You can also label files and folders according to their importance so you can easily spot them with a simple glance at the screen. The user now has handy shortcuts on the left side of any Finder window, shortcuts that lead to folders, other computers, media, disk images etc. The biggest new feature on Mac OS X, according to Apple, is the new Metal-looking, multi-threaded Finder (re-written from scratch). The default filesystem used is Journal-enabled (thank Dominic Giampaolo, filesystem god, of ex-SGI, ex-BeOS and ex-QNX fame, for that). That was not a big deal for me as I don’t have any important data on my Macs, but it may be troublesome for people who who are trying to install on their primary machine. I installed clean on both my Macs, because upgrading wouldn’t work on my 12″ Powerbook (Jaguar “had errors” the installation was insisting). X11), you will need to have ready your third CD as well. The installation procedure hasn’t changed, but now it requires the two first CDs and if you want extra things (e.g. Update: screenshots removed at request of Apple. So, what to expect from Mac OS X when it comes out on the evening of October 24th? Come in and have a look in this preview article. I was able to try out and preview Mac OS X Panther 10.3 for the past few months after WWDC and for the last few days I am running a latest version.
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