by Scot Stillwell
Staff Writer

On Friday, October 26, Apple, Inc. released its brand-new Mac OS X Leopard operating system. Leopard introduces several new features to the Mac user, which offer enhanced desktop navigation, easy browsing for specific files, and many more unique options, which Mac has become known to offer with their new products.

One very useful addition to the Mac desktop is the Time Machine application, which allows the user to literally search backwards in time to find a file that might have been moved, deleted, or altered. This eliminates the stressful time that one could spend searching for a document when they can’t remember exactly what they did to it.

Another unique addition to desktop navigation can be found in the Spaces feature. Imagine that you have opened your web browser and email on the desktop. Now picture yourself wanting to open several other windows, but your desktop is already cluttered enough as it is. Spaces take that problem away by allowing the user to have several different ‘desktops.’ Think of it like this – picture yourself browsing through different open windows. You can scroll through Spaces the same way. Windows are assigned to each ‘Space,’ allowing smooth navigation as well as an uncluttered workspace.

The Stacks feature is also helpful in saving space. When several similar windows are minimized in the dock, they become ‘Stacked.’ With a click of the mouse, the user can expand this stack to find exactly which window they would like to see. This way, the user doesn’t have to worry about the bother of having multiple icons in the dock, which are cumbersome and difficult to navigate.