LEOPARD 101. Jason Snell Editorial Director, Macworld. Mac Mania 7 November 5, 2007

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1 LEOPARD 101 Jason Snell Editorial Director, Macworld 1

2 Leopard Overview First major OS X update in 2.5 years $129 upgrade price 300+ new features (24 seconds per feature?!) 2

3 Leopard 300+ Features Auto-start ichat UNIX Certification Dashcode IDE Analysis templates Kerberized NFS Spring-Loaded Dock Polish localization xcode Code Focus Apple Dictionary Russian spell checker Unicode AppleScript Auto DVD Zoom Duplicate smart mailboxes Yahoo Address Sync Wingdings New AirPort menu Automator CLI EXIF color space Self-tuning TCP Movies Widget Tethered Cameras Dynamic Web filter Parental time controls 3

4 Let s hit the highlights. (David Pogue will show you all 300 right David?) 4

5 Attention Leopard Shoppers Pay attention to the features you re interested in Think of how much you d be willing to pay Shopping for Leopard is a game of addition 5

6 What s New 6

7 Time Machine Apple s favorite feature of Leopard (mine too) Most people don t back up regularly or at all Easy backup via external drive, internal drive, or networked drive (if remote server also Leopard) Plug in drive and go! Hourly backups, then daily, then weekly Multiple machines to one drive, multiple backups from one machine 7

8 Time Machine (continued) Can t create a bootable backup (SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner) Can restore via Leopard installer disc, directly or via Migration Assistant Doesn t solve the off-site backup issue 8

9 Spaces Multiple workspace utility Run several virtual screens at once Control-arrow or F8 to switch between spaces Drag windows between spaces Fine-grained control over what spaces different programs appear in 9

10 Dock & Stacks Two new looks for Dock, 3D and not Change in folder behavior in Dock Click to pop up stack Sort by Name, Kind, or Date 10

11 Boot Camp You may have heard of it (18 months ago) Install Windows XP/Vista on separate partition and boot natively, with native drivers Restart utility in Boot Camp to quickly reboot into Leopard Easy de-boot-camp-ification 11

12 Quick Look View documents from the Finder without opening any other programs Third-party apps can add their own support for their file formats Will spread throughout the OS (Mail, for example, supports Quick Look) Same previews show up in new Cover Flow mode of the Finder 12

13 What s Changed 13

14 A New Look Consistent window style itunes-style sidebar in finder Transparent menu bar Cover Flow view in Finder 14

15 Spotlight If you felt burned by Spotlight, try again Support for phrases, and/or/not, easy file name searching, better Finder interface Much faster! Better for Saved Searches in Finder sidebar Search menu items in programs And yes, it s a calculator and dictionary too 15

16 ical Much faster, more refined interface Support for CalDAV servers Share read/write calendars Meeting creation features Reserve rooms/equipment 16

17 ichat Support for multiple AIM logins Tabbed chats New compact chat formats Improved audio quality in audio & video chats Invisible mode Screen sharing ichat Theater 17

18 ichat: Boxes View 18

19 ichat: Compact View 19

20 ichat: Tabbed Chats 20

21 Mail To-dos Notes RSS feeds Improved search Better HTML: Templates, richer formatting 21

22 Preview New interface Better PDF annotations, combine/re-order pages Better image controls Instant Alpha (as in iwork) Smooth zoom/scroll effects 22

23 Safari 3 You ve seen this one before, too (public beta) Great Find feature Web Clip Resizable text field in forms 23

24 The Little Things Dictionary now offers Wikipedia integration DVD Player completely redesigned with much better interface Improved Network preference pane Front Row from Apple TV Automator looping and variables Parental controls AutoFS: Far better network responsiveness 24

25 Favorites and not so much 25

26 Favorites Spotlight vastly approved Time Machine: it really is that simple ichat: Productivity utility even more productive ical for grown-ups 26

27 Not 3D reflective dock Stacks Partially transparent menu bar ical features hard to set up right now 27

28 Is it worth it? 28

29 Is it worth it? Find your features Make a shopping list For most active users, probably 29

30 Should I wait? If you ve waited this long, sure. I ve found it to be pretty stable, but still some bugs that will shake out over time Make sure your programs are compatible Make sure you make a full backup first (I recommend SuperDuper! & Carbon Copy Cloner) Upgrade Install, Archive & Install, Clean Install (plus Migration Assistant) 30

31 Thank You! 31

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