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Getting Quicksilver to Jive With Snow Leopard

Written on September 11, 2009 by Nick Santilli and 19 people have commented

From what I’ve been reading on support forums, some users of Quicksilver saw no affect from upgrading their machines to Snow Leopard. I however, was not one of those people. And although I am warming more and more to Google Quick Search Box, I still supplement my usage of QSB with Quicksilver where the former [...]

Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS

Written on September 01, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 8 people have commented

If you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that make your Mac so much easier to use. It’s unlikely Apple had Axiotron in mind when it included these features, though, so what’s the real story here?
Cult of Mac believes the features [...]

Snow Leopard Malware Targets Apple Users

Written on September 01, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 33 people have commented

Not that any TheAppleBlog readers would ever try to acquire software in a less-than-legal manner, but just in case you know someone who would, tell them to watch out for web sites claiming to bear Snow Leopard gifts.
Like the Adobe Photoshop CS4 and iWork ‘09 before it, Snow Leopard now has a super-special malware edition [...]

Snow Leopard: A Brief Introduction to the New Big Cat

Written on August 28, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 35 people have commented

I’m now running OS X 10.5.6 on two of my three eligible Macs (the fourth is a 12-inch PowerBook G4), and so far, I couldn’t be happier. I haven’t run into any nasty compatibility issues or really disastrous bugs (although Finder once auto-quit and restarted when I was fiddling with the menu bar), and general [...]

OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Officially Available Today

Written on August 28, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 15 people have commented

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Today, Apple officially launches the latest milestone update to its Mac OS X operating system. “Snow Leopard” is the fifth major update to the operating system since it was launched in 2001. Apple has spent the last year tweaking and refining just about every line of code [...]

Why I’ll Wait on Snow Leopard, and Why Maybe You Should Too

Written on August 26, 2009 by Dave Greenbaum and 81 people have commented

A new cat is upon us, but that doesn’t mean I’ll pounce on the latest upgrade, pardon the pun. Dare I admit in public I’m not an early adopter? Hey, if you like living on the edge, go for it. Go ahead and cook your poultry below 165 degrees or eat raw eggs.
Me, [...]

Apple Shipping Snow Leopard on Friday August 28

Written on August 24, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 25 people have commented

Looks like the rumor mill was spot on this time, as speculation that Mac OS X Snow Leopard would ship earlier than its anticipated September street date have proven true. Apple announced this morning via a press release that 10.6 will go on sale Friday, August 28th (yes, that’s the end of this week, you’re [...]

Rumor Has It: Snow Leopard Getting Early Release

Written on August 13, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 17 people have commented

The seeding yesterday by Apple of version 10A433 of Snow Leopard, which is presumed the Golden Master edition of the upcoming OS iteration, has led many to believe that Cupertino will be pushing the official launch date of the software up. The official line was, and always has been, that Apple would ship 10.6 on [...]

Snow Leopard Video Leaked, Screenshots Show New Features in Action

Written on May 19, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 12 people have commented

If you were getting antsy about Apple’s upcoming Snow Leopard OS X update, you’re not alone. One user was so eager to share that he uploaded video of the latest developer preview beta of the software to YouTube. It was promptly removed after Apple bared its legal teeth, but screenshots remain, and they provide a [...]

Apple’s Next Big Cat to Make WWDC Debut?

Written on June 04, 2008 by Nick Mediati and 23 people have commented

It seems just like yesterday that we were celebrating Leopard’s release. But if rumors hold true, we could be celebrating another big cat’s release come January 2009. According to a rumor first spotted over at TUAW, Apple may be planning to unveil Mac OS X 10.6 at next week’s WWDC in San Francisco, with a [...]