Looks like when you take a screen cap / grab in Snow Leopard, you get really useful filenames, instead of just “Picture1.png” etc.
Check out this how-to video (done with the new Snow Leopard screen recording feature of Quicktime!)
(if you are struggling to see the text/screen in this video, please view it on youtube
So I’ve just installed Snow Leopard on my near-new 13″ Macbook Pro. It’s fast, very fast. Faster than Leopard. The new Quicktime is nice, “stacks” are much improved. Excellent!
10.5.8 is out.
What’s included in this update:
Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2.
Improves the accuracy of full history search in Safari 4.
Resolves an issue in which certain resolutions might not appear in the Display pane in System Preferences.
Dragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead of incorrectly invoking an iPhoto action.
Resolves an issue that could prevent importing of large photo and movie files from digital cameras.
Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers.
Addresses an issue that could cause extended startup times.
Improves iCal reliability with MobileMe Sync and CalDav.
Addresses data reliability issues with iDisk and MobileMe.
Improves overall reliability with AFP.
Improves overall reliability with Managed Client.
Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks.
Improves Sync Service reliability.
Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras.
Improves compatibility with some external USB hard drives.
Includes latest security fixes.
Today Apple have updated their web site with some Snow Leopard information, including a ‘notify me’ link. Other news is that if you purchased your new Mac after June 8th, you’ll be eligible for a discount on the cost of Snow Leopard ($14.95 AUD I believe).
more information on the Apple site
So Apple have published a new page to their site(s) titled Enhancements and Refinements (for Snow Leopard)
http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
Here’s just some of the features I’ve picked out:
| With Snow Leopard and a compatible AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule base station, a computer that acts as a file or media server can go to sleep yet continue to share its files with other computers and devices, saving energy. |
Head on over to the Apple site and have a good read, it’s worth a look.
Apple has frozen Snow Leopard’s APIs, which means they are closer to release and developers can now start making programs based on the API’s without fear of them changing and breaking their app.
There’s also news that Snow Leopard will include a HFS+ driver for Windows, so when you’re using Boot Camp, you will be able to access your Mac files without a 3rd party app like MacDrive.
* sourced from mactalk
After deleting icons from the menu bar by pressing ‘command’ and pressing on the desired icon to remove it by dragging it to the desktop.
You can re add it again by open system/library/core service/menu bar, and duoble click on the desired icon to be displayed on the menu bar like volume, time machine….
Just when Snow Leopard is nearing completion for release, and “Regular” Leopard seemed to be completely documented, I stumbled upon this trick for Macbooks….In a Finder window, go to Columns view. If you have any videos, clicking on one, then placing the mouse pointer over on the Preview column, will make a small Play button appear…You can now use 2-fingers on the trackpad to Scroll-Preview through the video without even hitting the Play button…(You must have “show preview column” enabled in the View Options of the Finder).
Jorge Altamirano
http://backpackingonlittlemoney.wordpress.com/
