** The Official Mac OS X Leopard First Impressions and Review Thread **
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Key Combination Effect
On machines with a power key (desktops)
power Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next table)
cmd-ctrl-power Unconditionally reboot (sometimes referred to as “control flower power” to easily remember) (dirty reboot - may corrupt disk)
ctrl-cmd-opt-power Fast shutdown
cmd-power Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old macs (mac ii era) needed Paul Mercer’s debugger init to do this, then it got folded into the firmware, around 040 timeframe.
cmd-opt-power Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep
cmd-opt-ctrl-power (PowerBook 500) Reset Power Manager
shift-fn-ctrl-power (PowerBook G3, G4) Reset Power Manager
On machines without a power key (laptops)
ctrl-eject Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next table)
cmd-ctrl-eject Unconditionally reboot
ctrl-cmd-opt-eject Fast shutdown
cmd-eject Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old macs (mac ii era) needed Paul Mercer’s debugger init to do this, then it got folded into the firmware, around 040 timeframe.
cmd-opt-eject Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep
On all machines
cmd-opt-esc Force quit current app
cmd-shift-0 Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep No longer work in OS X. On Macs with three floppy drives (Mac SE) they eject the third floppy disk.
cmd-shift-1 or 2 Eject internal or external floppy. Not sure which is which on dual floppy machines (Mac SE, Mac II, etc.)
cmd-shift-3 Screen shot
cmd-shift-4 Abstract user defined area screen shot (hold control while selecting to direct it to the clipboard on Mac OS 9)
cmd-shift-capslock-4 (Classic only) User selectable window screen shot
cmd-ctl-shift-3 Screen shot to clipboard
cmd-ctl-shift-4 Abstract user defined area screen shot to clipboard
cmd-ctl-shift-capslock-4 (Classic only) User selectable window screen shot to clipboard (classic only)
cmd-tab Switch apps (possible to change key in Mac OS 8-9)
cmd-shift-tab Switch apps in reverse order
cmd-space Switch keyboards/script systems (if more than one is installed)
cmd-opt-space switch through all keyboards in keyboards menu
opt-f3, opt-f4 or opt-f5 bring up the system preferences (Mac OS X only - maybe powerbooks only? only if system preferences isn’t already running)
cmd-f1 toggle between video mirroring and extended desktop mode (works on Ti Powerbooks)
opt-f1 open the displays preference (10.2 and later)
cmd-f2 auto-detect a newly-connected display (works on Ti Powerbooks)
opt-f2 open the displays preference (10.2 and later)
opt-f3, f4, or f5 open the Sounds preference (10.2 and later)
opt-f8, f9, or f10 open the Keyboard and Mouse preference (10.2 and later)
f12 Eject CD/DVD (must be held down on 10.1.2 or later). If the device can be dismounted, it is. If not, nothing happens.
f14 dim display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?)
f15 brighten display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?)
cmd-ctl-shift-0 Spin down HD (when possible) on machines running OS 9
cmd-` cycle through current application’s windows (Mac OS X 10.2 only?)
cmd-~ cycle through current application’s windows (reverse order) (Mac OS X 10.2 only?)
opt-"Empty Trash" Emptry trash without locked file or contents summary alert. Empties locked items, as well
cmd-opt-D (Mac OS X only) toggle dock
cmd-opt (when opening chooser) (Mac OS 9 only) rebuild chooser cache of printer driver information
On machines with a power key (desktops)
power Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next table)
cmd-ctrl-power Unconditionally reboot (sometimes referred to as “control flower power” to easily remember) (dirty reboot - may corrupt disk)
ctrl-cmd-opt-power Fast shutdown
cmd-power Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old macs (mac ii era) needed Paul Mercer’s debugger init to do this, then it got folded into the firmware, around 040 timeframe.
