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Posted 29 August 2009 - 05:37 AM
Thank you very much for this article! I realized there were a lot of changes to System Preferences and was dreading going through each panel to note and try to figure out all the changes, thank you for this very useful article.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 05:39 AM
"(Likewise, if you then want to access a 64-bit pane, System Preferences will need to quit and relaunch in 64-bit mode.)"
All standard Apple preference panels seem to have 32bit versions, so after switching to the 32bit System Preferences, as you describe, all panels work without requirement to switch back.
All standard Apple preference panels seem to have 32bit versions, so after switching to the 32bit System Preferences, as you describe, all panels work without requirement to switch back.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 05:55 AM
They are not gesture glitches, that is as-designed. They work that way on 2009 Macs as well.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 06:13 AM
Unfortunately the new font smoothing is fine only so long as it works. On my Dell monitor, it decides not to smooth the fonts and, while in Leopard I could force it do so, on Snow Leopard I can't. I'm stuck with a thin ugly font that is difficult to read. Not really a step forward.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 06:25 AM
Curlypaws, on 29 August 2009 - 06:13 AM, said:
Unfortunately the new font smoothing is fine only so long as it works. On my Dell monitor, it decides not to smooth the fonts and, while in Leopard I could force it do so, on Snow Leopard I can't. I'm stuck with a thin ugly font that is difficult to read. Not really a step forward.
This a known bug with various 3rd party displays. Fix it via the Terminal with defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2 and re-log
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 07:08 AM
What's the deal with the date ad time? Is it less capable than before? We've had the ability to put the full day, date, and time up there for years. My preference: Saturday, August 29, 9:08 AM. If they've eliminated that possibility, I'll be slightly pissed.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 07:17 AM
ilias, on 29 August 2009 - 05:39 AM, said:
"(Likewise, if you then want to access a 64-bit pane, System Preferences will need to quit and relaunch in 64-bit mode.)"
All standard Apple preference panels seem to have 32bit versions, so after switching to the 32bit System Preferences, as you describe, all panels work without requirement to switch back.
All standard Apple preference panels seem to have 32bit versions, so after switching to the 32bit System Preferences, as you describe, all panels work without requirement to switch back.
It makes sense that they'd have 32-bit versions, considering that Snow Leopard is designed to work on 32-bit Intel Macs. Let's hope nobody creates a solely 64-bit preference pane or else those of us running Core Duos (or Core Solos) will be left out in the cold.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 07:31 AM
MrMuckle, on 29 August 2009 - 07:08 AM, said:
What's the deal with the date ad time? Is it less capable than before? We've had the ability to put the full day, date, and time up there for years. My preference: Saturday, August 29, 9:08 AM. If they've eliminated that possibility, I'll be slightly pissed.
This is exactly what I've got in my Menu Bar: Sat Aug 29 8:30 AM. It is no longer necessary to click the time to see the date.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 08:48 AM
Curlypaws, on 29 August 2009 - 06:13 AM, said:
Unfortunately the new font smoothing is fine only so long as it works. On my Dell monitor, it decides not to smooth the fonts and, while in Leopard I could force it do so, on Snow Leopard I can't. I'm stuck with a thin ugly font that is difficult to read. Not really a step forward.
Until Apple gets its act together on this one, this will fix you temporarily.
http://joemullins.co...t-smoothing.php
Eric
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 09:15 AM
rab777hp, on 29 August 2009 - 05:37 AM, said:
Thank you very much for this article! I realized there were a lot of changes to System Preferences and was dreading going through each panel to note and try to figure out all the changes, thank you for this very useful article.
Glad you enjoyed it. Keep in mind these aren't all the changes; just the notable ones. There are a few dozen other minor tweaks.
ilias, on 29 August 2009 - 05:39 AM, said:
"(Likewise, if you then want to access a 64-bit pane, System Preferences will need to quit and relaunch in 64-bit mode.)"
All standard Apple preference panels seem to have 32bit versions, so after switching to the 32bit System Preferences, as you describe, all panels work without requirement to switch back.
All standard Apple preference panels seem to have 32bit versions, so after switching to the 32bit System Preferences, as you describe, all panels work without requirement to switch back.
But there are 64-bit-only panes, and to use them you will need to relaunch System Preferences.
Dan Frakes / Senior Editor, Macworld
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 09:18 AM
MrMuckle, on 29 August 2009 - 07:08 AM, said:
What's the deal with the date ad time? Is it less capable than before? We've had the ability to put the full day, date, and time up there for years.
OS X never provided the capability to see the date in the menu bar all the time; you had to click on the time to view the date, which reverted to the time after a few seconds. Snow Leopard finally lets you view the date with the time, all the time.
(There was a hack, using the International pane of System Preferences, for putting the date in the menu bar, but it was a hack -- it screwed up the time/date display in other areas of the OS.)
Dan Frakes / Senior Editor, Macworld
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 09:56 AM
Indeed, even changing Date Formats in Language & Text > Formats does not alter the presentation of the Menu Bar Clock's Date !!!
Kinda lame.
However, the presentation does rely greatly on the Region (locale) chosen for Language & Text Formats. Oddly incongruent...
Kinda lame.
However, the presentation does rely greatly on the Region (locale) chosen for Language & Text Formats. Oddly incongruent...
