Tag Archive | "Snow Leopard"
Snow Leopard hitting stores in September for $29
Yes folks, you read that correctly. Snow Leopard will be a $29 upgrade for Leopard users, and will hit stores a month before Windows 7. Typical Mac OS upgrades run about $129, so this is certainly a welcome surprise. As opposed to OS upgrades of the past, many of Snow Leopard’s more significant changes are […]
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...Apple locks up Snow Leopard’s API’s as launch nears
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
AppleInsider reports: Apple this past weekend distributed a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software’s release… This means developers can now press forward with Snow Leopard versions of […]
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...Saturday Afternoon Links Galore
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Apple found guilty of willful patent infrignement – ArsTechnica Interview with Tweetie creator Loren Brichter – MacWorld Snow Leopard to offer screen recording via QuickTime X Player – AppleInsider Darth Vader’s iPhone – YouTube How to Ensure You’re not part of the Mac Botnet – TheAppleBlog Why AT&T Wants to Keep the iPhone Away from […]
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 Quicktime X interface in Snow Leopard [Pic]
Monday, March 9, 2009
Swedish site Feber.se has posted a photo of what it claims to be the new minimized interface of the upcoming Quicktime X player. Gone are the embedded window controls, and in its place are overlay controls, similar to the current UI of Apple’s DVD player and the way in which iTunes handles video while in […]
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 […]
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Monday, June 8, 2009
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