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OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Update Is Here
It's been only a month since the 10.5.3 update hit, but 10.5.4 is here now to fix a handful of issues you might have. It's a "stability, compatibility and security" update, which also improves camera RAW image support, VPN connectivity, AirPort reliability issues with 5Hz networks (oooh, we might have experienced this), and fixes some iCal bugs, some Safari bugs, and some Spaces/Expose bugs. Hit up the full list here, then download the update with your Software Update. [Security stuff]
Apple's Negative Body Image
Snow Leopard Putting OS X On a Diet, Applications to Shrink Dramatically
There might be more to Snow Leopard than meets the eye, as rumors have emerged outlining tremendous cuts in application size for 10.6. Mail.app will drop from 287MB to 91MB, iChat from 111MB to 52MB, and iCal from 89MB to 48MB. Cuts are practically universal, with already small apps like the 13MB Calculator, 15MB Image Capture and 22MB TextEdit each to be recoded to a svelte 2MB or less. As a whole, the Snow Leopard's Utilities folder will take up just 25% of the space that it does in 10.5. More »
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Servers Getting ZFS
Awhile ago, there were rumors of Leopard getting Sun's clean-sheet designed file system from the future, ZFS. OS X server is getting it in Snow Leopard, according to Apple's preview page. The consumer version doesn't look to be receiving the theoretically incorruptible file sytem yet, but we can hope it'll trickle down eventually. [Apple via ZDNet]
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As you've probably heard, the next version of OS X, Snow Leopard, will not wow us with a crazy circus of features like Time Machine and Boot Camp. So why would Apple spend a year programming an OS that they can't boast has over 300 new features? Here's a quick rundown of how Apple is totally rebuilding OS X to take advantage of Core 2 Duos, graphics cards and parallel processing, in order to deliver serious performance gains. And yes, that is a big deal.
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Giz Explains: Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Parallel Processing and GPU Computing
As you've probably heard, the next version of OS X, Snow Leopard, will not wow us with a crazy circus of features like Time Machine and Boot Camp. So why would Apple spend a year programming an OS that they can't boast has over 300 new features? Here's a quick rundown of how Apple is totally rebuilding OS X to take advantage of Core 2 Duos, graphics cards and parallel processing, in order to deliver serious performance gains. And yes, that is a big deal.
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2:00 PM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by n/a: @Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!: I thought Mac wanted only thier stuff in Mac's. Isn't that why they build all thier own units in house. more »
New Intel on Intel
Snow Leopard Will Not Support PowerPCs After All
It looks like our initial source was mistaken because the Snow Leopard developer preview build contains a document stating that it's compatible with Intel only. Sorry PowerPC. But even if Apple were to release a Snow Leopard for the aging platform, there's no way that developers could take advantage of the software's real assets—multi-core optimization. As for our original source, they explain, "There were still updated PPC drivers [in the build I saw], though, so *shrug*. I'd say that indicates that it must've been a decision made late in the development process." [Logiciel Mac via MacRumors]
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First Snow Leopard Screenshots Look Exactly Like Leopard
We knew Snow Leopard wasn't really going to have any brand new "features", but nothing says confirmed like actually seeing it for yourself. Orchard Spy has shots of an early build numbered 10A96, probably handed out at WWDC, that shows what you can expect when you eventually upgrade to 10.6 next year. Too bad it's hard to illustrate the concept of multi-core processor optimization with screenies, or these would be a lot more exciting. [Orchard Spy via TUAW] More »
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The NY Times has a good interview with Steve Jobs in which Apple's CEO lets fly with very quotable, very understandable quotes about OS X 10.6. We already heard the details, but it was still hard to wrap our head around why Apple would make an operating system without many visible features and just go and change architecture around. He explains that they're doing it because programmers don't know WTF is going on with parallel processing.
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Steve Jobs Explains OS X Snow Leopard in Three Easy Steps
The NY Times has a good interview with Steve Jobs in which Apple's CEO lets fly with very quotable, very understandable quotes about OS X 10.6. We already heard the details, but it was still hard to wrap our head around why Apple would make an operating system without many visible features and just go and change architecture around. He explains that they're doing it because programmers don't know WTF is going on with parallel processing.
