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Apple Seeds Mac OS X Leopard (9A527/9A528a)

Sky Blue said:
new default desktop, no more grass? yay!
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i dont get what was so bad about the grass in any case. i liked it so much ive used it as my desktop ever since WWDC. its got such nice, refreshing colours. in any case, a space themed one ought to be cool. pictures anyone?
 
The Size is 6.44 GB.

Known Limitations:
- Cisco VPN does not work in this seed. If you have it installed your system may become sluggish. To correct this, remove the Cisco VPN software from the StartupItems folder and restart.
- Font validation and installation are very slow in this seed. Users should turn off validation in the Font Book preferences.
- Installation will not succeed if your system has a SCSI PCI host adapter card and a connected SCSi drive. Power down your SCSI drive before installing the seed.
- Files copied using SMB to a Windows server may become corrupt. Copies from Windows to Mac OS X Leopard or from Leopard to another Mac OS X server work correctly.
- Sometimes AFP share points mount as Read-only.
- If your installations are failing on a busy network, unload the ALF.kext from the start of the installer: 1. Choose your install language. 2. Switch from the Installer to the Terminal. 3. Type "/sbin/kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/ALF.kext". 4.Quit Terminal and continue the install.
- Performing firmware updates will result in an error dialog upon restart. Despite the warning, firmware updates will install successfully. To suppress the dialog, open the Accounts preference and manually remove the updater from your login items.
- If you choose to migrate or perform an Archive and Install over an earlier Leopard system, your user-installed applications may not be copied to the new system.
- The Parallels Desktop installer sets the wrong permissions on /. You can change them back by typing "sudo chmod 1775 / && sudo chgrp admin /"
- If you use Archive & Install to install the seed or perform a user migration you may get a dialog asking for your password for SC helper.
- Address Book Syncing does not work in the seed. It's best to turn off syncing of contacts to .Mac.
- The MP4 AAC codec (in AudioCodecs.component) - API wapper codes have been completely re-factored. Please test your AAC applications for compatibility.
- Quartz Composer based iTunes visualizers are now in the build and should be tested. You can create your own Quartz Composer developer application and install it in ~/Library Compositions.


BTW YOU CANNOT UPDATE THIS USING SW UPDATE. Have a good day.
 
Notes I've observed so far:

  1. Menu bar is now only slightly transparent. Primarily white based. Much better, readable.
  2. Traffic Lights (Close, Minimize, Zoom) are different.
  3. Seems much snappier.
  4. The gradient on menu-selections is now the same selected-gradient you see in the sidebar of the Finder (and latest iTunes releases)
 
AppleJustWorks said:
Notes I've observed so far:

  1. Menu bar is now only slightly transparent. Primarily white based. Much better, readable.
  2. Traffic Lights (Close, Minimize, Zoom) are different.
  3. Seems much snappier.
  4. The gradient on menu-selections is now the same selected-gradient you see in the sidebar of the Finder (and latest iTunes releases)
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Awesome! Thanks for the news! Any way you could snap a few screenshots?
 
AppleJustWorks said:
Notes I've observed so far:

  1. Traffic Lights (Close, Minimize, Zoom) are different.
  2. Seems much snappier.
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:eek: What do you mean they changed the traffic lights!? Did they finally fix the zoom button? Does it do the same thing with all applications?
AND it seems much snappier!? I'm buying leopard just for that.
Snap
snap
snap
snap
>+<
 
wow, it must be getting close to ready! man i'm tempted to pay for the ADC membership that gets the leopard beta.....cuz you get client and server (correct?)
 
tuffluffjimmy said:
hah, I know what you mean I've made my menu transparent. Now with the correct background I am nearly complete. Now about that dock....
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hahah yes..the dock. u can actually download the Liger theme. and within it is a .pkg that sets a leopard style dock behind the normal dock. then by making ur dock transparent..it looks like Leopard. its all very complicated and doesnt run smoothly but it can be done. search it. :)
 
AppleJustWorks said:
Notes I've observed so far:

  1. Menu bar is now only slightly transparent. Primarily white based. Much better, readable.
  2. Traffic Lights (Close, Minimize, Zoom) are different.
  3. Seems much snappier.
  4. The gradient on menu-selections is now the same selected-gradient you see in the sidebar of the Finder (and latest iTunes releases)
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Assuming this is true, me so very very happy. If the menu bar is indeed more usable in this build, then that should put in end to those "FTFM" naysayers. Not sure what you mean by the "different" traffic lights, but I suppose a fresh change would be nice after all these years. OH, and the system-wide use of that sexy, subtle gradient.... very tasteful! OH OH and teh snap snap! Gotta love teh snap snap. :D

I have a good feeling Apple knows its stuff. Seemingly small things can make a big difference.
 
Wayfarer said:
Assuming this is true, me so very very happy. If the menu bar is indeed more usable in this build, then that should put in end to those "FTFM" naysayers. Not sure what you mean by the "different" traffic lights, but I suppose a fresh change would be nice after all these years. OH, and the system-wide use of that sexy, subtle gradient.... very tasteful! OH OH and teh snap snap! Gotta love teh snap snap. :D

I have a good feeling Apple knows its stuff. Seemingly small things can make a big difference.
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Snap, snappy, snappier, snappiest anyway you say it it's all good. Always thought the grass was way too windowy. The time it is a passing.
 
If

If this new build for leopard has a new background and an intro movie wouldn't it make sense to be the final build before it is put into production on DVD? And then we will have some updates on day one.
 
I wonder if they got the iChat video effects to work with the integrated Intel graphics chips yet. I think they got rid of it entirely in 9a500n.
 
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