Open Source Typical Mac User Live

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Welcome to the Typical Mac User Live show. My name is Victor Cajiao and I am your host this evening. My regular Podcast Typical Mac User Podcast can be found at www.typicalmacuser.com and that shows is released weekly on Tuesday nights.

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This evening I have a very special co host Steve Stanger who is the host of the Mac Attack Podcast http://themacattack.us/. Steve is a super knowlegable veteran Mac User alike, and tonight we are going to focus on tips and tricks to keep your Mac running great and what to do when it's not.

Things to do before the big cat pounces:

• Back up if you haven't in awhile. Also, test your backups. Make sure you can retrieve your data.

• No need to do a clean install unless you are having some serious problems with your OS.

• Do system maintenance (All of the stuff Victor and I have spoken about).

• If you want to be super safe (part 1) disable any Finder, System, & Safari Add ons. For example any applications that adds themes to OS X (i.e Unsanity's Shapeshifter), menu bar items, Google or Yahoo desktop, etc, Some applications unless updated for Leopard will be incompatible with the new OS and may cause issues when you first reboot after doing the installation. Check the application developers websites for 10.5 updates or see if their software is Leopard compatible.

• Part 2 being super safe - I would also recommend taking a look at your "Login items" in your Accounts preference pane. Make a list of the applications you know you added. Then go into those individual apps and set them to not start at boot. You can usually find this in the applications preferences. I am sure many applications, both shareware and commercial, will be updated by the time Mac OS 10.5 is unleashed. So hopefully we won't have to disable too many applications for the install.

(For example some of the items listed in my "login items" that I know I installed...)

• Disconnect any external HDs and other peripherals (another safety precaution).

• We all have shareware/freeware that we depends on every day. (again) It is really important to check the developers web sites to see if they have updates for Leopard or that they have tested their current versions with Leopard.

• VERY IMPORTANT. Does your Mac make you money? Then do not load Leopard on your production machine until you know you won't run into problems. If you happen to have a couple of production machines and you have the time, then load it on one and test the applications you use regularly or just wait for other people to be the guinea pigs. Sorry to say it that way, but that's what I tell all of my customers. You really don't want to be down & out because of an OS upgrade.

SHOW ENDING:

Well I want to thank Steve Stanger from the Mac Attack Podcast http://themacattack.us/ for being with ust tonight. You definetly want to subscribe to his podcast and listen to each episode and some of the past ones. I sure do.

The Typical Mac User Podcast can be found at www.typicalmacuser.com and that shows is released weekly on Tuesday nights. This show will be release in my sream late tonight. If you haven't subscribed to that show yet, head over to the web site at www.typicalmacuser.com and hit the ONE BUTTON iTunes subscription.

For now this is your Host Victor Cajiao saying, enjoy the rest of your Sunday