Hey guys this is wroachbarrette and i am going to be making a series of videos on how to turn your mac into a home theater system here are the first two videos both dealing with the setup of a second monitor I will be adding some more videos dealing with the set up of a surround sound system including a video on how to create your own sound system now on with the show
oh and a note on the hdmi you WILL NEED TO BUY some hdmi cable so you can connect it to the tv heres a link to let you know what im talking about if you already have some of this cable then you wont need this http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-6-foot-cable/dp/B0002L5R78/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b
Apple has jsut released new technology today a new imac 21 in and 27in a new unibody macbook and a new magic mouse, please watch this video for more detail
Note: The configurations for this tutorial was made on a Logitech MX Revolution mouse, and may vary depending on your model of Logitech mouse.
As of this writing, Logitech has not *officially* released updated drivers that allow installation on Apple’s latest operating system, Snow Leopard, version 10.6. Forum users from Logitech’s official community message boards have posted a way to quickly get Snow Leopard to install the latest version of the Logitech Control Center (ver 3.0) and on how to enable Exposé with your thumb wheel as well.
Install Logitech Control Center 3.0
A user named “powerbookguy” offered these working instructions to install LCC 3.0 on Snow Leopard:
To install Logitech Control Center 3.0 on Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6), follow these steps:
1.Alternate-click the LCC Installer and select “Show Package Contents”
2.Navigate to Contents > Resources > Logitech Control Center.mpkg and run this file
3.The installer will run and then request a reboot.
After you have installed the Logitech Control Center and reboot your Mac, your mouse will be functional again. You are also able to customize your mouse via the System Preferences pane that Logitech installs.
Mentioned by “MickeyS” on the thread, as of yet the Logitech mouse will only work when Snow Leopard is running in 32-bit kernel/extension mode. That means if you don’t boot your Mac in 64-bit mode (by holding down the “6″ and “4″ keys, which you probably don’t) then you are fine.. otherwise you’ll have to make this change.
Enable Exposé thumb-wheel feature
All of the mouse features work correctly except for Exposé, because LCC requires that Exposé.app be in the /Applications folder. All you have to do is simply COPY the Expose.app file from the /Applications/Utilities folder to the /Applications folder. DO NOT MOVE THE FILE, COPY IT.
After you do these changes, your Logitech mouse will be able to work again correctly, and you can configure it once again to your liking.
And of course, if you do not want to take any risks, you may wait until Logitech releases updated drivers with Snow Leopard support, but that’ll take some time according to a forum moderator.
In 2001, Apple released the first desktop major release of their Mac OS X operating system, the successor to Mac OS 9 and the “Classic” Mac OS line, with “Cheetah”. The Unix-based operating system was a major overhaul to the Mac computing system by introducing the power and security of UNIX and a collaboration of several projects made by NeXT Computer, Inc. where Steve Jobs was CEO before returning to Apple in 1997.
Since then, Mac OS X has evolved with several releases (marked 10.1 -- 10.5) named after “big cats”, those being Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, and Leopard, bringing thousands of new features, limitless enhancements to the Mac user experience, newer software that accomplishes tasks for todays computing demands, and powerful under-the-hood security and design technologies that make Mac OS X the world’s most advanced operating system, according to Apple.
Introducing the Seventh “Big Cat”; PowerPC R.I.P
Snow Leopard is the seventh major release of Mac OS X. The upgrade to Mac OS X focuses on improving performance, efficiency, and reducing its overall system footprint compared to it’s predecessor “Leopard”. Snow Leopard brings numerous refinements globally around the OS, which I will cover later in the review.
Although Snow Leopard brings an overhaul “under-the-hood”, it meant for Apple to take a risky decision to abandon support for all PowerPC CPUs in order to speed up the efficiency of 64-bit Intel-based applications and to reduce the footprint of the operating system by removing all PowerPC code from the system kernel, extensions, and default applications.
Refinements from Leopard
Apple has claimed that Snow Leopard is meant to be a “refined” update to an already-amazing operating system rather than introducing or reinventing it with dozens of new features and options. The first thing users can notice is a much faster and advanced Finder. Finder was re-written from scratch entirely in Cocoa, a request from more advanced Mac users for years, and including Snow Leopard’s newest technologies, including 64-bit support and Grand Central Dispatch. You will also experience faster wake up time from sleep mode, and shut down times, by up to 2x.
From my experience, the Finder loads file icons almost twice as fast as Leopard Finder. It no longer takes a while to load all JPEG and PDF icons from photos, meaning browsing them is a breeze with this new Finder. Apple also included an enhanced icon view that lets you thumb through a multipage document, listen to an music file, or watch a QuickTime movie.
Time Machine, Apple’s easy-to-use backup technology found since Leopard, has also been refined making backups up to 80 percent faster and reducing the time it takes to complete your first initial backup. These results can be experienced with a Time Capsule, but can vary with a USB or FireWire connected external hard drive.
Via Apple.com: QuickTime X is the next-generation media technology that powers the audio and video experience in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes a completely new QuickTime Player application with a clean, uncluttered design, a new trimming interface, and easy uploads to YouTube and MobileMe. And it delivers more efficient media playback, HTTP-based live streaming, and greater color accuracy.
New Technologies Under-the-Hood
Mac OS X has always been a very impressive operating system since it’s first introduction 2001, with a powerful UNIX foundation and a breeze of security technologies that makes the Mac a very immune operating system to most viruses, spyware, and malware. Snow Leopard continues to improve this amazing foundation with new technologies that take advantage of the future of computing that is already occurring today.
First off, the transition to 64-bit. The entire computing industry is moving from 32-bit to 64-bit, and has been for quite a few years now. For those with no quick knowledge of 64-bit, it allows your computer to address up to a theoretical 16 exabytes of memory. The wonders of 64-bit can best be found from a 64-bit written application (Finder, iCal, Address Book, Mail) and with a computer that has more than 4GB of RAM. Amazingly, 64-bit is backwards compatible with all of your 32-bit apps and system preferences, meaning you don’t need to buy a separate version of the OS, unlike Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Grand Central Dispatch, or GCD in short, has been the talk of the town in the Mac community when talking about improvements to the operating system.
I found this great resource for everyone who will be venturing out and either going to the Apple Store tomorrow or picking up their package from the delivery guy! SNOW LEOPARD COMES OUT TOMORROW, Friday, August 28th, 2009!
I was wondering if I would restore my mac or just update it, which is an option when installing Leopard. I decided I will be updating and not wiping my hard drive then installing. Heads up: if you are going to update, make SURE to back up your data! You do not want all your pics, music, videos etc to be gone! BACK UP!
This post is about which apps will work when you install Mac OSX Leopard!
Go here and there is a long list of applications which have been tested on the gm(gold master final version) of Snow Leopard.
Below is a list of applications and their compatibility status with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the most recent operating system from Apple. Please collaborate by sharing your experiences using each application and by adding applications not already listed. //Simply click EDIT at the bottom of the page to contribute.
WARNING: Apple is silently abandoning their older style Tioga printer drivers, and is moving towards Linux shareware CUPS drivers. This means some printer drivers will not work in Snow Leopard or have bugs, and may never be fixed. This is not specific to any one application but will be a problem across the board. //”"
I hope this helps everyone. Go check out the site for a huge list of working apps and other info.
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