Snow Leopard Users: Welcome to Driver Hell
As someone who has been tracking the trials and tribulations of the move to 64-bit computing, I would like to formally welcome all Snow Leopard users to a place often visited by 64-bit PC users: Driver Hell. You all are probably just getting over the euphoria of installing the bright, shiny OS upgrade on your [...]
Read MoreApple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28
CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard(TM) will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of [...]
Read MoreApple Unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Users will notice a more responsive Finder™; Mail that loads messages 85 percent faster and conducts searches up to 90 percent faster;* Time Machine® with up to 50 percent faster initial backup;* a Dock with Expose integration; a 64-bit version of Safari® 4 that boosts the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50 percent** and is resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins. … The Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller between June 8, 2009 and the end of the program on December 26, 2009, for a product plus shipping and handling fee of $9.95 (US).
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