Comments on: Detailed Look at Latest Leopard Build (9A499)

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:23:44 +0000

Is there voice recognition? If yes, how good is it?
Thanks in advance
Ulysses

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By: Sheridan

Sheridan — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:45:58 +0000

To all who question whether or not there is sufficient reason to upgrade? Well yes, regardless of what you may think of the “new features” listed on Apple’s web site. Apple have spent 2 years creating new APIs and refining the old ones; speeding up the implementation for the new Intel hardware; enhancing kernel, making it better able to handle the current 8-core desktop Macs and more cores in the future. There are many things we developers are not able to say due to NDAs. What will blow you away is NOT the features like Time Machine (although very good it is); it’s what the developer community will unleash!

Unlike previous OSX releases, developers have had two WWDCs and then some to get their apps ready.

By: Uros D.

Uros D. — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:50:34 +0000

Thanks for showing these screenshots! I have 2 questions though…

1. If you’re using multiple Spaces, and you activate Exposé, what will happen? Will it only display the windows in the current space, or more conveniently, show windows from all used spaces?

2. None of the Finder windows from Leopard that I’ve seen so far were in the old-fashioned “spatial” view (I’m guessing this function wasn’t taken out since Finder windows still have that lozenge in the top right corner). I’m just asking because fancy DMGs generally look better in that view, and I want to see if Apple found a better way to implement it in the new Finder.

By: duddits09

duddits09 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:56:59 +0000

Kinda figured the iTunes 7 look would be “it”. My personal experience with iT7 will color my remark on Leopard. That being so, only the word mistake comes to mind.
Can’t use iT7 ’cause of the keyboard shortcut changes don’t make sense and the overall look and feel of the GUI makes me crazy. Sorry, no Leopard on my iMac G4 FlatPnl (Admin machine). Maybe the iBook will get the makeover ’cause my wife likes the ‘point/clicky’ feel of iT7 (must be that winXP workstaion in HR coloring her views)
-duddits(09)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:02:06 +0000

Juicy.

I really can’t wait to buy a Mac when Leopard will be out.

By: Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:06:00 +0000

Looking forward to Time Machine. This is a feature that is needed by average users. Looks simple to implement.

By: brianus

brianus — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:52:55 +0000

Can you add folders to the Finder sidebar?

Is there a way to adjust the icon size in the sidebar?

How is Smart Folder creation handled in the sidebar?

What do the new folder icons look like in the ‘open’ position?

Does Safari have a “New Tab” button yet?

In Tiger, left-clicking on a folder in the Dock opens it, while right-clicking displays it as a menu. In Leopard it looks like this has been replaced by Stacks - but is this true for both left and right clicks?

By: Beer

Beer — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:57:12 +0000

Are the canned searches in the sidebar there by default?

By: Beer

Beer — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:56:31 +0000

Are the canned searches in the left sidebar there by default?

By: lyxsus

lyxsus — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:25:44 +0000

“View Gallery” link doesn’t work, returns 403 forbidden error

By: VaniPod

VaniPod — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:50:53 +0000

Gallery’s down ?

By: Dani R

Dani R — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:14:55 +0000

When you change the dock size does the “Abbey road” lines and the reflective base resize?
Is there any plugin to get rid of the reflective dock, shiny application dock dots and “Abbey road”?
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It may be just me but I think that all these dock new features are just intrusive gratuitous and cosmetic aditions which don’t bring anything good to the user once the initial “woah!” effect wears off.
These new features are not like the gennie effect which is cool and doesn’t interfere with the user experience. These seemed to be just annoying.

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By: Hakime

Hakime — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:32:44 +0000

Very nice pictures!

I have a question though. On the image nº36, in the Application folder, there is an icon named “Exposé”. There is no such icon on Tiger, does this mean that Apple is preparing a new version of Exposé, when clicking on it does it bring an unmodified version of Exposé?

Thanks for information!

By: alf

alf — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:47:04 +0000

Has PDFKit been fixed? Currently in Tiger, if you open a PDF with two columns of text, and start highlighting text in one column, it highlights stuff from both. The only way to overcome this now is to use option select to use a box to select text, but this isn’t really the same.

The problem isn’t there in Adobe Reader.

By: J

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:00:21 +0000

What does the dock look like on the right or left side?

By: Andre Da Costa

Andre Da Costa — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:13:19 +0000

I notice that all the Leopard screenshots I have seen across the web, no one has take any installer shots. Could you do some? I think the Installer screen looks a bit different since 9A466, I saw a small glimpse in a picture of someones laptop at WWDC installing it.

Thanks

By: Stephen O'Brien

Stephen O'Brien — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:50:07 +0000

Please tell me .DS_Store is gone in the Leopard Finder! 8 years is long enough

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:39:54 +0000

“The Appearance preference panel appears to be untouched since Tiger as the only colour options are Blue and Graphite of which the system displays neither, opting to Display black only.”

Correction: In your own screenshots it’s displaying blue. I’ve got mine set to graphite. Why would the Appearance panel change when it has to display the exact same thing

By: Sten LLoyd

Sten LLoyd — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:34:52 +0000

I would like to purchase a Swedish Keyboard for a new Mac computer that I am considering buying - purchasing the Mac if I can buy the Swedish keyboard to go with it.

By: Jim Truth

Jim Truth — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:23:57 +0000

It sure doesn’t seem that Leopard is sizing up to be a must-have upgrade. There just doesn’t seem to be any amazing or compelling reasons to upgrade. Where are the features that were meant to be kept under wraps so MS wouldn’t copy? Is the OS just not exciting anymore?

By: Termi

Termi — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:30:59 +0000

I’m very interested in the supported Bluetooth profiles. Any screenshot of a successfull paired A2DP headset?

By: dZign

dZign — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:01:27 +0000

Interesting !

Tried iChat effects ? twas flakey on the previous build; any better now ?

I liked the new finder coverflow and direct previewing of images or films…

If only I could timemachine to october but still keep the summer weather..

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:38:06 +0000

JPG screenshots - you guys are lamers

By: James Austin

James Austin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:00:11 +0000

Hello,

I am a blind Mac user, and I am very excited by the release of 10.5 Leopard. On Apple’s website, under accessibility, they said that they would be inroducing Braille support for a range of third party Braille devices. Can you pleae tell me if this has been implimentd as far as you cn in this build?

You might want to use the Voice Over Utility to find this out? Hold down FN (if using a laptop) Control Option and F8.

Thank you

Very Best Wishes
James

By: Ed Dekker

Ed Dekker — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:40:40 +0000

Nice pics. Tx!
What strikes me in the new Dock is the inaccurate 3D effect of the divider between apps and docs/trash. It is drawn like it is in the centre of the screen while it is way on to the right. To my eye that destroys the effect.

By: Freddie Sirmans

Freddie Sirmans — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:13:04 +0000

Just browsing the internet, very, very interesting blog.

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