Tag Archives: Mac OS X Leopard

Safari for Leopard’s Find takes a step back from the Safari 3 beta

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Steven Fisher

I’ve written before about how much I dislike Safari 2′s find. The Safari 3 beta really improved things by doing a much better job of highlighting matches. Actually, it was really good: Safari 3 in Leopard still does a better … Continue reading →

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Leopard: First impressions

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Steven Fisher

I used the default packages and install options because I haven’t seen my Office 2004 disc around in a while. The install was slow (I let it check the DVD), but required no intervention. I thought Leopard’s menu bar was … Continue reading →

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Classic is not just dead, it’s buried now too.

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Steven Fisher

One of the worst kept secrets about Leopard is now officially public knowledge: There’s no Classic environment. Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs? Classic applications do not work on Intel processor-based Macs or with … Continue reading →

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Does it still include a spell checker?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Steven Fisher

From Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard 300+ New Features: Dynamic Web Filter Protect your children from websites with unsuitable content. Apple technology automatically trys to detect inappropriate content and prevents those web pages from appearing. You can override the filter … Continue reading →

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New Leopard features

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Looking over the new features in Mac OS X “Leopard” 10.5, I see a few things that I hadn’t previously heard of. ((See also Allen Pike’s list.)) AppleScript – Some neat additions, including support for Ruby, Python and Objective-C. There’s … Continue reading →

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How many ways can you spell Leopard?

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Well, the cat’s out of the bag, but along with it will come the inevitable misspellings by those unwilling to run a spell check. I can scarcely wait to see Leperd, Lepard, Lepurd ((I don’t think we’ll see Lepherd. That … Continue reading →

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Apple to Carbon developers: Switch to Cocoa

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Despite being promised last year, it looks like Mac OS X 10.5 will not have a 64-bit Carbon. This is actually pretty pathetic – it seems as though Carbon 64 was almost ready. Despite the Carbon team having fewer resources … Continue reading →

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