While Apple doesn't promise too much about integrating new features in Mac OS X 10.6, the Snow Leopard operating system is still "hidden" by many changes, many additional features and many improvements. new.
1. A Cisco VPN client
Anyone who has ever used the Mac OS X operating system on a workstation sees a disadvantage of this operating system group. Although its operability and functionality are nothing to blame, its interface is not everyone's satisfaction. Worse, you can't turn off the system if you haven't disconnected.
When using Mac OS X 10.6, you will overcome these disadvantages and you can install this workstation into Network Preferences and access from Mac OS X menu bar very easily.
2. Automatically create iChat Jabber account
In previous operating systems, the automatic account setup process for iChat or Jabber was difficult if you did not install the Open Directory server (the previous version of Workgroup Mode) properly. There is a problem with Workgroup Mode that it will not work if you are using Open Directory in Mac OS X 10.4, or need to use more features than what Workgroup Mode currently has. Also, while you can use a lot of different commands in iChat, you can't use the command to create a service or account. Therefore, in practice, the system administrator has encountered many difficulties with these limitations.
However, these problems have been fixed by Apple in Snow Leopard. IChat's Managed Preferences have been improved to allow users to manage all Jabber accounts in iChat. Therefore, with a few simple settings in Workgroup Manager, the system administrator can create iChat Jabber accounts for new users quickly.
3. Create your own account for Mail
This feature is also included in Mac OS X 10.5, but in Snow Leopard it has improved a lot. In Snow Leopard this feature is like authentication mechanisms, SSL settings, etc. In Mac OS X 10.6, the system administrator can monitor important account's SMTP and IMAP settings. But you can not do this with POP or Exchange 2007 accounts. However, it has been greatly improved (fixes some long-standing AppleScript errors in Mail that make account creation with very command difficult) using the method of creating an account automatically for iChat (through Managed Preferences in Workgroup Manager).
4. Improvements in the Portable Home Directory Syncing option
Previous Mac OS X 10.6, Portable Home Directory Syncing has two options that allow users to choose whether Login / Logout Sync and Background Sync. But in Mac OS X 10.6, Apple increased these options by separating the Login / Logout Sync option. This is useful for those who want to reduce the number of logins and logout. While it still retains the logon sync function (if there are multiple files open while working, Login Sync or Logout Sync can synchronize them, and the Background Sync option is not an option. physical).
5. Finder Sidebar works with single sign-on
In previous operating systems, the Finder Sidebar always caused system administrators to have a headache when manipulating it. Since if you want to log in without having to re-enter the password for the file servers, it will take a long time to install Kerberos and run Single sign-on, but the only method to use this feature with the Finder is using the Connect to Server command. However, to be able to use sing-on Single with servers in the Finder Sidebar, you will have to log in manually. But these errors have been fixed in Mac OS X 10.6, now you can browse for file servers very easily.
6. Change the password via the Web site
Some recent systems have also integrated password-changing features through the Web, but some third-party applications have provided this feature for Mac OS X for a long time. And this feature is still retained on Snow Leopard.
7. Mail server and schedule
In fact, you are provided with the shortest path to access the mail server using IMAP's IDLE command, but for the iPhone model, this is not a big improvement, and it does not support the schedule.
But with Mac OS X 10.6 now the mail server supports both schedule and email. In addition, next year Apple will provide some similar features for iPhone-specific servers like what you can do on Exchange or Kerio.
8. Mobile Access Server
VPN can also create Mobile Access Server (mobile access server), but if you are not careful VPN can give unlimited access to the network for remote users.
In fact, only a few people need to use a full VPN connection, but what they need is access to an email service, an internal Web server, etc. That's what Mobile Access Mobile can do. It is basically an SSL Proxy or SSL VPN for the network used for some services such as email, iCal and some similar services. Instead of having these servers accessible directly from the Internet or installing a DMZ for them, the Mobile Access Server lets you allow users to access some servers securely without having to Create multiple VPN configurations that show all servers on the public network.
This is a fairly simple service but very effective especially for small networks that do not need to use firewalls and VPNs.
9. Can resize tables in Workgroup Manager
Although this is not a feature that many people care about, but for those who often work with Workgroup Manager, this is a fairly new feature that they have never seen in previous operating systems.
10. AppleScript-Objective C
In this version of Mac OS X 10.6 Apple made AppleScript compatible with Xcode. Earlier Apple tried to bring Apple Script into Xcode but was unsuccessful. Even without AppleScript's cumbersome syntax, performing simple operations in AppleScript Studio is not effective.
With AppleScript-Objective C, Apple has overcome many bugs when using AppleScript in Xcode. First. Apple has synchronized the languages to shorten the commands.
Thanks to AppleScript-Objective C you won't have to add Cocoa features (an object-oriented programming environment) to AppleScript to use. In other words, AppleScript can now work like Ruby, Python or even Objective C in Xcode according to your wishes. For system administrators who often use AppleScript but don't like AppleScript Studio, AppleScript-Objective C can make them happy; for those who are struggling with AppleScript Studio, this is an opportunity for them to give up this programming tool.
A new operating system always contains some deficiencies, but with the above improvements and additions (in addition to many other features) users will surely feel satisfied when deciding to use. Snow Leopard.