OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard – Killed Applications
01. Sep, 2009 
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Snow Leopard Box
Well, the upgrade has been easy, yet the snow leopard hurricane left devastation in its path. It seems that with every OS upgrade, there is a process that all the application developers have to follow in order to be compatible with the new OS. There are always some that are just behind the 8-ball. Thus, here are the latest casualties, applications that DO NOT work with snow leopard, and if you have not yet upgraded, and any of the following are important for you, then you may want to wait. I will also post fixes when they come out.
(Updated September 1st)
Applications that need Fixes to Work with Apple’s OSX 10.6 OS, Snow Leopard
Apple Mail – Wide Mail Plugin:
- Wide Mail Plugin (There are no updates yet, Snow Leopard is not compatible)
Remote Desktop Connection:
- Initially does not work. You have to install the new BETA version. Download “Remote Desktop Connection for Snow Leopard”
- I would also recommend repairing disk permissions:
- Open “Disk Utility”
- Select the disk that OSX is installed on
- Select “First Aid” tab
- Click “Repair Disk Permissions”
- Restart your computer
Logitech Mouse Control Center:
Problem: If you find that your logitech mouse functions no longer work, your right! They don’t. Don’t fret. It is a simple problem. you just need to make the following links to the control center.
- Open Terminal
- Copy and Paste the following: ln -s /Applications/Utilities/Expose.app /Applications/Expose.app
- Also copy and paste this: ln -s /Applications/Utilities/Spaces.app /Applications/Spaces.app
If you need to install or wish to upgrade or re-install the Logitech Control Panel 3.0, you need to do the following in order for it to run on Snow Leopard:
- Download the latest version of Logitech Control Center for Mac
- Right-click (Option-click) the LCC Installer and select “Show Package Contents”
- Navigate to Contents > Resources > Logitech Control Center.mpkg and run this file
- The installer will run and then request a reboot
The truth is, when it’s all said and done, OSX 10.6 Snow leopard is great. Quick install, much quicker, only $29, and the best part, is that my 14.7 GB of free disk space has turned to 28.8 free GB. Wow! An OS upgrade that actually gives you MORE by giving you less! Thanks Apple!
Logitech control panel version 3.0 CAN be installed this way with Snow Leopard, however the application will throw many, many errors (check Console) and it WILL cause a kernel panic with mouse use in VMFusion (ver. 2.05 required for OSX 10.6) every time!!!
I highly suggest this method of install not be used. A stable LLC install should be available in a few weeks… So they say. Or try SteerMouse, which works quite well.