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A spin-off version supporting Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion has been published under the name “TinkerTool 4”. Added new feature to import and export settings to file, making it possible to transfer them between different users or computers. Snow Leopard is the gateway to update your Mac to a newer operating system via Apple Purchases. Having seen the negative reviews, I thought I'd give it a go and see what happens. Nothing to lose. Well, imagine my surprise when I copied the iso to a USB stick, stuck it into my 2008 MacBook Pro and it worked beautifully. TinkerTool System 2 comes with an additional emergency tool which can help you to troubleshoot Mac OS X problems even if the graphical user interface is no longer starting, or the user account of the system administrator has been damaged. This standalone version of TinkerTool System 2 includes the following features. Marcel Bresink released version 4.0 of the venerable system utility TinkerTool, which adds a massive laundry list of new preferences to Mac OS X and brings full compatibility with Snow Leopard. TinkerTool Classic Generation 2: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: 4.5: TinkerTool 4: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Lion OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: 4.97: TinkerTool 5: OS X 10.9 Mavericks OS X 10.10 Yosemite OS X 10.11 El Capitan: 5.7: TinkerTool 6: macOS 10.12 Sierra macOS 10.13 High Sierra: 6.5: TinkerTool: macOS 10.14.
Nine things you'll love about Snow LeopardTechRadar.com ^ | 08/22/2009 | MacFormat Staff
Posted on 08/24/2009 12:18:47 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Steve Jobs first announced Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) was in development at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2008. It was a chance for Apple to take stock of where it was with OS X. There would be no major innovations, but plenty of refinements: it would install quicker, take up less disk space, and the user experience would be improved through Apple's attention to detail.
Fast forward to WWDC 2009, and the version of Snow Leopard being prepared has everything Apple promised, and more. Refinement rather than revolution, then, is the watchword for Snow Leopard. We've picked out our top nine of those elegant tweaks and finesses – plus a few more for good measure – to show you what Apple's latest big cat has to offer.
1. Improved Finder
So many of the improvements in Snow Leopard are under the skin, but because they affect the parts of the operating system we use most, we'll experience real, long-term benefits when we use them. Take Finder, for instance.
We use the Finder every time we use our Mac, so doesn't it make sense to rewrite its underlying code to optimise it for the latest technologies, such as 64-bit processing? Well, that's exactly what Apple has done with Snow Leopard.
In a direct comparison with Leopard, Snow Leopard's Finder does seem a little more eager to respond; it's only a matter of milliseconds to be sure, but an improvement nonetheless.
Improvements have also been made when it comes to ejecting external drives and optical discs. For instance, if you inadvertently leave a file from one of your disks open, you no longer see the cryptic error message that says: 'The disk...is in use by another application'. In Snow Leopard, Finder actually tells you what application it is, and advises you to quit it.
2. Smarter QuickTime X
Like Finder, QuickTime in Snow Leopard has been optimised to take full advantage of 64-bit.
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In addition, it now uses the capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor (found in such Macs as the MacBook, MacBook Pro and Mac mini) to decode videos compressed using the H.264 standard.
This in turn frees up the main processor in your Mac for other tasks. As of Snow Leopard, QuickTime Player also reaches version X. Not only does it launch quicker than before (Apple claims up to 2.8 times faster), but it looks different – very different.
Gone is the brushed aluminium skin, and in comes a slick, minimalist interface with media controls (play, pause, fast forward, and so on) that fade out of view when you don't need them. And that's not all: need to make a training video for your colleagues on a hot new application? No problem: choose File > New Screen Recording and do it!
You can even perform basic video editing using the Trim feature (in the Edit menu), and upload your video directly to iTunes, your MobileMe Gallery or YouTube.
3. Polished Preview
We've said before that Preview is the hidden gem of Mac OS X. Starting out as a humble image viewer, its feature set now goes way beyond showing previews of printed pages. For instance, have you ever tried to copy and paste text from a PDF into a word processor and found that the PDF's formatting gave you more work than if you'd just retyped the whole thing?
