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A Look at WWDC 2009 Build of Snow Leopard

Beware of the Auto Correction

If the automatic spelling "correction" is turned on by default (working like on the iPhone) Apple will bring pain and sorrow to millions of Mac users around the world. Their dictionaries in many languages are just ridiculous crap and on the iPhone many people spend more time correcting the dictionary then they would spend correcting their own mistakes. I wouldn't be surprised if soon some students are being told "Don't get a Mac, it's bad for word processing!" just for this feature alone.
 
Roller said:
I'm looking forward it to SL as well. But my major concern is whether it'll have Rosetta support. I've read differing comments on this, ranging from "no" to "it'll be an optional install." There are a few PPC apps, especially Quicken, that I still rely on (thanks, Intuit).
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i just installed the WWDC beta..... ill offer some info on this.... the install is actually only an add on to the leopard install itself.... u donnt have to restart and run off the disc at all..... although u can if u like it does go a little faster

there is no archive and install or anything so if u want a fresh install u have to install leopard first then go over it with snow

when ur doing the install if u cusomize u can choose with or without rosetta..... i chose without and realise right quick that Office needs it...... but apple software update to the rescue.... when i opened word it told me i needed rosetta and the proceeded to download it for me

hope that helps
 
Machinima said:
That was for swap file space because computers a few decades ago didn't have enough RAM, however it hasn't been necessary on Windows or Mac for a long long time, however certain distributions of Linux, including Ubuntu still need it.
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You probably should also take into consideration the amount of RAM that you have in your Mac since the OS will need that much space in order to save your state when putting the computer to sleep, just in case you lose power (Deep Sleep, I think this state is called). I am not certain if this space is automatically reserved and you can certainly change a Preference somewhere to only maintain the data in RAM in RAM while the computer is asleep rather than writing it out to the hard drive.

Since I was without a battery for my MBP for almost a week, Deep Sleep was pretty invaluable, although I did forget to let it go to sleep fully before unplugging the power a couple of times (old habits die hard...).
 
Machinima said:
That was for swap file space because computers a few decades ago didn't have enough RAM, however it hasn't been necessary on Windows or Mac for a long long time, however certain distributions of Linux, including Ubuntu still need it.
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That's just completely wrong all the way around.
 
it's kind of stupid to switch from base 2 to base 10. it actually IS base 2 and apple won't change that.

however, the fact that most users still think 1024 = 1000 may have driven apple to that step...
 
its really funny that all u guys are freaking about this.... its really not that big a deal..... and itmay be the first step to getting other os's to do the same.... personally i look forward to my TB drives showing 1TB rather then 931MB
 
intel said:
my build doesnt have dock expose, need it bad. micosoft has long had a solution for this.
the interface on finder really really sucks compared to what microsoft offers, and they sai that they wont change any of it, that is just total and utter BS, they should get their act together.
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R u serious?

1. Microsoft stole the dock idea in Windows 7 from MAC OSX/
2. Finder is soo much better the explore in Windows and the version in SL blows it away with the previews, quick look, search, even to the point that when u download a application it shows a status bar in finder under the icon.
3. Dock Expose will be nice and blows away MS Areo Peak function.
4. Windows has nothing that compares to Expose at all!!!!!
5. Lets not forget things windows does have: Apple Mail, Stacks, Spaces, Stability, Speed, No Viruses, refined OS, iPhoto, iMovie, and the list can go on.
 
MacRumors said:
- System-wide spelling correction
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I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere and I don't remember it being in Leopard but Snow Leopard automatically detects the language you are typing in. I type a lot in English and German and when I type in German it automatically switches to the German dictionary for spell checking.
 
GB is not base 2, "GiB" is base 2

yg17 said:
I hope there's a way to change it to base 2, that's how it's supposed to be
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The standards bodies defined "Giga" to mean 10^9 a long time ago, and they're pushing the computer industry to stop misusing the term.

You did know that your 2 GHz CPU is 2,000,000,000 Hz, yes? And you did know that your Gigabit Ethernet was 1,000,000,000 bits per second, yes?

10^9 is "how it's supposed to be", calling 2^30 a "giga" is just wrong.


