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‘Snow Leopard’ Stories

Apple Releases OS X 10.6.8 Supplemental Update For Better Snow Leopard To Lion Transition

Rue Liu, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

If you haven't updated to the new Mac OS X Lion just yet, then you might want to get a new OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard update before you make the plunge. Apple has just released a version 1.1 supplemental update for 10.6.8 that replaces the previous version and aims to improve the transition from Snow Leopard to Lion. Read The Full Story

Safari 5.1 released for OS X Snow Leopard and Windows

Chris Davies, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has released Safari 5.1, bringing Mac users still running OS X Snow Leopard - as well as Windows users - up to date with the version of the browser bundled in OS X Lion. The updated version includes Reading List, allowing links and pages to be saved for later review, together with Resume, which can automatically reopen all previous tabs when you restart the browser. Read The Full Story

Reviews

MacBook Pro 15-inch Review (early 2011)

Vincent Nguyen, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [17]

Apple’s MacBook Pro refresh last week didn’t get a press event with huge fanfare, but it’s arguably the most important update to the notebook range in some time. Bringing in Intel’s 2011 Core processor range across the board, and spicing up the larger models with AMD discrete graphics, the new versions may look the same but they promise a huge leap in performance. The high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro arrived on the SlashGear test bench last Thursday and we’ve been putting it through its paces ever since. Could this really be the best notebook around? Check out the full review after the cut.

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Mac OS X 10.6.3 release imminent?

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2010 Discuss [1]

Looks like we should all brace for an Apple update; according to World of Mac's sources, the Cupertino company is readying to release Mac OS X 10.6.3. The latest developer build of the update - 10D558 - went out recently, with the accompanying notes left unchanged; the sources "continue to insist" that it's almost ready for a general release. Read The Full Story

Psystar agree Apple settlement deal over copyright wrangle

Chris Davies, Dec 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

In an unforeseen twist to the Apple/Psystar "clone Mac" legal wrangles, the upstart clone maker has apparently inked a settlement deal that will only be called upon should all of their appeals fall flat. The deal calls for Psystar to pay an as-yet unspecified amount in damages to Apple as well as cease pre-installing OS X onto their computers; however it may not prevent sales of OS-free machines, onto which customers would then be free to load OS X onto themselves using Psystar's Rebel EFI software tool. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO X gets OS X Snow Leopard

Chris Davies, Nov 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

There's a lot to like about Sony's VAIO X ultraportable - its indecently-skinny build, the engineering intelligence that went into its design, and its lengthy battery life just to name a few things - but if you're less than inspired by Windows 7 then how about a Mac OS X version? That's not one of Sony's official options, but insanelymac forum member Asama took it upon himself to throw OS X Snow Leopard onto the VAIO X himself. To do so he used the hacked together build of Snow Leopard that's been put together for the Sony VAIO P, reasoning that many of the components used in that don't-call-it-a-netbook machine were the same as used in the VAIO X. Happily it installed quite merrily, though as expected the WiFi doesn't work. Where fixing that in the VAIO P is a case of taking out the wireless card and swapping in a different one, it's a more arduous task on the VAIO X since so much has been soldered into place in the name of space-saving. Read The Full Story

Mac OS X 10.7 development already underway

Chris Davies, Nov 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

With Snow Leopard happily padding around hundreds of thousands of Macs around the world, it comes as little surprise to hear that Apple are already a few weeks into development of OS X 10.7. Sign of the upcoming OS refresh has been spotted in the change log of the open source "launchd" framework: a new entry for Mac OS build number "11A47" has turned up, and going by Apple's general nomenclature for build codes, that points squarely at OS X 10.7. Read The Full Story

Mossberg: “Windows 7 beats the Mac OS in some areas”

Chris Davies, Oct 8th 2009 Discuss [1]

If you're looking for inflammatory speech, search no more: everybody's favorite bearded-uncle of tech, Walt Mossberg, has well and truly rammed his metaphorical review-poker into the flames of the Windows/Mac argument. In his review of Windows 7 for All Things D, Mossberg confesses that while "In recent years, I, like many other reviewers, have argued that Apple’s Mac OS X operating system is much better than Windows. That’s no longer true." Nonetheless, Mossberg is still leaning toward Apple overall, going to to confirm that "I still give the Mac OS a slight edge because it has a much easier and cheaper upgrade path; more built-in software programs; and far less vulnerability to viruses and other malicious software, which are overwhelmingly built to run on Windows." Still, he confirms that "Now, however, it’s much more of a toss-up between the two rivals." Read The Full Story

Apple racking up sales with Snow Leopard

Shane McGlaun, Sep 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Apple's latest Mac operating system Snow Leopard has only been on the market for a few week now, but Apple is racking up impressive sales numbers. According to research firm IDC Snow Leopard is outselling the two previous Mac OS versions handily. Read The Full Story

Wacom Bamboo Touch multitouch tablet sold early, video reviewed

Chris Davies, Sep 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Wacom's upcoming Bamboo Touch multitouch tablet has not only been spotted in the wild, but prematurely bought, unboxed and reviewed, all with no official word from Wacom themselves. Meanwhile, Wacom's corporate site has confirmed that [pdf link] they've begun mass production of a Windows 7 compatible multitouch panels for notebooks, which can be combined with the company's pen sensor. Video unboxing and review after the cut Read The Full Story

Columns

Lessons From a Mac OS Switcher

Michael Gartenberg, Sep 10th 2009 Discuss [2]

I used to be a total Macintosh user; however, over time, various places I worked depended on Microsoft Windows and other MSFT technologies so that I was forced to use Windows for much of what I do. I still kept using a Mac, mostly for creative work and where business use allowed, but I had to have Windows in my life. Over the last few years, Apple has created a new line of machines that more closely match my laptop needs and have made a lot of changes to their core platform OS X. The result is a combination that makes for a very compelling argument to use Macintosh full time.