As many of us gear up to make the move from Panther to Tiger, I thought it might be a good idea to have a central place to discuss software compatibility with the new OS.

Some of us (myself included) use our Macs for work and can't risk installing a new OS if one of our crucial apps is going to stop working.

So I figured, as people begin installing Tiger, we could list the following:

1 - Apps that don't work with Tiger (include installation method [upgrade vs. clean]!)
2 - Apps that work for you, but are posted in group #1
3 - Apps that don't work, but have patches available (include links!)
4 - Apps that work, but are showing some odd behavior in Tiger
5 - Requests to find if a certain app works in Tiger (include version numbers!)


*** List updated 04/22/05 10:20PM ***

1 - Apps that don't work
APE
Cocktail
TinkerTool (works, but it will screw up Tiger)
shapeshifter 2.0.1
iBackup
REALBasic
HTTP Mail


2 - Apps that work for some but not for others
quicktime works for some, not for others when viewing videos from some websites


3 - Apps that need to be patched
Remote Desktop works after 2.2 update


4 - Working apps with odd behaviors
windows media player doesn't stream at times
unzipping .zip files from safari download window may crash system
msn messenger 4 won't sign into accounts (3.5 works ok)
samba may tell you you're already connected when connecting to a share
stuffit 9 deluxe gives problems with files in folders
office 2004 starts slow
vlc crashes occasionally
split & concat give error for wrong version of applescript
BitTorrent locks when connecting to peers
Acquisition has connection issues



5 - Requests (a red app name means the request is pending)
dreamweaver mx 2004 (works)
flash mx pro 2004 (works)
adobe Creative Suite (works, with exception of Cue)
Acrobat Pro 7 (works)
Photoshop Elements 3 (works)
Adium Betas (works w/ occasional crashes)
TomatoTorrent (works)
Bookit 3.5
Audion 3
Patchburn
Transmit 3.0.2 (works except for broken sftp, fix pending)
Xfactor (works)


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P.S. - If a mod wants to stickie this and add 'Official' to the thread title, go right ahead :winkwink:

also make one that says "apps that work for some people and for others dont" and if the app does not work specify how you installed tiger, upgrade / archive install / upgrade.

Windows Media Player dosent stream video at times. (some said at all, but some streams work)

- Dreamweaver MX 2004 7.0.1
- Flash MX Professional 2004 7.2
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop 8.0, Illustrator 11.0.0, InDesign 3.0.1)
- Acrobat Professional 7.0

Those apps all work for me on Tiger 8A428, did a clean install of the system. So I'm 100% Panther free.

With Photoshop CS working fine I guess this probably does too but I haven't seen it mentioned in any threads.

Has anyone tried Photoshop Elements 3.0?

I upgraded over my Panther install.

Unzipping .Zip files from Safari download window sometimes crashes my whole computer (sometimes) Dock becomes unresponsive so on
MSN Messenger 4.0 launches but will not sign in to any of my accounts - MSN Messenger 3.5 will however.
When accessing Samba shares from the finder sometimes the finder alerts me I am already connected to said share when in fact I am not.

Edit:

Flash MX & Photoshop Creative Suit both work fine here on an upgraded Panther install.

Photoshop Elements 3.0 also works fine.

-Stuffit 9 Deluxe gives me problems with files stuffed in folders.
-Microsoft Office 2004 starts somewhat slower
-APE doesn't install
-Cocktail doesn't install
-Be cautious with using TinkerTool it can really mess up Tiger.

shape shifter v2.01 does NOT work with tiger- will have to wait till unsanity release a patch or updated version.

Final Cut pro HD works fine with tiger.

i did have an issue with the installation of Cue on the adobe CS suite. basically the installer crashed everytime it installed. i got it to install in the end - but when it came to run at atart up i got a message saying this version of Cue is insompatible with thie version of OSX. I did an install on a clean hdd for tiger. so dont knwo what it could be thata affecting the Cue.

My upgrade over panther, and MSN Messenger works great, even asked to upgrade to version 4.0.1 ( i think)

Sometimes VLC crashes on me since I upgraded to Tiger.

Cisco VPN client isn't needed, Internet Connect provides same functionality afaik.

iBackup doesn't work.

Dougal.

The only two apps I have had trouble with are Split & Concat (complains about having the wrong version of AppleScript installed, it wants 1.9.0 and says Tiger has 1.1.0), and the official BitTorrent client (launches, but locks up when connecting to peers). MSN Messenger works fine for me.

Installation was upgrade from 10.3.9 to 8A425 to 8A428.


