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Snow Leopard - Hints, Tips and little changes
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When you option click the Airport menu item in SL, it shows you various information like security, BSSID, channel and stuff like that.
That's not really new since that was there in Leopard, however they did expand it to include more information.
And I don't have a picture of it, but when starting a Time Machine backup, it shows the percent complete when it is preparing the back up (when in the menu bar). I'm pretty sure it didn't have that in Leopard.
That was for option clicking sound. But whatever.
Also, did they add more folder actions? When you click on a folder, and then go to folder actions setup, you get this:
I don't think this was in Leopard.
I was going to post this earlier but forgot:
Nice! That is very helpful.
Another thing I noticed is that when you wake it up from sleep (and you have a password required on the black screen) if you enter a wrong password it just tells you "Wrong Password" in red text below and not an alert dialogue box pop down.
Also screen shots are renamed to "Screen shot 2009-08-29 at 12.18.07 AM" instead of "Picture1", "Picture 2".....
When right clicking and clicking on "Cleanup" on your desktop the icons glide into the correct place. Also the spaces position thing that pops up is a lot smother when you switch spaces.
Yeah I just noticed that. It's much smoother on mine too. But when you have applications open on a space, it becomes really choppy.
Yeah, thats rather stupid. Make the teeny little representation silky smooth, but when the app windows in the space slide up, it's nice and stuttery, esp since I keep iTunes maxed in a space of it's own.
OTOH, I thought it might be useful to mention it, there are new wallpapers in the Apple section. And there are sections for the wallpapers (was that there before?).
Also, looks like the iTunes artwork screensaver no longer has duplicate album artwork, in leopard the SS would always have some artwork showing up multiple times, set to 8 rows. And yes, I have plenty of artwork.
After installing SL I noticed I no longer have Energy Preferences for setting custom profiles. The Better Energy Savings and Better Performance profile options are gone too. The default settings for Battery are also a bit different from Leopard.
On another note, Flip4Mac will play .wmv files in QuickLook, but it won't recognize the new Quicktime when you try to open a .wmv file in it. I have to use VLC.
On another note, Flip4Mac will play .wmv files in QuickLook, but it won't recognize the new Quicktime when you try to open a .wmv file in it. I have to use VLC.
AT&T USB Sierra AirCard doesn't work
I get "Fatal Error" on my machine when I try to run Sierra Wireless to access internet. Glad I installed SL on the iMac before the MBP.
I know this was mentioned as an issue, but wanted to confirm it.
I get "Fatal Error" on my machine when I try to run Sierra Wireless to access internet. Glad I installed SL on the iMac before the MBP.
I know this was mentioned as an issue, but wanted to confirm it.
Not a new "feature" but rather a new "effect" The icons now have a "perspective" when in coverflow. Looks kinda cool!
AT&T Air Card Work-around
This actually works!
http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=pccards&message.id=14233#M14233
This actually works!
http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=pccards&message.id=14233#M14233
They finally fixed the bug in the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane where if you had previously been using the Screen Saver tab of the pane before closing it last time, then right-clicked on the desktop and chose Change Background Image..., it would open on the Screen Saver tab instead of Desktop.
That's been in there since who knows when!
However, I noticed that the positively prehistoric (Tiger or before!) folder icon in the Bluetooth File Exchange toolbar has yet to be updated to a Leopard-style folder. This stands out particularly when you notice that the file browser part of the window has the right kind of icon.
But one positive tweak: Preview finally supports holding the shift key to make a perfectly square selection! It was insane that this was not in the last version (even more so when you consider that, IIRC, this was supported pre-Leopard).
That's been in there since who knows when!
However, I noticed that the positively prehistoric (Tiger or before!) folder icon in the Bluetooth File Exchange toolbar has yet to be updated to a Leopard-style folder. This stands out particularly when you notice that the file browser part of the window has the right kind of icon.
But one positive tweak: Preview finally supports holding the shift key to make a perfectly square selection! It was insane that this was not in the last version (even more so when you consider that, IIRC, this was supported pre-Leopard).
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Try editing the wallpapers. They look awesome! Here's my Snow Tiger edit: http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/1527/snowtiger.jpg
BTW, if you hold down shift and then click Expose, it'll be slow motion too, Dashboard as well. Was this in Leopard too?
BTW, if you hold down shift and then click Expose, it'll be slow motion too, Dashboard as well. Was this in Leopard too?
'normal use'? Why exactly would you want to switch between the two? Much ado about nothing, I think. A 64-bit kernel can run 32-bit apps perfectly fine. Now that the core OS has been rewritten as 64-bit, there's no reason (except for having certain utilities) that you'd want to force it as 32-bit.