Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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