Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Install copies of OS5 are rare and must be found on fleabay. One option from Tekserve is If you buy the OS6 box set they will burn a copy of OS5 for free. Then you have to sell the box set to get your money back. At 12:21 AM 10/12/2010, you wrote: >If you have a new one, it comes with Snow Leopard installed, so you have to >find a copy of the old version to install. > > > >-- >Chris Crawford >Fine Art Photography >Fort Wayne, Indiana >260-486-2581 > >http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > >http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >Become a fan on Facebook > > > >On 10/12/10 12:13 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's really simple, Richard and Brian. There is no law forcing you to use > > Snow Leopard on a Mac. It is slightly smaller and marginally faster but > > has > > few functional advantages over OS 10.5. If a printer and other > other imaging > > programs work well with Leopard (OS 10.5) just stay with that. A Mac user > > can either partition his/her hard disk and install both OS 10.6 and OS > > 10.5 > > or do as I do and install 10.5 on a separate disk. You can use the one > > most > > compatible with your software and hardware. Eventually all printer > > programs > > will work with Snow Leopard but it may take a year or so. Even > Photoshop was > > a year in transitioning form OS 9 to OS 10. I use three Macs, a 5 year > > old > > 12" Powerbook (my favorite), a MacBook Pro, and an iMac. I use OS 10.4 in > > the Powerbook, OS 10.5 in the MacBook, and 10.6 and 10.5 in the > iMac. I have > > had no problem in moving information from one to the other. Most programs > > will work on all three. And always remember that a Mac can be > booted as a PC > > and run Windows 7 if that is your preference for a particular piece of > > software or hardware. > > - - - - - > > > > Richard writes: > > > > > > Wow. > > > > > > I was considering getting a Mac for photo work, but this cinches it. How > > > > could they get it so wrong? > > > > > > Really too bad too as LR has one of the best easy to use print engines. > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Brian Reid <reid at > > mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> wrote: > > > > > > I've spent days fighting the Snow Leopard vs Epson 3800 wars. > > > > Right now I have it so that can print to my satisfaction from Photoshop, > > > > but Lightroom (latest version) produces prints that are insane. I've > > tried > > > > every suggestion in every blog in the universe, and have reached the > > > > conclusion that Lightroom just isn't going to be able to print until a > > new > > > > version comes out. > > > > > > So I'm researching AppleScript to see if I can throw together something > > > > involving Bridge and Photoshop and AppleScript that will let me print 50 > > > > pictures. It ought to be possible to print from Bridge, too, but it > > isn't. > > > > > > PS: I use profiles for everything. Maybe I should try it with "Printer > > > > manages colors" and see if that is any better. It's hard to be any worse. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049