OS X Tiger : My Feature List

Well, as many of you know, I’m highly enthused about the upcoming release of OS X Tiger. Apple has a page up that describes all the new features in Tiger, but I decided to put together a seperate list of those that are of particular interest to me. Check it:

Address Book

Auto-Update LDAP Cards Keep your server-based Address Book contacts synchronized with an LDAP based directory — perfect for mobile professionals.

Certificate Support View certificate information in your Address Book for contacts who provide public keys.

Contact Import File Formats Import contacts into Address Book in a variety of formats, including tab-delimited and comma-separated text.

Dashboard Widget Enjoy instant access to any contact in your Address Book directly from Dashboard.

Envelope Printing Print custom labels and envelopes from your Address Book.

Pocket Address Book Printing Print a handy pocket address book to take with you anywhere.

Sharing Share your Address Book with any .Mac user — ideal for family members or assistants.

Smart Groups Create address book groups that update automatically based on rules you set up, such as upcoming birthdays.

Spotlight Contact Find everything related to a contact in your Address Book with a single click — email exchanges, iCal appointments, files attachments or anything else.

Applescript

Secure Display Dialog Use secure input for display dialogs to ensure privacy.

Aqua

Dashboard Access mini-applications called Widgets with just the touch of a key — everything from a calculator and stock tracker to weather report and address book.

Dictionary Widget Find definitions by typing all or part of a word, and use the built-in thesaurus to find synonyms, antonyms and more — no Internet connection required.

Dictionary Application Look up troublesome words in a new dictionary and thesaurus system application based on The New Oxford American Dictionary.

Improved RAID Use disk utility for software RAID, now including mirrored, striped, concatenated, auto mirror rebuild and block size settings

Save as HTML Save TextEdit documents as HTML for use in websites and take advantage of support for strict compliance and style sheet formatting.

Smooth Scrolling Enjoy more elegant scrolling when navigating long documents, web sites or email messages using a keyboard or mouse scroll wheel.

Spotlight in Open / Save Panels Use the powerful new Spotlight to search for documents and folders directly from the open and save panels.

Spotlight Service Put the Spotlight on any selected text in any Mac OS X application — from Microsoft Word to Mail and more.

Spotlight Support for Network Homes Perform a Spotlight search on network-based Home directories in addition to searching local hard drives.

Spotlight Window Hot Key Bring up the Spotlight search field at any time with a dedicated keyboard shortcut that you can customize.

Table Support Create and save tables in rich text format documents, and import Microsoft Word documents that preserve table formatting.

Translation Widget Translate words and phrases instantly between 11 different languages right from your Dashboard.

Weather Widget View the current weather conditions for cities around the world with beautifully rendered images — and view a six-day forecast.

Word XML Format Import Word documents saved in XML format into TextEdit.

Developer

GCC 4.0 Take advantage of the latest version of the GCC compiler, featuring support for 64-bit code generation.

Finder

Burnable Folders Burn a CD or data DVD directly from the Finder by quickly creating a “burn folder” where you can drag and drop the files you want to save.

Smart Folders Take the results of a Spotlight search and save it as a Smart Folder that automatically updates as you add or remove documents from your Mac.

Spotlight Find Search all of your documents, images, emails and applications and view the results literally as fast as you can type in search words.

Spotlight Results Group View View search results as a traditional list, icon view or a completely new group view that clusters found items based on type.

Graphics and Media

Core Image Unlock the performance of today’s powerful graphics hardware and enjoy ultra-fast, pixel-accurate image processing.

Automatic Font Smoothing Automatically get the best technique for smoothing type on-screen based on your display, whether a CRT or flat panel monitor.

Automatic Projector Mirroring Automatically mirror your presentations on both your Mac and an external projector.

PDF Encryption Quickly create encrypted PDF documents using Automator and the “Print to PDF” function.

iCal

Birthday Calendar Always know the birthdays of everyone in your Address Book with this automatic calendar in iCal.

Calendar Groups Organize calendars in groups for easy viewing and managing.

Calendar Printing Enjoy more sophisticated printing and layout options for your iCal calendars.

Image Capture

Wireless Image Capture Wirelessly import images from camera-equipped cellphones via Bluetooth or next-generation digital cameras via WiFi.

Mail

iCal Invitations in Mail Review and accept event invitations from iCal much more easily in an interactive Mail message.

Mail and iPhoto Integration Add photos that you receive in email directly to iPhoto with a single click.

Mail Connection Doctor Diagnose and fix networking issues directly from Mail with this powerful troubleshooting tool.