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/11/08/i_say_petabyte_you_say/
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
 
xraydoc said:
Unless Apple can get Redmond to do the same thing, this will further add to the confusion between Mac and Windows users.
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Should be no problem there... everything Apple does, Microsoft does a few years later :)

It'll be weird having everything count in base 10, but I suppose it's sensible enough. It's before my time, but I'm sure similar things were said for decimalisation and that all worked out simpler in the end.

RAM will be interesting, that would have to show up as 4.096GB for example? Unless they leave it in GiB.
 
I hope the usage of base 10 in storage capacity and file sizes will remove the confusion for end users. How many times have you been asked by an end-user "why is my 100GB drive actually only 97GB?"? Not so much these days because end-users just think "Oh, I've been duped by the computer people again!".

Hardware vendors are the only people that actually report the correct values as 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1 Million Bytes (B). The base 2 equivalent of 1,048,576 Bytes is actually more accurately known as a Mebibyte (MiB).

Oddly, Apple have used both forms in reporting hardware specs in base 10 and software reports in base 2.

Let's hope in time it will be less confusing for everyone.
 
I'm thrilled for a great update at only $29. Probably like a lot of you, I spend around 10 hours or more per day in OS X. Anything that helps me be more productive is great.
 
Kelmon said:
I don't suppose there is support for additional languages in Snow Leopard, as far as the system-wide dictionary is concerned, is there? I'm kinda fed up with Leopard (and previous releases) insisting that I spell using American English rather than British English.
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Can't you just drag "British English" to being above "English" in the International System Preferences pane to fix this?

I use "Australian English" and don't notice the spell checker being incorrect for me...

 
reverie said:
If the automatic spelling "correction" is turned on by default (working like on the iPhone) Apple will bring pain and sorrow to millions of Mac users around the world. Their dictionaries in many languages are just ridiculous crap and on the iPhone many people spend more time correcting the dictionary then they would spend correcting their own mistakes. I wouldn't be surprised if soon some students are being told "Don't get a Mac, it's bad for word processing!" just for this feature alone.
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In my language (Dutch) the spell correction is actually very accurate. BUT what I hate is the fact that you can't easily switch languages, as if everybody only ever writes in one language. My Dutch spell correction is totally useless when writing this comment on MR for example.

For this reason alone I use Firefox and MS Word rather than Safari and Pages, since they allow easy switching of the language used in the spell correction, a feature that every program where you often need to type should have.
 
Base 10 will be a wonderful thing. It'll finally bring the issue of "Where did my HDD space go?" to an end. HDD manufacturers and OS developers have needed to get on the same page forever.
 
Bryan605 said:
R u serious?

1. Microsoft stole the dock idea in Windows 7 from MAC OSX/
2. Finder is soo much better the explore in Windows and the version in SL blows it away with the previews, quick look, search, even to the point that when u download a application it shows a status bar in finder under the icon.
3. Dock Expose will be nice and blows away MS Areo Peak function.
4. Windows has nothing that compares to Expose at all!!!!!
5. Lets not forget things windows does have: Apple Mail, Stacks, Spaces, Stability, Speed, No Viruses, refined OS, iPhoto, iMovie, and the list can go on.
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That's all subjective my friend. Personally I use OS X on a MBA, I find it much better at doing things quickly with the limited space granted by a laptop than on Windows.

Having said that when it's time to sit down at home and start doing some research and word processing, for my purposes nothing quite beats Windows. Why? Well, I think a lot of the criticism with Windows is that it is very heavy visually. When you can sit down I find it a bit quicker to do focused work on a Windows machine, while OS X lends itself to a more diverse range of applications.

So, I think they both have advantages. OS X/Finder/Exposé busts Windows up pretty bad when it comes to fast, efficient multitasking over a wide range of apps. However the opposite is true when one is using only, say, a browser and word processor; the "monolithic" info heavy Windows GUI is a bit more efficient, at least for me.

Hence why I use OS X on the go and Windows at home.

Each to their own though.
 
Hooray for system-wide spelling correction. I hope everyone can recognise what a good idea this is. Colour me excited.

Also, why is it 'English' and 'British English', rather than 'American English' and 'English'? Never got that one...
 
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