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Apples Panther

Apples Panther
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May 28, 2012
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Apples Panther

Apples Panther

Panther desktops redesigned Finder offers new sidebar (left) for streamlined access to system resources and often-used items, while previewing appearance of many document file types (right).


Apples Panther – Security Preferences (see caption below)

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Although security patches have already been issued for Panther, it sets a new standard for convenient access to an arsenal of security features and for making the underlying system safe from both accident and malice.


Apples Panther – ActivityMonitor (see caption below)

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One of many new utilities, inconspicuously included in the Panther package, is the expanded ActivityMonitor tool that provides real-time tracking of many types of system resource use.


Apples Panther – FontBook Tool (see caption below)

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Panthers FontBook tool is another example of the products attention to streamlining access to every kind of system resource.


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Apples Panther – Expose Feature (see caption below)

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The Expose feature of Panther uses its graphical integration to resize and rearrange windows, while maintaining activity in all of them, to make every open window visible for one-click promotion to full-size foreground view.


Apples Panther – Xcode Development Suite (see caption below)

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Xcode development suite, included in Panther, returns users to the good old days when every personal computer came with programming tools at no extra charge.


Apples Panther – Unix Workstation (see caption below)

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For hard-core hackers, theres a real live Unix workstation—with command lines, text-mode tools, and even X Window capabilities—ready to be summoned up from underneath the graphical Mac OS environment.

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