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post #1 of 93
4/26/05 at 5:16am
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In the UK there has been a bit of confusion as to whether Tiger will ship on Friday or be delivered and Apple keep changing the wording! In the London Apple Store I was told that the UK pre-orders would arrive Thursday (if we're lucky) or Friday. However, when phoning up, a representative said it could take till Tuesday (Monday is a bank holiday). Has anyone got any idea? Also if my order is processing - as of today, is it more likely to arrive Friday? It'd be great if the Brits got it before the Yankees!

I will post screenshots and comments if i get it earlier than 6PM BST Friday!
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post #2 of 93
4/26/05 at 6:08am
Yes. The e-mail from Apple UK urging me to pre-order claimed pre-orders would *arrive* on the 29th. But the online order status say is will ship on the 29th.

I'm near enough to the London store that I might pop over after work on Friday if it doesn't show up.
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post #3 of 93
4/26/05 at 6:10am
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Originally posted by melevittfl
Yes. The e-mail from Apple UK urging me to pre-order claimed pre-orders would *arrive* on the 29th. But the online order status say is will ship on the 29th.

I'm near enough to the London store that I might pop over after work on Friday if it doesn't show up.

But then you don't get the special seminar!!
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post #4 of 93
4/26/05 at 9:48am
my Tiger pre-order says delivered on or before the 28th. so iExpect it to ship today.
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post #5 of 93
4/27/05 at 3:05pm
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My Tiger is officially shipping! It should arrive moro or Friday. It looks like UK people are finally getting something early!
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post #6 of 93
4/27/05 at 4:20pm
Today, My copy of Tiger shipped...and I noticed that my shipping was conveniently upgraded to 2-day shipping...hmm...lets think about this...April 27+2 days = April 29...o wait...Thats when tiger comes out!!!
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post #7 of 93
4/27/05 at 5:38pm
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Originally posted by icfireball
Today, My copy of Tiger shipped...and I noticed that my shipping was conveniently upgraded to 2-day shipping...hmm...lets think about this...April 27+2 days = April 29...o wait...Thats when tiger comes out!!!

I was expecting it Tuesday.
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post #8 of 93
4/27/05 at 6:05pm
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Originally posted by MacCrazy
I was expecting it Tuesday.

Well yes...if Apple would have stuck to ground shipping...but with 2 day shipping upgraded for everybody...they can get it all out today and to people on the 29th
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post #9 of 93
4/27/05 at 9:36pm
That's pretty nice if you think about it. Free 2-day shipping ROCKS MY SOCKS!!!!!! When 10.3 first came out Apple Over nighted it to me.
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post #10 of 93
4/27/05 at 10:00pm
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Free 2-day shipping ROCKS MY SOCKS!!!!!!

lol yes, after your Mac mini's shipping time (absolutely horrible service by the way), 2 days should be perfect.
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post #11 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:03am
I ordered Tiger on 4/12 and as of 4:30am on the 4/28 my copy hasn't shipped ....Order status page still says "Preparing shipment".

Has anyone in the states had their copy ship yet? Has anyone in Connecticut received their copy yet? I wonder if international shipped first (for obvious reasons)?

When I ordered Tiger I also ordered iLife '05 and although it was sent via 2-day ground it came the next day (16 hours after I ordered it!!!) because it was sent from Jersey to Connecticut.....so I'm trying to be optimistic.

If it doesn't go out early this morning I think I won't get it until Saturday
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post #12 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:12am
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Originally posted by FireDancer
I ordered Tiger on 4/12 and as of 4:30am on the 4/28 my copy hasn't shipped ....Order status page still says "Preparing shipment".

Has anyone in the states had their copy ship yet? Has anyone in Connecticut received their copy yet? I wonder if international shipped first (for obvious reasons)?

When I ordered Tiger I also ordered iLife '05 and although it was sent via 2-day ground it came the next day (16 hours after I ordered it!!!) because it was sent from Jersey to Connecticut.....so I'm trying to be optimistic.

If it doesn't go out early this morning I think I won't get it until Saturday

Mine shipped this morning as I said - but it's in the UK already. If you ordered it in America the Apple policy is delivery on the 29th.
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post #13 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:16am
Mine just arrived (Barcelona) wooohooo !!!

Now I have a problem as I was expecting it tomorrow and I have a ton of work today - can I hold out and not install till then ?

Doesn't seem likely....hmmmm....
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post #14 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:19am
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Originally posted by segovius
Mine just arrived (Barcelona) wooohooo !!!

Now I have a problem as I was expecting it tomorrow and I have a ton of work today - can I hold out and not install till then ?

Doesn't seem likely....hmmmm....

go for it, post screenshots. When did it ship?
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post #15 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:25am
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go for it, post screenshots. When did it ship?

