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WWDC09 Thread of iPhones and Snow Leopards
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Schmo Florez
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I'm thinking of selling my 2G. How do I move over all my contacts to the new phone? And do I have to restore my old iPhone before I activate the new one?
Argh, did you have to post those gifs in this thread where most will use Safari?
The copy dialog now offers a "keep both" option when two files have the same name:
Auto time-zone:
Services are more useful now under contextual menus:
As well as the regular location:
Another example of contextual menus services, finally:
Almost everything is 64-bit, these are still 32-bit still (Carbon I suppose):
Airport in the menubar actually shows signal strength, opt+click brings more details than before:
Flash Player is included by default:
If you have an Apple Bluetooth KB, it shows a percentage now instead of the bars:
Preview annotations have received a major upgrade. Lots of things you can customize and do now (before/after):
Search result options finally have more sorting options (and you can see screenshots have more useful names):
Movie/Audio/Screen recording in Quicktime 10:
Clippings can finally be copy/pasted and Quick Looked:
You can delay the unlock screen after sleep/screensaver:
Finder can be set to search the current folder by default now:
DMG icon finally 512px:
The copy dialog now offers a "keep both" option when two files have the same name:
Auto time-zone:
Services are more useful now under contextual menus:
As well as the regular location:
Another example of contextual menus services, finally:
Almost everything is 64-bit, these are still 32-bit still (Carbon I suppose):
Airport in the menubar actually shows signal strength, opt+click brings more details than before:
Flash Player is included by default:
If you have an Apple Bluetooth KB, it shows a percentage now instead of the bars:
Preview annotations have received a major upgrade. Lots of things you can customize and do now (before/after):
Search result options finally have more sorting options (and you can see screenshots have more useful names):
Movie/Audio/Screen recording in Quicktime 10:
Clippings can finally be copy/pasted and Quick Looked:
You can delay the unlock screen after sleep/screensaver:
Finder can be set to search the current folder by default now:
DMG icon finally 512px:
blame space
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Will I be able to upgrade directly from 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard for $29?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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I just realized I've never opened the Services menu other than the first time I saw it.
No, but retail Snow Leopard non-upgrade is $169 and comes with iLife '09 and iWork '09, which is still solid.blame space said:
Futureman said:
load time could be faster. switching between devices, the store and playlists could be faster. scrolling through thousands of artists in grid mode could be faster.
i mean, i like itunes and it runs OK on my machine. but there is certainly room for speed improvements when navigating around the UI.
StrikerObi
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32bit iTunes makes me sad. It's piratically their flagship piece of software and they can't compile a 64 bit version for (Snow) Leopard users? Bullshit.
I might actually use the Services menu now. I know how powerful it is, but it's such a damn mess in it's current form that I don't go near it. Also having Services in context menus is brilliant.
This is more the fault of the slow flash memory Apple puts inside iPhones. You think they could spring for some faster memory considering how damn expensive the phone is.
I might actually use the Services menu now. I know how powerful it is, but it's such a damn mess in it's current form that I don't go near it. Also having Services in context menus is brilliant.
bionic77 said:
This is more the fault of the slow flash memory Apple puts inside iPhones. You think they could spring for some faster memory considering how damn expensive the phone is.
Mr. Wonderful
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I'm starting to think that we're going to see a big overhaul of iTunes with the Snow Leopard version/iTunes X, but then I figure we aren't going to see that until Apple's September iPod event, which could be before Snow Leopard's release or after, for all we know.LCfiner said:
Unlimited4s
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I'm 99% sure Cocoa iTunes will be released in September at the iPod event.StrikerObi said:
wow i was just about to ask if it was worth installing the new dev. version, since it doesnt have the new dock expose yet
i think yes
the speed improvement should be worth it
do you know if it runs a 64bit kernel on your machine? (type uname -a at the terminal) i'm not sure if my macbook pro can do that or not, i have a 2.6ghz core 2 duo.
i think yes
the speed improvement should be worth itdo you know if it runs a 64bit kernel on your machine? (type uname -a at the terminal) i'm not sure if my macbook pro can do that or not, i have a 2.6ghz core 2 duo.
Unlimited4s
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Just an educated guessLCfiner said:99% sure, huh?
Educated guess or have you been talking to folks at wwdc?
.Apple is shouting that they will bring all major apps to Cocoa, and most of the time they show off a new iTunes at the iPod events.
Unlimited4s said:Just an educated guess
Apple is shouting that they will bring all major apps to Cocoa, and most of the time they show off a new iTunes at the iPod events.
makes sense. the timing is right on track with the September 10.6 release.
if 10.6 comes out and everything is 64 bit except itunes, it will be a real black eye for Apple (amongst tech geeks, anyway).
