Upgrading to Leopard
I stumbled upon a list of things to do after upgrading to Leopard. After upgrading, I was happy to see the multi-desktop possibilities in Spaces. I was happy to see a solid backup program called the Time Machine. It was nice to notice iChat was able to send files, finally. However, there also was a downside to upgrading.
I found the 3-item list at the Daily Techno-Babble incomplete, unfortunately. I enjoy working on my MacBook Pro very much, but there are some downsides to it as well.
For instance, I discovered Apache was upgraded to version 2. Not too big a deal, but it took me some time to figure out why my php scripts got parsed as text. Solution: enabled php (which got upgraded to 5, by the way) again.
Also, all cronjobs were gone. This particular one bugged me the most, since I always edit the cronab directly instead of using dedicated cron files. Solution: retyping the cronjobs. Happy to have tried upgrading on a low-service machine first.
My MacBook Pro got its whine back. It already received a new motherboard, but upgrading to Leopard made me use the QuietMBP again.
Moving down the list, I should mention some sclae-braking temperatures. The Macbook Pro has been hot since it’s birth, but temperatures are rocketing sky-high now. No solution found yet.
Finally (at least I hope so), my keyboard quits. I’ve heard about the CAPS- and NUM-lock switching function, where pressing NUM-lock makes you type uppercase and vice versa, but I can’t logon to OS-X because I can’t type at all. Only a reboot seems to help at the moment.
I hope I don’t encounter more problems. If so, I’ll let you know. All I know is that if I would have had my TimeMachine before uprgading, I’d rollback the upgrade immediately.
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