Want a list of incompatible software for OS X 10.6? [Updated]

Many Apple fans alike will be upgrading their systems to Apple’s new operating system, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard today. While it will be a joyous occasion for most, some may be disheartened to know that some of their software titles may cease to work after the ‘ol switcheroo. Just which Titles don’t work? Well, you could check out the support document on Apple’s site, or you could just Look at the image below and see for yourself. Did your favorite application make the cut?

Of course more than the few apps Apple listed are having issues. For a complete list of horror and pain, check out the Snow Leopard Wiki

**Bigger Images after the inside after the jump

• Software restricted during installation and migration

• Software restricted from opening

Snow Leopard’s new found virus sniffer further detailed

Snow Leopard’s official release is almost here. While bigger tech sites and other important figures got to take Leopard for an early test drive, more normal and lesser people like mwah are anxiously waiting for tomorrow. One feature of Snow Leopard that has so far gone under the radar is that of virus protection. Several people have found pop ups warning them of potential virus in email attacments or web downloads. How exactly does it work and is it really that effective?

According to Ars Technica, a small odyssey into the depths of the new operating system, one can find a particular .plist file at “/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/XProtect.plist”> that highlights the inner workings of this new found quest for digital protection. While it is a nice addition, it’s doubtful that Apple will update this file or virus definitions all that often as really there aren’t any viruses for Mac save for a few. Still, the effort is greatly appreciated and we may even be pleasantly surprised with this new forary Apple is undertaking.

On an ending note, you’ll want to know that Apple’s new trojan/virus scanner only works with Safari, Firefox, iChat, Entourage, Mail, and Thunderbird so far meaning email attachments and web downloads are the only things getting scrutinized for now. External volumes and other mediums are left out of the party at this time.

Are you happy/sad/skeptical/could care less with Apple’s addition of entry level virus protection? Do you think Apple will continue developing this new addition into something more?

Source: Ars Technica

Craving a little Snow Leopard early review?

Apple’s Snow Leopard OS launches tomorrow and comes into the world as one of their cheapest upgrades in a long time — 8 years in fact. If you are contemplating upgrading for monetary reasons, current Leopard users can take advantage of the super attractive $30 price, while Tiger users will have to pony up an extra $130. (Though Walt Mossberg is claiming you can go from Tiger -> Snow Leopard w/o doing a splash and go with Leopard). Whether or not Mr. Mossberg is correct, one thing is for certain, while it isn’t a major upgrade, it will solidify Mac OS X into even more consumers’ computers and minds. In case you were still on the fence about upgrading or simply love knowing everything about everything before it’s technically available, stop on by BBG and take a gander through their Snow Leopard review round up including many popular players such as Engadget, Cnet, Gizmodo, Walt himself, and several more. Is it worth the extra dough? Guess you’ll have to go check it out.]

Source: BBG, 9 to 5 Mac

New Snow Leopard wallpapers make early entrance

Even though Apple designs some pretty cool UI elements and environments, their taste isn’t always your taste. Thankfully end users have many options in changing up their desktop and UI elements to suit their needs and keep themselves in the happy camper group for most of their lives. For those of you who like pretty pictures and are anxiously awaiting the up and coming OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard release, a Snow Leopard beta tester has graciously uploaded the entire set of new Snow Leopard wallpapers over at Uneasy Silence. While this isn’t anything too major or exciting, it may be just the ticket to get you through yet another painful monday.

Source: Mac Rumors

Want h.264 GPU assisted processing in Snow Leopard? Better have an Nvidia 9400M or better.

Snow Leopard is bringing with it many notable speed improvements, memory management techniques, and space saving features that are worth more than the surprising though greatly welcomed $29 price tag. Perhaps one of the greatest features that Snow Leopard will bring is that of the CPU offloading cycles to the GPU to speed up tasks when things get hot and heavy. As long as you have an Intel equipped Mac and a graphics card from the following:

• NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GTS, Geforce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130

• ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870

most of the benefits of Snow Leopard and GPU processing will be yours to have. However, if you’re a big h.264 supporter and were looking forward to enjoying h.264 GPU accelerated fun, I’m sorry to say that you’re going to be waiting for quite a long time. It seems that only Nvidia 9400M cards and greater will support h.264 acceleration. While this may be the end of the world to some, for others it will merely be a reason to upgrade. What’s your take?

Source: Crunch Gear