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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Finder

AppleInsider looks at the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Finder and also provides some historical perspective. Overall the Leopard Finder is described as "a clean refinement of what we already have in Tiger" with a number of subtle and useful updates.



Meanwhile, Leopard's Cover Flow is described as "more useful than one might imagine" since Leopard will now generate a live preview icon of the actual contents of any file.

If you're looking through a directory of images, Cover Flow makes a lot of sense. However, it's also useful for scanning through a huge pile of HTML files with unintelligible names; Cover Flow very rapidly renders each page so you can visually peruse the directory contents looking for the page you need.


Other features described include Quick Look, Spotlight Search, and Finder window.

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57 months ago
Looks good :)
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57 months ago
Can't wait for leopard! Features just look too enticing.
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57 months ago
I just called the Apple Store as i wanted to know if i buy an iMac now would i have to pay for Leopard later or get a discount !!!

He basically told me to wait few day's and that to email him after so he can put my order in priority with Leopard !!!!!

So exiting !!! :D:apple:
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57 months ago
Yeah it does look good. But bring it out already! Come on Apple!
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57 months ago
I want some more Spotlight power.

I want to query a set of folders to see what files don't already have Spotlight comments.

If you can do this in Tiger, please show me. :D

I want Quick Look so I can save a little time by not having to fire up Preview. Not that Preview is a slouch.
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57 months ago
If you're as unorganized as me, this will be a great feature!
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57 months ago
No more pretty screenshots please! I want the real thing already! ;)
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57 months ago
It must take quite a bit of processing to render every html file in a folder. I wonder how old a Mac you can use and how big a folder you can view without a noticeable lag?
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57 months ago
I need to use it for a while before giving my impression, because as it stands right now, the Tiger Finder is highly underserving. It lacks so many features that have been mainstays in the Windows Explorer for years. When I had to get a Windows laptop for work, I was amazed at what I could accomplish inside the Explorer.
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57 months ago

It must take quite a bit of processing to render every html file in a folder. I wonder how old a Mac you can use and how big a folder you can view without a noticeable lag?

There's a chance that there will be a hidden cache.

We all love Thumb.db, right?
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