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Snow Leopard Build 10A286 Seeded to Developers
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I was just reading on AppleInsider that 10A286 was the target build for the next release.
The last build was 10A261(?)
Wonders if any new tweaks are added to this build.
The last build was 10A261(?)
Wonders if any new tweaks are added to this build.
Yep.
10a261 was the previous build.
I'm just reading the seed notes, and forgive me for not compromising the NDA... but there are still quite a lot of "known issues"...
But, there are some new stuff.... not least in the Finder!
When I get home this evening, I will try it out
10a261 was the previous build.
I'm just reading the seed notes, and forgive me for not compromising the NDA... but there are still quite a lot of "known issues"...
But, there are some new stuff.... not least in the Finder!
When I get home this evening, I will try it out
Snow Leopard Build 10A286 Seeded to Developers
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Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, termed Build 10A286, to developers. World of Apple republishes the seed notes, which highlight three significant changes in the new build: a new QuickTime user interface, Cocoa-based Finder features, and Safari 4 beta as the default browser.
Snow Leopard is due for release sometime in 2009, and Apple has been making steady progress on the new operating system, as demonstrated by consistent releases of new builds to developers. Apple has said that they are focusing on quality and performance in Snow Leopard rather than introducing significant numbers of new features.
Article Link: Snow Leopard Build 10A286 Seeded to Developers
Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, termed Build 10A286, to developers. World of Apple republishes the seed notes, which highlight three significant changes in the new build: a new QuickTime user interface, Cocoa-based Finder features, and Safari 4 beta as the default browser.
World of Apple also notes that developers are being encouraged to run the new build in 64-bit mode, signaling a "major shift" in that direction.
Snow Leopard is due for release sometime in 2009, and Apple has been making steady progress on the new operating system, as demonstrated by consistent releases of new builds to developers. Apple has said that they are focusing on quality and performance in Snow Leopard rather than introducing significant numbers of new features.
Article Link: Snow Leopard Build 10A286 Seeded to Developers
So... the Desktop is now Cocoa? What was it before, Carbon?
Anyway, replacing Carbon stuff by Cocoa is good, especially on things that are as essential as the Finder. <Shouts at Adobe>
Anyone think that March 24 Event might have to do with Snow Leopard?
Anyway, replacing Carbon stuff by Cocoa is good, especially on things that are as essential as the Finder. <Shouts at Adobe>
Anyone think that March 24 Event might have to do with Snow Leopard?
Lack Of i7 Processors Makes Snow Leopard Useless
Apple really messed up with Snow Leopard - it is so obvious that it was designed for the Core i7 processors in mind, but since they decided not to include the Core i7s in their new imac, mac mini and macbook range, the Snow Leopard upgrade is totally unnecessary.
Apple really messed up with Snow Leopard - it is so obvious that it was designed for the Core i7 processors in mind, but since they decided not to include the Core i7s in their new imac, mac mini and macbook range, the Snow Leopard upgrade is totally unnecessary.
Interesting that Apple does NOT recommend one install this build on the new Nehalem Mac Pros. Any thoughts why?
Some one refresh my memory please. What exactly is cocoa?
Rich
Here:
http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENT...amentals/WhatIsCocoa/chapter_2_section_1.html
They couldn't put Nehalem in any other Mac even if they wanted to (without major redesign). And I'm sure Snow Leopard will help with non-Nehalems.
No Nehalem support yet?
Some one refresh my memory please. What exactly is cocoa?
Rich
Cocoa and Carbon are 2 different programing languages for Mac software.
To the end user you wouldn't know the difference. Arguments over which was "better" focused on the way programmers work.
This argument is over now since Apple decide to stop support for 64-bit code with Carbon. It's clear now that everything will eventually be written in Cocoa. (Although Carbon programs that don't need 64-bit are obviously fine for quite some time, the trend towards Cocoa is clear.)
What is so obvious about it? I am pretty sure that Core2Duo's will take full advantage of Snow Leopard. If you have some facts, feel free to share it.
Seems like it would be a good time to preview SL. Still think the release is for the summer:July is my guess....
Yes, I agree - pretty much any machines from Santa Rosa onwards are going to benefit greatly from both Open CL and Grand Central supported apps. There is no reason at all you require i7 to take advantage of the extra power provided by those services.
Sounds like someone has some left over grumbles about lack of i7 in this refresh...
No way. Look at the massive number of severe "showstopper" bugs in these developers release builds: the installer is screwy, the Finder is riddled with bugs, sleep doesn't work, machine support is highly limited. Development seems to be progressing at a snail's pace.
I'm sticking with October as the release timeframe.
Very true. Where applications of the Cocoa framework are generally written in Objective-C, applications using the Carbon libraries are normally written in C.