Apple officially released Snow Leopard yesterday and many are excited to update, mainly because of the $30 price tag. However, some are unsure and worried about softwares that might not be compatible with Snow Leopard.
Today Apple posted a list of incompatible software with Snow Leopard. The list includes software that will be restricted during installation and migration, and software that will be restricted from opening.
The installation will place all of the known-incompatible software in a folder called “Incompatible Software” in the root of your hard drive, and you will be prompted that the software is incompatible if you open it.
Look at the list below and check if any software you use is in the list. In that case you have to visit the software vendor’s website to check for any Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatible updates.
Software restricted during installation and migration
| Software | Incompatible version(s) | Vendor | Website |
| Parallels Desktop | 2.5 and earlier | Parallels | http://www.parallels.com |
| VirusScan | 8.6 | McAfee | http://www.mcafee.com |
| Norton AntiVirus | 11.0 | Norton | http://www.norton.com |
| Internet Cleanup 5 | 5.0.4 | Smith Micro | http://www.smithmicro.com |
| Application Enhancer | 2.0.1 and earlier | Unsanity | http://www.unsanity.com |
| AT&T Laptop Connect Card | 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.10.0 | AT&T | http://www.att.com |
| launch2net | 2.13.0 | Nova Media | http://www.novamedia.de |
| iWOW plug-in for iTunes | 2.0 | SRS | http://www.srslabs.com |
| Missing Sync for Palm Sony CLIE Driver | 6.0.4 | Mark Space | http://markspace.com |
| TonePort UX8 Driver | 4.1.0 | Line 6 | http://www.line6.com |
| ioHD Driver | 6.0.3 | AJA | http://www.aja.com |
| Silicon Image SiI3132 Drivers | 1.5.16.0 | Silicon Image | http://www.siliconimage.com |
Software restricted from opening
| Software | Incompatible version(s) | Vendor |
Website |
| Parallels Desktop | 3.0 | Parallels | http://www.parallels.com |
| VirusBarrier X4 | 10.4.4 and earlier | Intego | http://www.intego.com |
| SPSS 17 | 17.1 | SPSS | http://www.spss.com |
| Director MX 2004 | 10.2 | Adobe | http://www.adobe.com |
| EyeTV | 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 | Elgato | http://www.elgato.com |
| Ratatouille | 1.1 | THQ | http://www.ratatouillevideogame.com |
| AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow | 4.2.5 | Apple | http://www.apple.com |
Printing and scanning software
During installation, your printing and scanning software will be upgraded to Snow Leopard-compatible versions if upgrades are available. Incompatible software may be removed during the upgrade. For information about supported printer and scanner models, see this article.
