The launch of Mac OS X Leopard has generated a lot of discussion in our Forums resulting in 8015 new posts on Friday. This comes second to the previous one-day record of 8143 posts that was achieved on iPhone launch day.
To organize this volume of posts, we've split the Mac OS X forum into:
Please direct your posts to the appropriate forum.
Here are a couple of solutions to some early problems:
Solution to the "Installer Blue Screen" hang - blamed on Application Enhancer Solution to Hard Disk not appearing on Install "Choose a Destination". Tips from Apple for iChat backdrop effects. Apple has already issued a Software Update Login & Keychain Update 1.0 which addresses issues with old account passwords, connecting to some 802.11b/g wireless networks and FileVault password changes.
And some interesting new Leopard features:
Photo Mosaic Screensaver: Choose a photo album from the Desktop & Screen Saver control panel, then click on the 3rd "Display Style" (Mosaic). (ed note: Very cool.) iTunes Visualizers (iTunes -> View -> Visualizer): Lathe, Jelly and Stix Spotlight can be used as a calculator Control Panel -> Speech -> Text to Speech. New Alex Voice in Leopard. DVD Player with Chapter Index and Full Screen Controls Retro and Security screensavers are included in the Developer Tools (instructions)
Apple has announced it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. Pacific Time (10 a.m. Eastern Time), with a live stream to be available on Apple.com and on YouTube as usual. The event invitation has a tagline of "Let Loose" and shows an artistic render of an Apple Pencil, suggesting that iPads will be a focus of the event. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more ...
Wednesday April 24, 2024 3:39 pm PDT by Juli Clover
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