Shipped on the 26th - will try and get some stuff out of the way and go for it in an hour or so ! If I can hold out till then !
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post #16 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:33am
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Shipped on the 26th - will try and get some stuff out of the way and go for it in an hour or so ! If I can hold out till then !

Resistance is futile!!!

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post #17 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:41am
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Shipped on the 26th - will try and get some stuff out of the way and go for it in an hour or so ! If I can hold out till then !

cool - so do u mind if we ask you questions? I want to know if you copy the library mail folder if the new Mail works properly.
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post #18 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:46am
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cool - so do u mind if we ask you questions? I want to know if you copy the library mail folder if the new Mail works properly.

No probs but I can't risk it for an hour or so because I need MySql for this job I'm doing and it's best to finish it on Panther because I have always had problems installing it and that would be disastrous if that happened.

I'm superstitious so I need to wait a bit
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post #19 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:49am
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No probs but I can't risk it for an hour or so because I need MySql for this job I'm doing and it's best to finish it on Panther because I have always had problems installing it and that would be disastrous if that happened.

I'm superstitious so I need to wait a bit

that's cool, what kind of install are you doing?
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post #20 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:50am
Got my copy today. Installed and ready.
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post #21 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:54am
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Originally posted by Patrik_L
Got my copy today. Installed and ready.

cool - tell us what it's like. Is it still indexing?
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post #22 of 93
4/28/05 at 2:59am
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that's cool, what kind of install are you doing?

I'll definitely do a clean install but not sure whether to use the Migration Assistant.

Anyone used this yet ?
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post #23 of 93
4/28/05 at 3:01am
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there's a sticky about it - i assume the person who wrote it had used it
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post #24 of 93
4/28/05 at 3:04am
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cool - tell us what it's like. Is it still indexing?

Indexing took 30-40 minutes, when I connected my iPod it started indexing that, took 20 minutes.

It works like a charm, a little problems with Mail (thank god for backup...) and I needed to re-install X11.

Safari's automatic update of RSS-streams doesn't seem to work though...
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post #25 of 93
4/28/05 at 3:36am
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...a little problems with Mail (thank god for backup...) ...

That sounds a little worrying... Could you give some more info on what the problem was (and what you did to correct it)?
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post #26 of 93
4/28/05 at 4:12am
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That sounds a little worrying... Could you give some more info on what the problem was (and what you did to correct it)?

Chose to do an Archive & Install. When I started Mail after installing, all my mails were gone, and the program crashed. So I deleted the Mail-folder in my Library, started the program again and then manually imported my mails from the backup. Now it works just like it should.
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post #27 of 93
4/28/05 at 4:14am
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Chose to do an Archive & Install. When I started Mail after installing, all my mails were gone, and the program crashed. So I deleted the Mail-folder in my Library, started the program again and then manually imported my mails from the backup. Now it works just like it should.

apart from mail which I heard had problems (hence the question) is everything else working ok? Is it faster on your computer - what do you have?
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post #28 of 93
4/28/05 at 4:49am
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apart from mail which I heard had problems (hence the question) is everything else working ok? Is it faster on your computer - what do you have?

Have an iMac G4 17" 1GHz and it's quicker when resizing windows, scrolling etc. Other than that, I can't really see any large improvement.

Everything is working just like it should, so far.
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post #29 of 93
4/28/05 at 5:04am
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Indexing took 30-40 minutes, when I connected my iPod it started indexing that, took 20 minutes.

It works like a charm, a little problems with Mail (thank god for backup...) and I needed to re-install X11.

Safari's automatic update of RSS-streams doesn't seem to work though...

Is it just me...or does it seem like this is a potential loop whole in terms of getting your music off your iPod?
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post #30 of 93
4/28/05 at 8:18am
I got mine (Tiger Family Pack) this morning (Thursday), I'm in Liverpool, England.

I took the disk and my two powerbooks to work and installed it on them (Told them it was for development purposes ;-)

I did an upgrade on my 17" Powerbook, took around 30 minutes, everything worked perfectly, including mail. Indexing took around 30 minutes.

I did a clean install on my 12" 1Ghz Powerbook, took about 15 minutes, and everything SEEMED to work. When I took it back home it refused to work with my wireless router. It connects, obtains an IP address and then crashes the router. Even after I disconnect it, the router will not work until it is rebooted. It is a BT Voyager 2100 (So beware!! If you have one).

Weirdly enough, the 17" Powerbook which is the newest model connects and works brilliantly. Can't work out why the 12" would crash it.

The 3D Effects and ripple effect in Dashboard work on both machines. The 12" Powerbook has an NVidia card with only 32MB of RAM. I also tried the demos with XCode 2 and the toybox utility that Jobs used in a keynote looks sweet.

