http://sl4mac.com All Things for Mac Users in Second Life Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:35:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The renown Nicholaz Beresford, a prolific patcher for the open-source SL Viewer, has long entertained PC users with a patched version of the client, often integrating bug fixes which are only later incorporated into the official LL viewers. His current builds maintain a fully non-Voice viewer as well as a Voice-enabled ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/10/12/alternative-nicholaz-edition-of-the-sl-viewer-available-for-mac/ According to Appleinsider, the final update to 10.4 Tiger and the long awaited 10.5 Leopard is nearly complete, with an expected release date of Friday, October 26th.  Apple has *not* announced a launch date yet and has not announced Gold Master status for 10.5 ("gold master" is the version prepared ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/10/09/mac-os-x-105-leopard-and-10411-tiger-nearly-finalized/ The following is a recent group notice posted to Mac Users with an workaround for the constant freezing issues.  The fix is *NOT* recommended by Linden Labs, but it *is* posted in the wiki.  Users in the group which have tried the fix (it involves using the ATI graphics card ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/10/01/macbook-pro-2007-graphics-freeze-workaround/ Posted by:  la woodget As a new owner of the MacBook Pro, I was chagrined to realize that my connection to SL was destined to end in a crash within only a few minutes of logging on. Some sessions I crashed up to ten times:( A visit to my ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/09/24/workaround-to-reduce-mbp-crashing/ How is your experience using the latest mandatory version of the viewer on your Mac?Reports on the group chat seem to indicate widespread problems for many Mac users, including degraded performance, unusable Voice, and constant crashing for those that weren't already crashing all the time.  I'm running the Release Candidate, ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/09/22/sl-required-update-11821-main-viewer-and-11835-release-candidate-worse/ Posted by Ann Otoole on the Official Linden Blog: Ann Otoole Says: September 16th, 2007 at 11:34 AM PDT @116 - KatieLynn:1. uninstall SL2. (optional) make a backup of your chat/IM logs found inC:\Documents and Settings\(ps username)\Application Data\SecondLife\(sl username)3. Delete the C:\Documents and Settings\(ps username)\Application Data\SecondLife\ directory4. Empty the recycle bin5. Reboot6. Empty ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/09/16/ruthed-coal-miner-a-tip-to-fix/ The rumor is that 10.4.11, expected within the next few weeks, will contain a number of fixes, including a one for the poor stability and graphics performance of NVIDIA-equipped MacBook Pros (developers using 10.4.11 on MBPs report performance finally on-par with the hardware specs).As reported by AppleInsiderWednesday, September 12, 2007Three dozen ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/09/13/mac-os-x-10411-coming-soon-anticipated-fixes-to-nvidia-issues-within/ From Poppy Linden, as posted in JIRA:  https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1757  Poppy Linden - 28/Aug/07 06:01 PMLatest update: (copied from VWR-1978 - Meta-issue: 2007 MacBook Pro (nVidia 8600M GT) issues) Hi everyone, I have been in contact with Apple regarding this issue. This is what we know: * There are driver issues specific to the nVidia 8600M GT on MacBook Pros. * Apple ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/08/29/macbook-pro-with-nvidia-freezeshangs-update/ You’re creative, you have style, you like things to just *work* -- that's why you use a Mac! This Blog, Forum, and Wiki is the place for us to share our advice and experiences about all things Mac in SL, from content creation tools, to hardware configurations, to SL issues ... http://sl4mac.com/2007/08/27/welcome/