Snow Leopard

Apple's Snow Leopard bests Windows 7 in speed tests

When both Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7 were tested on a MacBook Pro, Apple's new operating system clearly beat Microsoft in terms of speed, a new test has shown.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

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Apple plans Mac marketing blitz around Windows 7 launch

Apple plans to counter the upcoming release of Windows 7 with advertisements that will lambaste the upgrade process from Windows XP, and portray Macs as more secure.

Katie Marsal | 15 years ago

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Snow Leopard guest account bug deletes user data [u]

Reports of a potentially critical Snow Leopard bug that can erase a user's account data have continued to surface since the operating system's debut [Updated with Apple official comment].

AppleInsider Staff | 15 years ago

Apple seeds second beta of Mac OS X 10.6.2 to developers

Apple has seeded its developers with a second beta release of its Mac OS X 10.6.2 update, which incorporates numerous fixes for a wide variety of issues.

AppleInsider Staff | 15 years ago

Mossberg: Windows 7 narrows the gap with Apple's Mac OS X

Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal has given Microsoft's Windows 7 a glowing review, noting that Microsoft's latest operating system is still behind Apple's Mac OS X, but not by much.

Katie Marsal | 15 years ago

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Apple seeds Mac OS X 10.6.2 to developers with dozens of fixes

A pre-release build of the next update to Mac OS X 10.6 was seeded to developers Monday, bringing a long list of changes, fixes and tweaks.

AppleInsider Staff | 15 years ago

Inside Snow Leopard's UTI: Apple fixes the Creator Code

Snow Leopard's abandonment of Creator Code metadata, used to open a file with its creating application, has some users are worried that Apple has killed off a core Mac-centric feature. Instead, Apple has invented a superior alternative for the old Creator Code in order to support a variety of new features. Here's why, and what the new Uniform Type Identifiers offer.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 15 years ago

For students, Windows 7 will equal Snow Leopard's price

For a limited time, students will be able to purchase Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system for $30, roughly the same price as Apple's competing Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

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Bargain price boosts Apple's Snow Leopard to swift sales start

With sales twice as high as Leopard and four times better than Tiger, Apple's new operating system, Snow Leopard, is off to a tremendous start, new sales figures show.

Katie Marsal | 15 years ago

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.1, security updates, more

The first maintenance update for Snow Leopard, Apple's latest operating system, was released Thursday afternoon, less than two weeks after the software's debut.

AppleInsider Staff | 15 years ago

Mac OS X 10.6.1 to address bugs, crashes in new Cocoa Finder

Apple this week supplied supplied developers with the latest build of the first upgrade to Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.1, which includes fixes for the new Cocoa Finder.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

Alleged first Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1 details revealed

Less than a week after Snow Leopard saw its official release, Apple has already supplied some developers with a beta of its first update, and supposed details are now beginning to come to light.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

Apple's Snow Leopard upgrades Mac OS X, downgrades Flash

While Snow Leopard makes a number of improvements to Apple's Mac OS X machines, for those who have kept Adobe Flash up to date, installing the new operating system will reportedly downgrade the software.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

Snow Leopard touchscreen "evidence," trademarked Apple chat bubbles

A new report alleges that a large on-screen digital keyboard could be a sign that Snow Leopard sets the stage for Apple's upcoming tablet device; and Apple rejected an App Store submission for its chat bubbles.

Slash Lane | 15 years ago

Apple Snow Leopard support, problem software list available

Coinciding with today's release of Apple's latest operating system upgrade, Snow Leopard, support documents, printer drivers, and a list of incompatible software have been made available to ease the transition.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

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Review roundup: Apple's Snow Leopard sports subtle improvements

Critics are praising Apple's latest OS X upgrade, Snow Leopard, as a bargain-priced improvement that will help users get better performance out of their Mac, though there are some problems.

Katie Marsal | 15 years ago

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Apple's Snow Leopard disc will install on Tiger Macs

Though users of older Intel-based Macs were led to believe they would have to spend $169 to migrate from Tiger to Snow Leopard, new reports state the $29 upgrade disc will work just fine.

Sam Oliver | 15 years ago

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Snow Leopard documents spotted, iPod heist leads to jail time

Documentation for Snow Leopard Server is available for download from Apple; Flixter has updated its iPhone Movies app; and the man behind an iPod heist in Michigan has been sentenced to jail.

Slash Lane | 15 years ago

Adobe abandons CS3 legacy support for Apple's Snow Leopard

Adobe announced this week that it has not tested and will not support its Creative Suite 3 line of products, including Photoshop CS3, on Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system.