Soündless Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 i just got 9a466, and i am wondering if i should put this on my external hard drive, or as my main os. is it too buggy to be used on a regular basis? does anyone know if i will be able to upggrade to the next system via software update? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Its definitely not ready as a Main OS. Used it for a week and went back to tiger. Also, There will be likely too many core changes for Apple to release it through Software Update. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aae Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) indeed, good on you Edited July 10, 2007 by aae Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 ok, this is going on my ipod. how big is the install? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevnaca Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I'm actually using it as my main OS right now. I have Tiger on my USB drive as backup. For what I do, 9a466 is pretty surprisingly stable. It does hang and crash sometimes, but it's not a big deal for me. If you do want compatibility though with many 3rd party apps, stick with 10.4. I'm taking a big risk right now because I don't mind to do a fresh install if a newer version comes out. If you're looking just to kick the tires, by all means use an external drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampidire Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I set up Leopard in a 32gb boot-camp created partition, and I tried to have it as my startup drive for a few days and when I was initially installing software, stuff like google desktop didn't work and pretty much that was the end of it for me. I'm not zero'ing my main hd in my MacBook and am installing Tiger fresh after making a SuperDuper! backup to my external drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 The only problem I ever have is some applications don't work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 i'm putting it on my external, then i am going to decide if i want to use it as my main Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Main os here, has a few bugs but I can live with em, I couldnt use 9a433 because the bugs were so annoying that I couldn't rely on it but this one haves me happy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPecador Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Compared to the last year's WWDC release, is it more stable, less stable or as much? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-405840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
igul222 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 MORE. MUCH MORE stable than last year Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-406007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnit Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I've been using it as my main OS since it hit pirate bay, at first I just tested it out a little, but found it to be very, very stable and so used disk utility's new non-destructive partitioning to give my freespace over to the leopard boot. The most I get is the occassional silent adium crash and safari not downloading a few files incorrectly, all stuff I can cope with when compared to the quality of the new finder, which is easily the biggest strength of the OS if you ask me, the file sharing/screen sharing tools are top notch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-406043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 using it as my main OS now that i've fixed my small issues with it (mainly using that hack to get rid of transparent menu bar at top). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-406127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPecador Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Here I am. I now use it. I've installed it after work and it works very well. Better than last year's one, for sure. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-406181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 it is running slow for me here, but i am running it off a usb drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-406216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodcc Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 i'm using it as my main OS on my macbook pro. haven't put it on my mac pro yet (trying to get server working on it) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-409498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmni Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I've been using it as my main system for a few weeks now and haven't needed to swap back yet. I probably would have if Spaces hadn't become such an integral part of my workflow. I find it to be generally pretty stable, but have to reboot at least once a day (as opposed to, well, when new updates came out in final release 10.4). I do find it to be very slow, though. General usage is fine, but as soon as one processor intensive task starts, such as unraring a big archive, the rest of the system slows to a crawl. My MacBook Pro would handle far, far more than this without batting an eyelid on 10.4. There are lots of bugs, but few that really bother me. The new dock is quite touchy, though. I keep dragging things off it by mistake. Never used to do that. I'm used to the transparent menubar now, but I can't say I'd miss it if it went back to a solid colour. Should definitely be an option in Finder preferences. New Finder is good, but I don't like the way it handles media files. When using column view you can preview a video in the end column, but you don't get controls, so no skipping through it. Sure, there's Quickview, but needs a whole new Window. I find neither Quickview nor Coverflow in Finder have had much use from me, but I expect that'll change over time. Old habit die hard, I guess. On a big plus, Mail now filters out almost all spam, including those annoying image ones. On 10.4 I'd get about 1000 a day, and Mail would catch about 990 of them. Mail now catches all 1000 most days, and only the odd one or two slip through on occasion. If I wasn't invested in using this now I'd definitely roll back to 10.4, but the point of no return has passed for me. I recommend installing on a seperate drive first. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-411206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPecador Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I've been using it for 1 or 2 weeks and it's really good. While with 9A410 I had about 10 KP a day, I now only have about 3 a week. It's really fast for my PowerBook 12". Safari for example is a way faster to launch, as well as is the system. I like the new Finder but it's not really usable with such a computer, you can't really use CoverFlow. Spaces is very very good. I now use it all the time. The look of the Dock and menu bar is OK. Quickview is a very good tool. For the moment, I must say this is a very good release to me, especially compared to 9A410 or WWDC'06. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-411356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevnaca Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Guess what, today I've decided to go back to Tiger. Reason being is the incompatibilities of third party apps and frequent crashes. But I'll still have it on my external USB drive to play with. 9a466 is a great build but not quite ready for prime time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-411620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 alot of 3rd party apps crashed for me, but it is a hell of a lot faster then tiger on my macbook pro (could be because my hard drive with tiger is damaged) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-411641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 its fast but i mainly use tiger. 9a466 is on another partition created by iPartition Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-411643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevils44 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I use it as my primary OS. No problems, minor bugs, few apps refuse to open, I can't get Remote Desktop to work :S . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56743-9a466-as-main-os/#findComment-416155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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