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Opinion: How Stacks stacks up

Few OS X 10.5 features have generated as much feedback as Stacks, Leopard's organizational feature aimed at keeping your Desktop uncluttered. Dan Frakes looks at what works -- and what doesn't -- with Stacks, and proposes a few fixes.

Inside Back to My Mac

Back to My Mac, a new feature in Mac OS X 10.5, lets you remotely access other computers you own over a local network or the Internet by gaining access to its shared volumes and controlling its screen. Glenn Fleishman looks at how to get the service up and running and examines some of the security concerns it raises.

Back to My Mac: Apple's Internet mashup

The underpinnings of Back to My Mac are fairly dense, but interesting, as Apple is mashing up a lot of protocols to punch tunnels through Internet architecture that wasn't designed to be tunneled through. Join Glenn Fleishman for a technical tour behind the scenes of Back to My Mac.

Inside Leopard: Under-the-hood

We wrap up our look at what's new with OS X 10.5 by examining the changes to Terminal, X11, and Disk Utility.

Inside Leopard: iCal

The big change in Leopard's version of iCal is the addition of a group scheduling feature to OS X's built-in calendaring app. But Dan Miller discovers there's a catch to getting the most out of this update.

Inside Leopard: iChat, Mail, and others

OS X updates don't just add new programs; they also update the existing apps with new features and enhancements. Leopard is no exception, adding across-the-board changes to iChat, Mail, and other applications.

Inside Leopard: System Preferences

System Preferences have undergone plenty of changes in OS X 10.5. Dan Frakes walks you through what's new, including an extended look at the beefed-up Parental Controls in Leopard.

Inside Leopard: Finder and Dock

The Finder is probably the single-most used program in Mac OS X and the public face of the operating system's interface. That public face gets a transformation in Leopard with some often-suggested features and a new look. Rob Griffiths looks at how the changes will affect your use of OS X.

Inside Leopard: Macworld's OS X 10.5 preview

We’ve had a chance to use Leopard, to explore its new features and returning favorites, and we’re ready to report on what you’ll find in OS X 10.5. Each of the following articles explores different elements of the new OS—from new features like Time Machine and Spaces to under-the-hood changes to Terminal. We’ll tell you what’s new, what’s improved, and whether Leopard lives up to hype.

Inside Leopard: Spotlight

Spotlight was the star of the show the last time Apple released a cat-themed OS X upgrade. Christopher Breen looks at the Leopard edition of this search tool and finds many significant—and welcome—changes.

Inside Leopard: Safari and Automator

Many of the changes in Safari 3 have been known since Apple released a beta of the browser in June. Many of the changes in Automator 2 have been overshadowed by other additions and enhancements in Leopard. Rob Griffiths evaluates both OS X mainstays, looking at what's new with each app.

MOBILE MAC

Improving AirPort's range

While Wi-Fi signals are supposed to reach 150 feet in any direction from a gateway, that optimistic number is rarely reached indoors.

GEEK FACTOR

Tracking down trouble with the Console

Your Mac talks to itself a lot. OS X takes copious notes on what its various parts are doing; your applications send a constant stream of status messages to the operating system, too. All these notes and messages are stored in log files, which can be really handy when you need to troubleshoot your Mac.

WORKING MAC

Jump into Leopard

You’ve loaded the big spotted cat on your hard drive, your Mac has rebooted, and you’re standing at the gateway of a brand-new OS X experience. Where do you begin? Right here.

PLAYLIST

Dealing with digital rights

In April 2007, Apple and England’s EMI record label held a joint press conference to announce that individual tracks from EMI would be available at the iTunes Store in two forms—the current 99-cent copy-protected form and a new $1.29 unprotected form, to be known as iTunes Plus.

Is DRM-free music worth it?

Unprotected music tracks—those without digital rights management (DRM)—offer the advantage that you can legally using them without the same restrictions as other tracks.

DIGITAL PHOTO

Your photo here

A print isn’t the only way to show off your photographic endeavors. Whereas photo-based gifts were once limited to mouse pads and mugs, now you can customize far more interesting objects with your favorite pictures.

Digital Photo extras

Kelly Turner offers a grab bag of gift items for digital photo enthusiasts.

ViewSonic VA2026w LCD monitor

NEC MultiSync LCD205WXM monitor

Dell E207WFP LCD monitor

BenQ FP202W V3 monitor

Envision G2016wa LCD monitor

Samsung SyncMaster 206BW LCD monitor

HP w2007 monitor

Logic Studio

MYOB FirstEdge 3

NovaMind 4 Pro

Epson Stylus Pro 3800 large-format printer

Review: Vudu

Review: Mac OS X Leopard

Bamboo Fun tablet

Fluid Mask 3

Painter Essentials 4

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Ten overlooked Leopard gems

Time Machine, Spaces, and other additions and enhancements grab all the glory. But there's plenty of things to love about OS X 10.5 that are flying under the radar. Rick LePage picks his 10 favorite low-profile features.

Leopard preview: What's new with Mac OS X Server

The client version of Mac OS X 10.5 isn't the only Leopard release slated for October 26. There's also the new version of Mac OS X Server. John C. Welch previews the latest version of Apple's server software and lets you know what to expect.

Making Leopard upgrade-worthy

Apple realizes (quite rightly) that Mac users don’t automatically upgrade to a new operating system just because the company makes one available.

What Leopard is worth

Leopard doesn’t have one or two major features that’ll convince you to upgrade, but rather a half dozen or more minor ones. And the half dozen features that convince you will be different from those that convince me.

Your Take: iMacs, iLife, and iWork

Readers weigh on on past stories. Plus: What’s the best TV tuner for the Mac?