Question for the people who have the preview:
Is Spotlight fixed? In other words, is Spotlight returned to its former Tiger glory? IN OTHER WORDS, DO SPOTLIGHT SEARCHES ALLOW FOR FOLDER CUSTOMIZATION?
Start a Spotlight search (Command+F), and search for something. Then press Command+J and tell me if they allow you to change the folder options again. Or did they fuck up and keep that part gimped?
In other words, CAN I SORT MY SEARCHES BY DATE CREATED OR LABEL OR FILE SIZE AGAIN?
This is the ONE FEATURE I want back. The most missed feature I have. Tiger had it. It was perfect. Leopard ripped it all out. For no good reason. If this hasn't been returned in Snow Leopard, I will cry myself to sleep every night from now until the end of September.
Is Spotlight fixed? In other words, is Spotlight returned to its former Tiger glory? IN OTHER WORDS, DO SPOTLIGHT SEARCHES ALLOW FOR FOLDER CUSTOMIZATION?
Start a Spotlight search (Command+F), and search for something. Then press Command+J and tell me if they allow you to change the folder options again. Or did they fuck up and keep that part gimped?
In other words, CAN I SORT MY SEARCHES BY DATE CREATED OR LABEL OR FILE SIZE AGAIN?
This is the ONE FEATURE I want back. The most missed feature I have. Tiger had it. It was perfect. Leopard ripped it all out. For no good reason. If this hasn't been returned in Snow Leopard, I will cry myself to sleep every night from now until the end of September.
So, did Apple FINALLY decided to get rid of the ugly-as-fuck striped fluorescent aqua buttons and scrollbars for Snow Leopard, which have been there since OSX 10.1?
Nope, apparently not.
They uglify everything else in the OS, and still out like a sore thumb. I'm not sure if Apple's UI people simply don't realize this, or just don't care. It's definitely not difficult to change, cause the first thing I do after every OSX install is replace the system scrollbars with the itunes scrollbar style, which takes like 30 seconds. I don't see why Apple can't do the same.
Nope, apparently not.
They uglify everything else in the OS, and still out like a sore thumb. I'm not sure if Apple's UI people simply don't realize this, or just don't care. It's definitely not difficult to change, cause the first thing I do after every OSX install is replace the system scrollbars with the itunes scrollbar style, which takes like 30 seconds. I don't see why Apple can't do the same.
infiniteloop
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I agree I hate those scrollbars. I changed them in the OS X image I made at work, so everyone has the nice iTunes ones
Does anyone else not have Directory Utility in the latest Dev seed? Seems like a strange omission for testing AD/Exchange integration.
Does anyone else not have Directory Utility in the latest Dev seed? Seems like a strange omission for testing AD/Exchange integration.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Good Lord, Snow Leopard is fast. You don't really notice it in normal usage, especially since iTunes is still 32-bit, but when you boot and start up around five programs, they're all nearly instantly available. When you load 3rd-party programs that are still 32-bit, you notice the huge gap in speed.
I'd go for the new Pro. The screens were really the worst part of the old MacBooks, so if the new screen is as good as advertised, it will be a huge improvement. I'm not sure how much RAM the older ones will take, but the new ones will take 8GB, so there's room to upgrade there in the future.arab said:
I'm debating on which macbook pro 13 inch to get. I was originally going to go for the 1600 dollar model mostly for the backlit keyboard. Now I can get the specs for that version in the 1100 model (with the education discount). I don't know if it would be worth it to spend the extra 300 for the extra stuff.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
If you know how to open a computer and replace memory and hard drives yourself, it isn't. Get the cheaper one.ThePeacemaker02 said:
No, those were random people that got lucky and got the updated Pro screens before it was official.arab said:
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Does anyone have any experience with how long it takes for apple to get in their new ipod touches? I talked to the woman at the apple store and she said they won't necessarily have any new ones since they have to run out of the old ones before they get the ones with 3.0... Does it usually take a while? Because if it does I might as well get my macbook tomorrow instead of waiting until wednesday for 3.0 to come out.
Edit: Also, have people seen the new pros and stuff in the stores already? I forgot to ask when I was on the phone.
Edit: Also, have people seen the new pros and stuff in the stores already? I forgot to ask when I was on the phone.
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ckohler said:
a guy on here said he has a dev copy of 10.6 on his core duo macbook.. and he reports a huge speed boost as well.. so even without the 64bit cpu, you should get a nice boost.
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
September is the ipod event.. so probably then. i don't see why they wouldnt update them when the iphones just were.. and usually ipods are released the next day after they are announced...
oh, and the free ipod touch deal is probably there to get rid of inventory for the new ones coming out.. i doubt the deal will still be in effect when they are released.
badcrumble
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I didn't know I wanted that feature but that's SO damn useful.giga said:You can delay the unlock screen after sleep/screensaver:
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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quadriplegicjon said:
No, I mean the one that ships with 3.0 not the next revision.
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Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
oh.... i have no idea. :lol