OS X Snow Leopard 10A402 Brings Visual Tweaks and Other Enhancements

[mrchinchilla]

I have never lost a file in windows with using cut...

Then go and use Windows. Cut is useless, just move the file!

 

[iPhoneNYC]

It's so close. I'm ready. I I think the pricing structure is great.

 

[*LTD*]

Windows had cut paste and append folders since at least windows 3.1.

Mac finder still doesn't have it, SHAME. I would call this feature essential.

The scary thing is, you might actually believe what you're posting.

And judging by your sig, you're not really here to make a valuable contribution, are you?

 

[Stormalong]

Find file now gives you file sizes in the result window!

When Leo was released and it would not show the sizes of found files and folders, I was amazed at Apple for leaving us blind in this area. To my delight, Apple has restored this function! Snow Leopard has many nice new features, and this was the first that gave me a big smile of relief. Let's hope for more tweaks like this. Kudos to 1 Infinite Loop!!!

 

[Nitrocide]

Get a life, get a Mac.

Not sure why, but this seems to cause me to to involuntarily vomit into my mouth just a little bit every time i read it, thought i should share y'know. Happening to anyone else?

 

[Nitrocide]

When Leo was released and it would not show the sizes of found files and folders, I was amazed at Apple for leaving us blind in this area. To my delight, Apple has restored this function! Snow Leopard has many nice new features, and this was the first that gave me a big smile of relief. Let's hope for more tweaks like this. Kudos to 1 Infinite Loop!!!

this gives me the big smile too. Small but it means a lot!

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Not sure why, but this seems to cause me to to involuntarily vomit into my mouth just a little bit every time i read it, thought i should share y'know. Happening to anyone else?

No your oporating sysem suks!

 

[MDTyKe]

One thing I would LOVE (maybe it's already there?)

- If I am copying for example an Application, or an Aperture library. Say half way through, there's an error with 1 .jpg file. The whole thing stops (after me waiting hours, and 100GB later) and gives me an error *and* then deletes the mostly completed copy.

Can it not just, have a button to.. Continue and move on?


Matt

 

[gianly1985]

Yes it does

"Yes it does" what?

1) Yes QuicktimeX+9400M DOES still stutter in 1080p h.264 MKVs

2) Yes it is possible to take advantage of Quicktime X h.264 hw acceleration in GT120/GT130/4850 iMacs because they have a hidden 9400M built-in in their motherboard

Which one?

 

[bretm]

Yeah, one think I like about Aqua is that it kinda looks...alive, organic. The Marble theme just looks plain and dead. Strange adjectives, I know, but that's exactly what I thought when I first saw them.

I always thought candylike, circuslike, child-like, goofy, unpolished, and silly.

The grey has always looked sleek, elegant, professional, cohesive, neutral, etc.

 

[windywoo]

Blame Microsoft, they own the WMV (and WMA) formats and determine who can play that back by licensing it out. Apple can't implement it directly without permission from Microsoft. Of course Telestream (makers of Flip4Mac) have licensed the codecs (the non-DRMed ones at least) from Microsoft so there is no need for Apple to license a proprietary codec from a rival. The only other way that this could happen would be for Apple to reverse engineer those formats - a process that they view as a waste.

There is no way that Apple can get support for every format in Quicktime - it just won't happen - not practical. Second: I don't know how one can consider WMV or its cousin WMA to be any good formats. Their sole intention w to be a proprietary alternative to MPEG and MP3. Overall those closed Microsoft formats have been heavily criticized as inferior compared to the more modern formats. Thats what Quicktime X was supposed to be about support. See here:




It has never been touted as supporting everything. I think you misunderstood what it's intention is supposed to be.

wtf is .mov then? MP3 is a proprietary format btw, its just so common that everyone forgets.

 

[windywoo]

Then go and use Windows. Cut is useless, just move the file!

Cut and Paste is quicker and easier.

 

[EmperorDarius]

Cut and Paste is quicker and easier.

Actually it takes the same amount of time to move by dragging.

 

[Eidorian]

Actually it takes the same amount of time to move by dragging.

Your mileage may vary if you throw in plenty of keyboard shortcuts.

 

[dam0dred]

The new pop-up menus look great. Everything looks great, very much looking forward to this release. Worth the price for the Safari speed boost alone.

 

[tchek]

The Font in the New list view in the Dock, is too small on a large screen (For me)

 

[mcatnova]

I had picked up the MBP 15 late 2008 model high end in early june (and qualified for a rebate). I had a 2003 Dell 8600. AT BEST I was able to get 2 hours if i was ONLY typing. so anything above that is gravy for me

 

[50548]

Still have 2 LaserWriter IIs, a Quadra 650, 950 with AV input & output with Radius cards for movie editing, and 13" & 17" Apple CRT AV Monitors. System 7 - 7.5 in the '90s was awesome - even MS Word 5.1 rocked back then, and was better then than it is today. With a 4800 baud modem, and a dedicated phone line, the sky was the limit - there was nothing this setup could not do - great times, indeed!

And then Word 6.0 came and paved the way for pretty much every screw-up by MS after that...probably the worst Word Processor ever, at a time when WordPerfect, Nisus and WriteNow mopped the floor with it.

 

[50548]

I can't believe you even thought of something that dumb. Wasn't it obvious that the guy was going to pay the full $129 for SL and not the $29 upgrade from Leopard price? What was going on through your head that you imagined that he would actually send a check to Apple for more money than was required?

And how would he pay 129 if he had Leopard already? Wake up, man.

 

[50548]

I don't know for sure, but I would assume Apple would sell a $129 disk and a $29 disk. If you had Tiger but you bought the $29 upgrade disk it wouldn't let you upgrade. At least that's what would make sense to me, it seems easier than checking back to someone's house.

Well, I am assuming the $129 version would not work with Leopard.

 

[bobertoq]

Windows had cut paste and append folders since at least windows 3.1.

Mac finder still doesn't have it, SHAME. I would call this feature essential.

I concur. However I find drag and drop to be just as useful.

 

[iGuardian]

And how would he pay 129 if he had Leopard already? Wake up, man.

What do you mean "How would he pay 129 if he had leopard already"?

When you go to the store, you tell them you have Tiger and you buy the FULL not-upgrade version, for 129. Even if you have Leopard they'd let you buy the full version. It's not like you'd walk in the store and they'd say "Nope, sorry, you have leopard so we're going to make you buy the upgrade version."

 

[bretm]

Then go and use Windows. Cut is useless, just move the file!

If you need to cut and paste a file or folder, cut is disabled for your protection. But if you must, just copy, then press cmd+delete to throw it in the trash. Then go paste to your hearts delight.

It's not missing a feature. It's built in pi@#ed off protection.

 

[Povilas]

Mac users already know how finder works in this way and its mainly switchers who have trouble because they didn't bother to properly learn the new platform first.

I knew this append folder difference for years before i had a Mac. Some people just don't bother to check and think it works the same way which it doesn't.

 

[EmperorDarius]

If you need to cut and paste a file or folder, cut is disabled for your protection. But if you must, just copy, then press cmd+delete to throw it in the trash. Then go paste to your hearts delight.

It's not missing a feature. It's built in pi@#ed off protection.

Or CMD + Drag.