Well, no more: Apple has added a little bit of artificial intelligence to recognise that, say, the text in your PDF is arranged in columns. It enables you to select what you need.
What if you want to annotate your PDF before you send it to your colleagues? No problem: click Annotate in Preview's toolbar, and a comprehensive set of annotation tools appears along the bottom of the application window, enabling you to add callout arrows, text boxes and highlights to make your point.
Open multiple PDFs and you can view them all in a single window (like a contact sheet in Photoshop), allowing for a quick comparison. And it doesn't stop there: you can now scan images directly into Preview, adding yet another tool to what's already a Swiss Army Knife of an app.
4. Refined Address Book and iCal
For another example of the 'refinement rather than revolution' policy adopted by Apple for Snow Leopard, look no further than Address Book. The Sharing and LDAP options in Preferences are now combined into a single Accounts pane, which now allows you to set up syncing with Google as well as Yahoo and MobileMe.
For Google Contacts users, this is a welcome recognition by Apple that there are online contact managers other then MobileMe; though, of course, this option has previously been available to iPhone users. We set up syncing with MobileMe and (separately) with Google, and found the syncing experience pretty seamless.
All you need to do is enter your email address and password, and everything is done for you. There was a bit of a glitch when we tried syncing with Google, which left our contacts without an email address listed in Address Book as No Name, but other than that we were impressed.
The big news when it comes to syncing, however, is Snow Leopard's built-in support for Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007.
5. Better screen grabbing
Whether you're emailing a technical support helpdesk or helping out a Mac newbie it's great to be able to take a few shots of your Mac's screen by simply hitting Cmd + Shift + 3. But how often have you looked forlornly for that one grab that makes your point succinctly, only to find it mingling with others labelled Picture...?
No more: Snow Leopard labels your grabs with the date and time they were taken, making it much simpler to find the one you want. While we're on the subject of refinements, we'd have liked to have seen an option here to change the default target folder for screenshots. Saving multiple grabs to the Desktop makes for a lot of clutter, unless you move each one in turn as you take them.
Luckily, there are applications such as the free TinkerTool that lets you make this change. The equivalent Terminal command also still works in Snow Leopard. And don't forget, you needn't stop at still images: with QuickTime X you can record all the activities taking place on your screen and edit them into a training video.
6. More refined Stacks options
The changes made to Stacks are a prime example of Apple's strategy of refinement rather than revolution for Snow Leopard. Stacks is the feature – introduced as one of the '200 innovations' in Leopard – that enables you to click on a folder in the Dock and see your files expand, fan-like, so that you can pick out the one you need. Which is great, unless you have a large number of files to choose from.
Even if you choose to have your Stack open as a grid or a list (which you can do by clicking and holding on the Stack icon, then choosing the appropriate option), you might still see a message that there are more files to view in Finder. Open that same Stack in Snow Leopard and you'll see that things are different: by the simple addition of a scrollbar to the open Stack, Apple has made the feature much more useable.
And the refinements don't stop there: if there's a folder nested inside your main Stack, it will also open as a Stack rather than switching to a Finder window. And you'll find a handy back arrow in the top-left corner of your open Stack so that you can easily find your way back where you came from.
7. Exposé is now in the Dock
Exposé allows you to view all the open windows in the current application, or across the whole system, with a single keystroke. All those keystrokes, however, can be time-consuming if you need to switch to a different application before using Exposé on the new app's open windows.
What if you know which application you need to switch to? Wouldn't it be great to switch applications and use Exposé at the same time? Well, now you can. With Exposé now, simply click and hold an app's icon in the Dock and all open windows in that application will separate, enabling you to switch windows. And press Tab while Exposé is active in order to move to the next application in the Dock and activate Exposé on that.Application windows are spring-loaded, so you can drag and drop items between them.
8. Access all areas
More often than not, Macs have been the choice of those who need assistance with their hearing or vision, and Snow Leopard builds on that history with a powerful set of enhanced features. VoiceOver is Mac OS X's built-in screen reader, speaking text and commands for partially sighted users. This now has a better startup tutorial with practical examples.
