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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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APPENDIX A WHAT’S NEW WITH LEOPARD<br />

Spaces<br />

Another feature new to <strong>OS</strong> X is Spaces. Spaces allows you to set up multiple desktops that are all<br />

active concurrently and can be switched between as needed (this ability is more commonly know<br />

as virtual desktops). This is very nice if you are the sort of person who works on many different<br />

activities at the same time (or are at least running a large number of applications at the same<br />

time). For example, you could use one desktop for your normal workspace, one for your web<br />

browser and e-mail, one for iTunes, and one for iChat. This sort of setup is shown in Figure A-6.<br />

By selecting any open application from the Dock, you will be “teleported” to the appropriate<br />

“space.”<br />

Figure A-6. Spaces configured with four different virtual desktops<br />

NOTE There are a number of third-party add-ons that have provided virtual desktops for<br />

<strong>OS</strong> X for a while. Spaces is merely Apple’s built-in solution to providing this ability, and it<br />

seems to do the job admirably. Other means of accomplishing virtual desktops on <strong>OS</strong> X<br />

include, most notably, CodeTek’s VirtualDesktop (www.codetek.com/ctvd/), as well as a number<br />

of less-polished projects.<br />

System Safety<br />

<strong>Leopard</strong> also introduces a number of new system-level safety enhancements for your family and<br />

your data. The two big improvements here are the Parental Controls preference and Time<br />

<strong>Mac</strong>hine.

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