Leaked Snow Leopard screenshots and video show new Stacks, install options

We haven't seen too many Snow Leopard screenshots leak out, but it looks like a few more have finally surfaced, and they seem to show some interesting -- if minor -- interface enhancements. Most notably, Stacks now allows nested browsing, so if you click on a folder in the stack view, the old stack drops back and you can navigate the folder contents -- the old way just opened a Finder window. Other improvements include a Put Back menu item for accidentally-trashed items, a redesigned Keyboard Shortcuts prefpane that might encourage people to actually use it, and what looks like a welcome new installer option to only install printer drivers for printers that have been used with your machine. That alone should cut down on Snow Leopard's install size -- now if Apple would just figure out that we don't need 200 language packs by default, we'd be really getting somewhere. All the images in the gallery, and video of the new Stacks behavior after the break.

Update: Flickr user Stellarolla pinged us to share one more shot showing some preset HDTV modes, check it after the break!

[Via AppleInsider]

Gallery: Snow Leopard screenshots

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[waiownsyou @ Feb 25th 2009 5:58PM]

Looks exactly the same except for the grid view. And didn't you guys post this already a few days ago or am I mixed up with TUAW again? You guys are like homie g-doggs

[Ry @ Feb 25th 2009 6:03PM]

and that extra grid is exactly what they are pointing out hats "new"

i like it...its going to make using the doc a lot easier, especially if you have folders with lots of content

[kccboy2004 @ Feb 25th 2009 6:36PM]

Seriously Dude, is there ANYTHING useful in this product worth me making the switch from Tiger. I am not really used to doing upgrades so frequently.

I have another PC running XP which I bought in 2001. If I had done an upgrade every year, to my OSX, then I would have spent around $1000. My upgrade to Windows 7 is going to cost my around $115 for the OEM version.

Why would I buy upgrade to Snow Leopard ?

[who? @ Feb 25th 2009 6:52PM]

Hehe... my school give out new versions of the Mac OS for $10. I'm so getting this.

[Marcus @ Feb 25th 2009 6:52PM]

@kccboy

Depends what computer you have. But if you're still running tiger I think it's safe to say you don't have to bother....

[Boards of Canada @ Feb 25th 2009 6:53PM]

Dont upgrade, I agree its a watse of money. Better put that money in RAM or better GPU.

[JAmerican @ Feb 25th 2009 6:55PM]

Why don't people do their research. TUAW and Engadget are owned by Webblogs which is owned by AOL Time Warner.

[kccboy2004 @ Feb 25th 2009 7:15PM]

Yep,

I am starting to think that this whole OSX 10 upgrade after upgrade is just a way to milk more and more money out of us.

OSX 10 Snow Leopard does look a lot like more lipstick on the same pig.

I don't really trust Apple anymore to provide me with value for money. They do just seem to be copying Microsoft; I read that their sales are slipping further behind Microsoft. That would make sense now.

I have been using Windows7 though on my PC and it really does seem to be the real thing. I think Microsoft is going to get my money. At least I know that I won't have to keep upgrading every 12-18 months.

I will probably used my Mac for spare parts. It's power supply is still good. Can anybody recommend a decent FREE version of Unix to install instead ?

[Paul A. Chapel @ Feb 25th 2009 7:26PM]

Alas, poor Windows. I knew him well! An OS of infinite compatibility, of most excellent fancy: he hath crashed on me a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My Mac mocks it. Here hung those games that I have played I know not how oft. Where be your games now, Vista? Your drivers? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the desktop on a roar? Not one now, to mock Apple's Leopard? Quite market-fallen? Now get you to Windows 7, and not too quickly, let them code an inch thick, to this favor you must come, make Apple laugh at that—Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene I

[Hamidxa @ Feb 25th 2009 7:49PM]

kccboy,

Agreed, this is a waste of money and Apple's way of milking money for incremental upgrades.

Instead, invest that money in Windows 7, because as that Beta has already shown us, it is arguably the best OS on the planet already.

[Haikibutsu @ Feb 25th 2009 8:09PM]

Ill be pirating this. I won't buy another Mac. Maybe other Apple products, but no more Macs for me. Its overpriced, underpowered, and I'd rather build a crysis rig for $800 instead, and hack OS X 86.

[crescentdavid @ Feb 25th 2009 8:14PM]

What is with that hideous wallpaper? It screams "outdated."

[mike @ Feb 25th 2009 8:15PM]

If Snow Leopard is like Leopard, there will be no serial key. for those of you hesitating to upgrade to Leopard because of the price, just borrow someone else's Leopard disc and install it for free. When Snow Leopard comes out, just get a bunch of friends to pitch in and buy the single license and share the disc. Leopard is a dual layer disc btw.

Also, Leopard is $69 at my schools computer store and iWork and iLife are $39 each. Make friends with a student and purchase through them.

[Setnev @ Feb 25th 2009 8:18PM]

@Paul

Even when you're praising Macs you're low ranked.

@Engadget

I see no indication that this is indeed Snow Leopard by the screenshots that have been taken. I could have thrown Leopard on my Hackintosh and named my drive Snow too and installed some things on it and call it Snow Leopard too. I see no improvements otherwise on this. I really hope that this is not what it is going to be like when released or Apple is done. If this is the best they can do, Microsoft will dominate with Windows 7.

[kamakaze @ Feb 25th 2009 5:59PM]

why does that icon/app launcher bar look exactly like win7's?

[CCB0x45 @ Feb 25th 2009 6:02PM]

You mean why does it look exactly the same as leopard's? Which has been out much longer than Win7?

