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Apple Previews Snow Leopard for September Release
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... QuickTime X -- Also making its debut in Snow Leopard is the latest version of QuickTime, which has been completely overhauled, boasting ColorSync and hardware acceleration support. The update also enhances HTTP streaming, enabling QuickTime streaming from any Web server, which means the player software takes more responsibility for managing the connection. (With a streaming server, the player and server can communicate with each other; with plain HTTP, the player sends a request and then has to deal with the stream that is dealt to it.) Previous versions of QuickTime ...
Snow Leopard more feature-laden than expected
Macworld —
... right than wrong, though still wrong. But what do you get for your $29? Are there more features than the five big ones I covered last week? If you watched any of the keynote coverage, you know the answer to that question is “yes, there are more features.” In addition to Snow Leopard’s already-known features, Apple revealed some very interesting things about the next major OS X release . On its Snow Leopard page , Apple groups these changes into four major topic areas: Better. Faster. Easier , Next-generation technologies , More accessible than ...
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 “ ...
Snow Leopard's New Exposé and Dock Explained [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... zoom in to one of the open windows, and check it out without leaving Exposé. • If you grab a file, you can drag it to the dock and hold it over an app icon. This springs open App, and arranges the open windows of that app in Exposé, so you can easily drop the file where it needs to go. (I currently do this by holding the file with my mouse while doing a combo-keystroke to bring the window back into view, so I can see how this will make life easier.) [Apple's Snow Leopard "Refinements"; Snow Leopard Full Coverage on Gizmodo] ...
Snow Leopard offers more Automator "purrfection"
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... keynote, desperately waiting to see if anything new was announced for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in regards to automation, and specifically Automator.app. Nothing was said at the keynote, but when I looked on the newly updated Snow Leopard page on Apple's site, I was ecstatic. One of the refinements listed was that ...
OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown [Giz Explains]
Gizmodo —
... now, so you can easily drop files in whatever app window you want to. Exposé, my "I would die without it" feature in Leopard, now arranges windows in a neat grid, rather than scattering them across whatever space is available. Stacks is actually useful now too, since they're scrollable and you can look in folders within stacks in Snow Leopard. ...
Why Snow Leopard Matters
TheAppleBlog —
... But let’s be clear: To say that Snow Leopard includes absolutely no new features is kind of misleading. Snow Leopard does include new features, including some tweaks to the Dock and Exposé, a new ...
Apple online offer glitch hints at early Snow Leopard launch
Macworld —
... . Retail sites like Amazon.com are already taking pre-orders for Snow Leopard and the Mac Box Set. Snow Leopard is available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard users for $30. The OS includes a number of systemwide “refinements,” according to Apple’s Web site .The enhancements include quicker installation compared to predecessors, a new version of QuickTime multimedia software and a souped-up user interface. It also includes a number of internal enhancements to perform tasks like video encoding and decoding faster by tapping into the processing power of multiple CPU ...
Get Mac OS X Snow Leopard August 28th
iPhone Savior —
... The long wait is almost over! Apple has announced its Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard will go on sale Friday, August 28 at all Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Snow Leopard will be available as an epic upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users for $29. The installation requires 5GB of disc space if you want to be in on what's new. ...
What Snow Leopard feature are you anticipating the most?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Apple has told us from the start that Snow Leopard is predominantly about streamlining both the size and speed of the operating system. Installing Snow Leopard should take about half the time of performing a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard install, and it's expected that you'll gain about 7 GB of space back on your hard disk. ...
Snow Leopard's old and new annoyances
Macworld —
... of data, you can then use the keyboard to navigate the Inspector window.) The Inspector window also makes it easy to view upcoming event info without obscuring the calendar with the old version's pop-up windows. In Snow Leopard, I leave the Inspector window open all the time, and it solves most of my issues with Leopard's iCal. 1. Spotlight results in the Finder cannot show additional columns: I was thrilled to think this was going to be fixed in Snow Leopard. After all, Apple's own Snow Leopard refinements page says the new OS includes, "customizable Spotlight search ...
Snow Leopard: The First 72 Hours
Technologizer —
Snow Leopard Virtual Keyboard Renews iTablet Mac Rumors
The iPhone Blog —
... boasts a metric ton of refinements for their new Mac OS X Snow Leopard release, including better performance and smaller footprint, then goes and adds a new virtual keyboard that just begs to be touched…
…Ah, yeah, here come the Mac OS X Snow Leopard on iTablet stories!
9to5Mac leads this latest charge with the keyboard while Cult of Mac points also to the new Dock Expose, and all new, all-touchable Stacks grid. (See Apple’s feature overview).
So, could Apple be making a Mac OS X iTablet, or is your money still on ...
Read that email again. And again.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... but while they worked for some they did not work for all. Are you seeing this strange behavior? Did it start with 10.6.1? Let us know, and hopefully Apple will kick the code for the next update and put this bad boy to rest. Thanks to Mark for the tip. TUAWRead that email again. And again. originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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