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Apple Previews Snow Leopard for September Release
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Other Notable Features -- Apple claims that Snow Leopard will have over 100 new features. While Safari 4 and QuickTime X are among the most significant, there remain a handful of other notables. The Finder has been rewritten in Cocoa for better performance, but the interface remains essentially the same. A new Services menu simplifies the technology for sharing applications' functionality, and gives hope that people may actually use the feature in the future. ...
Snow Leopard more feature-laden than expected
Macworld —
... . I dug through these pages Monday, trying to get a sense for what we’ll get to see when Snow Leopard ships in September (not quite “about a year” from last June’s WWDC, but close). As I loaded page after page, I was thrilled to find this blurb on an additional page of enhancements and refinements : “Adjust view options for Spotlight results just as you can with any Finder window. Modify the default view as well as the size, labeling, and alignment of icons.” This was the No. 1 entry on my list of ...
Snow Leopard: An Even Better Leopard
TheAppleBlog —
... Apple is justifiably proud of Mac OS X and the excellent combination of power and usability in Leopard. Mr. Serlet was quick to point out that in this release, Apple is hoping to build on their success with Leopard and add refinements that will make it even better. There are so many refinements that I will not attempt to list them all here, but will instead refer you to Apple’s page about the refinements in Snow Leopard (be sure to click on the “even more refinements” link at the bottom of the page to get even more details).
Of all these ...
Snow Leopard at WWDC: better, harder, faster, stronger
Infinite Loop —
... directly from Microsoft, so now it's a snap to set up integration with Exchange Server 2007 or newer. It includes server auto-discovery support in Mail, integrated view of Exchange and personal calendars in iCal, support for scheduling meetings, accepting invitations, drag-and-drop contact integration, and more. This support should make it far easier to use Macs in most corporate environments. A number of other features weren't mentioned during the keynote, but Apple is already highlighting them on a preview page for Snow Leopard. iChat apparently got a number of ...
OpenCL Supported Graphics Cards Leaves Some Intel Macs Behind
Mac|Life —
... and features pages for the upcoming OS X Snow Leopard has revealed a lot of extra information that Apple neglected to mention thus far. For example, if you were looking to some of the speed boosting technology that Apple featured in the keynote with your Intel Mac, namely OpenCL and H.264 Video Acceleration, you could be out of luck. OpenCL is only supported by the following graphics cards: NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GTS, Geforce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130, ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870. These graphics cards are all ...
10 Snow Leopard Features Not Mentioned at WWDC
Mac|Life —
leopard WWDC’s Philnote had us squealing with delight over the flurry of new product updates and announcements, but we still felt like we were left a little high and dry when it came to news regarding the new Mac OS X operating system , Snow Leopard. Though the iPhone 3G S did steal the spotlight at the show, we were hoping for a few more details regarding our favorite operating system. While we do know that Snow Leopard will be taking advantage of the hardware that comes bundled with our Macs, including the graphics accelerator OpenCL and 64-bit compatibility, we’re wondering ...
Multi-touch coming to older MacBooks? Not so fast.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Unfortunately, this is incorrect. Apples own information on Snow Leopard's enhancements reads, "All Mac notebooks with Multi-Touch trackpads now support three- and four-finger gestures." (emphasis added) ...
Snow Leopard, Finely tuned
TheAppleBlog —
... As is almost always the case with Apple, though, it’s those little tune-ups to Mac OS X that can make all the difference in your daily computing experience. If you happened upon the Snow Leopard Enhancements and Refinements page on Apple’s Web site, you no doubt found at least a handful of things that brings a smile to your face. ...
Snow Leopard includes rudimentary malware protection
Infinite Loop —
... that attempt to disguise themselves as legitimate software updates or installers. Though it's not mentioned anywhere in the extensive list of enhancements and refinements on Apple's website, it turns out that Snow Leopard does have some level of protection against such malware. ...
Slideshow: Snow Leopard's smaller changes
Macworld —
... [image] 15 of Snow Leopard's more subtle changes Apple lists more than 100 new features and refinements in its Snow Leopard marketing materials. When taken together, some of those are ...
Mossberg reviews Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Easy to install, noticeably faster than Leopard
MacDailyNews —
... . MacDailyNews Take: Uncle Walt's conclusion is, with all due respect, wishy-washy poppycock that comes across as tacked-on "proof of objectivity." Which mythical "average consumers" don't need more speed and disk space plus all of these enhancements and refinements for a paltry $29? If you have an Intel-powered Mac and ...
More Hidden Refinements in Snow Leopard
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Tip of the Iceberg -- As we mentioned above, these changes are merely the hidden refinements that jumped out at us and demanded to be trumpeted to our readers. To learn more about other tweaky changes straight from the cat's mouth (some of which are useful; others of which are merely marketing points), check out Apple's Snow Leopard Enhancements and Refinements page. ...
Mac 10.6 comes with license to kill
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... One of the systemwide refinements tells us that "Snow Leopard is up to 80 percent faster when shutting down." If you've ever waited impatiently for your Mac notebook to shut down while your flight was boarding or at the end of the day when you are anxious to get home, Apple is looking to reduce that frustration. ...
Unsung Snow Leopard feature: multiple-language spell checker
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... TUAWUnsung Snow Leopard feature: multiple-language spell checker originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Hidden Snow Leopard features
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... over AirPort or Ethernet
Expose Shortcuts: With all windows visible in Expose, you can press Command-1 to arrange the windows by name or Command-2 to arrange them by application. Pressing the Tab key will cycle through all the running applications. Press the spacebar while pointing at a window to expand it
Descriptive Screenshot filenames: Instead of "Picture 1," you now get "Screen shot 2009-09-04 at 11.26.49 AM"
There's More on Apple's Snow Leopard Enhancements and Refinements page. ...
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