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My Initial Reaction to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard – Part 1

Seeing as I just posted about installing Leopard, I might as well give you my initial reaction to Apples new flagship OS.

On logging in for the first time, there’s a couple of things that will strike you straight away:

The Dock has been radically changed. It now sports a 3D look, along with reflected icons. Gone are the small black arrows to indicate running applications, instead you have a glowing blue light which I find is nearly impossible to see.

Leopard Dock
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The menu bar has a new “theme”, it’s now translucent, the Apple icon has been changed and the Spotlight icon has been updated. A lot of users have complained about the translucency, but my desktop picture is black along the top, so I’ve hardly noticed it.

Leopard Menu Bar
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The Finder has been updated, and the folder layout on the left now resembles iTunes. The folder icons have also been updated.

Leopard Finder
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So they’re the main visual differences between Tiger and Leopard. When I get a chance, I’ll post more about the other big changes.

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One Response to “My Initial Reaction to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard – Part 1”

  1. whatithink » Blog Archive » Reinstate the 2D Dock in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard says:
    Tuesday, 6th November, 2007 at 11:30

    [...] giving out about the new 3D Dock introduced in Leopard, I came across this hint to reinstate the 2D dock. Open a terminal window and [...]