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January 2008
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The editors liked
Time Machine is a great backup tool
Looks excellent
Time Machine makes backing up extremely easy
Cover Flow and Quick Look help users find files
Mail can create attractive stationery
As well as Notes and To-Dos
Improved parental controls
Works well on older Macs
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...
Several killer features
Low system requirements
Cheaper than most versions of Windows Vista
Automatic backups with Time Machine
Multiple desktops via Spaces and Quick Look/Cover Flow for easy viewing of file contents.
Easy backup tools
Major improvements in included applications
Addresses numerous shortcomings from previous OS versions
Improved security and networking functions.
The editors didn't like
The manual isnt good at explaining the new features
Time Machine can’t back up to shared network storage
Stacks isn’t an improvement over old method of storing folders in the Dock
ICal still isn’t robust enough as a calendar
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.
Time Machine backup app is limited in functionality
IChat has limited support for instant-messaging applications
Cant customize Spaces desktops
Quicktime movie recording bug.
Stacks and Dock features seem poorly thought out
Illegible menu items with some Desktop backgrounds
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...
Abstract: Powerful, polished Leopard changes its spots DAVID POGUE New York Times October 25, 2007 at 11:30 AM EST If youre a computer company, what on earth do you add to the sixth annual version of your operating system? Its not as though there are any glari...
Abstract: A screenshot showing some of Mac OS X Leopards new features. The fifth edition of Apples Mac OS X operating system may have been worth the wait but its worth waiting a little longer before you buy it. Apple will probably need to issue an update...
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 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...
So are 300-plus new features worth $158? 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 programs ...
Abstract: At the Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave the public and developers the first public look at Leopard, also known as Mac OS X 10.5 -- the next version of the Apple operating system, which will be available n...
Abstract: At the Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave the public and developers the first public look at Leopard, also known as Mac OS X 10.5 -- the next version of the Apple operating system, which will be available n...
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Published: 2008-01-28, Author: Mark , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Sticking with the big cats, Leopard is here to replace Tiger as the latest update of Apple's OSX. As you might expect, Leopard gets a revised graphical look, but Leopard is not just a cosmetic release that swaps stripes for spots. There are things that ar...
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...
