There are more types of dongles out there than there are closet Jedward fans. But like the erstwhile singing sensations, plenty of them are completely duff if your Mac is running Snow Leopard. So how can you tell if the mobile broadband stick you’ve got your eye on will work with OS X Snow Leopard? Follow our easy guide and we’ll tell you everything you need to know.
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Vodafone has been first out of the blocks responding to our piece this morning about mobile broadband failing on OS X Snow Leopard. The network has just dropped us a line with a new link to an update it says will fix your dongle.
Got a Mac? If so, you’re probably also running OS X Snow Leopard, which is bad news if you fancy a bit of mobile broadband. We’ve uncovered bugs that stop a range of USB dongles working with Apple’s latest OS. Read on, but be warned, it’s not pretty.
Update: Vodafone has supplied us with a link to the software download which it says will fix your dongle for Snow Leopard action. You can get it here.
Apple iMac
While Windows 7 users are facing the dreaded “endless reboot” buy, people with new iMacs may not be able to be smug. Owners of the recently released Apple 27in iMac are reporting a range of performance issues. Are there serious issues under the shiny facade of Apple’s latest desktops?
Want OS X Snow Leopard on a speedier machine, but can’t face forking out on a new Mac? We feel your pain, as does Psystar, which has started the dubious practice of hawking its own machines running OS X Snow Leopard. That’s right, new Mac clones, even as it continues to battle Apple in court.
Even Apple says that OS X Snow Leopard isn’t a full–on rebuild of the mighty Leopard. Instead, Cupertino is claiming the latest update of its killer operating system is simply “the Leopard you know, finely tuned.” So is this paintjob worth a punt? Read our full OS X Snow Leopard and we’ll dose you up with all the details.
Apple has just dropped OS X 10.5.8 onto Macs everywhere. And while a tweak to Apple’s aging OS doesn’t normally get us all het up, this one means we’re only one update away from OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard!