Snow Leopard Compatibility and Goodies
Snow Leopard is out. I have received my copy yesterday and as of today I’m running it on my MacBook Pro and installing it on my Mac Pro, as well. (update: Mac Pro installed and running with some minor issues, such as the dock problem, see below and FileMaker crashing when connecting to remote server.)
First of all, the rumors are true: it is significantly faster. System Preferences load faster, apps load faster, even websites load faster. I’m all about speed and efficiency, so that’s already a winning attribute.
Here are some info that I learned so far. I will keep on updating this article so check back often.
General requirements
- Mac computer with an Intel processor
- 1GB of memory
- 5GB of available disk space
- DVD drive for installation
- Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
- Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Somebody beat me to it, so below is a link to a website that lists application compatibility for Snow Leopard:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
List off apps incompatible from the Apple website:
| Software | Incompatible version(s) | Vendor | Website |
| Parallels Desktop | 2.5 and earlier | Parallels | http://www.parallels.com/ |
| VirusScan | 8.6 | McAfee | http://www.mcafee.com/ |
| Norton AntiVirus | 11.0 | Norton | http://www.norton.com/ |
| Internet Cleanup 5 | 5.0.4 | Smith Micro | http://www.smithmicro.com/ |
| Application Enhancer | 2.0.1 and earlier | Unsanity | http://www.unsanity.com/ |
| AT&T Laptop Connect Card | 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.10.0 | AT&T | http://www.att.com/ |
| launch2net | 2.13.0 | Nova Media | http://www.novamedia.de/ |
| iWOW plug-in for iTunes | 2.0 | SRS | http://www.srslabs.com/ |
| Missing Sync for Palm Sony CLIE Driver | 6.0.4 | Mark Space | http://markspace.com/ |
| TonePort UX8 Driver | 4.1.0 | Line 6 | http://www.line6.com/ |
| ioHD Driver | 6.0.3 | AJA | http://www.aja.com/ |
| Silicon Image SiI3132 Drivers |
1.5.16.0 |
Silicon Image |
http://www.siliconimage.com |
Visit this link to a website post containing 20 new features in Snow Leopard:
Issues discovered by me or other users:
- Letterbox plug-in doesn’t work in Apple Mail.
- Dock misbehaves, aka shows applications running when they have already been quit and doesn’t show actively running applications. (see image below of Tweetie app clearly running but not showing in Dock).
