Wi-Fi signal strength in menubar
If you are in a Wi-Fi hotspot, or merely a place with a lot of unsecured networks, it’s often hard to figure out which one to go with, because in Leopard, when you clicked on the AirPort menubar icon to find new networks, there was no indication of which network was better, save for the name (if it had an awesome name, the network is also awesome, obviously). In Snow Leopard, you can see the signal strength of these networks from the menubar, helping you make that decision.
Basic malware protection
Snow Leopard has basic malware protection for Safari downloads. Apple is keeping a database of virus definitions, and if you download an executable that contains it, the OS will warn you, and recommend you abort. More importantly, this database will be updated via Software Update, and files that are infected will be marked as such in the Finder. Still, download smart.
Finder rewritten in Cocoa
Though you won’t see too many aesthetic differences, the Finder in Snow Leopard has been rewritten from the ground up. This makes it more future proof, more flexible -- essentially, more everything. This move should also make Finder more stable, because it uses all the newest frameworks, as well as more extensible. Look forward to some huge feature updates in Finder’s future.
Draw Chinese characters on the trackpad
If you happen to write Chinese and want to communicate with your business partners in China, you won’t have to buy a Chinese keyboard anymore. Snow Leopard’s revamped Language And Text preference pane has revamped the Chinese character input completely. You can draw the actual characters on your trackpad, and it recognizes the characters as you type.
Higher-res iChat (640x480) / lower bandwidth req
Video chat can be painfully slow, and has frequent hangups, unless you have a high-speed connection, and you aren’t using your bandwidth in other ways. Snow Leopard’s iChat tries to fix this, at least partially, by lowering the bandwidth requirements of iChat. At the same time, the introduction of iChat Theater enables high-quality, 640x480, video chatting.
Auto-update printer drivers
Software Update is looking to be more useful in Snow Leopard. Not only does it update virus definitions, but is also going to update your printer drivers. This is often more elegant than having to update them manually, from the manufacturer's website.
Empty Trash more reliable
Have you ever tried to empty the Trash, only to find that something is “in use,” when you know it most definitely is not in use. Snow Leopard tries to make the Empty Trash process faster and more reliable than ever before. However, it still stops the delete if you are, say, watching a movie and trying to delete it at the same time.
Ejecting media more reliable
Along the same lines, Snow Leopard wants to make ejecting media, whether USB hard drives, CDs, or DVDs, more reliable. Hopefully this means the annoying beach ball of death doesn’t pop up when you hit the Eject button on your keyboard.
Different statuses for different accounts in iChat
If you are using iChat with multiple accounts, but want to keep your status on your corporate IM account different than that of your personal AIM account, now you can. Apple clearly wants you to stop defecting to third-party chat clients like Adium, so it might be the time to give iChat a second chance.
Split-pane Terminal
If you have certain scripts that you have running all the time, it might be a good idea to keep a split-pane Terminal. While the two panes will mirror the same command, you can scroll to different positions within each pane, allowing you to monitor different parts of the same output at the same time. The other cool feature of the new Terminal is a new default font, which, while doesn’t add anything in particular, is definitely prettier.
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October 27, 2010 at 5:29am
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scottgriest
October 21, 2010 at 7:18am
article is so good: "In Leopard you had to double-click on the event, then you had to click Edit to edit the event. That's one too many clicks. In Snow Leopard, you can just double-click on the event to get to edit mode thanks for sharing this great article...
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debielapol
February 24, 2010 at 8:46am
Unless I missed it, I didn't see mentioned the new feature in the QuickTime Player:
File->New Screen Recording...
It allows you to do a video capture of what is happening on your monitor. Considering that there is commercial software that allows you to do the same thing and they cost more then Snow Leopard itself, this feature alone could pay for itself immediately.
Now, the commercial software will likely have more features at this point, but for basic screen recoding, the new QuickTime Player feature is great.
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ladysun1969
February 17, 2010 at 9:35pm
I just answered my own question:
The article says: "In Leopard you had to double-click on the event, then you had to click Edit to edit the event. That's one too many clicks. In Snow Leopard, you can just double-click on the event to get to edit mode."
This only works if you have "Open events in separate windows" turned on. Otherwise, you have to double-click, then click Edit.
ladysun1969
February 17, 2010 at 9:32pm
The article says "In Leopard you had to double-click on the event, then you had to click Edit to edit the event. That's one too many clicks. In Snow Leopard, you can just double-click on the event to get to edit mode."
Is this true? I've got Snow Leopard on a brand new MacBook, but I have to double-click, then click the Edit button to edit the event. Is there an option to choose somewhere?
ladysun1969
February 17, 2010 at 8:46pm
The article says, "Snow Leopard is the only OS with Exchange support out of the box, as Windows 7 requires you to buy Office 2007 to get that functionality".
Not *quite* true. Windows 7 does not come with an Exchange client (ie. Outlook), but Exchange server does. If you have Exchange server, you can install Outlook on your Win7 box & connect to the server. No need to buy Office 2007.
s10nefer
February 17, 2010 at 2:23pm
When using screen sharing to connect to a remote Mac, cmd-tab and Exposé keys are now redirected to the remote machine (it was not the case in Leopard)
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allenkenya
February 03, 2010 at 1:16am
I'm very satisfied with Snow Leopard. For the most part it works exactly as "advertised", is very stable, is fast, etc. I have also enjoyed reading these 100 Tips. I've learned some things and they've reminded me of others that I had forgotten or ignored.
