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Mac OS X Leopard: Boot Camp

An Apple A Day Gallery – 2007.11.05
Mac OS X Leopard: Boot Camp

Boot Camp Assistant icon
Boot Camp enables installation of Windows Operating System on any Intel-based Mac computer, using a Microsoft Windows install disc. Windows is installed on its own partition. After installation, the Mac can run either Windows or Mac OS X.

The Boot Camp Assistant application helps create the Windows partition and restart the Mac using Windows installation disc. Follow the instructions to install Windows and install software drivers that enable Windows to work with the Mac hardware.

Boot Camp Assistant

Apple provides driver supports the followings:

  • Windows XP Home Edition or Professional
  • Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate

Windows drivers for Intel-based Mac computer are included in Mac OS X Leopard Install disc.

To install any other Operating Systems such as Linux, create the “Windows Partition” then boot the Mac using the Linux install disc.

Additional informations on Boot Camp (http://37prime.com/bootcamp.html)

Boot Camp is not the only way to run other Operating Systems on a Mac. Parallels and VMware Fusion provide the ways to install different Operating Systems within Mac OS X. It is recommended to have a minimum of 2GB of RAM on a Mac to run the virtual machine.

Get Parallels @ Amazon.com
Get VMware Fusion @ Amazon.com

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Mac OS X Leopard: Exposé

An Apple A Day Gallery – 2007.11.04
Mac OS X Leopard: Exposé

Exposé

Exposé was first introduced in Mac OS X Tiger 10.4, a great addition to desktop computing. In Mac OS X Leopard, Exposé works well with Spaces.
Exposé and Spaces

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Mac OS X Leopard: Front Row

An Apple A Day Gallery – 2007.11.03
Mac OS X Leopard: Front Row
Front Row Icon
Front Row is now available on any Macs. Front Row can be activated by using Apple Remote, launching the Front Row.app, or by using the default keystroke Command-Esc.

Previously Front Row only available on Macs with Apple Remote and IR receiver support. Kudos to Andrew Escobar for providing Front Row Enabler; to install Front Row for Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.x) on older Macs without Apple Remote and IR receiver support.

Front Row

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Mac OS X Leopard: Spaces

An Apple A Day Gallery – 2007.11.02
Mac OS X Leopard: Spaces

Spaces Icon

Mac OS X Leopard’s Spaces can provide a maximum of 16 “workspaces” (4 rows x 4 columns).

You can assign applications to specific “workspace”.

Spaces

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Adobe Updates Flash Player 9

Adobe releases Flash Player 9 update for Linux, Mac and Windows.
The build numbers for current official release are 9.0.47.0 (Mac and Windows) and 9.0.48.0 (Linux).

Adobe Flash iCon
In addition to that, the pre-release version of Flash Player 9 is also available at Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/)

Adobe Labs features prerelease versions of the Flash Player 9 Update software. The release candidate prerelease is an opportunity for developers and consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content.

This update, codenamed “Moviestar,” includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions of Flash Player 9, including:

Support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs.
Multi-core support for vector rendering.
Full screen mode with hardware scaling.
Flash Player cache for common platform components, such as the Flex framework.
Support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) in the Windows plug-in.

The build numbers for the pre-release version are 9.0.98.0 (Mac), and 9.0.64.0 (Linux and Windows)