cmd-opt-power Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep
cmd-opt-ctrl-power (PowerBook 500) Reset Power Manager
shift-fn-ctrl-power (PowerBook G3, G4) Reset Power Manager
On machines without a power key (laptops)
ctrl-eject Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next table)
cmd-ctrl-eject Unconditionally reboot
ctrl-cmd-opt-eject Fast shutdown
cmd-eject Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old macs (mac ii era) needed Paul Mercer’s debugger init to do this, then it got folded into the firmware, around 040 timeframe.
cmd-opt-eject Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep
On all machines
cmd-opt-esc Force quit current app
cmd-shift-0 Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep No longer work in OS X. On Macs with three floppy drives (Mac SE) they eject the third floppy disk.
cmd-shift-1 or 2 Eject internal or external floppy. Not sure which is which on dual floppy machines (Mac SE, Mac II, etc.)
cmd-shift-3 Screen shot
cmd-shift-4 Abstract user defined area screen shot (hold control while selecting to direct it to the clipboard on Mac OS 9)
cmd-shift-capslock-4 (Classic only) User selectable window screen shot
cmd-ctl-shift-3 Screen shot to clipboard
cmd-ctl-shift-4 Abstract user defined area screen shot to clipboard
cmd-ctl-shift-capslock-4 (Classic only) User selectable window screen shot to clipboard (classic only)
cmd-tab Switch apps (possible to change key in Mac OS 8-9)
cmd-shift-tab Switch apps in reverse order
cmd-space Switch keyboards/script systems (if more than one is installed)
cmd-opt-space switch through all keyboards in keyboards menu
opt-f3, opt-f4 or opt-f5 bring up the system preferences (Mac OS X only - maybe powerbooks only? only if system preferences isn’t already running)
cmd-f1 toggle between video mirroring and extended desktop mode (works on Ti Powerbooks)
opt-f1 open the displays preference (10.2 and later)
cmd-f2 auto-detect a newly-connected display (works on Ti Powerbooks)
opt-f2 open the displays preference (10.2 and later)
opt-f3, f4, or f5 open the Sounds preference (10.2 and later)
opt-f8, f9, or f10 open the Keyboard and Mouse preference (10.2 and later)
f12 Eject CD/DVD (must be held down on 10.1.2 or later). If the device can be dismounted, it is. If not, nothing happens.
f14 dim display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?)
f15 brighten display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?)
cmd-ctl-shift-0 Spin down HD (when possible) on machines running OS 9
cmd-` cycle through current application’s windows (Mac OS X 10.2 only?)
cmd-~ cycle through current application’s windows (reverse order) (Mac OS X 10.2 only?)
opt-"Empty Trash" Emptry trash without locked file or contents summary alert. Empties locked items, as well
cmd-opt-D (Mac OS X only) toggle dock
cmd-opt (when opening chooser) (Mac OS 9 only) rebuild chooser cache of printer driver information
Soldato
Anyone see this on iTunes? All the form elements show a weird darkish rectangle around them. It was like this immediately after a fresh Leopard install and is still the same after the iTunes 7.5 and OS X 10.5.1 updates.
Soldato
Took me a while to spot what you were on about, but now ive seen it... nope mine isnt like that... very bizarre.
Soldato
Oh well, thanks guys. I haven't done anything strange - it's been like that since day one, just in iTunes. Everything else is fine.
I'm using a MacBook/Leopard with an external DVI monitor and a calibrated colour profile. If anyone has a similar setup then I'd be interested to see if it is the same.
I'm using a MacBook/Leopard with an external DVI monitor and a calibrated colour profile. If anyone has a similar setup then I'd be interested to see if it is the same.
Soldato
10.5.1 already 
10.5.1 already
There'll be a lot more updates to come.
My Applications started going missing in Spotlight until I picked them out of the Applications folder - then they started indexing again properly.
Airport keeps dropping out - they haven't fixed that from Tiger.
My MBP runs about 20oC hotter than it should. iTunes and Safari open the other day and it was hitting around 84oC. Room isn't anymore hot than it was with Tiger and I had much cooler temps.
