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Snow Leopard: Complete Coverage

As hard as it is for those of us in the northern hemisphere, Friday, August 28, 2009 is a Snow Day. It’s the day that Mac OS X 10.6—Snow Leopard—arrives in stores. But here at Macworld, we’ve been using it for weeks, and in some cases, for months.

Now we’ve got the details on Apple’s new operating-system release, from a full review to in-depth feature roundups and individual stories that dive deep into special corners of this new cold-weather cat.

Below you’ll find an ever-growing list of Snow Leopard stories from Macworld. Check back often for even more coverage. And if you’d like to see a comprehensive list of every story we’ve published about Snow Leopard, we’ve got that too.

  • Snow Leopard - Complete Coverage
  • Review: Snow Leopard

    Snow Leopard is a solid collection of tweaks and upgrades for a low price, Jason Snell says. Here's an in-depth review.

  • 11 major new Snow Leopard features

    Snow Leopard may be a "minor" update, but it's got plenty of big new features. Here's an inside look.

  • Gauging Snow Leopard's speed boosts

    Macworld Lab puts the new Mac OS 10.6 through its paces to see how much of a boost it provides over OS 10.5.

  • Inside Snow Leopard's hidden malware protection

    One of the hidden features of Snow Leopard is a built-in system to protect Mac users from malware. Dan Moren explains just what this feature entails.

  • Inside Snow Leopard's under-the-hood additions

    64-bit apps, OpenCL for graphics processors, and Grand Central Dispatch for multiple processor cores are three key technologies in Snow Leopard.

  • All about Snow Leopard

    Snow Leopard ships on Friday, but we can talk about the weeks we’ve spent with Snow Leopard now. In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, Chris Breen talks about Mac OS X 10.6 with a star-studded panel of Macworld editors.

  • Snow Leopard's smaller changes

    Apple's new OS may not offer the show-stopping new features that previous updates featured, but there's plenty of tweaks, enhancements, and subtle changes if you know where to look. Here are a few refinements you may not have noticed.

  • Snow Leopard versus Windows 7

    Both Windows 7 and Snow Leopard pack notable new features, large and small. We take a closer look to see exactly how they stack up.

  • Snow Leopard makes strides in accessibility

    OS X 10.6 adds several features that make the operating system easier to use, including new trackpad gestures and an improved VoiceOver.

  • Snow Leopard: QuickTime X

    Apple's latest OS, Snow Leopard, includes a revamped version of the company's venerable multimedia software, QuickTime.

  • Services step out in Snow Leopard

    Services have been in OS X since the earliest days, but not many users take advantage of their power. That all changes with Snow Leopard, which rethinks Services. The result is a greatly-improved feature that everyone can use.

  • Snow Leopard's new math

    Apple's changed the way it calculates file sizes in Snow Leopard. Jason Snell has the lowdown.

  • Installing Snow Leopard: What you need to know

    With Snow Leopard, Apple has made the process of upgrading OS X easier and more streamlined than ever. Dan Frakes explains what you need to know and how to make the upgrade work for you.

  • A look at Snow Leopard’s tricks

    In this week’s video, Dan Frakes takes a look at a number of notable features new to Snow Leopard.

  • Snow Leopard's old and new annoyances

    Rob Griffiths looks at how well Snow Leopard addresses his list of OS X gripes—and finds a couple of new ones.

  • Snow Leopard's System Preferences shuffle

    In Snow Leopard, some System Preferences panes have been renamed, some have been reshuffled, others have disappeared altogether. Dan Frakes explains what's gone where.

  • Snow Leopard: What's gone where

    Several applications and utilities have been moved or gone missing in Mac OS X 10.6. Rob Griffiths explains where everything is now.

  • Ten good things about Snow Leopard for IT admins

    Senior systems administrator John C. Welch has had a chance to use Snow Leopard and finds plenty to like about the latest version of OS X from a Mac IT perspective.

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