There’s nothing quite like a nice bunch of leaked next-gen Mac OS X screenshot goodness.
Shots include:
• The WWDC Leopard installer
• Automator 2.0
• Directory Utility 2.0
• Disk Utility 11.0
• DVD Player 5.0
• Finder’s new View Option with Grid Spacing
• iCal 3.0
• iChat 4.0 (3 screenshots)
• Keychain Access 4.0
• Mail 3.0
• Note and To Do list functionality in Mail 3.0
• Photo Booth 2.0 with animated GIF capture
• Safari 3.0’s new Find feature
• Help withe Spotlight functionality
• Spring loaded folders finally come to the Dock in Leopard
• Expose & Spaces in System Preferences 4.0
• Spaces System Preference
• Print & Fax System Preference
• Time Machine System Preference
• VoiceOver 2.0
• Leopard’s new Trash window
Via Think Secret: http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/macosxleopard/0608wwdc/
Even in the early stages, it looks pretty good!
Are these from the fired Apple employees?
MDN word “Maybe” how appropriate.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, should not show all of these screenshots of Apple’s next OS. Its like I know what’s inside a christmas gift.
well..
Grid space adjustment for Finder windows and sprint loaded Dock folders: good. The rest: meh.
I got all excited and then realized these are the same pictures they posted over the weekend – see my post in the comments (about the fourth one down or so).
And, yes, I have no life.
• Leopard’s new Trash window
Well its not really that new. Its just the same as usual with the side bar closed. Its still there, you can open it up if you drag the dot in the middle! All thats new is the blue bar with empty button
These ‘leaks’ all have one thing in common: none of them have yet to show us anything worth paying for.
Steve’s Super Secrets (held back lest MS copier gets overload) had better be good.
“These ‘leaks’ all have one thing in common: none of them have yet to show us anything worth paying for.”
And if that’s how you feel, imagine the poor Windows users that have nothing more than Vista to look forward to in the future…
It’s ok, not a big leap from 10.4. I mean, who’s gonna use Mail’s notes? Some of those features are basic improvements that could have been added in a 10.4.x update. Let’s be honest people, spring loaded folders in the dock and a different view for the Trash folder – wow. Not that I would switch to Windows anytime soon, I’m hoping the secret features will know my socks off.
ho-hum.
why do i think the new secret features will be new icons or backgrounds or something else totally “who cares?”
10.4 > 10.5 so far not impressed. i can´t ever imagine using the time machine or lost of the other doo-dads.
“I mean, who’s gonna use Mail’s notes?”
I am. I can’t wait for it. It’s going to make my work flow much more productive. Newsflash: The world doesn’t revolve around you! Just because you don’t see the value of a feature, doesn’t mean others won’t.
The more I think about how I’d use Spaces, the more excited I get about it. For those who don’t think the new features are worth it, don’t buy it. The fact of the matter is, the OS is so close to perfect already, it’s getting harder to find new features to add. That really sucks, huh?
I will certainly be using the ability to add more than 1 folder to the background selection
Time Machine alone is worth $149. A brand new OS, priceless..
$149 upgrade + $299 for addl memory to run the doo dads + $199 hard drive to hold ’em.
What a bargain!
SSS (Steve’s Secret Stuff) had better be good.
It’s not a matter of whether or not I will upgrade, the point is whether we are going to allow Apple to rip us off (again) just because they’ve decided it’s time.
go <a >leopard</a>!!!!
At this point, only Time Machine and Spaces look worthwhile. I hope Steve surprises us really well next spring.
“I mean, who’s gonna use Mail’s notes?”
I will. At present I have several mail ‘drafts’ at any given moment that I use as notes.
It is a simple repository for ideas, drafts of blog posts, etc
Dear Pete Peterson,
Add these to your list
$1.29 for a box of Kleenex
$2.99 for a tube of Preparation H
$3.49 for a bottle of Midol
Here’s a simple solution for you:
If the cost is too much for you to bear, skip the upgrade.
There are lots of people who skip version numbers. Big Deal.
Some of the announced features look compelling, others clean up or simplify some rough edges. Every version of OS X has made my Mac run FASTER than the previous version. Not a bad trick and certainly worth a few extra shekels.
