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I've been hearing that a clean install is the way to go with Tiger. That's what I did and haven't had any issues besides the occasional Safari quitting on me with many pages open.

Clean install huh???  Gee . . .hope Apple puts out some updates soon . . .it took me all day just to upload all my software onto this machine.  Ever try jumping through Adobe's hoops when reinstalling Photoshop???

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-Billie

I've suffered multiple kernel panics since installing it. I have a feeling it might have been precipitated by fink recompilations, but generally, I'm working on several things at once, so it's difficult to pin down the cause. I've run the hardware tests, so I'm pretty sure it's software related.
(10.4, Powermac G4 1.25 single CPU, 768 Megs Ram)

Last edited by jerwin (2005-05-06 12:13 am)

Archive and install here. Seamless.

Nope, Tiger is smooth for me. Safari crashing here and there though.

luvgop wrote:

Clean install huh???  Gee . . .hope Apple puts out some updates soon . . .it took me all day just to upload all my software onto this machine.  Ever try jumping through Adobe's hoops when reinstalling Photoshop???

Archive and install (going from 10.2.8 > 10.4, yet) worked pretty well for me, including Photoshop 7. Painless and very quick process. Archive and install left one Adobe file behind in the Previous Systems folder (Adobe Font Something; forgot the name, but it's easily identifiable); move it manually to (HD) / Library and you're good to go.

Only PS-related bummer so far is that PS now claims my LaserJet 1200 is not a PostScript printer, and prints some images as page after page of text. (Preview prints them fine, though.) Probably a print driver issue.

I just upgraded.


Nothing worng nowhere. Everything runs smooth exept iPhoto doesn't update my pictures after I've edited them which is a common complaint on the Apple discussion forum

I have Safari crashes and i can't open more than about 20 Terminal windows open before the new ones won't open right.

Most of the time when boot my Mac now there is a folder in the Trash called "Recovered Items". It always contains one generic file called "Download Comment". I do have such a plugin for Safari and it works fine.

Also, I'm getting some weird messages on shutdown - various things not shutting down gracefully, ignoring SIGTERM, having to be killed. I dunno, everything works fine as far as I can tell.

Nine upgrade and three archive installs so far and the only problem was having to reset the printing system on one machine to get USB printer sharing going.  I don't count the thirty or so various application and utility updates as problems -- they just had to be done.

The only remaining incompatibilities are Virex, and VPC and those are not Apple's fault. The one Apple glitch I have run into is the inability for Spotlight and/or Finder to find invisible files. I presume that will be patched in 10.4.1 but that will probably be a while before we see that.

It is taking a while to find and work my way through all the various changes. The one that has surprised me the most is Mail 2.0. The Automatic mailboxes are changing the way I manage my mail and I haven't gotten that all worked out to my satisfaction yet. Leaving deleted messages in the mailboxes is taking some getting used to but I can see how that will turn out to be useful and possibly even saving me some embarrassment.

Cyberpawz wrote:

I've done a clean install and all I can say is that it's a good OS, but for business it's not ready... there are still too many issues that need to be "fleshed out" first.

Compared to what, any Windows software presently out there?

wellfleation wrote:

Cyberpawz wrote:

I've done a clean install and all I can say is that it's a good OS, but for business it's not ready... there are still too many issues that need to be "fleshed out" first.

Compared to what, any Windows software presently out there?

Compared to 10.3.9