Everything else seems to be working fine.

well its weird but I can't watch any of the Quicktime movies on www.milkandcookies.com, anyone else having this problem?

Same here. Weird, I looked at the source for the page and there's nothing odd with it. I'll try it on my Dell in a minute and see if it's just a problem with the site.

edit: nope, works fine on XP with the latest QT for Win.

I can watch it fine, mind I've got divx codecs installed.

yep worked fine in Panther, and Windows...can't figure out what the deal is...

So do I. I simply get the quicktime logo in the middle of the page, but nothing loading.

Same here.

REALBasic and BitTorrent 4.0.1 doesnt work with tiger

i had no problem with MSN messenger though (and i used to have some with 10.3.9.....)

Could someone see if these apps work:

-Adium Betas
-TomatoTorrent
-Bookit 3.5
-Audion 3
-Patchburn
-Transmit 3.0.2

the Adium beta works just fine...don't know about the rest.

Adium betas work fine, but crash every once in awhile.
TomatoTorrent works just fine
Transmit works fine as well, except it has broken sftp right now, fix on the way.

With the mention of PatchBurn does anyone know if 10.4 fully supports more DVD drives? Specifically the Pioneer DVR-108 & 109 drives.

Sorry, I guess that's not really app related.

I've heard that some Sony drives that weren't previously supported are now. Don't know about the Pioneer drives though (although I hope they are, I've been thinking of picking up one to replace the 105 in my PowerMac).

Anyone know if Xfactor works? You know, that P2P app

Remote Desktop seems to work again after the v2.2 update.

HTTP Mail, the plugin for Mail to access Hotmail does not work. Crashes Mail and stops importing to the new version at first startup. mikedc1760, Xfactor does work for me. Acquisition seems to have connection problems though.

Thanks Phillip. When you say HTML mail does that pertain to Gmail to?

GMail has POP access for a while now.

I am having problems accessing Gmail over Pop at the moment it keeps telling me SSL is not supported but it worked before the upgrade and I am following login information on the Gmail site perfectly.

Mail in Tiger set up my Gmail account with ease. Even picked up on the SSL requirement and turned it on automatically. The only thing I had to change was the SMTP port. Everything's working like a charm between my Exchange account and Gmail POP account.

Maybe it is me.. I have the settings perfect, do I need to open any ports on my router or something?... so confused... I hate using there website for it.

I don't have any special ports opened up. I wonder why it's working for me but not you. Your keychain security keys might be corrupt, but since you can access HTTPS sites, I'm doubting that.

I have 2 email accounts one with my ISP one with Gmail they are settup basically the same way just with the needed information to connect changed yet the one with my ISP works no problem what so ever.

The Gmail one on the other hand. Annoying I must say.

[EDIT] heres a picture, do you think perhaps I am connecting to some other computer? the certificate looks authentic to me.

Also just to add when I cropped this picture in Preview I got that bug where after deselecting it all went a weird shade as if it was still highlighted.

having a bit of a problem with sailing clicker. the app starts with the os and works just fine but when i try to disconnect my phone from the menubar on the top it just hangs. if i hover on it, it shows there is activity going on but nothing is happening. it worked fine in panther.

i guess we await an upgrade for that now.

btw, anyone know how to force quit a program that is minimized to the menubar?? i don't want to reboot my computer everytime.

Acquisition has been working fine here.

Fire up "Activity Monitor" in your Utilities folder and kill the process.

Click the Apple logo at the top left then go down to Force Quit select the app and boom.

That doesn't work for background processes running in the background or in the menubar, which is what I assume he is talking about.

oh ok my bad

-TomatoTorrent: Yes
-Bookit 3.5: Yes
-Transmit 3.0.2: Yes

(haven't tried the others)

Where did you get the 2.2 update?

I didn't see it on their site & it didn't appear on the software update thing

VLC is the biggest issue for me. Everytime I pause or change out of fullscreen/windowed mode, it crashes and generates a report. I haven't tried Cisco VPN (my uni wireless connection) but I suspect it will give me trouble too. Others have mentioned similar issues with Tiger and the apps I use already.

If I exit VLC fullscreen mode without first pausing the video it locks up but the video still plays for about 10-seconds then it crashes and I have to re-launch it.

It hasn't been officially released yet.

transmit won't connect properly to my idisk.

shapeshifter, candybar, official bittorrent don't work anybody know when they are likly to be updated?

The Unsanity apps will be updated short after Tiger's official release date (see their homepage).

Official bittorrent working here so is Azureus & Tomato

Everyone is having different incompatibilities this is all very strange.

Same here, and so is Transmit 3.