However, two of them don't ring true at all for me:
1. "Wake up and shut down faster" -- Snow Leopard usually wakes up faster; I have far fewer times when the computer simply refuses to wake up. But, it does not shut down faster. The only thing that consistently embarrasses me about my MacBook Pro is that it is so slow shutting down -- we're talking 5+ minutes to close out applications, stop processes, and turn off -- or sometimes just refuses to shut down. Combined with Firefox (any recent iteration) quitting, it's a dog in this respect.
2. Edit iCal Event Quicker: Hmmmm. Double-clicking on an iCal event brings up the details about the event but in order to edit it, I have to then click edit. I don't see any change from Leopard. I would welcome a return to double-clicking and going straight to edit.
madno
January 18, 2010 at 8:33am
Hi i love everything about leopard but the problem is i want to install it on pc. I hope mac life can write the article about how to install leopard in pc.
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PCheese
December 07, 2009 at 1:43pm
You wrote that Snow Leopard "triangulates your position based on your IP address". Triangulation uses multiple angles and distance estimates from known physical locations (i.e. cell towers, satellites) to determine current location. Apple could also have used an IP address to location lookup database, but that does not appear to be the case. Instead, they use skyhookwireless.com to to find your location based on MAC addresses of nearby access points. (It's possible they employ triangulation techniques here.)
bgreggs
October 10, 2009 at 6:28am
My Palm Centro is still syncing fine via HotSync manager to Palm Desktop 4.2.2 in Snow Leopard
Robert Ireland
September 12, 2009 at 11:11am
switch to 64 results in inability of yahoo to download mail
gmorain
September 09, 2009 at 1:54pm
When using screen sharing to connect to a remote Mac, cmd-tab and Exposé keys are now redirected to the remote machine (it was not the case in Leopard)
heap1
September 06, 2009 at 12:47pm
Palm syncing still works fine. I have had no problems syncing my 9 year old Sony Clie with Palm Desktop software version 4.2.1 in Snow Leopard.
beeblebrox
September 05, 2009 at 8:03pm
I must be really missing something here. When I first read of the new feature I sent up a cheer, as I'm sure many Mac users did. Then I tried it. There were way over 100 items in the trash when I went down the list and tried the 'Put Back' feature both from the context menu and the file menu. Out of all those items only seven had 'put back' enabled, - 2 empty folders, 1 WMV, 1 Application, and 3 PDFs -all the rest were grayed out. Of all those files only seven worked as Apple's Support article said they should?
I wish someone could tell me what's wrong here. Otherwise it just doesn't seem to be worth the effort.
jyuichi
October 18, 2009 at 12:52pm
Regarding buggy put back, for me it seems that items sent to the trash from Finder or desktop can be put back but items dragged from stacks (like my download stack thats right next to the trash can) can't. Real bummer :( Sleepless Nights & Wakeless Days
romanboy
September 04, 2009 at 12:22pm
Option click in the Menu Bar on the iSync icon and it tells you when it last synched all your Bookmarks, Calendars, Contacts, etc.
mr100percent
September 01, 2009 at 10:45pm
To turn on text substitution features in an application:
Control-click and choose Substitutions > Show Substitutions. (In some applications, you can also choose Edit > Substitutions > Show Substitutions.)
Doc Izzy
September 01, 2009 at 4:10pm
The sticky keyboard shortcut was in Leopard. I've used it almost daily at work. May have even been in Tiger.
jemoreno
September 01, 2009 at 8:41am
I first noticed that my directory utility app was gone, then I snooped around and found how to access it.System Preferences > Accounts > Login Options > Network Account Server
jemoreno
September 01, 2009 at 8:39am
If you’ve ever wanted to change audio sources without firing up system preferences, well Snow Leopard lets you do just that. By holding down Option + clicking on the volume control in the menu bar you are able to quickly change sources.
ericgorr
September 01, 2009 at 7:54am
Unless I missed it, I didn't see mentioned the new feature in the QuickTime Player:
File->New Screen Recording...
It allows you to do a video capture of what is happening on your monitor. Considering that there is commercial software that allows you to do the same thing and they cost more then Snow Leopard itself, this feature alone could pay for itself immediately.
Now, the commercial software will likely have more features at this point, but for basic screen recoding, the new QuickTime Player feature is great.
One of the best uses for this new feature is when users report bugs, they all now can easily send a screen recoding of what they were doing at the time. A huge boon to developers everywhere...
Nijigasumi
September 01, 2009 at 7:35am
You're right about iChat video to Windows AIM. The ability's already in Leopard but it was buggy and sometimes decided it didn't want to work. I have yet to try it out in SL. Lets hope they made it more stable.
BallinaLad
September 01, 2009 at 5:10am
I tried the feature to edit iCal entries with just one click, but no joy.It still works just as before -- double click the item then click Edit to change the details.Was this feature removed from the release version?Ric "Edit iCal events quickerIn Leopard you had to double-click on the event, then you had to click Edit to edit the event. That's one too many clicks. In Snow Leopard, you can just double-click on the event to get to edit mode. "
ikarelin
August 31, 2009 at 10:02pm
Active Directory Settings are moved to "Accounts" in System Settings instead of /Applications/Utilities/Directory Services app. Cool !!!
Calob Horton
August 31, 2009 at 8:10pm
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe being able to audio/video chat with Windows AIM client users was available in Leopard.
mattc986
August 31, 2009 at 2:46pm
Yeah I'm still on 10.5.8 on a MBP Early 2008 and I've always been able to resize my Desktop icons with a two finger pinch. You can do it in a finder folder so it makes sense the desktop responds the same way since it's technically your desktop folder.
Anyway, definitely not a Snow Leopard tip/trick/feature.
