Apple has released a list of incompatible softwares, which it says could cause problems in Snow Leopard. Not only the incompatibilities but there is also a list of glitches which Apple preferred not to release at this time.
Apple’s list of the software in question includes prominent applications such as
- Parallels Desktop 2.5 and earlier,
- McAfee VirusScan 8.6,
- Norton AntiVirus 11.0,
- Unsanity’s Application Enhancer 2.0.1 and earlier,
- several versions of AT&T Laptop Connect Card.
Some Palm users are upset that Snow Leopard OS won’t sync Apple Inc. computers with Palm OS devices, calling it Apple’s payback for the Palm’s sync of iTunes to the Palm Pre. One of Palm OS customer in his blog asks why it is Apple’s responsibility to maintain a synchronization for the Palm OS, which Palm isn’t making any more. Palm has stated that its future will be on the WebOS, which runs the Palm Pre that was released in June. “Shouldn’t the burden be on Palm to provide sync options, not Apple?” he asked.
The list of glitches includes
- Aliases in Docked folders: In OS X 10.4, if I put a folder alias inside a folder on the Dock, I could drill down into the folder that alias pointed to from inside that docked folder. This feature broke in 10.5, and it’s still broken in 10.6.
- The all-covering floating Help Viewer: In Leopard, Apple made the Help window float above all your other open windows. While that’s fine on a 30-inch LCD, it’s not so fine on a 13-inch MacBook screen. Sadly, the Help window is still floating on top of everything in Snow Leopard.
- Spotlight results in the Finder cannot show additional columns: There are customizable columns in Spotlight’s search results–but only Date Modified and Date Created (press Command-J after running a search to see the options). Size, Version, Comments, and Label are grayed out and not selectable
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