Snow Leopard
Episode 0031 - Configuring Cisco VPN Client in Snow Leopard
10/04/09 11:49
Disclaimer: In this episode I show you how to use a web based tool to decrypt a group password. Some companies consider this "hacking" and a violation of their IT terms of use. In some cases this is grounds for dismissal from your employer. Know and operate within your companies IT policies. I do not take any responsibility for your actions and/or poor judgement should you choose to use these tools.
The Campus Geeks - Cisco VPN Group Password Decryption
http://www.thecampusgeeks.com/tools/cisco-VPN-decrypt/cisco-decrypt.php
Episode 0030 - The First Week with Snow Leopard (Roundable)
09/05/09 11:50
Peter's notes
• Did three installs — on main MBP, white MacBook and on parents’ iMac
• Main install was an Erase & Install, clean install, whatever you want to call it
• Using SL as an excuse to do a brand new clean install, had previously just kept migrating
• Absolutely incredible speed increase versus the clogged up Leopard
• Wow
• Did an upgrade on the white MacBook, worked very well, if a little slower than expected.
• Again, speed increase and generally found it stable
• Finally, upgraded parents’ iMac to Snow Leopard, simple in-place upgrade and seems to work well and be stable
• Incompatibility with Parallels 3, but I haven’t needed it.
Hugo's notes
Quotes from Twitter about the early winter
http://twitter.com/xxloverxx/status/3758253970 "It would be _very_ nice if dropped all 32 bit support in 10.7 and required all apps to run on 64 bit…might make things a bit smoother"
http://twitter.com/nevali/status/3758274686 “@xxloverxx I’d be amazed if they didn’t, tbh. not a huge number of macs which are 32-bit only.”
http://twitter.com/MarkSheppard/status/3758385244 “@xxloverxx I think that is the whole point of 10.6. It's a transitional release. This is the bumpy part of the ride. :-)”
My first Snowy install was on my Macbook, for testing before I put it on my main machine (Unibody MBP). That went well, so I did one last backup of the MBP using SuperDuper and another manual one, and installed on the MBP. Of course, everything went wrong with that install. The installer said "10 minutes remaining", then suddenly jumped to th finish line. I decided not to worry; I proceded to reboot. Startup froze after loading Apple CPU Power Managment (checked in Verbose mode). Booting in Safe mode didn't do anything either, so my only option was to reinstall.
On the 2nd reinstall, everything went well, hadn't lost any data or preferences!
Finder is slightly faster, not a huge improvement IMO, but every little bit counts
iTunes hasn't had any change, so it's still that POC (piece of carbon) that it always was
Quicktime X is sexy! Makes watching movies a joy now - Quicktime 7's bar always took up too much space for my liking, especially on my 2nd, 17"-but-very-low-res (1024x768), but now, it all works fine :)
Aperture has gotten a bit slower since Snowy, not sure why
Audio Hijack Pro doesn't work on Quicktime X (that or I need an update)
Will is @beiju
@marksheppard - Mark Sheppard
Mo - @nevali
http://xxloverxx.smugmug.com (photos - I recently hid all my existing albums and am working on creating portfolios, so keep checking back)
http://xxxloverxxx.tumblr.com (Tumblr blog)
http://twitter.com/xxloverxx (Twitter, obviously. >16,000 updates since last March when I joined!)
Matt's Notes:
Pre-ordered from Amazon, but shipping was too late, so cancelled order and ordered from Apple - Got late afternoon on Friday.
Upon upgrading MBP had issues with partition map - had to nuke and pave to get it to work on the MBP. Believe this is from adding the 500gb hard drive using superduper!
Had time machine backup, and selected file backup. Before nuke and pave - drug over home folder to external 1TB USB Drive
Enable 64 bit mode - tried this didn't see significant difference (hold 6 & 4 key on boot)
SL upgrade on white first gen macbook tokk about an hour - 70 minutes
On MBP not really sure, walked away for a few hours - came back and it was all ready
Jodi's Notes:
Snow Leopard Installation went great on my Mac Mini 2.26 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM. 45 Minutes standard install. HP printer driver for Officejet 5610 AIO no longer works. Had to purchase VueScan to access Epson Perfection 1260 Scanner. AppleWorks and Quicken 2007 will only work under Rosetta. I refuse to load Rosetta on Snow Leopard. Intuit needs to get off their butt and get some new code! They've had 2+ years.
Snow Leopard fast! Load times faster. Graphics on my Mini and ViewSonic monitor are greatly enhanced. Colors brighter and crisper. Blacks blacker. Whites brighter. Any time I turn on my HP 5610 Snow Leopard automatically goes out and checks for the driver. HP has promised driver support. Come on HP!
Gamma Ranges change from 1.6 -> 2.2, might want to change back if you do photo editing.
Episode 0025 - All things WWDC
06/09/09 22:23
Snow Leopard
http://i.gizmodo.com/5283157/everything-you-need-to-know-about-snow-leopard
New Macs
The new unibody models include a 2.26GHz model for $1199 and a 2.53GHz model for $1499, down from $1299 and $1599.
MacBook Air is available in two models starting with the new entry price of $1,499 for a 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system with a 120GB hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, and a 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system with a 128GB solid state drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics for $1,799.
iPhone 3G S
Hardware prices are $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB as announced, with the 8GB iPhone 3G costing $99. New information is that the 16GB 3G should remain on sale for $149, though once current stock is depleted, no more will be available. (http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/08/att.on.iphone.3gs/)
Complete Features (http://i.gizmodo.com/5283099/iphone-3gs-complete-feature-guide)
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
better camera 3mp - video, autofocusing, macro lens
voice control to dial, play music
digital compass
WWDC Post
ATT Screwing over customers (http://i.gizmodo.com/5283334/att-is-screwing-over-us-iphone-users)
Boy Genius Report – Tethering to cost $70/month (http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/06/08/the-reason-why-att-wont-support-mms-with-the-iphone-until-late-summer/)
Real Cost of iPhone 3GS: About $118 More Than You Think (http://i.gizmodo.com/5283568/real-cost-of-iphone-3gs-about-100-more-than-you-think)
Tom Tom video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YskygegTjAU)
Death by “Fine Text” (http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/)
Compatibility reports (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/06/09/round-up-every-iphone-3g-s-compatible-accessory/) - Funny
Safari 4 - http://www.apple.com/safari/
Little different look than beta releases
tabs moved from top of window back to under the address bar
zippy
100 on ACID3 test - http://acid3.acidtests.org/
Speck Candy Shell Case:
http://www.speckproducts.com/products/candyshell/iphone-3g/16
