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

CrazyWingman said:
I'll add one more solution to those already here:

While dragging the files, hover over any directory you want to open. After a second a highlight will blink around that folder, then Finder will open it. You can do this as many times as you want with any icon in the Finder window (both left and right panels). If you get completely lost, just drag your mouse outside the Finder window, and you'll be returned to where you started dragging.

It's a bit slow for deep paths, but acceptable for small, infrequent moves.
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And... If you didn't realize it the Macintosh HD is also spring loaded on your desktop.
 
TBi said:
I agree. It really looks strange on the side. I don't "mind" the new look dock on the bottom though.

I think it would be great if they updated the look of the older dock and allowed you to use this. Or allow you to change the angle of the "shelf"
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Or instead of a Dock, the Apps could dangle on little chains from the menu bar, like Christmas decorations.
 
aLoC said:
Or instead of a Dock, the Apps could dangle on little chains from the menu bar, like Christmas decorations.
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That would only work if they were blinking!

The chain thing is a good idea though... instead of dragging the icon off the dock to get rid of it you just pull the chain and OSX makes a flushing sound and the icon disappears in a spinning vortex.
 
Cut and Paste

notsofatjames said:
if you put the file in the dock, then apple+click drag to its new location it will move the original file. Its kinda of like using the dock as a clipboard, but just remember to press apple+click, otherwise you'll just drag it off your dock and have to start again.
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You could just create the following workflow in Automator:

From Library select Finder. Select "Choose a Finder Item:" for your first action. For your second action select "Move Finder Items." Under options, check "show action when run" then select "show entire action" and click the "To" box.

Click run and you have pretty much what you want, I think.

Once you safe it (you can save it as a Finder plugin) you can right click on the desktop, scroll down to Automator and run your script.
 
mambodancer said:
You could just create the following workflow in Automator:

From Library select Finder. Select "Choose a Finder Item:" for your first action. For your second action select "Move Finder Items." Under options, check "show action when run" then select "show entire action" and click the "To" box.

Click run and you have pretty much what you want, I think.

Once you safe it (you can save it as a Finder plugin) you can right click on the desktop, scroll down to Automator and run your script.
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It would be easier just to drag and drop. I don't understand why they just can't add it...
 
TBi said:
That would only work if they were blinking!
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They would blink when they were loading :)

TBi said:
The chain thing is a good idea though... instead of dragging the icon off the dock to get rid of it you just pull the chain and OSX makes a flushing sound and the icon disappears in a spinning vortex.
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Ha! Brilliant!
 
pieman02 said:
LOL or you could click on that little blue apple top left of your screen and see what it says under "dock" :p

I want leopard so bad, the new dock and menu bar is secks
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Unfortunately, they got rid of that feature in the new Leopard build, nothing under Dock here...
 
Does the itunes pref window look like this currently? Or is it just if you run iTunes in Leopard? Seems odd you just get an icon but no text underneath, unless you click it (Podcasts currently clicked)

 
Project said:
I think the folder icon looks extremely nice in the system preferences. Looks a million times better than the existing Sharing folder icon in Tigers sys Pref menu
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I agree, and let us not miss out on the new display icon which looks like the current displays, not the old ones, or the new dock icon.
 
Tiny unmentioned UI change

Here's my contribution for smallest unmentioned UI change: the sync arrows in the menu bar are now thinner. Really. :)
 
decksnap said:
What does a stack look like if it's all aliases in it, instead of having to move the apps?
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Looks just fine. All the icons look like Aliases (with the little arrow); otherwise no difference.

Already in Tiger I had an app-launching folder in my Dock, with some apps organized into subfolders. Since I installed the Leopard preview this has turned into a Stack. At first I wasn't sure whether I liked it, but it quickly grew on me and now I probably like it better than using the contextual menu in Tiger. The only improvement I would love to see is the ability to backtrack after you've entered a subfolder.
 
Siemova said:
Looks just fine. All the icons look like Aliases (with the little arrow); otherwise no difference.

Already in Tiger I had an app-launching folder in my Dock, with some apps organized into subfolders. Since I installed the Leopard preview this has turned into a Stack. At first I wasn't sure whether I liked it, but it quickly grew on me and now I probably like it better than using the contextual menu in Tiger. The only improvement I would love to see is the ability to backtrack after you've entered a subfolder.
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For me a nice feature of stacks would be the ability to sort by 'Recently opened'. Best i can do now is sort by date modified but it doesnt seem to have the desired effect
 
re: menu bar transparency

Am I one of the ONLY ones who thinks the transparency of the menu bar is a GOOD thing? I would hope the final release does make that adjustable, just to please as many users as possible. But making it translucent is actually a GOOD idea. That's the one item that's on the screen so much of the time when using OS X, it eventually burns into most monitors.

Look at any older CRT used with MacOS for a long period of time. You can see a shadow of the menu bar across the top of it, permanently etched there.


benspratling said:
Let me be the first to say, "Don't accept it before you use it." The transparecy on the menu bar is tacky and ugly. ...but I like the 3D dock. More like... love it. It's what the dock was meant to be. :)
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kingtj said:
Am I one of the ONLY ones who thinks the transparency of the menu bar is a GOOD thing? I would hope the final release does make that adjustable, just to please as many users as possible. But making it translucent is actually a GOOD idea. That's the one item that's on the screen so much of the time when using OS X, it eventually burns into most monitors.

Look at any older CRT used with MacOS for a long period of time. You can see a shadow of the menu bar across the top of it, permanently etched there.
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I like the newer implementation than I did the one previewed at WWDC, but I've never really minded it. The new dock is actually quite nice in my opinion but i can see why some people are against it.
 
kingtj said:
Am I one of the ONLY ones who thinks the transparency of the menu bar is a GOOD thing? I would hope the final release does make that adjustable, just to please as many users as possible. But making it translucent is actually a GOOD idea. That's the one item that's on the screen so much of the time when using OS X, it eventually burns into most monitors.

Look at any older CRT used with MacOS for a long period of time. You can see a shadow of the menu bar across the top of it, permanently etched there.
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why do so many people ask if their the only one who likes something? You aren't! If you were apple wouldn't be putting whatever that thing is in the OS.

And I'm pretty sure the transparent menu bar will still burn into CRT's, maybe just a little fainter.
 
kingtj said:
Am I one of the ONLY ones who thinks the transparency of the menu bar is a GOOD thing? I would hope the final release does make that adjustable, just to please as many users as possible. But making it translucent is actually a GOOD idea. That's the one item that's on the screen so much of the time when using OS X, it eventually burns into most monitors.

Look at any older CRT used with MacOS for a long period of time. You can see a shadow of the menu bar across the top of it, permanently etched there.
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That's a good point. I never thought of menu bar transparency as an alternative to screen burning, it may lessen the damage. Although I always liked the option as a way of increasing desktop real estate. I personally believe the new dock does a great job in being less distracting when using Photoshop and other graphing/design utilities.
 
What do people not get about the missing "Cut" option???

Dragging and dropping is not the same thing. I shouldn't have to change my view settings just to move a file.

Let's say you are 6 folders deep and you want to move a file from the 6th level to the 5 level.

With cut this would take a bout 2 seconds. CMD+X, CMD+Up, CMD+V. Done.

With spring loaded folders is could take anywhere from 20-60 seconds depending on where you are and what's in your side panel.

With "Copy" this might not be possible depending on the size of the file and your available free space.

Cut needs to be put back into the OS.
 
Software Update

Could someone confirm if updating to this current version is possible through software update? (from version 9a499)

I've heard both....i'd likea definitive answer.
 
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