Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard (official name Mac OS X 10.6) is the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, following Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). Snow Leopard Server, an update to Apple's Mac OS X Server operating system, will be released along side it.
Apple previewed Snow Leopard and released a finalized developer beta at the WWDC keynote on June 8, 2009. The OS will be released in September 2009.
==New Features and Refinements==
*A new version of the Finder, written in Apple's new Cocoa API (instead of the less up-to-date Carbon).
*Updated Exposé and Stacks.
*QuickTime X (ten), a new version of Apple's media player, featuring optimized support for modern codecs.
*OpenCL (Open Computing Language), a technology which allows graphics cards to contribute processing power to general computing.
*Grand Central Dispatch, which makes multicore processors work more efficiently.
*Support for Microsoft Exchange.
*A much smaller hard drive footprint, saving 6GB.
*A faster, easier installation.
*An improved iChat.
*A better Services menu.
*New Preview, with easier text selection.
*Quicker Time Machine backup.
*Core Location, with automatic time zone setup.
*Chinese character input using the trackpad.
*Automatic printer driver updates.
*Safari 4.
*More reliable disk eject.
*Much quicker wake-up, shut-down, and network joining times.
*A 64-bit kernel, with support for up to 16 TB of RAM.
*Improved Bonjour file sharing.
==Server Features==
These features are listed at Apple's Snow Leopard Server Site:
iCal Server 2, with group calenders, push notifications, and more.
Wiki Server 2, introducing viewing on iPhone and Quick Look.
Podcast Producer 2, with a new workflow editor and dual video-source capture.
Updated Mail services, with a new engine.
CardDAV-based Address Book Server.
Secure remote access, including push notifications.
Category:Mac OS X