Chapter 11. Hack the Latest and Greatest: Leopard
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was originally scheduled for a late 2006 or early 2007 release. That date slipped, and the release wasn’t available until October 26, 2007. Apple blamed the iPhone for the delay. The truth is that once the new release was in the hands of users they didn’t care about the delay, they were just happy to have it.
Leopard features (according to Apple) over 300 enhancements and features. That’s a nice round number and good for marketing purposes, and although some of the 300 were minor, many of these were significant changes. Leopard changed much more than previous iterations of Mac OS X. The big changes included Time Machine for very easy backups, Back to My Mac for GUI Mac remote management, and an iTunesish Finder with a Cover Flow-like method of browsing files just to name a few of the bigger changes.
The good thing about the changes: more hacking opportunities! Learn how to customize Mail stationery, bend Time Machine to your will, and get Back to My Mac functionality without a .Mac subscription, among other tricks in this chapter.
HACK 90: Make Mail Templates Yours
The version of Mail (3.0) that ships with Leopard includes a new feature—stationery. Discover a way to generate your own stationery or modify existing Mail stationery.
A new version of Mail ships with Leopard and with the latest version of Mail, Apple offers ...
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