Apple unleashes Leopard operating system
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Apple Inc.'s delayed update to the Mac OS X operating system is hitting store shelves as consumers are increasingly snapping up Macintosh computers to complement their iPods and iPhones.
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Leopard went on sale at the Apple Store in Tokyo on Friday evening, part of a global launch that will unfold around the world over the next 24 hours.
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One of the new features in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is called Spaces. Columnist Ryan Faas takes a look at what the virtual desktop technology will offer Mac users once it becomes available in 2007.
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Features in the upcoming release of Apple's operating system, Leopard, may give clues to how iPhone development will work once the iPhone software-development kit appears next year. Of particular interest to developers are Leopard's security features.
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Apple revealed new features of Mac OS X v10.5 Server, or Leopard Server, at this week's Worldwide Developers Conference.
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The 2008 Macworld Conference and Expo begins Jan.14. In addition to new Apple announcements, we're likely to see a flood of new desktop applications making use of all the latest enhancements to Apple's Leopard operating system.
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Mac OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard, is "superior" to Microsoft's Windows Vista OS, according to Apple Inc. CFO Peter Oppenheimer. But he still won't say just when it'll be released.
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âWith Leopard, Appleâs operating system widens its lead aesthetically and technologically,â states Ed Baig . Baig âmigrated to Leopardâ from Tiger âwithout pain on a MacBook laptop and my own iMac desktop; thereâs mercifully none of the software driver and other hassles associated with a Windows operating system upgrade.â Calling Leopard âone cool cat,â Baig praises Time Machine with its automatic backup and effortless file retrieval; the new videoconferencing features in iChat Theater; stationery, notes and To Do options in Mail; Cover Flow, Spaces, Stacks, and the ability to âhighlight and copy any portion of a Web page inside the Safari browser and turn it into a live Dashboard widget.â
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Apple has released Mac OS X version 10.5.2, the second major update to Leopard, which brings with it 80 specific fixes and improvements.
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Apple showed off lots of new features of its upcoming Leopard release of Mac OS X at WWDC on Monday. Here's a look at some of the highlights.
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âIâve been testing Leopard,â reports Walter Mossberg (Wall Street Journal) and, âI believe it builds on Appleâs quality advantage over Windows. In my view, Leopard is better and faster than Vista, with a set of new features that make Macs even easier to use.â Among the more than 300 new features available in Leopard, Mossberg singles out as âmarquee featuresâ Time Machine, Cover Flow, and Quick Look.â And he was impressed that âevery piece of software and hardware I tried on two Leopard-equipped Macsâa loaned laptop from Apple and my own upgraded iMacâworked fine, exhibiting none of the compatibility problems that continue to plague Vista.â
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Fixes for Time Machine and Finder accompany the latest version of Mac OS X Leopard, released Monday afternoon through Software Update.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Inc.'s next-generation operating system, Mac OS X "Leopard," will be available Oct. 26 for $129, and Apple's online store is taking pre-orders, the company said Tuesday.
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Parallels Desktop, virtual machine software for Intel Macs, has been updated for Leopard.
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âWhatâs new in Leopard? A lot,â say Ken Mingis and Michael DeAgonia . The pair walk you through a 12-page analysis of the newest version of the Mac OS, spending time on many of the new features introduced in Leopard, including Stacks, Quick Look, Spaces, Time Machine, and numerous others. From Leopardâs âunified interfaceâ to major under-the-hood changes, to wholly new apps, Leopard is a substantial, albeit evolutionary, advance for Mac OS X that builds on a solid foundation and adds a modicum of eye candy to reinforce the notion that this is something new and improved. Itâs also fast â especially impressive given the new graphics sprinkled throughout the OS.â
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Appleâs new version of Leopard lists 300 new features, including a Braille font and a Danish spelling checker.
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Apple gave Apple Developer Connection members a mostly complete version of its latest OS last Friday. Is Apple getting close to unchaining Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?