Mac OS 10.4 Tiger WWDC Preview (Build 8A162)
Mac OS 10.4 Tiger WWCD Preview (build 8A162) was our first glimpse at Tiger outside Steve Jobs' demonstration. It was widely accepted that the version he was using was newer than this build but it was quite complete for a first build. Only a few things were "not complete". Tiger did evolve before it was finally released but quite a bit was already here.
One thing that seemed to change with each build was the Spotlight menu design.
One thing that seemed to change with each build was the Spotlight menu design.
This pretty standard about box with added buttons doesn't show the build number.
System Profiler showing the build number and other info.
Standard Finder info box.
The new CD/DVD burner information page in System Profiler.
The restart countdown is now displayed in minutes and seconds rather than seconds.
As a pre-release version of Tiger, all references to Automator are under the code name Pipeline.
All new Finder copy windows.
This shows the new settings for Exposé.
This is one of our first looks at Dashboard.
This is the original method for loading Dashboard Widgets (although at this point they were still using the code name Gadgets).
Clicking the more button expands the window to allow you to add/remove Gadgets.
Gone are the shortcut placements at the top of the System Preferences window. Replacing them is a Spotlight search field.
When running a search the most relevant choice is highlighted with less relevant hits having a dimmer glow.
A small bug seen here shows duplicates of both the Startup Disk and Universal Access panes.
The new and rather pointless Apple News screen saver.
The Spotlight menu changed a few times during Tiger's development in its graphic design.
Live searching works as advertised even in this version.
Here you can see a Finder search window.
This shows what you're greeted with the first time you boot into this version.
Another new feature of Tiger is Setup Assistant which allows you to transfer files from another Mac via Firewire or from another drive.
An enhanced Universal Access preferences allows for much more control over which voices are used for feedback.
An enhanced Universal Access preferences allows for much more control over the previous version.
Tiger's QuickTime now allows for enhanced control over it's plugin and streaming disk and bandwidth usage.
Although I personally don't think Macs need this much security at this time, the option has been added to allow those who are paranoid to protect themselves.
A cleaner interface for adding and removing printers, faxes and sharing them was part of the first released (to developers anyway) build of Mac OS 10.4 Tiger.
This message is displayed when attempting to bring up the printer options using the button seen here.
Note the message at the bottom of the list. Seems Apple was still working on printer sharing at the time of this build.
A nice interface for configuring proxy servers was added.
Adress Book 4.0's about box.
Even in the final version I don't find Address Book to have all that good an interface.
DVD Player 4.5's about box.
Build info for Sync Manager 1.0.
Safari 2.0's about box.
Safari's new RSS feed viewing ability.
Now web documents can be stored in a single file or as a folder with all the individual components intact.
This message is presented to the user when enabling the new private browsing ability of Safari 2.0.
Included in Safari 2.0 is the ability to send the contents of a page or a link to the page using Apple Mail.
A search box has been added to Safari 2.0's bookmark manager.
Sync Manager's reset function.
This Sync menu was added so people could easily access Sync Manager's basic functions without running the program.
The backup feature wasn't available for testing.
Once the warning is dismissed all controls on that tab are disabled.
The Sync tab of the updated Sync Manager application.
The about box for iCal 1.5.3.
The about box for QuickTime Player 6.6
Preview 3.0\'s about box. Note the window fragment on the left.
The about box for Pipeline 1.0. Which was of course released as Automator.
Pipeline was included inside the AppleScript folder, possibly because the two are so similar. Also, AppleScript Utility is missing its custom icon.
The new document window in QuickTime Player 6.6 is seen here.
A rather funny example of a script made in Pipeline (before it was renamed to Automator).
The first glance at the new version of Mail.app included in Tiger.
One addition to Mail is a connection troubleshooting ability. From what I'm told it wasn't very useful (and still isn't in the final version).
.Mac coupled with the new Sync Manager could be a very powerful tool. Although I think .Mac should be free.
Sharing using a domain name is available should you want people to have access to your .Mac services.
During development testers had to sign up for a special Tiger .Mac account.
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