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Apple unleashes Snow Leopard

Apple’s Snow Leopard page is uncharacteristically modest, promising only that it will be "faster, more reliable, and easier to use" and will have some "new core technologies."

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  • Eye-to-eye with Snow Leopard--screenshots

    Snow Leopard is finally here and there's plenty for Mac fans to be excited about. Check out our slide show of new features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

  • Videos

    • WWDC 2009: Apple highlights Snow Leopard features

      At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, demos the Snow Leopard version of the operating system. ...

    • Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard

      Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the $29 upgrade fee.

    • Stories

      • Snow Leopard specifics revealed

        Apple has released more information on "Mac OS X Snow Leopard" which was majorly glossed-over during yesterday's Stevenote at WWDC. The new OS now has product pages for both server and client...

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        Blog posts | 6/10/08

      • Snow Leopard to leave PowerPC users out in the cold?

        LogicielMac has a screenshot that could spell the end of the line for PowerPC users.

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        Blog posts | 6/11/08

      • Blizzard of Snow Leopard Scat

        Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, was announced last week at Apple's developer conference and there are few details creeping out from under the developer non-disclosure agreements. Mac enthusiast...

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        Blog posts | 6/17/08

      • Apple announces ZFS on Snow Leopard

        Finally, a modern file system on a consumer OS As if Grand Central weren't enough bad news for Microsoft, now they have ZFS to contend with. Building a reliable, high-performance file system...

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        Blog posts | 6/20/08

      • Snow Leopard screen shots appear (updated)

        German site Apfeltalk has posted some screen shots of the upcoming Mac OS 10.6 a.k.a. "Snow Leopard." Since the new version of the OS contains mostly under-the-hood features, there isn't a bunch...

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        Blog posts | 6/22/08

      • How Snow Leopard can save Mac OS X from malware attacks

        Guest Editorial by Dino Dai Zovi As reported by Intego and Matasano Security, a new local privilege escalation vulnerability has been found that gives local root access on Mac OS X Tiger and...

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        Blog posts | 6/23/08

      • No FireWire over Ethernet; but maybe in Snow Leopard

        Since Apple announced the new MacBook last week sans FireWire, there's been a backlash from the Apple community about the omission. Users love the high-speed data protocol for things like Target...

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        Blog posts | 10/20/08

      • Could Snow Leopard leave Windows 7 eating its dust?

        Today has been an interesting day for those interested in GPGPU (General Purpose computing on the GPU), and Apple's support for this technology could mean that the next incarnation of Snow Leopard...

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        Blog posts | 12/9/08

      • Mac OS X Snow Leopard: What price?

        Behind the scenes at Macworld Expo, developers have mostly good things to say about OS X 10.6, called "Snow Leopard." While details may emerge during Tuesday's keynote presentation, the biggest...

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        Blog posts | 1/6/09

      • News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

        Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it...

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        Blog posts | 1/6/09