Leopard Having Growing Pains
I already discussed some of growing pains with Leopard briefly, like the internet connectivity issue and the issue with Mac Mail security. What surprises me is Apple’s uncharacteristically slow response to these problems. In previous OS incarnations, the list of gripes would have all had patches released by now.
So far the growing list of issues Leopard users are reporting include:
Network connectivity problems in both WiFi and Ethernet networks. This includes a variety of problems from dropped connections to reduced connection speed, excessive pinging, and network noise. The problems do not seem to be consistent across user experience (meaning, it isn’t a problem with “all MacBooks”, for example, it is happening across the board on Leopard installations on every Mac computer). I had the issue with network connectivity after installation, and found using the DNS fix of OpenDNS helpful, but it didn’t completely resolve the problem - my signal strength is still the lowest it has been, ever.
Battery drain issues. This seems to be isolated to the newer MacBook Pros judging by reports of the problem on the internet. I have not experienced this issue.
Keyboard performance issues. These issues include reports of keyboard freezes and generally keyboard wonky-ness, all of which resist traditional fixes like a PRAM reset. Some users have reported that a hard reset of the Finder helps with the problem. I have not experienced this issue.
Leopard Mac Mail security issues. This is a recurrence of an old problem in OS Tiger that Mac had already fixed. Hopefully they will release an updated patch for Leopard.
If you are experiencing any of these issues, be sure and report them to Apple as soon as possible. Perhaps an influx of reports will spur them to action, since they have been so slow in response on this one. It’s too bad, really, I am enjoying my Leopard experience, and I’d hate for users to be turned off by the service issues on this one.
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