Mac Operating Systems
Learn more about Macintosh operating system features and get the best from your OS.
Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) will make its first public appearance in September 2009. To help you get ready for the newest OS from Apple, here are links to all of the Snow Leopard features, articles, tips, and blog entries on About: Macs.
Preview of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) marks a turning point in Apple’s OS development. It chose to use Snow Leopard to clean out the dust bunnies that had accumulated in OS X over the years. By doing so, Apple created a faster, leaner OS that is less likely to have stability problems and should prove to be a superior foundation for things to come.
Add an Eject CD or DVD item to your Mac’s menu bar for a handy and always available way to open or close your Mac’s CD or DVD drive.
Dock menus allow you to use the Dock to control active applications.
You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly execute the most often used Finder navigation commands.
These startup keyboard shortcuts come in handy if you need to troubleshoot your Mac, or you just want to boot from a different volume than usual.
The Dock, which acts as an application launcher, comes pre-populated with Apple applications. It's easy to remove any that are just taking up space.
There are several ways to eject a CD or DVD from a Mac, including dragging its icon to the Trash, and using the right-click pop-up menu.
The OS X Dock, which serves as an application launcher, comes pre-populated with many Apple applications. You can also add your own favorite apps to the Dock.
