Just installed Tiger on my PowerBook. Naturally the first app that I run is Mail, right? After all, it's where I spent a significant amount of my life time. But before I can experience the new Mail UI, it tells me that it wants to convert my existing mail folders to the new format (one message per file, for ease of Spotlight indexing). Since I cache my entire IMAP hierarchy locally, together with archives, this means converting 53,322 messages; Mail estimates that it'll take just over an hour. So I think I'll let it get on with the job.
(Perhaps I'll drive over to the nearby Apple store for the launch party... see if I can score a T-shirt or something.)
Posted by geoff2 at April 29, 2005 04:32 PMHI Geoff,
Keep posting about your experiences with Tiger! (Remember the Monty Python sketch with inspector Tiger).
I am still waiting to see if it makes sense to upgrate the kid's 5 year old iMac and Yule's iBook.
Hope things are going well and my old company is not going private!
Greetings,
Werner
Posted by: Werner Bahlke at April 29, 2005 04:59 PMWhen I upgraded, I did an erase-and-install on one of my two hard drives, then imported my old mail. It took a while, but I didn't time it or anything. I wonder if it would have been faster or slower to do what you did?
Posted by: Jeff Harrell at April 29, 2005 06:10 PMDarn!!! I forgot! Went out for xray, then Mega Mall and I didn't go to the Apple Store!!!!!!! Can't believe it! Me, an original Mac owner! I am in total shock!
Posted by: Susan in St. Paul at April 29, 2005 09:49 PMI've decided to hold off on Tiger until Cisco get their act together with their VPN client. If I can't connect to the SWAN, it's rather useless to me.
Posted by: Mark Musante at April 30, 2005 12:49 PM