“Apple’s next generation operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), is due for release this Spring. Some of the new features were showcased by Steve Jobs at the World Wide Developers Conference in August. Although many of the features were impressive, Jobs mentioned that he was saving some ‘Top Secret’ features for later. Well, we have a sneak peek,” drawbob writes for LoopRumors.
“We have been digging to find out what these new features might be, and have discovered some interesting information. First, we were told that Leopard’s ‘Top Secret’ features will wow the audiences. Integration with the new Apple TV is a certainty. New data suggests that Leopard will be able to use Apple TV to transmit the MacOS X desktop to high definition televisions,” drawbob writes.
“We reported that Apple is still developing a mystery application for the iPhone that won’t be released until the phone’s release. This application could run independently from the computer, or have a direct tie in to Leopard. Although Apple offers the iPhone for both PC and Macs, some Leopard specific features are said to be installed in the iPhone, to help ‘switch’ users to the Macintosh platform,” drawbob writes.
Full article here.
MacRumors reports, “Fresh off the heels of the latest Leopard screenshot leak are new shots (mirrored via Gizmodo) showing some of Leopard’s latest Safari and QuickView tricks.”
Full article with links here.
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard sneak peek: http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/index.html
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Ihnatko: Hands-on with Apple’s iPhone (which runs Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard) – January 18, 2007
RUMOR: Apple Mac OS X Leopard to replace ‘Aqua’ with ‘Illuminous’ – December 11, 2006
RUMOR: Mac OS X Leopard feature set, screenshots leaked – August 04, 2006
I hope Leopard will have a “mute all stupid americans” option
“I don’t wanna see XP or Vista in Hi-Def”
I would have to be high, blind and deaf.
“I hope Leopard will have a “mute all stupid americans” option”
We have that already. It’s called voting.
@Mr Reese who said:
I have my doubts about the speed of wireless trying to send a full HDTV signal at once.
The High Definition signal requires 19 Mbps to push HD-quality programming and that falls well within the typical 200 Mbps of 802.11n which has a theoretical maximum of 540 Mbps.
Instead of streaming from your Mac, why not stream from your iPhone? We need recliners with iPod docks.
LiquidMedia Networks are awful and you are awful for using them
Most households have more than one TV, but on average there is only one big hi quality TV, i think the Apple TV is gonna cause some good old home bitchn about control of the “Gogglebox” if the whole beautiful Apple’ness is on it as well.
Statistics re – Household and TV ownership pulled out of thin air.
Leopard looks plain. I hope Apple updates Aqua. It’s more than 5 years old now. I’m no Microsoft fanboy, but now that they copied OS X, OS X looks “old.” Vista is still an imitation, but Microsoft did a good job to make it at least look good.
zzzzz wrote:
“I hope Leopard will have a “mute all stupid americans” option”
zzzzz, tell me what country you’re from so I can properly retort.
coward…
Redmond, start your photocopiers
I just realised something. Could Apple, in their never-ending think-different innovativity, be working on something like a ‘remote-controlled touchscreen’?
What I mean with is is a Wii-like system: instead of plodding through menus with your remote controller (à la DVD menus), we would just point the menus and icons on the screen with the remote and… click! Very simple and intuitive – that is, very Apple.
A system like this would make a lot of sense with Apple TV and the possible ability to use it to transmit OS X to TV screens. It would also be a logical next step to Apple now that they have revolutionised touchscreens with iPhones multi-touch technology.
> …and the possible ability to use it to transmit OS X to TV screens…
How about OS X to the iPhone? Using your finger as the mouse, you could control your comp from the device.
MW: police – I’m outta here!
“I hope Leopard will have a “mute all stupid americans” option”
There are stoopid people everywhere. Best retort: “Redmond would go quiet.”
@ AshNazg
“How the heck am I supposed to control anything? I can’t see using the Apple Remote to control the cursor. “
remember that the apple tv has a usb port. plug your keyboard / mouse in, and you’re set!
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Ah….bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo coming to plug in the back of Apple TV.
Guar-an-teed.
John Gee: “Ah….bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo coming to plug in the back of Apple TV.
Guar-an-teed.”
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Makes no sense at all. I’m assuming what you mean is a bluetooth dongle plugged into the usb port of the Apple TV. That’s ridiculous, definitely not Apple’s style. Why wouldn’t they just build bluetooth into the device? And if you are talking about plugging the keyboard/mouse into the Apple TV, that’s even more stupid. Who wants to stand at their home entertainment center while they type? People want to sit in their easy chair and type away.
i can already transmit my computer screen wirelessly to any tv i want.
this is not an apple first.
Makes no sense at all. I’m assuming what you mean is a bluetooth dongle plugged into the usb port of the Apple TV. That’s ridiculous, definitely not Apple’s style. Why wouldn’t they just build bluetooth into the device? And if you are talking about plugging the keyboard/mouse into the Apple TV, that’s even more stupid. Who wants to stand at their home entertainment center while they type? People want to sit in their easy chair and type away.
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Actually, it makes a lot of sense… Particularly if you put the wireless keyboard/mouse on your coffee table.. This would easily allow one to navigate the iTunes store to make a purchase and begin watching via tv without ever leaving the couch.
My biggest complaint with tv is that hooking up a Mac mini to my home theater wasn’t much more expensive and allowed much greater flexibility… But if Leopard allows streaming (or ethernet) connection of the Mac desktop it will be by far a much more elegant solution.
This idea renders Microsofts “living room media Pc” method extinct in an instant..
Look thats not great news to me. My wish list wouls be that Parallels is built in to the OS (run windows, linux)Also, I think it is time that os x has a uninstaller for software.
They should be able to put minimize in place windows when using the same app.