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January 2008
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The editors liked
Leopard Finders new sidebar is better organised and more usable than its Tiger counterpart
Boot Camp for Windows-to-Mac switchers
Quick Look
Which lets users preview the contents of documents without opening the program
Spotlight is faster and now...
The editors didn't like
The areas of light and dark behind the menu bar can severely decrease the readability of menu items
In the Spaces feature sometimes windows would appear in spaces that we didnt expect The Final Word So are 300-plus new features worth $158? That answe...
Abstract: IntroductionBackgroundLeopards new lookLeopards new look (continued)The Kernel64-bitFSEventsCore AnimationQuartz GLCore UIInternals grab bagThe FinderThe DockTime MachinePerformanceGrab bagWelcome to tomorrow Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica ...
Abstract: The Mac is on a roll. Apple Inc.’s perennially praised but slow-selling Macintosh computers have surged in popularity in the past few years, with sales growing much faster than the overall PC market, especially in the U.S. By some measures, Mac lapt...
Elegant backup via Time Machine; Finder offers powerful navigation tweaks; novel workspace customization through Spaces virtual desktops; integration with Web data and applications; Cover Flow visualizes file browsing; iChat Theater offers green-scree...
Leopard was afflicted in some cases by installation woes and application failures; some new features, such as geotagging, arent obvious to find; users with older Macs cant run Leopard.
The grace of Leopards interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.
Easy backup tools; major improvements in included applications; addresses numerous shortcomings from previous OS versions; improved security and networking functions.
Stacks and Dock features seem poorly thought out; illegible menu items with some Desktop backgrounds; some bugs in Spaces window behavior.
So are 300-plus new features worth $129? That answer will vary, because no single user will ever take advantage of all — or maybe even half — of those 300 features. But given the impressive value of Time Machine and improvements to existi...
Abstract: Introduction It’s another cool new product release, and another customer controversy brewing for Apple. The long awaited debut announcement for Mac OSX Leopard has been made, and Internet orders are being accepted now, with the product scheduled to arr...
Abstract: OS X Leopard is an incredible driving experience, and key to its appeal is that developers can exploit the same tools and frameworks that Apple used to create that experience. Just scratching the surface, key features include an Xray profiling tool tha...
Data detection in Mail is superb, Time Machine makes backing up easy, Loads of small upgrades, Quick Look & Cover Flow view in Finder
Time Machine doesn’t like network drives, The new folder icons are dull
We’ll say it upfront, right at the start of this review, that everyone should definitely upgrade their Macs to Leopard. It’s simply the best version of OS X yet, and there’s no reason we’ve found not to upgrade, provided your Mac m...
Abstract: This is a middle-weight upgrade to OS X. There are plenty of new tweaks to the operating system, and Time Machine is an effective system back-up utility, though its a bit sluggish. Quite a lot of whats new is cosmetic, but there are some genuine pro...
Easy backup tools, major improvements in included applications, addresses numerous shortcomings from previous OS versions, improved security and networking functions
Dock features seem poorly thought out, illegible menu items with some Desktop backgrounds, some bugs in Spaces window behaviour Min specs: Min specs: Intel or PowerPC G4 867MHz or higher or G5 processor, 512MB RAM, 7GB of free hard-disk space
So are 300-plus new features worth £85? That answer will vary, because no single user will ever take advantage of all – or maybe even half – of those 300 features. But given the impressive value of Time Machine and improvements to existing pro...
Apple clearly wanted to not only improve the look and feel of Mac OS X, as defined by its primary app, Finder, but to revive it for the Windows Vista era, and that's largely what it's done with Leopard. Some major gains have been made: Finder's window...