[Endejas @ Feb 25th 2009 6:02PM]

Oh man. I think that might be the most perfect flamebait ever.

+1 if intentional.

[kamakaze @ Feb 25th 2009 6:03PM]

hehehe, i can't wait. =]]

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Feb 25th 2009 6:33PM]

ranking the troll down because it scores no clever points. try harder next time.

[Decoy @ Feb 25th 2009 6:50PM]

I like the Aero Peek looking live previews and the Aero Flip angled part

[Hamidxa @ Feb 25th 2009 7:59PM]

Indeed, they have the same Aero Preview and Windows Flip 3D look to them.

[Steveorevo @ Feb 26th 2009 7:50AM]

Kudos to Apple. Hey Microsoft, its about the software stupid! Windows 7 should have been Vista. I'm sick of unoptimized fatware.

[Adam @ Feb 25th 2009 5:59PM]

Could have at least changed the background for a new OS lol...

[bill cant fart @ Feb 25th 2009 6:00PM]

That'll probably happen sometime closer to release.

[Oli D @ Feb 25th 2009 6:07PM]

it should be this

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/20/vaccinated_leopard.jpg

look at that sad little thing...

[Argot @ Feb 25th 2009 6:35PM]

That will be a feature they will charge extra for!

[CJ @ Feb 25th 2009 11:22PM]

OSX Snow Lepoard: Desktop Background Special editon, only $99 extra!

[Rick @ Feb 26th 2009 11:51AM]

They took the time to change the Energy Saver icon but not a new wallpaper...hmmm...

[jboy @ Feb 25th 2009 6:00PM]

Oh yeah...stack it baby! Oh no...slower stacks...slower.

[bill cant fart @ Feb 25th 2009 6:02PM]

I want them stacks NOW, dangit!

[Derry Quinn @ Feb 25th 2009 6:06PM]

me too! I have an Applications stack, and having to open utilities in a finder window is uughhhh

[Oli D @ Feb 25th 2009 6:08PM]

I have a utilities stack :)

/smugness

[Kevlar @ Feb 25th 2009 6:29PM]

I have my applications stack set to open as a list. (Not a fan, not a grid.)
I can open utilities easily, without opening other folders.

I only wish I could drag/drop onto or out of this list.

[Marcus @ Feb 25th 2009 6:56PM]

Spotlight for app launching is the superior method. Cmd+space+"pag"+enter and pages is running within 5 seconds.

[Kevin @ Feb 25th 2009 6:05PM]

With all these "Stacks" "Glass" and "Fluff" OS X is pushing down our throats these days... I'm finding it hard to actually work on a mac.

I for one am giving windows a second look!

[jboy @ Feb 25th 2009 6:06PM]

Enjoy Vista!

[Oli D @ Feb 25th 2009 6:08PM]

haha, yeah. I hope you dont DIE!

[Derry Quinn @ Feb 25th 2009 6:15PM]

Yeah i tried that once and the one thing that really pissed me off?

The two things I complained about when I switched to Mac:

1. No "Proper" Maximize
2. Close button doesn't quit the app

Now that I've gotten used to it, using my parents windows machine is so hard when the maximise button...well maximizes... Why do they call it windows when everybody runs stuff full-screen all of the time? And having an app quit when i click the "x"... ugh...

[Paul A. Chapel @ Feb 25th 2009 6:29PM]

Oh, yes, Windows. Glorious Windows! How much I love thee. Let me count the ways.



1) Windows has encountered a problem and needs to close.

2) The product key used to install Windows is invalid. Please contact your system administrator or retailer immediately to obtain a valid product key. You may also contact Microsoft Corporation's Anti-Piracy Team by emailing [e-mail] if you think you have purchased pirated Microsoft software. Please be assured that any personal information you send to the Microsoft Anti-Piracy team will be kept in strict confidence.

3) Cannot delete file: Access is denied. Cannot delete Folder. It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that may be using the file and try again.

4) Windows has detected spyware infection! Windows will now download and install antispyware program.

5) Cancel/Allow?

[Levi @ Feb 25th 2009 7:44PM]

Wow Paul, if you love those things, don't learn how to properly use Windows... you might start to like it.

[Adam @ Feb 25th 2009 6:38PM]

I think if you give Windows 7 a look you will be very happy!


I am using it now full time and I think it runs great. No crashes, no glitches and is fast!

I say give it a shot!!!

[Paul A. Chapel @ Feb 25th 2009 6:40PM]

Oops, forgot the smiley face.

;)

[Samboini @ Feb 25th 2009 6:54PM]

I love the fact that before I even saw Paul A. Chapel's comment it was already downranked.

[Galley @ Feb 26th 2009 9:20AM]

@Derry An OS X app will quit when the red X button is clicked if that app is designed to run in only one instance at a time. iPhoto and Photo Booth are examples.

[soiroldie @ Feb 25th 2009 6:07PM]

Oh My God!
"Put Back", finally it's there!
Thank you Apple. Thank you!

[Brad @ Feb 25th 2009 6:10PM]

Cant you just hit Apple + Z?

[Derry Quinn @ Feb 25th 2009 6:17PM]

Only if you do it right away, no?

[Bananarama @ Feb 25th 2009 6:22PM]

pssh, windows has had this functionality for years. Way to copy Microsoft Apple.

[Marcus @ Feb 25th 2009 7:00PM]

@ Bananarama

What, exactly, is a Microsoft Apple? Moron.

[Abuzar Baloach @ Feb 25th 2009 6:06PM]

Oh wow, way to copy Windows. Just like Leopard copied Vista's features. Typical Apple "me too" tactics. :P