Taming Tiger


Tutorials to help you get the most from 10.4.

I will post some OS X 10.4 installation and application tutorials here for future reference:

Pre-installation
Thorough preparation smooths the upgrade process
Panther Maintenance steps from MacDevCenter.

Installation
Clean install of upgrade?
MacDevCenter has a tutorial that takes you beyond simply flipping an install disc in the drive and clicking "OK". It walks the user through a process to boost performance by streamlining the Mac prior to installation, and then testing the results afterwards.

Applications
Getting the most from those 200 new features
Apple's online webinar

Discussion
What users say
Dashboard widgets
Tiger kills 4G iPod
Upgrade or clean install?
Is a Tiger faster than a Panther?
Ars Technica forum
Breaking Applications I
Breaking Applications II
Gems in the OS
Slashdotters weigh in

Reviews
What the techos say
David Pogue tells NYT switxers that Tiger is "remarkably tame".
Opening the hood @ Ars Technica
Geek Patrol found paradoxically that although XBench scores consistently rated Tiger as slower than Panther in crucial areas such as CPU, Quartz and Disk (as well as overall), the new OS "felt" faster.
Anandtech
Macintouch
OSNews

Posted: Sun - May 1, 2005 at 08:43 AM          

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