Another thing that I think is cool is the new RSS screensaver, it looks at your bookmarked sites and creates a really cool animation using news feeds. Everyone has been drooling over it in work. (They all use Windows!!)
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post #31 of 93
4/28/05 at 8:23am
Just arrived via Fed-Ex.

Shipped from Tennessee yesterday and said 2 day shipping but made it to Houston early this morning and got on the truck.

I am at work now so I can't play with it yet. Box is nice though.
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post #32 of 93
4/28/05 at 8:23am
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Originally posted by ulmo
I got mine (Tiger Family Pack) this morning (Thursday), I'm in Liverpool, England.

I took the disk and my two powerbooks to work and installed it on them (Told them it was for development purposes ;-)

I did an upgrade on my 17" Powerbook, took around 30 minutes, everything worked perfectly, including mail. Indexing took around 30 minutes.

I did a clean install on my 12" 1Ghz Powerbook, took about 15 minutes, and everything SEEMED to work. When I took it back home it refused to work with my wireless router. It connects, obtains an IP address and then crashes the router. Even after I disconnect it, the router will not work until it is rebooted. It is a BT Voyager 2100 (So beware!! If you have one).

Weirdly enough, the 17" Powerbook which is the newest model connects and works brilliantly. Can't work out why the 12" would crash it.

The 3D Effects and ripple effect in Dashboard work on both machines. The 12" Powerbook has an NVidia card with only 32MB of RAM. I also tried the demos with XCode 2 and the toybox utility that Jobs used in a keynote looks sweet.

Another thing that I think is cool is the new RSS screensaver, it looks at your bookmarked sites and creates a really cool animation using news feeds. Everyone has been drooling over it in work. (They all use Windows!!)

cool, when did yours ship - Wed? Mine shipped yesterday so it should arrive moro - I'm doing a clean install on mine and a upgrade on my sisters. Looking forward to that RSS screensaver.
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post #33 of 93
4/28/05 at 8:36am
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Chose to do an Archive & Install. When I started Mail after installing, all my mails were gone, and the program crashed. So I deleted the Mail-folder in my Library, started the program again and then manually imported my mails from the backup. Now it works just like it should.

I'm having that exact same probem right now - and Gmail POP access is not working as of now.

Will see if I can fix it and post later.
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post #34 of 93
4/28/05 at 8:53am
Mine shipped Tuesday, wasn't expecting it till tomorrow morning. I've just found some new dashboard widgets to play with on the net. There's a gmail reader, wikipedia box a British yellow pages and the best of all is a video player that pauses when you exit and resumes when you hit F12, great when in work.

Still discovering lots of new things hidden away.

Oh yeh, and its faster!! especially Safari, which can now open gmail correctly
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post #35 of 93
4/28/05 at 8:59am
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Chose to do an Archive & Install. When I started Mail after installing, all my mails were gone, and the program crashed. So I deleted the Mail-folder in my Library, started the program again and then manually imported my mails from the backup. Now it works just like it should.

Same thing happened to me, but only with one of my mail accounts. I had to manually re-import the mailbox from a backup, and all is well now.

Incidentally, AirPort reception seems to be much improved on my 12" PowerBook. I was only getting 2-3 bars up till now upstairs in my house, now I'm getting the full 4.
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post #36 of 93
4/28/05 at 9:11am
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Same thing happened to me, but only with one of my mail accounts. I had to manually re-import the mailbox from a backup, and all is well now.

Incidentally, AirPort reception seems to be much improved on my 12" PowerBook. I was only getting 2-3 bars up till now upstairs in my house, now I'm getting the full 4.


Yeh, I get four bars now on both Powerbooks, except as I said above, the 12" Powerbook crashes my router
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post #37 of 93
4/28/05 at 10:35am
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...I've just found some new dashboard widgets to play with on the net. There's a gmail reader, wikipedia box a British yellow pages and the best of all is a video player that pauses when you exit and resumes when you hit F12, great when in work...

Linkage please? .
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post #38 of 93
4/28/05 at 10:44am
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Linkage please? .

I did a search on Google for Dashboard Widgets, if you are unable to find them then let me know and I will stick them on an ftp site for you
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post #39 of 93
4/28/05 at 11:03am
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I did a search on Google for Dashboard Widgets, if you are unable to find them then let me know and I will stick them on an ftp site for you

I found one at dashboardwidgets.com, is that the one? If not, I'm afraid you'll have to help me out .

Thanks .
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post #40 of 93
4/28/05 at 11:19am
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I found one at dashboardwidgets.com, is that the one? If not, I'm afraid you'll have to help me out .

Thanks .

I don't think I am allowed to post links on this site, so I've sent an e-mail to your .mac account using your homepage. Hope it helps
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