[Virtualacorn-list] Mac OS X 10.5.7

[David Pitt]

Paul Morrison <paul.morrison1 at tesco.net> wrote:

> Here are a few thoughts, which are of general application to
> Mac/VRPC users:- 

> 1) OS 10.5 has a number of issues for Mac users anyway, and a number of
> favourite Mac apps keeled over when it first came out. A lot of the
> upgrades are actually bug-fixes for older apps like AppleWorks, Adobe
> Photoshop and older Microsoft-for-Mac efforts. If it ain't broke, don't
> fix it. iTunes is a case in point. The newest flavour kills my Airtunes
> setup stone dead, so I've back tracked to iTunes 4. I'm not using a
> "multi-media center" or an iPhone.

I am new to the Mac, I only bought my two machines in February this year.

OS "upgrades" are indeed not without hazard, even RISC OS releases could
break older applications.

> 2) Back up all your home folder, and to an archive/install of 10.5 and
> then only update to the penultimate (10.5.6) upgrade. Try this link
> http://support.apple.com/downloads/#10.5.6

I still have real RISC OS machines so for now RISC OS work has been moved
from the iMac to these.

Thanks for the response. 
-- 
David Pitt

MessengerPro on iMac