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• Press Shift to grow along one axis only
• Press Option to grow from the center (rather than from the top-left corner).
• Press Spacebar to lock the rectangle’s size and drag it to a new position

Watching Apple has descriptions and diagrams of the new options for that command.

Benchmarks from developer release of Snow Leopard

Oodles — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:54:12 +0000

MacZone has a Google translation of their web page, which is in Dutch, of the first know benchmarks of Snow Leopard. This developer release is the first look at an announced intention to increase performance and security with no new features to speak of. Already, iChat will have the ability to import Exchange calendar data. Not much of benchmark improvement over 10.5.4, but, as noted, this is a developers release that normally have a lot of developer code adding the the overhead being managed by the Mac. More …

Mac OS X 10.5.4

Oodles — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:36:50 +0000

The Mac OS X 10.5.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

What’s included?

General

* Includes recent Apple security updates.
* Resolves an issue with saving and reopening Adobe Creative Suite 3 ﬁles on a remote server.
* Includes additional RAW image support for several cameras.
* Addresses an issue that may result in a partially installed X11 application.
* Improves L2TP VPN client reliability.

AirPort

* Addresses AirPort reliability issues with 5GHz networks.
* Addresses AirPort issues that may result in slower performance in Logic Studio or MainStage.

iCal

* Improves overall iCal reliability for meeting requests, cancellation notices, delegation, and syncing with iPhone.
* Resolves an issue that prevents deleting an iCal event without notifying the creator.
* Addresses an issue in which events in all calendars affect availability. A checkbox now enables information-only calendars to be transparent from free/busy lookups.
* Resolves a UI issue preventing delegated calendars from showing up as a separate window.
* Addresses an issue with copying and pasting attendees from one event to another.
* Resolves an issue in which iCal may not delete events after a speciﬁed time interval, even when set to do so in iCal preferences.
* Addresses an issue in which To Dos cannot be marked private.

Safari

* Addresses a potential performance issue when loading secure web pages.
* Resolves issues that may be encountered when accessing secure web pages with client certificates that reside on a smart card.

Spaces and Exposé

* Addresses an issue in which switching from a space with a Finder window keeps the Finder as the active application instead of the application residing in the destination space.
* Fixes an issue in which dragging an application from the list of application assignments in Spaces System Preferences does not assign the application to the desired space.
* Resolves an Exposé issue that may result in only a subset of windows being shown.

Myths of Snow Leopard 2: 32-bit Support

Oodles — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:32:40 +0000

RoughlyDrafted has an excellent article on whether Snow Leopard will support PPC Macs or early 32-bit Intel Macs. In laying out the arguments, the magazine starts from what may seem an unrelated quote from Mary Jo Foley:

The state of Microsoft’s art has led Windows Enthusiasts into confusion, as they tend to think that if Microsoft is doing something, it is probably the only way to do it. As Mary Jo Foley wrote, “Leopard is the first 64-bit only version of a desktop client. Vista comes in 32-bit and 64-bit varieties. And most expect Windows Seven will still be available in 32-bit flavors. Until 32-bit machines go away, it seems like a good idea to offer 32-bit operating systems.” She was apparently being serious, and wrote that in the context of an article insisting that Leopard looked like Vista.

What is entertaining is while discussing whether Snow Leopard will be compatible with what legacy of Mac, totally destroys Foley;s premise. as to who copied who.

Mac OS X 10.6 will support PPC Macs

Oodles — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:40:24 +0000

GIZMODO has posted information from developer who notes that the update includes 32 bit PPC drivers, not loaded in 64 bit Intel Macs. Apple will not be dropping PPC OS support. Further confirmation should come from WWDC.

Mac OS X 10.5.4 in about a week

Oodles — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:26:24 +0000

ars technica reports Apple has seeded the first test building of 10.5.4. The update could have already been planed There is the revamped .Mac and other expect hardware to be announced that may need support added to the OS. Of course a fix for the Adobe CS3 network flub is highly expected to be included.

Mac OS X 10.6 already in the works

Oodles — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:07:25 +0000

TUAW proposes Apple wants leave Mac OS X 10.5 behind by passing the baton to 10.6. Wireless issues and lately a file corruption problem make Leopard seem unsteady. TUAW and AppleInsider say the efforts will focus on “stability and security” rather than any new features. Both also say that 10.6 will be Intel only.

One area they differ is on Mac OS X 10.6 name. TUAW has a survey for you to choose which cat name will be next.

AppleInsider reports that ArsTechnica has word that Snow Leopard is the code name for Mac OS X 10.6. This makes sense if the intended purpose proves true.

Update: Adobe CS3 file corruption under 10.5.3

Oodles — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:46:49 +0000

The problem surfaces when saving Photoshop CS3 or InDesign files to network drives. Files save locally (your computer) are fine. If you do not save files to a server, then you can update to 10.5.3

See Adobe and Apple forums for more information

Mac OS X 10.5.3

Oodles — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:28:40 +0000

The combo update is 536MB and the server combo is a whopping 632MB. The install took a while, how long I do not know as I went out to do my Wednesday watering. The re-start did not take any longer than normal, even though there are reports of lengthy re-starts. Everything looks good and already this update is the most stable operating system I have ever used. OK, I have said that will every update since Mac OS 7.0,

About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 update has a very long list of what is included in the update.

The update comes in a number of flavors:

Mac OS X 10.5.3 Combo Update

Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update

About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Server update, while not as an impressive there is no doubt as to its importance.

Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 Combo Update

Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 Update