Official Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Thread & FAQ

So it's a graphics drivers thing... Could be hardware, could be software. Try a clean install for a while. If it happens there as well, it's hardware.
 
That's the weird thing for me, it was a clean install. No mods or anything, it just crashed a day or two after a clean install.
 
Well, but if it was a clean install, there's not much harm in trying it again, no? Maybe something wasn't installed properly and will be installed correctly this time... It's still something to try before going about the hardware, I guess...
 
Alright, well I'll go about that and hopefully it will fix whatever the problem is or maybe the 10.6.1 update will fix it. It's just a bit frustrating having to install four software suites and many more programs again.
 
Handbrake also crashes on startup.

EDIT: Damnit, everything is crashing now. I'm gonna have to reformat I guess.
 
It has arrived!
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*Starts Backing Things Up*

--J.D.
 
So far . . . so good . . . need to check applications. My old Palm works. Need to check printer . . . one hack does not work . . . have to re-enter a code . . . insect porn seems fine. . . .

--J.D.
 
Firefox seems to think I am double posting. . . .

Need to update Safari. . . .

. . . sudden loss of appetite and feeling of impending doom . . . and there is this rash. . . .

"You can't use this version of" . . . oh, old icon.

--J.D.

P.S. Hmmm, resetting Safari down to 32-bit allows you to continue to run add-ons like Safari-Stand with Safari-block. In both versions--32 and 64-bit--some mail in hotmail comes out as "weird"--it does not do this in Firefox.

P.P.S. I miss my Window Shades.

P.P.P.S. However, cleared a good 10 [CENSORED--Ed.]+ Gigs of space!

P.P.P.P.S. Fires up printer, Word, insect porn. . . .

P.P.P.P.P.S. Printer is continually pausing--despite having the apparent driver. Safari has interesting problems with fonts--even after cleaning up Font Book--and Office will not update.

Tried fixing the printer problem by uploading the other drivers--could not see which is which--FAIL. Re-downloaded the original driver--from 2008--voila!
 
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10.6.1 is apparently out in Software Update, but as usual, I would highly recommend waiting for the Combo update to be posted... there's always problems with the Delta updaters.

Bwahaha! I couldn't resist... ;)
 
. . . and after update, both QT lost MPEG-2 support. Oh, you can buy it again, I suppose. Fortunately I saved the program, and I am re-installing it, but it is taking forever.

And Apple is being useless.

--J.D.
 
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How to Fix MPEG-2 in Snow Leopard

This is, to my searches, a common problem on OTHER SITES [Boo. Hiss.--Ed.]. I, long ago, purchased the MPEG-2 components for QT-6 and QT-7 so I was pissed at the thought I would have to re-purchase it. To answer my questions, Apple--still trying to overcome M$'s lead in "worst customer service" demanded I have Apple Care.

Yup.

But there is a solution.

1. If You Have the MPEG-2

A. Reinstall: Seems simple enough. If you purchased this for QT-7 in the past you can try re-installing it. You will have to restart. It may work, because the components will be where they should be. My problem is the Installer never, ever "finished." So I tried the next. This may have worked with Restart if I tried it.

B. Grab Component: Assuming you backed up everything BEFORE your upgrade and you have that still--in anticipation of problems--simply go to your back up, and go to:

System → Library → QuickTime

Find this component shown:

QT-MPEG-2.jpg


sticketh it in the same folder for your 10.6 System, Restart and voila! I noticed the same thing existed after my potentially "failed" installs, so that might have worked.

2. If You Have Final Cut Pro: According to searches you can take the component from the FCP disk and place it in the folder as above. I do not have FCP and cannot confirm, but other posters seemed happy.

Hope this helps! :) After this both QT-7 and QT X played the MPEG-2.

--J.D.
 
Well just received Snow Leopard. I am preceding installing it while I backup both my Mac Pro & Mac Book Pro first before installing. Wish me luck.
 
When I got Snow Leopard I simply installed it over my existing Leopard OS. This left me with 52 GB of disc space left.

I then did a complete clean install of Leopard and re-installed all the previous Apple and 3rd party apps. I now have 60 GB free (and it all seems to be running better).
 
"You can't use this version of the application DVD Player with this version of Mac OS X."

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"You have DVD Player 5.0.3."

Yeah . . . yeah, I know. "VLC." But . . . still . . . it is the PRINCIPLE of the thing!!1!!

--J.D.
 
Huh? Can you describe the problem more clearly? Did you somehow move the DVD Player app before upgrading/updating? I've never encountered this problem.
 
That is exactly what happens. I do not believe I moved the DVD Player app prior to upgrade, because I know if you subdivide your Applications folder, updates do not always know "where" to go--and will just put a new one in Applications rather than the sub-folder.

What is the DVD Player you have?

--J.D.
 
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