BabyGotMac has posted screenshots of the yet-to-be-released Mac OS X 10.5.2 mega-update from Apple, including:
• DVD/CD Sharing
• Time Machine options, including remote backup
• Time Machine drop down in menubar
• Stacks options (List, Folder and Grid views)
• Translucent Menu bar option
See them here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Too Hot!” for the heads up.]
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“largest public beta testing in all of personal comupting history”
That would be Vista….
and “computing”
AND it’s not done yet. 10.4 wasn’t “done” until 10.4.11 (and there may still be a 12 so Leopard’s shipping and they’re still in “beta” with 10.4!!!) 10.4 probably should have been kept in testing until, say, two months from now. Then, they wouldn’t have had to have so many updates. What was the rush? It’s not like Microsoft was in a hurry…
Up and down, up and down… Wow, you might actually be able to plug an external hard drive to AirPort Express! The icon bothers me a little though, it clearly shows an AirPort Extreme, not Express. On my MacBook Leopard has a proper icon to AE in the AirPort Utility. We’ll see.
The option to switch off the menu bar’s translucency will probably also make lots of people happy.
“Does the update eliminate the asinine glossy screen?”
Yes, it does. But there are a few extra steps. After downloading the update burn it to a CD or DVD. Then, prep the surface of the disc with rough grade sandpaper until it has a visible texture. Then, carefully rub the disc over the entire surface of your glossy monitor. This will get rid of the glossiness.
I’m quite happy with my Leopard.
But the ability to backup wirelessly will be most welcome… and it’ll mean I haven’t wasted my money buying an AEBS and external HD.
for Ampar
LOL LO L nice idea if anybody want to get rid of their glossy screen LOL
Old Mac Man, you must be new to computing. What did you do before LCDs?
If you don’t like glossy, get a can of dulling spray from your local art supply store. Duh.
Welcome fixes:
• List view in Stacks
• Transparency in the menu bar is now optional and can be set in Desktop Preferences
Thank you, Apple Engineers!
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Yes Frater, auto hide for the menubar would be delightful.
But… if the top of a window hits the top of the screen you’d mouse up there, bump against the top and activate the menubar every time.
That’s probably the reason they don’t do a menubar auto hide.
Old Mac Man:
I have a new iMac, you really do get used to the screen. In the Apple Store it looks horrible, I admit. Here in my office it is simply breathtakingly sharp and clear.
Ampar:
I personally like ‘NObama’ I mean, even if you like the guy the ads are just at saturation point. If you don’t like him it’s like seeing ads for Carrot Top everywhere.
“What did you do before LCDs?”
They computed on WOODEN screens…. and they were HAPPY darnit! They LIKED it. Oh how they LOVED it.
@Yours Smugly:
It’s the name that’s wrong, not the icon. It’s an Airport Extreme that was accidentally named ‘airport_express’ out of habit.
“What did you do before LCDs?”
Stare at a fire until the mastodon meat was done.
Y’know, if Apple had in mind fixing Remote Backup all along, why the hell didn’t they just say so? They could have saved a lot of disappointed customers a fair bit of grief. That said, I am very happy to see the feature being restored as I already bought an Extreme for that advertised feature alone. Still, I’ll cross my fingers hoping they don’t axe the feature *again* sometime before the release date.
Ampar,
Why not just use a “fine” grade of sandpaper applied directly to the screen and save a step?
Jerry T,
Because that would take the update out of the solution and subsequently destroy the sarcastic reply to “Does the update eliminate the asinine glossy screen?” Hopefully, that makes as much sense as necessary. Thanks.
Ampar, you keep me chuckling, even on a suck-ass day like today.
Thanks
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My iPod touch screen is too glossy
1 … Yes, Leopard was released before it was “ready”. Not quite a “Windows” level disaster, but not to Apple’s usual standards.
2 … Yes, you can blame the a) late release and b) premature status of the release on the iPhone. And that has been patched, too.
3 … kidding, right? This may be Apple’s worst case of releasing Beta-ware as ready-ware, but it can’t come close to either XP or Vista – and Vista has yet to be patched!
Old Mac Man,
“Does the update eliminate the asinine glossy screen?”
Don’t worry, go ahead and buy the glossy screen. I’m sure that in no time it will have a nice matte finish caused from you spewing spittle and wheezing phlegm from your sputum filled lungs. Just watch that chewing tobacco.
Oh fantastic, I will now have an option to make my menu bar translucent or not… except my iMac G5 apparently doesn’t have the graphics to make it translucent in the first place!!! oh well…
Stop lying Leopard is perfect!! These updates just make it more perfect.
@ Wrong Again
Wooden screens! Wooden screens! You were so lucky! We just had broken Etch-a-Sketch screens. And were proud of them, too.
And we walked to school. 10 miles, uphill, both ways. Put baked potatoes in our boots to stay warm — had mashed potatoes for lunch.
The kids nowadays just don’t appreciate how good they have it.
Ugh, these obama ads really suck… I can’t for the life of me figure out why a Mac-oriented site feels the need to pimp Obama all over the sides and top. Can’t MDN find better advertising and stop pushing their political agenda down people’s throats?
Thanks to everyone for stopping by the site. It was MDN, Digg, MacRumors, Ars and several large German sites all in the past day…overall the server kept up pretty well for some 50k+ unique visitors.
Again, thanks for the link and the comments.
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@ Admission Due
No OS is perfect, especially when newly released (Leopard included). But if you call Leopard a beta, what’s Vista/XP/95/etc? Alpha? At best.