Macworld: First Look: What we wanted in Leopard: Request vs. reality: In the run-up to Monday’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote presentation, a group of Macworld editors sat down and produced a list of the features they hoped to see in Mac OS X 10.5, code-named Leopard. Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has given us a partial peek behind the curtain, it’s time to assess our wishes against what Apple will deliver in Spring 2007 when Leopard is set to pounce. (Via MacWorld.) Read more [...]

Reader reports and tips on using Apple BootCamp: "Vista on Intel Macs: A couple readers sent notes on trying Vista on their Intel Macs in Wednesday's news (sounds like Win XP is a better choice than Vista for now). Joel sent a note/tip on partitions: ' heres a little help for people having trouble installing the Vista betas onto their Intel Macs 1) Press and Hold Command (Apple)-S while booting into the Mac OS X partition to get into Single User mode 2) Type fdisk /dev/rdisk0 and look at the Read more [...]

FlyakiteOSX – Modify . Simplify . Aquafy [The Official Site]: “You have to see it to believe the excellant work!”

(Via Make Windows Into OSX.)

The (internal USB) iSight driver for Windows can be downloaded here:”

(Via Camera Driver.)

TMO Quick Tip – Format a Drive to Boot Intel Macs: “Formatting an external drive to use as a boot volume for Intel-based Macs is easy to do, but if you miss one crucial step, your efforts will be wasted”

(Via The Mac Observer.)

Apple releases Boot Camp 1.1 beta: “Apple has released Boot Camp 1.1 beta, the latest release of the company’s software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP…”

(Via MacMinute.)

djodjodesign: " PodTube v1.0 What? Encode any YouTube video for your iPod. And? Simply and quickly download, encode for iPod and add to your iTunes library any YouTube video you browse with, Safari, in a single click!" (Via djodjodesign.) Read more [...]

Convert iTMS songs to a DRM-free format without burning: "First of all, I have been reluctant to document this 'feature' on the internet, because it uses Apple's own software, and they have a way of making such 'features' disappear in future versions. In any event, here goes... To remove the FairPlay protection from a purchased song, open up iMovie and start a new project. Now click on the Audio button, and drag any protected song from the song list onto the audio portion of the timeline. iMovie Read more [...]

Hardmac.com : Le "Macbidouille" in English: "     First boot with Leopard 2006-08-12par Ewok Following WWDC's annoucements, find in this article an illustrated preview of the new features Leopard brings you. The latest version of MacOS X - 10.5 aka Leopard - was revealed at WWDC 2006. On exiting the keynote, the developers in attendance received a beta version of the new OS which will be released in April 2007. The goal of this article is to show the new software functionality that Read more [...]

OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 for Intel Macs: “OpenOffice.org has released OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 for Mac OS X Intel (X11), updating the Office suite with new system integration. OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 features ‘Fondu,’ a set of programs to interconvert between Mac font formats and pfb, ttf, otf and ..

(Via MacNN.)

Mac 911: Editing OS X’s spell checking dictionary: “Wish to synchronize, view, or edit OS X’s spell checking dictionary? Here’s how.

(Via MacCentral.)

BackityMac 1.1.3: "Have you ever wanted an easy way to backup all the important files in your home folder?  Are you tired of sifting through the Library directory to find the folders you need to backup?  Let's say you just want to backup your Apple Mail database file, not all you have to do is click the 'Apple Mail' checkbox and click 'Backup'.  Supported important files include: - Apple Mail Files - MS Entourage Files - iCal Calendars - Address Book database - Safari, Firefox, Camino Read more [...]

Unreported Leopard Features: "ansemond writes 'O'Grady leaked a set of Leopard features last week, and now Mac Fix'It confirms them: System wide enhancements including the addition of a search field to Applications' Help menu, Safari 3.0 includes incremental search, Confirmation of Quicktime 7.2, although its feature set is not mentioned. There are more pictures at techpedia '" (Via MacSlash.) Read more [...]

Mike Zornek: MegaManEffect:

“The MegaManEffect is an application that emulates an effect seen in the classic NES game Mega Man 2. When you launch an OS X application, the screen goes dark, stars sweep the night sky and your application’s icon is presented in a blue letter box bar with a cheesy 8-bit music introduction.”

(Via mikezornek.)

Leopard Preview Gives Clue to Top Secret New Feature: "Apple showed us some of the new features in Leopard but also provided clues to what the ‘Top Secret’ feature might be. It’s interesting what a different perspective you get reading an Apple keynote compared to watching one. You pick up things others haven’t noted and some… (Via AppleMatters.) Read more [...]