“Mac fans online are fond of pointing out that in the time it took Microsoft to release *one* new Windows version, Apple has released *five* new Mac OS X versions. (Of course, they’re less vocal about the fact that they’ve dished out $650 to keep up with these updates.)” —David Pogue
Mr. Reeee
I don’t want to skip the upgrade. I want the upgrade to be worth the cost. Since the Mac faithful are so fast to buy anything Steve is willing to dole out, we get less and less.
My message is for us consumers to demand all that Apple is capable of delivering, holding nothing back, and not trying to fool us with gimmicks and eye candy.
Make iLife as good as it can be (it’s not, now) accelerate iWork, punch up performance with the latest, secret Intel stuff, and quit trying to convince us that widgets, gadgets, and goofy tweaks of the little stuff is worth the cost of a point upgrade.
pete peterson stfu and buy some decent hardware already
what are you workin on a 7 yr old mac?
mw: appeared. as in it appeared that you said you needed to buy some hardware to make leopard work…wtf do you think PC owners will have to do when off in the distance vista comes out
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Might be wrong article link. D’oh! http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/technology/10POGUE-EMAIL.html?emc=eta1
and stfu about ripoffs you are not dealing w/ m$ here
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Very cool that setting up Time Machine is part of the OS installation process. Even is someone does not have a spare external (or internal) drive handy, it may encourage the user to go get one to take advantage of this feature later (and play it safe). And I like the move to “non-brushed-mental” windows. I hope ALL the apps (including Safari 3) get the “soothing smooth gray” treatment.
What does Spaces do? I don’t get it.
To all who are ALREADY complaining about the cost to upgrade…
* These are “leaked” screen shots. How can anyone make worthwhile comments about the value of Leopard based a couple of pictures?
* Many planned features will not be in this early release to developers, precisely because Apple expects these “leaks.” And some types of improvements cannot be represented in screenshots, even if they are present.
* Every “point-one” release of Mac OS X has been worth $129 (often available for $99), except for 10.1 (Puma). And that (10.1) was the release that Apple gave away for free to the brave early adopters who bought 10.0. I don’t think Leopard will be any different.
davo go to apple.com and look at the tutorials
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Just a guess, but I’d bet that the thing they’re holding back is massive changes to the Finder, and the look of the overall OS. The developer version has some of the minor ones, but the big ones they’re saving for the final release. I have no evidence of this, just a hunch.
After looking at all the QT movies of the Leopard sneak peek (http://www.apple.com/macosx), what I came away with was the undeniable sense of, “Wow! That is so cool and so easy!” These are useful, rewarding things that Joe Sixpack and Donna Domestic can have *fun* with!
Things like the stationery feature in Mail, the ability to restore deleted photos in Time Machine, the screen sharing with audio feature in iChat. Making your own Widgets in DashWorks. Even the Core animation stuff was cool.
Do you think any of our Windows brethren will be thinking, “Wow! This is so cool and so easy!” when they finally come face to face with Vista?
I hope Apple will be wise enough to launch Leopard *in direct competition with Vista* and do a head-to-head, tough-as-nails comparison of how easy it is to get useful things done. The users will come in droves.
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MW “when” : When the time is right…
Even with these small samples and with a demo, we still have no idea of what Leopard brings to the table, so there’s not really much point in speculating on specifics. Having said that, we experienced Tiger as being the big “features” release. It may be that Leopard will be more about what’s under the hood.
The only real requests from me are:
1. that spaces can be used with at least the same functionality as Gnome or KDE multiple desktops (which are very useful and only covered by 3rd party apps in beta on Mac).
2. that Apple try to lose the brushed metal look as soon as possible. Man, I hate it!
i’m getting it as it will make my imac fell ‘nippy’
i heard there are go faster stripes in the packet instead of an apple logo
Why would Mail need RSS?
FTFF!! (Fix the fscking Finder)
As long as they do that, and integrate Spotlight a HELL of a lot more, I’ll be happy.
Through most of those pages of photos, the ad at the top of my screen said that my computer had a Problem and offerred to scan for virus.
LOL!
Hey – did anyone notice that in the disk utility window, the comments look like an fsck????? — not the usual disk permissions stuff
Was that a multi-colored Apple in the AppleTalk window? Cool!
Brings back memories.