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Huge list of features and improvements in OS X Tiger

I was browsing Apple-related forums and came across a nice long list of all of the new Tiger features. There are rumors that it will be coming out as soon as next month and I’m really excited to see some of the new features, in particular Core Data (bottom of page). Click below to see the list.

64 -Bit Features
- 64-bit addressing for user tasks; Up to 16 exabytes of addressable virtual memory
- Improves performance for memory-intensive applications
- No compromises 32-bit application support
- Xcode 2.0 supports 64-bit development
UNIX
- Upgraded commands and libraries based on FreeBSD 5.x
- Fine-grained kernel locking
- Access control lists
- Spotlight from the command line
- Core Data
- SQLite
- Xgrid built in
Windows Interoperability
- SMB performance improvements
- SMB home directories
- Kerberos and NTLMv2 authentication
- HTML email composition
- Word table support in TextEdit
Spotlight Search Engine
- Built in, not bolted on
- Search everything on your computer by filename, metadata, and content
- Instant results as you type
- Live updates; results update as things change
- Unicode-based; supports Roman, Asian, Middle Eastern, Indic, and Cyrillic languages
- Spotlight search field universally accessible
- Finder search
- Smart Folders
- Smart Mailboxes
- Smart Address Book Groups
- System preferences search
- Available for developers to integrate in applications
- Available searchable metadata; extensible through API:
  - General
    - File Name
    - Author
    - Date Modified
    - Date Created
    - Label
    - Extension
    - Type
    - Creator
    - Date Last Viewed
    - Keyword
    - Copyright
    - Kind
  - Text Documents
    - Page Size
    - Page Count
    - Line Count
    - Word Count
    - Text Content
  - Mail
    - Sender
    - Recipient
    - Subject
    - Text Content
    - Attachments
  - Contacts
    - Name
    - Address
    - City
    - Multiply
    - Note
  - iCal Events
    - Summary Title
    - Attendee
    - Location
    - Notes
  - iChat Logs
    - Buddy Name
    - Text Chat Content
  - Photos and Images
    - EXIF and IPTC Data
    - Bits Per Sample
    - Color Space
    - Profile Name
    - Image Width/Height
    - Resolution
    - Aperture
    - Camera Brand
    - Camera Model
    - Date/Time
    - Exposure Mode
    - Exposure Time
    - Focal Length
    - GPS
    - ISO Speed
    - Orientation
    - White Balance
    - EXIF Version
    - Photoshop Layers
    - Caption (IPTC)
  - Movies
    - Acquisition Source
    - Codec
    - Delivery Type
    - Duration
    - Format
    - Total Bit Rate
    - Audio Bit Rate
    - Aspect Ratio
    - Color Space
    - Frame Height
    - Frame Width
    - Profile Name
    - Video Bit Rate
  - Music
    - Album
    - Artist
    - Genre
    - Duration
- Plug-in model adds new file and data types
- Developer SDK
Dashboard
- Instant Exposé-like access
- At-a-glance web information
- Frequently used application features
- Many widgets built in
- Configurable
- Standards-based web technologies
Mail
- Search powered by Spotlight
- Smart Mailboxes
- New look
- Parental controls
- HTML editing
- .Mac sync
- Slideshow
Safari RSS
- Timely RSS news headlines and summaries from around the web or your intranet
- Integrated into Safari
- Automatic feed detection
- Personal clipping service
- RSS bookmarks
- Update notification
- Full support for the RSS and Atom standard protocols
.Mac Sync
- Next-generation sync engine
- Fully integrated into Mac OS X
- High performance
- Sync as you go
- .Mac sync
  - Safari
  - Address Book
  - iCal
  - Mail
  - Keychain
- Developer API
Core Audio
Core Image: High performance image processing
- Image processing now built into Mac*OS X
- Hardware-accelerated for ultra-fast performance
- Floating-point precision
- No rendering required
- Support for Core Video
- Image Units, a systemwide plug-in format for effects and transitions
- Included Filters:
  - Focus Filters
    - Gaussian Blur
    - Motion Blur
    - Zoom Blur
    - Unsharp Mark
  - Color Adjustment Filters
    - Color
    - Controls
    - Color Matrix
    - Exposure Adjust
    - Gamma Adjust
    - Hue Adjust
    - White Point Adjust
  - Color Filters
    - Color Invert
    - Color Monochrome
    - Color Posterize
    - False Color
    - Sepia Tone
  - Compositing Filters
    - Addition
    - Maximum
    - Minimum
    - Multiply
    - Source Atop
    - Source In
    - Source Out
    - Source Over
  - Distortion Filters
    - Bump Distortion
    - Displacement Distortion
    - Glass Distortion
    - Glass Lozenge
    - Torus Lens Distortion
    - Twirl Distortion
    - Vortex Distortion
  - Generator Filters
    - Checkerboard
    - Constant Color
    - Lenticular Halo
    - Star Shine
    - Stripes
    - Sunbeams
  - Geometry Filters
    - Affine Transform
    - Crop
    - Perspective Transform
  - Gradient Filters
    - Gaussian Gradient
    - Linear Gradient
    - Radial Gradient
  - Halftone Filter
    - Circular Screen
    - Dot Screen
    - Hatched Screen
    - Line Screen
  - Stylish Filters
    - Bloom
    - Edges
    - GloomPixellate
    - Spot Light
  - Tile Filters
    - Affine Tile
    - Op Tile
    - Parallelogram Tile
    - Perspective Tile
    - Triangle Tile
    - Triangle Tile
  - Transition Filters
    - Copy Machine
    - Dissolve
    - Flash
    - Mod
    - Ripple
    - And more…
Core Data
QuickTime 7
- H.264
  - Super high quality
  - Ultra efficient
  - Scales from 3G to iChat AV to HD
  - HD playback
  - Ratified industry standard for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray
  - Nonproprietary and open
  - Built into QuickTime
- New Playback Capabilities
  - Live resize
  - Floating controls
  - Surround sound
  - New and improved?
  - playback options
  - Zero configuration streaming
  - VoiceOver compatible
  - Spotlight-friendly media
- Capture. Edit. Share. Automate.
  - Brand-new A/V capture
  - Share via email and .Mac
  - Simultaneous exports
  - Streamline your workflow with Automator
Automator
- Automation of repetitive or complex*tasks
- No programming required
- Interactive or fully automated
- Built-in actions for Finder, iLife, Mail, Address Book, iCal, and more
- Developers can add actions
- Reusable automations
- Leverages the power of Mac OS X technologies
VoiceOver
- Screen access software
- Fully integrated
- Voice and audio cues
- High-quality spoken interface
- Full keyboard navigation
- Flexible configuration
- Setup assistant integration
Dictionary and Thesaurus
- 2005 New Oxford American Dictionary
- Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus
- 310,000 definitions
- Images and photos
- Dictionary application
- Dictionary widget
- Contextual word lookup
Apple Graphing Calculator
- Elegantly formatted equations
- Rich equation editor
- Support for multiple coordinate systems including Cartesian, Polar, Linear-Logarithmic, Cylindrical, and Spherical
- Real-time 2D and 3D plotting
- Dynamic animation
- Multiple point overlays
- Export to PDF, TIFF, EPS, JPEG, and QT
iChat AV
- Audio chat with nine other buddies simultaneously
- Video chat with three other buddies simultaneously
- Uses H.264 for high-quality video at similar data rates

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Huge list of features and improvements in OS X Tiger