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Apple Updates Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) to 9A528d

I wonder if they're thinking it's better to get things out the door on time and fix things right after. Granted, for hardware, that's bad. But for software it really isn't a problem. It just means you get your product a week or two earlier at the cost of having to update your software (which is quite easy).

Or they are degrading in quality over time... I like to think it's the former :D.
 
Everything in those screenshots looks gorgeous. I honestly cannot wait for Leopard now, with all these teasers, news, screenshots, etc. :D And yes, Apple may be pushing things out the door quickly, but they have been keeping on top of the updates and such. This looks promising and stable.
 
Littleodie914 said:
Speaking of all the slight changes, does anybody know if you can use the cool video backdrops in iChat yet? You'd think if they were planning on releasing it in a month or so, it would be showing up in the developer builds. :confused:
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Yup. There are 4 pages of iChat video effects, with the last page being custom backgrounds that are user defined. In the previous build, 9A527, the video effects needed the user to step out of the camera range so iSight could register the background. Then the user steps into the frame with the superimposed effect. However, it was spotty as the busier the background of the room the less likely the effect to work. Seems the corrected some of this with iChat 4.0 in this build.

Screen shots of iChat 4.0 video effects:

iChat1.jpg


iChat2.jpg


iChat3.jpg


iChat4-1.jpg
 
chrisdazzo said:
I was actually reading my Macbook user manual in front of my Macbook one time and pressed command-f while reading to try and search for something... Then I realized... :p
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I can relate. I was going through the handwritten notes of an essay and I tried to "command-C" a block of text so I could paste it into my working draft.

I don't recall how I thought I must have highlighted the bit of text I wanted, I think it was probably 3am.
 
CJD2112 said:
Yup. There are 4 pages of iChat video effects, with the last page being custom backgrounds that are user defined. In the previous build, 9A527, the video effects needed the user to step out of the camera range so iSight could register the background. Then the user steps into the frame with the superimposed effect. However, it was spotty as the busier the background of the room the less likely the effect to work. Seems the corrected some of this with iChat 4.0 in this build.

Screen shots of iChat 4.0 video effects...
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Sweet pics! Also, we all know now what you look like. Heehee... ;)
 
CJD2112 said:
Yup. There are 4 pages of iChat video effects, with the last page being custom backgrounds that are user defined. In the previous build, 9A527, the video effects needed the user to step out of the camera range so iSight could register the background. Then the user steps into the frame with the superimposed effect. However, it was spotty as the busier the background of the room the less likely the effect to work. Seems the corrected some of this with iChat 4.0 in this build.

Screen shots of iChat 4.0 video effects:

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Awesome. :eek:
 
BWhaler said:
anyone have the sad and sneaking feeling Leopard is going to be a train wreck?

Maybe it was the comment from Adobe.

Maybe it is the disgraceful streak of poor decisions and terrible quality Apple has been on of late.

Will Leopard be the final straw? Does Jobs even work at Apple anymore?

Something is wrong/different/off. I hate to say it, but I am sure it's true...
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I don't know what your talking about because Adobe has been making comments like that for years. I guess you forgot the many times they pretty much threatened to leave the Mac platform. Adobe is afraid that Apple might try to compete with them in the graphics market since they pretty much have a monopoly which in turn leads to a love-hate relationship between the two.

Also you mention Apple's quality issues. Well lets see how well every other company produces multi-touch display products. Oh wait, no other company does that. You seem to think complaining about Apple's quality control is something new. I've seen it on here since I started reading in 2003 and it's nothing new.
 
The date in which Leopard has been said to be released is Tuesday October 31st, 2007. The Official Release date will be announced on October the 3rd
 
Just updated to 9a528d.. everything seems to be fine and stable EXCEPT my USB hard drives (with a GUID partition table) will not mount. System profiler recognizes them as USB drives, but they will not show up in Disk Utility nor will they show up on the Finder. I'm not finding anything of use in my logs either.

Any other developers having the same problem?
 
zkmusa said:
Just updated to 9a528d.. everything seems to be fine and stable EXCEPT my USB hard drives (with a GUID partition table) will not mount. System profiler recognizes them as USB drives, but they will not show up in Disk Utility nor will they show up on the Finder. I'm not finding anything of use in my logs either.

Any other developers having the same problem?
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Not here. Plugged in a jump drive and an external USB HD, mounted perfectly.
 
CJD2112 said:
Adobe CS3 does work, used that to alter the screen captures.

Boot Camp is version 2.0, haven't used it yet.

Someone asked about iChat 4.0 having glowing blue things, don't know about that. It does have "screen sharing" and it carries over 4.0's "invisible" mode as well as the ability to log into simultaneous accounts (such as AIM and .Mac).
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The "Blue Glowie" effect was an iChat effect, that was shown at a keynote at the beginning of the year. I heard in a post of a previous build that they removed it, so I was wondering if it would make a stealth comeback. I would love when Leopard comes out to look like Ben Kenobi via the force.
 
compuguy1088 said:
The "Blue Glowie" effect was an iChat effect, that was shown at a keynote at the beginning of the year. I heard in a post of a previous build that they removed it, so I was wondering if it would make a stealth comeback. I would love when Leopard comes out to look like Ben Kenobi via the force.
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Oh do you mean the holograph effect?
 
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