Mac OS X 'Leopard'-related Discussion

[giga Veteran]

Hm.. well i'm all installed and up and running.

Actually its not blowing me away quite how I hoped it would. I appreciate my Mac Mini is on the 'low end' of the hardware ladder for Apple but things like the magnify effect on dock are now stuttery slow where they were smooth in Tiger (thanks to the pointless reflections I guess) though I already do like some features that have become obvious.

I suppose I should just get cracking with it and see how it appeals after a few weeks!

Is it still indexing? It usually takes a few hours after the initial install to get it at full speed.

[CPressland]

Indeed, it does take some time to finish indexing. Did you do a clean install or a upgrade?

Also, try turning on the 2D dock, it's more functional and uses less memory :p

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Did a clean install (totally wiped my system disk ready) - thinking that the 2D dock might be a better idea but it seems a shame given that its one of Leopards prettiest features! :)

[hotdog666al]

^ Dude I'm running a 1Ghz G4 with 512MB RAM and it's pretty much the same as a MacBook 2.16Ghz 1GB!

Your machine really shouldn't be running worse :(

[CPressland]

I'm on a MacBook 2.16GHz with 2GB of RAM and I get lag with the 3D Dock, plus I think it looks crap, 2D dock is far better for work flow.

[KeR]

I'm on a MBP and the 3D dock does feel sluggish, they need to do some optimization on it.

[Quillz]

I'm on a MBP and the 3D dock does feel sluggish, they need to do some optimization on it.

I guess wait for 10.5.1. Although the Dock works fine for me. I've even customized it a bit, I've replaced the white glass with black glass.

[Elliott]

I'm on a MBP and the 3D dock does feel sluggish, they need to do some optimization on it.

I'm on a 2.0GHz MBP and my dock feels snappy. The only thing that's a tiny bit jumpy is the expansion of a stack of my Applications folder into a grid.

[saxondale.]

Well im doing a clean install when 10.5.1 comes out

[CPressland]

Hmm, thats probably a really good idea. I've got an upgrade install and 10.5.1 would be a great opportunity to do a clean install and fix a considerable amount of bugs, anyone have any idea what kind of timeframe we expect for 10.5.1? Maybe we'll get a lesslaggy iTunes as well :o

[rajputwarrior]

Hmm, thats probably a really good idea. I've got an upgrade install and 10.5.1 would be a great opportunity to do a clean install and fix a considerable amount of bugs, anyone have any idea what kind of timeframe we expect for 10.5.1? Maybe we'll get a lesslaggy iTunes as well :o

i just don't understand all the issues you are getting, everything is running flawlessly for me.

[suspiria]

i just don't understand all the issues you are getting, everything is running flawlessly for me.

Same here. Save for some minor UI glitches and some fluidity in the UI functions (Dashboard and Dock animations), I haven't seen anything alarming whatsoever. A huge contrast to 10.4.0, from what I can see.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Actually having spent a few hours using it now, magnification of the dock is the only slower thing i've noticed. Everything else (especially Safari!) seems to be fairly speedy - even a little quicker than Tiger in fact.. which is nice :)

[osirisX]

I'm on a MacBook 2.16GHz with 2GB of RAM and I get lag with the 3D Dock, plus I think it looks crap, 2D dock is far better for work flow.

How does a different look change your workflow? It still does the same thing. If you complained about how Stacks changed the way folders worked, then you would be making sense.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Has anyone found performance from external (USB) drives to be... slow? I'm trying to copy my iTunes folder back from a FAT32 volume and its taking an eternity for something that is only a few GB in size!

[rajputwarrior]

^ no, everything moved back quickly for me. Spotlight could be indexing the drive though, it indexes EVERYTHING now

[CPressland]

How does a different look change your workflow? It still does the same thing. If you complained about how Stacks changed the way folders worked, then you would be making sense.

Very hard to explain, I just find the 2D dock with it's square boarder makes things far more centred and clean, but with the 3D dock things are almost like some Windows shortcuts thrown in on the bottom of the screen with true direction. BAH, very hard to explain, but I find the 2D dock looking more professional and clean, thus it improves my productivity.

[iSimx]

I have finally made the switch and have a new iMac with leopard! so happy! :D

[Xero]

^ Welcome to the team buddy, your getting on board just at the right time too, Mac is better than its ever been.

[CPressland]

Well, Mac is going to get better every day from now on, more and more applications are being updated to run better and faster than ever for Leopard :p Transmission's 0.91 update today has really helped :p

[ineedsleep]

Leopard runs great on my powerbook G4 1.67GHz. The only thing I noticed to be faster in Tiger than Leopard on my machine is spotlight. Any ideas on why this is happening or how I can speed it up?

[TheDreamX]

Alright, with all the Leopard talk, I had to take the plunge. I'm fully operational after a clean install and, I must say, I don't notice any real speed difference versus a year-old Tiger installation. However, my biggest surprise is the new implementation of Spotlight. I don't know what they did, but searches are instant! Besides that though, Front Row (aka Apple TV) looks like rubbish, the dock needed to be heavily modded to be usable, and the damn transparent menu is god-awful annoying. I'm using LeoColorBar now with a black background so the bar appears brushed metal and matches the rest of the operating system. Although, I really would like my wasted blurring/transparency GPU cycles back.

All in all, moderately impressed, but definitely not worth $130.

Oh, and why do the menus have round corners? It just makes them look gaudy.

[MasterC]

Leopard runs great on my powerbook G4 1.67GHz. The only thing I noticed to be faster in Tiger than Leopard on my machine is spotlight. Any ideas on why this is happening or how I can speed it up?

If you just installed it, give it a couple hours to index your drive. That's why it seems slow right now.

[ineedsleep]

If you just installed it, give it a couple hours to index your drive. That's why it seems slow right now.

I did a clean install 4 days ago. Spotlight has long since finished indexing my HD.

[osirisX]

Oh, and why do the menus have round corners? It just makes them look gaudy.

The same reason toolbars and buttons have rounded corners.