November 30, 2007
Changing My Spots
I've had a copy of Apple's latest operating system, OS X 10.5 aka Leopard sitting in my office for a week or so waiting for the opportunity to upgrade.
The problem is that i have been so busy and there are so many large, important projects pending that i couldn't take the chance that the upgrade would break some piece of software I need to get my job done.
But that install DVD haunted me. Like the Tell Tale Heart. No matter where I put it, it called to me. Taunting. Teasing.
So I did it.
So far everything seems to work except my VPN connection to the office. I'm pretty sure I can fix that easily, but what I need is on the network to which I can't currently connect.
First Impressions: Visually very appealing. A lot of very typical Apple design touches. Some very nice interface improvements like cover flow and, quick look. Those are two I new I would like. I was unsure about stacks, but so far I'm liking them. I'm not sold on the translucent menu bar yet, but there are already a dozen or more hacks published to turn that feature off.
I haven't delved into spaces yet but I expect to love that feature. I'm not going to touch Time Machine for a while. My external back-up drive is currently holding a bootable clone of my previous system - just in case.
The problem is that i have been so busy and there are so many large, important projects pending that i couldn't take the chance that the upgrade would break some piece of software I need to get my job done.
But that install DVD haunted me. Like the Tell Tale Heart. No matter where I put it, it called to me. Taunting. Teasing.
So I did it.
So far everything seems to work except my VPN connection to the office. I'm pretty sure I can fix that easily, but what I need is on the network to which I can't currently connect.
First Impressions: Visually very appealing. A lot of very typical Apple design touches. Some very nice interface improvements like cover flow and, quick look. Those are two I new I would like. I was unsure about stacks, but so far I'm liking them. I'm not sold on the translucent menu bar yet, but there are already a dozen or more hacks published to turn that feature off.
I haven't delved into spaces yet but I expect to love that feature. I'm not going to touch Time Machine for a while. My external back-up drive is currently holding a bootable clone of my previous system - just in case.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 10:34 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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This is just a test comment. One of the other feature is that I can isolate a small portion of any web page and install it as a dashboard widget as a live web page.
Minx does not send emails when anyone leaves comments. So the only way I can tell of someone left a comment is to come to he page and look at the the content numbers in the side bar.
So I clipped that little spot into the Dashboard and can check it quickly and easily.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at November 30, 2007 11:04 PM (Z3kjO)
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