Tag Archive | "OS 10.6"
Apple changes Finder sidebar behavior in OS X 10.6.7
Adman Engst of TidBITS reports on a subtle design change in OS X 10.6.7 that we hadn’t noticed before. In the latest OS X update from this past April, Apple changed the way users can drag items out of the Finder sidebar. Whereas users could previously just drag an item out, users now must “command-drag […]
Continue reading...Videos depicting Snow Leopard in action removed from YouTube
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Videos of Snow Leopard in action made the rounds on the web quite a bit yesterday, and not surprisingly, the aforementioned videos have subsequently been taken down. Our guess is that Apple caught wind of the videos, which were available at www.youtube.com/leopardoctober, and sent them a pleasant legal warning/demand to immediately take the videos down. The videos, however, […]
Continue reading...Moving and re-sizing windows in Snow Leopard [Video]
Monday, May 18, 2009
The following video might give us an idea as to what moving and re-sizing windows will be like in Snow Leopard. The video is from a Snow Leopard build from June 2008, so it shouldn’t be assumed that this video is reflective of what the final implementation will be like. Either way, we like where […]
Continue reading...Report: Quicktime X to include YouTube support in Snow Leopard
Monday, April 27, 2009
AppleInsider is reporting that Snow Leopard will include YouTube support built right into Quicktime X, allowing users to quickly publish their videos onto the web from their desktop. In particular, the application will let users take any supported video file and upload it directly to YouTube. Users will be prompted to enter their YouTube username […]
Continue reading...Report: Snow Leopard won’t be ready before September, will support Blu-ray?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Hardmac is reporting that Snow Leopard will most likely see a release date sometime in September at the earliest. They note that Apple still has a considerable amount of fine tuning left to do on underlying core technologies such as Quicktime X, Open CL, and Grand Central. The public at large will most likely get […]
Continue reading...Apple considers unveiling new UI in Snow Leopard developer builds
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Snow Leopard has long been touted as an OS X upgrade focusing primarily on core OS improvements such as system performance and efficiency. Some of the under the hood improvements expected in OS X 10.6 include a new Finder completely re-written in Cocoa, 64 bit support, Quicktime X, and support for multi-core processors and GPU […]
Continue reading...New photos of Snow Leopard UI
Monday, February 23, 2009
I’m a little late on this one, but in case any of you haven’t seen it, here are a few screenshots of Snow Leopard from the latest developer build. A new UI when navigating subfolders in Stacks – note the 3D grid on the upper left: A new Keyboard Shortcuts pane: Check out more screenshots […]
Continue reading...Wednesday Morning Link Roundup
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Apple’s Snow Leopard to load printer drivers on demand – AppleInsider ‘Rolando Lite’ Coming Soon – Touch Arcade Test your hearing with Audiometry for the iPhone – TUAW App Store hits 20,000 Applications – MacBlogz The Future of Television, starring the Apple TV and Boxee- NY Post Firm reiterates claims of entry-level iPhone this Spring […]
Continue reading...Quicktime Pro features to be integrated into Snow Leopard?
Monday, February 9, 2009
For some time now, many of the more powerful Quicktime features have only been available to users who chose to upgrade to Apple’s Quicktime Pro for $29.99. Now, MacRumors is reporting that Apple’s latest seed of Snow Leopard suggests that Apple will be doing away with the Quicktime upgrade for good, and will instead be […]
Continue reading...Is Apple working on an iPhone with multi-core chips?
Thursday, February 5, 2009
IntoMobile has an interesting article detailing a few reasons why it thinks Apple’s next gen iPhone will include customized multi-core chips. The next major overhaul of the iPhone platform might just see the iPhone coming into its own as a graphics-savvy gaming platform. Apple has been confirmed to have licensed PowerVR graphics technologies from Imagination […]
Continue reading...Leopard to include support for multi-touch and location awareness tools
Thursday, February 5, 2009
AppleInsider reports that Apple’s next OS X release, Snow Leopard, will include extended application support for multi-touch capabilities on its laptops, and location awareness tools for all Macs. While Apple’s desktops and laptops don’t contain GPS units, they will reportedly approximate a users physical location by triangulating nearby wi-fi signals, similar to how the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Snow Leopard making its way onto torrent trackers
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Download Squad is reporting that seeds of OS X Snow Leopard are making their way onto torrent trackers. Either OS X fans really can’t wait to get their hands on Apple’s latest OS, or it’s a sign that OS X is becoming more mainstream by the day.
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