VoiceOver now allows you to fine-tune the speaking voice's settings, including speed, pitch and intonation. Also for partially sighted users, Snow Leopard introduces a feature called Braille mirroring. This enables multiple USB Braille displays to be connected to one computer simultaneously. This is a highly practical for classroom settings, where different students are likely to have different makes and models of Braille display.
Snow Leopard includes the drivers for more than 40 different models of Braille reader, including Bluetooth displays. More new accessibility features include Quick Nav. This uses arrow key combinations to move the VoiceOver cursor so you can control a Mac using one hand. Move up, down, left, and right by pressing the arrow keys individually, or press the up and down arrows together to press a button or click a web link.
9. New System Preferences tools
Again, there are lots of thoughtful little touches in Snow Leopard's System Preferences, though no huge surprises. One really nice touch is the inclusion of new mapping technologies in the Time Zone option of the Date & Time preference pane. This uses Core Location technology, that makes use of Wi-Fi hotspots to set your time zone automatically – perfect for the forgetful globetrotter.
In Security > General, if you've set up a password to wake your Mac from Sleep mode, you can now set a time delay of between five seconds and four hours before you need to enter your password. The International pane in System Preferences is also gone now, replaced by Language & Text. This is, admittedly, almost the same as Leopard's International, but with the addition of a Text pane.
This is similar to the useful AutoCorrect feature that's in Microsoft Word, enabling you to set up custom shortcuts for your most commonly used words and phrases for use in applications such as Mail, TextEdit and iChat. In order to set this feature up in the relevant application, however, you'll first need to go to Edit > Substitutions > Text Replacement.
Oh yes, and just for good measure, you can now shuffle through a selection of your favourite screensaver pictures by choosing the Screen Saver option in the Desktop & Screen Saver pane.
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Decent list. Two problems:
1. Finder is not improved. It’s rewritten, but out of backend necessity, not of frontend improvement.
2. Notice that iTunes is not on the list. It’s one of the few apps to have escaped Snow Leopard’s focus. Understandable, since it’s a cross platform app whose dev cycle is OS independent. Still, here’s hoping iTunes 9 debuts soon with true 64-bit support. And iTunes 10 (iTunes X?) needs to be totally rewritten ala Finder.
I guess this is the end f the line for Power PCs.
:(
Should I get this when it comes out, or wait until any bugs are worked out? I guess I just have too many flashbacks of Winduhs releases and having to wait for a service pack or two before upgrading.
Yeah, what SHE said! My iMac is just about 18 months old and might be considered a dinosaur by modern computing standards. I get and install all the upgrades offered online, but still.... Is this going to dramatically alter the way I use my computer? Thus my question is echoed from the original poster above.
And therein lies the rub - I own no intel-based machines. While I would really like to upgrade laptops, it isn't in the budget yet. My desktop (Dual 1.8Ghz G5 Power Macintosh) is a great machine.
QuickTime in Snow Leopard... now uses the capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor (found in such Macs as the MacBook, MacBook Pro and Mac mini) to decode videos compressed using the H.264 standard. This in turn frees up the main processor in your Mac for other tasks. As of Snow Leopard, QuickTime Player also reaches version X.If memory serves, all the laptops, the Mac Mini, and the iMac line all use the 9400M.
A 10th thing to know - Order by Wednesday this week for Friday delivery!
Yep but plenty of Max Plus' and SE-30 still running today.
Two ways to look at it.
First some background. Apple's upgrades are, for most users, not a problem. However, there have been some problems for a minority of Mac users. Those who had an early version of a third party haxie called APE on the system found that the first iteration of Tiger would not finish the reboot after install. The problem source and workaround (remove APE and then re-install the latest version) took a few days to work its way around the grape-vine.
When I first upgraded to OSX.3 Panther, I discovered and reported to Apple a HUGE, gaping security issue: While users on the same computer could not read other users' files, they COULD see the file names! Not good. You really DON'T want your six your old asking 'Daddy? What is this word?' about file names in your porn picture folder and 'Daddy? What does Debbie do when she does Dallas?' Apple jumped on that one really quickly, issuing the OSX.3.1 update less than a week after OSX.3 was released. Also, any first iteration of any major upgrade has not been completely tested, even if it comes from Apple. Just like no battle plan survives contact with the enemy, no upgrade comes unscathed through encounters with the users.