New Mail User Interface Enjoy a more attractive layout for mailboxes, searches, and more.

NTLM v2 Authentication Enjoy greater compatibility with a wide range of Microsoft Exchange email server configurations.

Photo Controls in Mail Resize photos before they are sent — Mail can tell you when a picture is too large for your ISP.

Slideshow in Mail View an elegant full-screen slide show of pictures that have been attached to an email with a single click.

Smart Mailboxes Organize your email to match the way you work using Smart Mailboxes that automatically fill themselves with email based on your criteria.

Spell Check Options Set Mail to spell check your email before it is sent, as you type or never.

Spotlight Search in Mail Search across even the largest mailbox or multiple mailboxes with pinpoint accuracy using the power of Spotlight.

.Mac Sync for Mail Accounts and Rules Keep your mail settings fully in sync between different Macs using your .Mac account.

Networking

Dynamic DNS Support Get support for the Dynamic DNS protocol with BIND.

Network Diagnostics Take advantage of the new network diagnostic tool that can help track down and resolve networking problems.

NTLMv2 Authentication for SMB Enjoy even greater compatibility with Windows File Servers through support for NTLMv2 authentication.

VPN On Demand Automatically establish a VPN connection when a firewall protected service is used for specific domains.

VPN Settings Enjoy new VPN options: stay connected to a VPN server when switching user accounts or logging out, and direct all network traffic through the VPN connection.

Xgrid Take advantage of the power of distributed computing with Xgrid, Apple’s easy-to-use tool that turns a group of Macs into a supercomputer.

AirPort Preferred Networks Specify and rank multiple specific AirPort networks in the networking setup of System Preferences.

Kerberos VPN Support Enjoy Kerberos-based authentication for single sign-on to a VPN network

Preview

PDF Forms Fill out and print PDF forms from Preview.

Preview Grab Capture screen shots and more from Preview using features previously available in the Grab application.

Security

Kerberos VPN Support Enjoy Kerberos-based authentication for single sign-on to a VPN network.

Certificate Assistant Easily request, issue and manage certificates for small workgroups with this utility that blends many functions of a commercial Certificate Authority at none of the cost.

Firewall Log Keep a log of all firewall activity, such as blocked sources, blocked destinations and blocked attempts.

Firewall Stealth Mode Enjoy even greater security from hackers by ensuring that any uninvited traffic receives no response — not even an acknowledgment that your computer exists.

Safe Downloads Receive an approval alert message when the system or an application attempts to download files whose type or source is not trustworthy.

Secure Virtual Memory Improve the security of your important information by ensuring that transitory data stored in virtual memory remains private.

Smart Card Authentication Use a Smart Card to authenticate to your system or Keychain.

.Mac Keychain Sync Keep your keychain fully in sync across your different Macs using your .Mac account.

Address Book Support for Certificates View certificate information in your Address Book for any contacts that provide their public key.

Keychain Import/Export Easily import and export certificates to and from your Keychain.

Password Helper Use the Password Helper panel to pick a secure password.

Forgot Password Conveniently reset the password for any user directly from the login window if you have set a master password for the system.

Keychain Access Easily organize Keychain items with the new iTunes-style user interface, which also features a search field to easily locate a specific password or other item.

System

Burn Disk Images for Other File Systems Burn CD and DVD disk images for any supported file system.

Integrated Sync Services Get more from the improved Sync: faster performance, a simpler interface, and an extensible architecture that lets other developers tap into the Sync engine.

System Preferences

New .Mac System Preference Manage all the options for your .Mac account, including synchronization, from the improved system preference panel.

Spotlight Preferences Completely control what Spotlight searches and how results are displayed.

Target Disk Mode Make your Mac appear to be a hard drive on another system with just one click by using the Target Disk Mode option in the Startup Disk Preference panel.

Searchable System Preferences Find any system setting simply by typing its name — or a synonym, or even a PC-only term — into the search field.

Unix

Spotlight Command Line Tools Access Spotlight from a UNIX command line using mdls or mdfind.

Access Control Lists (ACL) Go beyond the limitations of traditional UNIX file permissions and enjoy greater flexibility over assigning access permissions to files, folders and network services.

HFS+ CLI file commands Use command line file commands on HFS+ items with proper results — utilities such as cp, mv, tar, rsync now use the same standard APIs as Spotlight and access control lists to handle resource forks.

Korn Shell More easily run scripts written for Sun Solaris or similar systems now that AT&T’s ksh is now bundled with Mac OS X.

Windows

SMB Symlink Support Get support for UNIX-style symlinks on Windows SMB Shared Servers.