Don't know whether it's CS3 or Leopard, but when I choose the text option, it likes to take 3-5 seconds to itself, before it makes it available for use.
Was pleased at the start when it was a completely clean install but becoming less and less happy with it - there will be niggly problems but my particular annoyance is with Airport, which they've had ample time to fix.
Really considering going back to Tiger.
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Are you sure it's not a hardware specific issue? I've never had any of these AirPort issues
Did you install fresh or upgrade?
I fresh installed.
Not sure if the Airport problem is hardware based, but I had no problems with it when I first got my Mac. Then there was a few pretty big updates and one of those seemed to have borked it completely. It's making Adium cut out several times a day (without notice) and recently has started to stop my browsers.
I'm pretty sure it's not the router either. Just an absolute nuisance.
Not sure if the Airport problem is hardware based, but I had no problems with it when I first got my Mac. Then there was a few pretty big updates and one of those seemed to have borked it completely. It's making Adium cut out several times a day (without notice) and recently has started to stop my browsers.
I'm pretty sure it's not the router either. Just an absolute nuisance.
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Ah right, 10.4.8/9/10 are generally considered to be the "dodgy" updates.
..the ones that have messed up Airport for some users.
..the ones that have messed up Airport for some users.
I thought I would update this with the following:
My Mac Mini was running tiger and was bombproof. Never ever had a crash. Safari 3 beta would crash occasionally but that was just the app itself. Everything else was perfect.
My new iMac is running Leopard (archive install, not upgrade) and I've had a few problems and bugs:
- mouse not working after resume from sleep, very annoying
- sometimes resume from sleep is a bit weird and stutters
- quick look windows sticking at the size of the previous file viewed
- iMovie crashed on load until updates applied
- big problems with Parallels until reinstalled (i.e. kernel panics)
So far I'm a bit wary of Leopard, Tiger seemed more stable and a touch quicker opening finder windows etc. Just hoping 10.5.2 fixes the rest of the issues.
My Mac Mini was running tiger and was bombproof. Never ever had a crash. Safari 3 beta would crash occasionally but that was just the app itself. Everything else was perfect.
My new iMac is running Leopard (archive install, not upgrade) and I've had a few problems and bugs:
- mouse not working after resume from sleep, very annoying
- sometimes resume from sleep is a bit weird and stutters
- quick look windows sticking at the size of the previous file viewed
- iMovie crashed on load until updates applied
- big problems with Parallels until reinstalled (i.e. kernel panics)
So far I'm a bit wary of Leopard, Tiger seemed more stable and a touch quicker opening finder windows etc. Just hoping 10.5.2 fixes the rest of the issues.
Is anyone "unconvinced" by Leopard at this stage?
What surprises me is that Vista has got lots of bad press, I have tried it and thought it was ok apart from being slow.
Tiger was brilliant, but a few things are now bugging me in Leopard.
The latest is Quicktime which always opens it's window in the far top left of the screen and won't remember that I want it in the centre. Every video window opens in the wrong place. Not the end of the world but a bit of a pain.
If it wasn't for all the amazing stuff like QuickLook and the much better Finder I would be thinking of going back to Tiger.
What surprises me is that Vista has got lots of bad press, I have tried it and thought it was ok apart from being slow.
Tiger was brilliant, but a few things are now bugging me in Leopard.
The latest is Quicktime which always opens it's window in the far top left of the screen and won't remember that I want it in the centre. Every video window opens in the wrong place. Not the end of the world but a bit of a pain.
If it wasn't for all the amazing stuff like QuickLook and the much better Finder I would be thinking of going back to Tiger.
Soldato
Hmm, I'm starting to feel very glad I didnt run out and buy Leopard. Looks like I'll be waiting for a few more updates before I dive in.
I'd love to upgrade and try out the new features but theres no way I'm taking a step backwards in stability as Tiger works (almost) flawlessly.
I'd love to upgrade and try out the new features but theres no way I'm taking a step backwards in stability as Tiger works (almost) flawlessly.