Archive for Snow Leopard

Peachpit Announces New Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Books

Sep 1, 2009

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Four New Peachpit Books Ship on Same Day as Software

Berkeley, CA—August 31, 2009—For the first time ever, Peachpit announced four books that will be shipping on the same day as Apple’s new Snow Leopard operating system, the fastest and most reliable version of the Mac OS X ever.

Snow Leopard introduces and upgrades many new features and technologies, with hidden power that new and experienced users can learn to take advantage of to maximize their use. The following Peachpit books are designed to help any user unlock the power of Mac OS X Snow Leopard:

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning SeriesMac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series is the latest update of Robin Williams’ bestselling guide that will have readers working miracles in no time with Snow Leopard. With this book, readers can learn in their own way, whether it’s working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what they need at that moment.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide, the latest update of Maria Langer’s bestselling Visual QuickStart Guide will take readers through all of Mac OS X’s groundbreaking capabilities and new features. With plenty of screenshots to clearly illustrate techniques, this reasonably priced guide is a great reference to the essentials of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Read More→

Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28

Aug 24, 2009

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osx-snow-leopard-boxCUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2009—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard® users for $29.

“Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever and we’re happy to get it to users earlier than expected,” said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “For just $29, Leopard users get a smooth upgrade to the world’s most advanced operating system and the only system with built in Exchange support.”

To create Snow Leopard, Apple engineers refined 90 percent of the more than 1,000 projects that make up Mac OS X. Users will notice refinements including a more responsive Finder™; Mail that loads messages up to twice as fast;* Time Machine® with an up to 80 percent faster initial backup;* a Dock with Exposé® integration; QuickTime® X with a redesigned player that allows users to easily view, record, trim and share video; and a 64-bit version of Safari® 4 that is up to 50 percent** faster and resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins. Snow Leopard is half the size of the previous version and frees up to 7GB of drive space once installed. Read More→