Screenshots of Latest Snow Leopard Build Released

Dave — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:14:09 +0000

A host of screenshots have recently emerged depicting a few minor interface changes and feature enhancements of the latest build of Apple’s much anticipated Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

A brief mention of Snow Leopard at WWDC 2008 by Steve Jobs gave the public a mere glimpse into what can be expected, yet developers had been privy to more detailed information. World of Apple has gathered a gallery of screenshots showing the latest Snow Leopard build (10a261), that has been sanctioned as a primarily “under the hood” upgrade, improving performance and reducing the operating systems overall footprint. Below are a few of the screenshots that have been released.

About this Mac showing build 10A261.

System Preferences pane showing a few minor user interface changes.

An upgraded Keboard Shortcuts pane resembling the Finder allows for greater ease of use.

With Stacks you can now navigate the folder structure.

“Application footprints in Snow Leopard are significantly reduced. Almost all of the applications have been rebuilt in Cocoa and 64 bit.”

A new “Put Back” feature allows you to easily restore deleted items.

World of Apple notes that based on the current progress of the latest build they do not expect Snow Leopard to ship during the first quarter of 2009.

“Snow Leopard” chosen as big-cat for Mac OS X 10.6. Lion lovers have to wait.

Aviv — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:17:38 +0000

According to recent reports, Apple’s next major operating system (Mac OS X 10.6) will be called “Snow Leopard” and will drop Power PC support as Apple furthers their stake in Intel. TUAW has already grinded out some pretty major details such as a MacWorld (January 2009) release date.

Ars Technica also confirms the expected release date of January 2009.
Ars reports that:

“Snow Leopard is currently on track to come out during next January’s Macworld, and it will not contain major OS changes. Instead, the release is heavily focused on performance and nailing down speed and stability.”

“Something else that may happen is that Apple may eventually wrap everything in Cocoa—things that are currently only Carbon accessible will be no longer. This (which is reportedly not yet in stone) should make many Objective-C programmers happy, although those who are married to Carbon may get a bit bristly at the news. (Note: There may be some disagreement here as to what exactly “Cocoa-only” means, so take that into account when thinking about this. For example, Apple may only axe Carbon UI stuff.) Of course, it seems like 10.6 is all about making graybeards bristly, as PowerPC users will soon be left out in the cold too.”

We posted yesterday about rumors claiming that Apple may begin seeding Mac OS X 10.6 next week at WWDC. Either way, MacBlogz is eagerly waiting for Mac OS X 10.6, whether it be called “Snow Leopard, Lion or Cougar”.

[updates] Until Apple confirms anything, “rumors” will be just that. Nobody from Apple has commented in regards to “Snow Leopard.” People close to the situation may have indeed reported information they know (or have been told), yet this still remains entirely unconfirmed. (Snow Leopard could very well be an internal codename being used during the development stages)

The History of MAC OS X.
Date Released	Version #	Big Cat Name	Full Apple Operating System Release Name
6 officially released versions so far
March 24, 2001	10.0	Cheetah	Mac OS X version 10.0 Cheetah
September 25, 2001	10.1	Puma	Mac OS X version 10.1 Puma
August 23, 2002	10.2	Jaguar	Mac OS X version 10.2 Jaguar
October 24, 2003	10.3	Panther	Mac OS X version 10.3 Panther
April 29, 2005	10.4	Tiger	Mac OS X version 10.4 Tiger
October 26, 2007	10.5	Leopard	Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard – current
January 2009?	10.6	Snow Leopard?	Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard?

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Screenshots of Latest Snow Leopard Build Released

“Snow Leopard” chosen as big-cat for Mac OS X 10.6. Lion lovers have to wait.