snow leopard

Work

Fix For Netbook Hackintoshes In The Works, Temporary Fix Available

8:30AM Adam Pash | Lifehacker’s Hackintosh build upgraded without problems to OS X 10.6.2, but the same wasn’t true for hacked netbooks. More »
Work

Hackintosh Works Like A Charm With 10.6.2 Update, Atom-Based Hacks Break

12:30PM Adam Pash | If you followed our most recent guides to installing Snow Leopard on a PC from start to finish or the updated guide to building a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard, no hacking required, you’ll be happy to know that I’ve tested my build with today’s 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard and it’s working like a charm. More »
Work

Apple Releases Snow Leopard 10.6.2, Fixes 40+ Bugs

10:00AM Adam Pash | Apple today rolled out the 10.6.2 update to OS X Snow Leopard. This update fixes that nasty guest account bug we saw last month and in general tackles a whole host of bugs, stability issues and other various improvements. More »
Work

Secrets Updates For Snow Leopard

6:00AM Whitson Gordon | Mac only: If you’re not a big fan of using the Terminal but love hidden features in OS X, Secrets is the preference pane for you. More »
Work

SnowChecker Checks If Your Apps Are Snow-Leopard Compatible

10:00AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Free application SnowChecker runs a scan of your installed applications and tells you which may have problems in running in Snow Leopard. More »
Fix

Plex Updates With Apple Remote Fix For Snow Leopard

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ask anyone who runs the eye-catching Plex media centre on their Mac about Snow Leopard, and you might see them wince. A new update fixes that painful Apple Remote incompatibility and also improves audio for those without 5.1 sound systems. More »
Work

Get Quicksilver Working In Snow Leopard

9:00AM Adam Pash | Quicksilver is easily one of our favourite tools ever, but since its future isn’t all that bright, die-hard users cross our fingers every time OS X updates. In Snow Leopard, Quicksilver stopped working for many users; here’s how to fix it. More »
Work

Performance Test Pits Windows 7 Vs. Snow Leopard

5:00AM Adam Pash | With the Windows 7 release looming next week, tech site CNET decided that it’d be a good time to see how the two stack up against each other. It may seem unfair that the tests use a MacBook Pro booting Snow Leopard and Windows 7 in Boot Camp, but whether or not that mattered, the results are fairly balanced. More »
Work

Apple Update Targets Hard Drive Issues In Leopard, Snow Leopard

11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Apple pushed a Performance Update out for certain models running Leopard or Snow Leopard last evening, aiming to fix occasional hard drive performance issues the Mac maker says affects a small number of users. More »
Work

Apple Is Aware Of And Looking Into Data Loss In Snow Leopard

5:00AM Adam Pash | Yesterday we mentioned that a particularly nasty bug in Snow Leopard was deleting entire user accounts. The good news: Apple has acknowledged the bug, claimed that it only occurs in extremely rare cases, and assured users they’re working on a fix. The bad news: Losing all of your user data—even if a bug is extremely rare—is a very big deal. [CNET]