Snow Leopard

It's always a bit dicey to upgrade your OS. But I have a geeky side and I really like to have the latest... so I installed Snow Leopard last night. First, I made a backup of my drive. That helped, because once Snow Leopard was up and running my audio inputs stopped working (firewire connections, various drivers, software mixer controls, it's complicated). For a podcaster that's a deal-breaker. So I restored everything the way it was but just as the restore was almost complete, two and a half hours later, I had a brain storm and realized how to (probably) fix the problem. Starting all over again, after some tweaking and a couple downloads and hunting for 'lost' apps, everything seems to work. In fact, everything seems to work quite a bit faster, including especially recording operations. Whew! It's a bit early to say, but I like Snow Leopard and without hesitation recommend the upgrade. Be sure — of course — to backup your system.