And while the ship date may have been the flashiest OS X news out of Macworld Expo, it pales in importance beside the changes Apple is making to its operating system. The logo has moved back to the left side of the screen and regained some functionality, with commands such as Sleep, Restart, Shut Down, and Log Out, as well as shortcuts to Dock preferences, the System Preferences panel, and Location Manager. The tool bar atop Finder windows is smaller.
Users also can modify tool bars.
With the tool bar closed, the Finder opens new windows just as it did in Mac OS 9. Pop-up menus now appear when you click on and hold an icon in the Dock, replicating some of the functionality of OS 9's Control Strip. Clicking on a folder or drive icon, for example, lets you navigate through its contents via menus. Read through past issues of Macworld magazine or see a list of recently-posted online items . Read our regular reviews of new downloadable Mac software , complete with mouse ratings.