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Yep, you heard right: Apple showed off the OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due out in a year, to the attendees at WWDC, and let some details slip to the public, including:
• Optimization for multi-core processors
• GPU friendly (actually GPU utilization of highly parallel tasks generally done on a CPU)
• Supports "breakthrough" amounts of RAM—16TB to be precise
• New "modern" QuickTime X platform
• Safari with 53% faster JavaScript implementation
Yes, as we've heard, this is a lot less about cool user features and more about boots-on-the-ground stability—or in Apple SVP for Software Engineering's words, "perfecting the world's most advanced OS." There's no mention of continuing PowerPC support, but then again, there's no word about discontinuing it, either. Here's more from the horse's, I mean, predatory feline's mouth. Update: The official Snow Leopard site is live. More »
Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Revealed: Multi-Core Optimized, GPU Lovin' OS Upgrade Due In One Year
Yep, you heard right: Apple showed off the OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due out in a year, to the attendees at WWDC, and let some details slip to the public, including:• Optimization for multi-core processors
• GPU friendly (actually GPU utilization of highly parallel tasks generally done on a CPU)
• Supports "breakthrough" amounts of RAM—16TB to be precise
• New "modern" QuickTime X platform
• Safari with 53% faster JavaScript implementation
Yes, as we've heard, this is a lot less about cool user features and more about boots-on-the-ground stability—or in Apple SVP for Software Engineering's words, "perfecting the world's most advanced OS." There's no mention of continuing PowerPC support, but then again, there's no word about discontinuing it, either. Here's more from the horse's, I mean, predatory feline's mouth. Update: The official Snow Leopard site is live. More »
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Confirmed: Mac OS 10.6 Is Snow Leopard
OS 10.6 is called Snow Leopard, straight from Steve's mouth. Developers will get their first peek "after lunch." What about poor bloggers? [WWDC08 @ Giz]
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iLounge 3G iPhone Mockups Run Gamut From Marvelous To Meh
We already have a pretty good idea of how the iPhone will work, from GPS, to faster network speeds, to how it will help raise you kids (lower prices), but it's always fun to see the crazy ideas people had in their heads for what they thought the new design should be. Wired roped up seven of the best, worst and impractical iPhone designs from iLounge, just in time for Monday's purported launch. Sure, this might be iPhone overload to the nth degree, but I think we can all agree Photochopping is the geek gift that keeps on giving (false hope). More »
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Source: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Will Support PowerPC Chips
Contrary to rumors that Apple would drop PowerPC architecture support with its newest OS, a tipster and possible Apple insider was able to get his hands on the most recent build of the yet-to-be released 10.6, and found some evidence that Cupertino might be keeping the chip alive. More »
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Sneak Photos of WWDC Show iPhone, Leopard Banners
Reader Mark's brother just sent over this pic of an "OS X iPhone" banner found on the WWDC show floor in Moscone Center. You can't really tell much from the shot (no 3G iPhone leaked), but it does look like iPhone will be a big topic next Monday—something we've known for a while. Crunchgear also found these shots by Gernot on Flickr which also shows OS X Leopard. Check those shots out in the gallery.
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As unlikely as the rumor is that OS X 10.6 is going to debut at WWDC next week, both Ars Technica and TUAW have independently verified from their sources that the next version of the OS could be coming as soon as Macworld 2009. Ars also says that the code name is Snow Leopard, which on the surface latches on weirdly to the current Leopard name. But when you think about the rumor that 10.6 will only be performance upgrades, UI changes and switching to being Intel-only, that code-name kinda starts to make sense as a final label.
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OS X 10.6 To Be Called Snow Leopard?
As unlikely as the rumor is that OS X 10.6 is going to debut at WWDC next week, both Ars Technica and TUAW have independently verified from their sources that the next version of the OS could be coming as soon as Macworld 2009. Ars also says that the code name is Snow Leopard, which on the surface latches on weirdly to the current Leopard name. But when you think about the rumor that 10.6 will only be performance upgrades, UI changes and switching to being Intel-only, that code-name kinda starts to make sense as a final label.
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The ability to sync your Address Book contacts with Gmail—one of 10.5.3’s most useful new features—could have used a bit more real-world testing. Rather than just syncing your beautiful, groomed, deliberately added contacts like any reasonable person would expect, Address Book downloads all of your Gmail account’s automatically collected addresses as well, which is to say pretty much everyone you’ve ever emailed, ever. More »
Apple and Google Combine Forces to Explode Your Address Book
The ability to sync your Address Book contacts with Gmail—one of 10.5.3’s most useful new features—could have used a bit more real-world testing. Rather than just syncing your beautiful, groomed, deliberately added contacts like any reasonable person would expect, Address Book downloads all of your Gmail account’s automatically collected addresses as well, which is to say pretty much everyone you’ve ever emailed, ever. More »
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Hackintosh OS X 10.5.3 Update Released (Record Time?)
The Hackintosh 10.5.3 Combo Update has just been released, letting people who want to build their own Mac on the cheap update to the latest Leopard version. According to people familiar with Hackintoshes and running OS X on whitebox computers (Adam Pash), the update was released in record time this cycle. Way to go, dude who worked on this. [Infinite Mac]
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iPhone's sixth SDK has just been released, adding support for the latest iPhone OS and fixing various bugs. You'll have to update to Leopard 10.5.3, which was released earlier today. That's right, you HAVE TO. Not sure why, but that's what Apple's saying. [Apple]
iPhone SDK Beta 6 Now Available, OS X 10.5.3 Needed
iPhone's sixth SDK has just been released, adding support for the latest iPhone OS and fixing various bugs. You'll have to update to Leopard 10.5.3, which was released earlier today. That's right, you HAVE TO. Not sure why, but that's what Apple's saying. [Apple]
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