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Apple OsX Tiger is out. Apple rolled out Tiger on Friday to faithful users waiting in lines all across the country.
Tiger Direct is suing Apple for the use of the word ‘Tiger’ because they claim it is their trademark.
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The geek’s view: Mac OsX 10.4 (Tiger)
On April 29th, Apple relased the latest version of their Macintosh operating system. Version 10.4, named Tiger, has been hotly anticipated for months and Steve Jobs has been showing off some of the new features at his past couple of keynote speeches. Claiming over 200 product enahancements, Tiger will have a familiar feel to current OsX users but there are new goodies that you can take advantage of right away.
Spotlight- Spotlight is the main feature that Jobs was showing off on Tiger. Spotlight is a built-in search feature for your computer that automatically indexes your computer and allows you to find any file quickly. Showing catigorized results, Spotlight brings up your results as you type them so there is no waiting. You can also save a search to a ‘smart folder’ that will automatically update based on your search critieria. This is a great way to find files that may be in a certain state on your computer at any time.
Dashboard- Have you heard of Konfabulator? well this is Apple’s iteration of it, which is free. Dashboard is a feature that shows ‘widgets’ on command and they dissapear just as easily. What’s a widget? It’s a small graphical program that does a small task visually. It can show you your current weather, calandar, dictionary search, sicky note and much more. It’s highly customizable and you can get more widgets for free from Apple’s web site.
Automator- If you wanted to automate repetitive functions in OsX but didn’t like AppleScript, then you can use Automator to build easy to follow workflows. You can select the program you want to control, select the query and then an action. Automator is great when you want to move certain files or if you find you constantly do the same functions all the time.
Misc- Mail and Quicktime have both been upgraded. Safari now has a built-in RSS reader. You can display your RSS feeds as a screen saver, that is really slick, streamlined, and just plain old cool.
Overall, OsX Tiger is a solid release that has good additions while not overhauling the fantastic Apple experience. If you find that $130 is a bit much right now to spend, rest easy that Panther will suffice just fine. There is no rush to get this upgrade to your computer but it’s nice to have. Also if you can score a student discount it will only cost you $70.
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