Leopard 10.5.2 update to add surprise improvements?

Posted by Daniel East Jan 25, 2008 at 10:00am

One thing Steve Jobs failed to mention in his Macworld keynote speech, is “surprise improvements” that may be coming any day in the Leopard 10.5.2 update. Remember when Apple announced Leopard and advertised 300+ new features? Well, some were omitted because apparently they weren’t quite ready for prime-time. So is Apple about ready to redeem itself?

How many of you, like me, hate the translucent menu bar in Leopard, and would like the option to turn it off? How many of you went out and bought an AirPort Extreme Base Station, along with an external USB 2.0 drive to use with Time Machine in Leopard, only to find out wasn’t supported when Leopard was released?

BabyGotMac has recently posted pictures from Leopard 10.5.2 (build 9C16) showcasing some of the new improvements.

Here are a few of the improvements listed:

• Time Machine can use a disk connected to your Airport Extreme as a backup location
• Translucent Menu bar option in Desktop Preferences
• Better Stacks options, including List, Folder and Grid views
• Time Machine can backup to a network drive
• DVD/CD Sharing, as seen on the new Macbook Air!
• Time Machine has a drop down in menubar

Of course, we will have to wait and see if all these improvements are implemented, and exactly how well they work—especially Time Machine connected to a disk via an AEBS for backups. I really hope Apple gets this one working right. I hate keeping my MacBook Pro tethered to my external USB 2.0 drive for Time Machine backups.

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