mac: You have to be running version 7.3.4 (currently in Beta) when running the leopard of the snow. Currently downloading

iStat menus is back.

i hate snow leopard. i haven't used it yet, but it has delayed the 13" MBP i ordered at work last week. why they couldn't just have included an upgrade disk in the box (like they did when leopard came out and they were still shipping machines with tiger installed) i don't know. that machine was approved essentially as a thank you for me having to put up with shit from people i shouldn't have to put up with shit from, and want now!

You've been waiting an entire week for something!!!

Is it just my circle of friends or are there a strange number of people calling this release Snow Lion?

Just your friends.

Is it just my circle of friends or are there a strange number of people calling this release Snow Lion?

sitting this one out, waiting for mountain lion.

I'm waiting for water tiger:

in all seriousness, I'll probably upgrade when I feel like it.

All I'm using my mac for is iTunes and browsing, so its basically flawless as is.

Ric, so I lose the built in programs with Leopard? I have iLife '09 (upgrade I think) on disc, does that help me? I've never done a fresh install on a mac, so I'm a little hesitant, but my mac has shown the sluggishness that I associate with needing a clean install.

@'reks...laughing.

I'm having a weird problem in Firefox. Whenever I try to download something and use the "save" option instead of "open" in the dialog box, it crashes Firefox. It's configured with the "always ask me where to save files" option in the main preferences tab and the only two add-ons I use is AdBlock Plus and Xmarks. Is anyone having the same bug? I googled that and didn't come up with anything useful.

Disregard the above, I just reinstalled Firefox and it solved the problem. Kind of weird, it's the first time I've ever had a major problem with FF.

Ric, so I lose the built in programs with Leopard? I have iLife '09 (upgrade I think) on disc, does that help me? I've never done a fresh install on a mac, so I'm a little hesitant, but my mac has shown the sluggishness that I associate with needing a clean install.

@'reks...laughing.

Dinny, what you want to do is an "Archive And Install". This will clean replace all the system underpinnings, while preserving your Users folder (with all your apps and docs etc.). Have a look here for details.

Many thanks!

My 1st gen MacBook Pro refuses to boot into OS X as of today, though embarassingly it doesn't seem to have any issues with booting into Windows 7.

This machine has been through a lot, between drops, being hit, and having the hard disk changed too many times. But still, there is no apparent cause. It was running fine, then it started refusing to load an application properly, so I restarted and it gets permanently stuck at the spinning thing under the apple logo screen...

I'm loathe to go through a complete reinstall on this machine, plus I don't have any of the disks with me. Perhaps it's punishing me for spending most of my time on my hackintosh Mini 9. Shame on you Apple, the I've been buying your stuff since my first Performa 475, and at the prospect of replacing this machine, I'm not sure how much I can be bothered to spend the money on a MacBook.