So, to the two ways to look at it:
If you use your Mac for mission critical work, don't upgrade for a few weeks. Let others find the problems that might negatively impact your productivity.
If you just use your Mac for Freeping (some consider that mission critical), emailing, surfing, hobbyist uses, then by all means go ahead and upgrade.
I will not allow my clients' who use Macs in their businesses to upgrade until the publishers of the vertical solution software their businesses are dependent on have vetted Snow Leopard with their creations. You never know if a programer took a few shortcuts and ignored Apple's coding guidelines resulting in something breaking on upgrade.
For me? I ordered my five license family pack today for Friday delivery.
Fire that memory! Only the entry level 20' and 24' iMacs user the 9400M graphics. The next level use either the NVIDIA GT 120 w/256MB ddr3 or NVIDIA GT 130 w/512MB of DDR3.
In the notebook line, all the models DO have the 9400M graphics processor, but the top three MacBook Pros ALSO have a 9600M GT with either 256 or 512MB of DDR3 RAM.
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I guess this is the end f the line for Power PCs. :(Yes, in that new versions won't run on PPC machines. New OS features leave the older hardware behind.
No, in that the older hardware doesn't suddenly stop working. Apple will continue to support 10.5.x on PPC with security updates for some time (though probably not as long as Microsoft supports their old OSes with security updates).
There are plenty of uses for PPC hardware even after Apple stops supporting it. For instance, after I upgraded from my PPC MacMini to an Intel two years ago, I loaded Linux onto the PPC box. Runs like a champ.
However, if you’re running third-party software that you absolutely need, it’s always smart to check the developer’s website to see if the app has been tested on Snow Leopard. Adobe, for example, has already stated that Creative Suite 3 has not been tested on Snow Leopard and may have compatibility issues.
Have a new Mac Mini and, for the price ($29), I was going to do it but really don't see any reason.
Well... I’ve been looking for a reason to come up with a new Mac for about four years and couldn’t. Now my chance.
I have plenty of excuses (reasons); it’s the coin that’s lacking.
:)
Best wishes with your new box...
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Snow OSX Universal 10.6 (421) v3.4 | Size: 4.34 Gb
Gente, encontre esto...parece ser algun ensamblado del SL para pc, me llamo la atencion asi que lo puse a bajar y se los acerco, vere de que se trata....
Assemblage experimental, constructed on the basis of Snow Leopard 10a421 userdvd and experience of users of resources TorrentMac and AppleLife.
Year: 2009
Version: 10a421
Developer: Apple
Platform: Intel only
Language: English + Russian
Tabletka: Not required
System requirements:
PC computer with an Intel SSSE3 processor
1GB of memory
8GB of free disk space
The official release date - September 2009
Installer
Loader - Chameleon DFE + boot v9.4
In the installer is built DSDTPatcher v1.0.1e.
In most cases DSDT Patch is mandatory!
In kastomayzah:
Snow_bootloader (+) - bootloader installation!
NullCPUPM (+) - analog Disabler.kext for Snow!
SMBIOSResolver (+) - described a model iMac9, 1
OpenHaltRestart (+)
PS2 (-) - dravera interface for PS / 2
LegacyAHCIATA (-)
Atools_Snow (+) - a folder with the tools and additional drivers!
Rosetta (-) - translator PowerPC binary code to run old applications!
(+) - Is selected by default!
(-) - Not selected!
