Like a fool, I installed Leopard on the first day – and got lucky. The install went beautifully (I had a bootable backup in case it didn’t), and all my critical apps – MS Word, Scrivener, RapidWeaver – worked.
No hassles at all, thank heavens.
Biggest advantage after almost two weeks of Leopard: speed. Almost everything happens faster. I had printing slowdowns in Tiger, they’ve vanished. The Finder is faster. Everything’s faster. “Speed” is my choice of killer feature.
Also –
* I love the new Finder and Cover Flow, I’ve been able to browse folders and toss old material. And I’ve found lots of nuggets and treasures I’d forgotten I have;
* Time Machine – brilliant!
* Spaces. Not as useful as I’d hoped, but helps my workflow.
What disappoints me?
Spotlight. I was hoping that Spotlight would work like Google. Instead, I’m finding that for me, it’s not working as well as the Tiger version. Sad.
My favorite search utility, HoudahSpot doesn’t work in Leopard, and hasn’t been updated yet, so there’s no help from that quarter.
As a work around, I’ve created some Smart Folders in the Finder, and these are superb, so they do (most) of the job, and I’m not unhappy.
If I were giving Leopard marks out of ten, I’d give it nine.
So, I’m pleased I installed Leopard, love it, and wouldn’t go back.
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