The contents of the folder:
/ ATools /
AppCleaner.app
BetterZip.app
CandyBar.app
Change Finder
Clone X 3.app
CPU-i
ForkLift.app
HexEdit
iGetter.app
IORegistryExplorer.app
KCNScrew.app
Kext Utility.app
Monolingual.app
OnyX.app
OSX86Tools.app
Property List Editor.app
TinkerTool.app
Xbench.app
/ ATools / _Drivers /
AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext
AppleDecrypt.kext
ApplePS2Controller.kext
CPUi_snow.kext
DSMOS.kext
LegacyAppleAHCIPort.kext
LegacyAppleIntelPIIXATA.kext
LegacyAppleYukon2.kext
LegacyIOAHCIBlockStorage.kext
LegacyJMicronATA.kext
NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
NVInject.kext
OpenHaltRestart.kext
PlatformUUID.kext
SMBIOSResolver.kext
VoodooHDA.kext
/ ATools / _System /
Beta_decrypter_for_10a421a_32_64.pkg
bootsnow-9-4
Chameleon_DFE_for_Hard_Disk.pkg
/ DSDTPatcherGUI_1.0 /
EFIStudio.app
Pacifist.pkg
Company Apple has presented Mac OS X Snow Leopard, even more powerful and perfect version of the most advanced operating system in the world which becomes a basis of future innovative decisions Apple. Snow Leopard it is constructed on a ten years' history of development OS X with hundreds improvements and revolutionary technological decisions, support Microsoft Exchange and new functions of universal access. Snow Leopard it will be delivered as updating to Mac OS X Leopard since September, 2009.
“We have developed it on the basis of success of version Leopard and have created the best working conditions for users, since installation of an operating system and before computer deenergizing, – tells Bertrand Serlet (Bertrand Serlet), the senior vice-president Apple on software working out. – engineers Apple managed to bring in system of hundred improvements so Snow Leopard will allow you to feel that the system became much faster and even more reliably, than before”.
In the course of creation Snow Leopard engineers Apple have concentrated on optimisation of the most advanced operating system in the world, having improved over 90 percent from 1000 components Mac OS X. Users will note accelerated response Finder; appendix Mail loading the messages for 85 percent faster and speed increased on 90 percent of search; function Time Machine, for 50 percent accelerated process of reserve copying of the information; a way of orientation in windows Expose, integrated now in Dock; the 64-bit version of browser Safari 4 with new kernel Nitro in which speed of processing javascript has increased by 50 percent, and system of protection against the failures caused by plug-ins. Besides, Snow Leopard has new modernised player QuickTime X which allows users to look through, write down, edit and spread with ease video on YouTube, MobileMe or in iTunes. The size of operating system Snow Leopard twice less than the previous version. After installation the system releases to 6 GB disk space.
Snow Leopard for the first time offers 64-bit system appendices among which Finder, Mail, iCal, iChat and browser Safari, and support of 64-bit processors allows to use great volumes of operative memory, to raise productivity and protection level, keeping thus compatibility with 32-bit appendices. Technology Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) provides a revolutionary way of extraction of the maximum advantage from multinuclear processors. GCD it is completely integrated in Snow Leopard, beginning from new общесистемных API (interfaces of applied programs) to system covers of a highest level and programming language expansions that leads to increase of speed of reaction of system. OpenCL, the open standard on the basis of language of Si, allows developers to use completely computing capacity of the graphic processor and for usual calculations.
Snow Leopard supports Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, working directly with Mac OS X Mail, the Directory and iCal that allows to use these appendices for sending and reception of messages, creation of invitations to meetings, and also managements of contacts and their synchronisation with the global list of addresses. Snow Leopard easily works with the data of server Exchange and allows to use such unique functions OS X, as fast search Spotlight and preliminary viewing Quick Look. Snow Leopard – a unique operating system with high-grade support Exchange 2007 that will allow any business to introduce with ease computers Mac in the organisation.
Each computer Mac has innovative functions and technologies for people with special requirements, and Snow Leopard offers essentially new additional functions and the technologies doing computers Mac even more accessible to people with broken sight. Трекпад Apple Multi-Touch now it is connected with screen announcer VoiceOver so users can be guided in system, simply moving a finger on трекпаду, as on the screen. Snow Leopard also has got the built in support of wireless bluetooth-systems of reading and the letter for blind, and also possibility of simultaneous connection of several similar devices to one computer Mac.
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